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Learn to surf or improve your surfing with Xoxxi in Hawaii
By using proven teaching techniques, our surf instructors will make sure you are perfectly safe, while learning the basics surfing steps and having a great time!
With Xoxxi experience world class surf instruction, and adventure on the legendary North Shore of Oahu. All that while enjoying home cooked, healthy and organic meals, in stylish accommodation in the most authentic Hawaiian spirit.
Based in a stylish beach front home, only 15 minutes from Haleiwa downtown our surf camp provides daily surf instruction, outdoor activities, and delicious healthy meals. Mingle with the locals and enjoy the international surf scene in this legendary surf meca. Come alone, with friends or your loved one, and be ready to to get stoked!
Thanks to North Shore’s diverse range of surf breaks, that offer from perfect little waves to powerful big barrels, our surf camps are open to surfers of all skill levels. Our expert team is formed by certified lifeguards, world class big wave surfers, who are experienced in coaching from the first timers to the more advanced surfers.
You will not find a more professional surfer that the Xoxxi surf guide, a track record of competitive results in some of the mean north shores waves against some of the greatest surfers to ever live. To be taught by this man is to be taught by the very best in surfing.
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Kikidoll’s Bikini In A Bottle
Whats Kikidoll’s bikini in a bottle all about ?
Kikidoll is preparing to ‘launch’ her capsule Cruise Collection of swimwear for 2010-2011–literally–drifting towards a beach near you sometime this autumn.
Filling 21 bio-degradable sea-worthy bottles each with her newest 21 Hawaiian-inspired printed string bikinis that she just previewed at Miami Swim Week for next year, Kiki is sealing them up, ready for a voyage of a lifetime.
Releasing them from her native Waikiki Beach, Honolulu next month, Kiki is relying on the very same equatorial currents that guided the Pacific peoples of the Marchesas and Tahiti to the islands of Hawaii several thousands of years ago by canoe and paddle.
It is estimated that each bikini in a bottle, will hit land between 60 and 90 days, using the current map, above, as a guide. Watch this space for updates and photos of the launch and any sightings when they hit landfall. Photos are invited from any lucky beachcombers!
The Southern currents will push the teeny bikinis in a bottle towards the Pacific rim basin–Australasia and Pacific islands. Northern currents will take the bottles towards the Americas, north, south, Latin and central. The West wind drift will push them towards Europe and the Pacific drift will send some aloha to Canada.
The rule of finders-keepers applies, so get out there in time to scoop up a Kikidoll bikini amongst the shells and treasures of the ocean!
Kikidoll Womens Swimwear Cruise 2010-11
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Not since Woodstock have so many indie and mainstream bands descended on a farm for a summer festival of music, art, and, erm, camping.
Kicking off today in sleepy Somerset, England, the fans are already flocking in and setting up tent sites on Worthy Farm on or near the some 45 stages (yes, we said 45!), according to the organizers, in an orderly fashion.
Wait’ll the bass speakers pump up or the heavens open.
Glasto as it has been affectionately called since its inception 40 years ago is a rock chick’s paradise but it is well-known or well-cursed for being a muddy one. Rain at Glasto in Miller’s Analogy style is like snow at Christmas. Not always dependably on target but adding to its charm.
The line-up of bands is impressive with oldies like Stevie Wonder sharing stage time with Florence and the Machine. Even The Pet Shop Boys are making a rare appearance. West End Girls or White Demon Lovers–there’s a band for everyone here. You could not see or hear the vast array of all that this year’s Glasto has on offer in its four days.
Aside from the obvious raving campground atmosphere, Festival fashion has a look and life all of its own. People wear things at Glasto that seriously would not see the light of day anywhere else in the world. When it’s sunny like today the bikini top with denim cut-offs is almost a school uni issue.
Resident Queen of meadow insouciance, Kate Moss, always manages to rock some look no one ever thought of let alone managed before. She then informs her Topshop line with a mini-me distillation, whether it’s micro short shorts with a cropped denim vest or body con 80′s revival pop art dresses so short they look like spray-painted tees. No one cares whether Amy has a beehive or a new tatt when Kate skates in looking so of the moment.
Bed hair, big clumping knee high Wellies and a dainty sundress out to get you through the first days of this hot and so far sunny 2010 festival.
One thing is for sure, it’s gonna be a blasto at Glasto.
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June 14th is always Flag Day.
Not the Monday after or the Friday before. No long weekend or day off, just a day for all Americans to celebrate and show respect for Old Glory, its designers and makers.
The Stars and Stripes as it is affectionately called is a strong visual symbol and representation of the hard-fought independence and unity of the nation. One nation, under God, indivisible– with a proud and glorious history, fought and defended by its many disparate people.
The flag was carried at the lead of every battle fought by Americans. Many people have pledged and died to protect it. Tattered in war or fresh from the hardware store, the flag is a symbol of endurance and survival, pride under duress and great hardship.
In Hawaii, the last of the 50 states to join the union, its own flag is a combination of its roots, both British and American. King Kamehameha the Great commissioned the flag in 1816 and it has flown over the islands ever since. A ‘mini-me’ Union Jack pays homage to Hawaii’s history with Britain and it sits in the corner over 8 alternating red, white and blue stripes–one for each of the islands he united, in homage of the similar unification of the original 13 colonies.
So raise the flag today and fly it with pride!
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Friday June 11 was a holiday to honor the King.
Kamehameha the Great is lovingly remembered by Hawaiians as the ruler who united the people of these islands under one government.
Every year on the 11th of June, now officially a Presidentially proclaimed day of honor and remembrance, the statues of Kamehameha are bedecked with hundreds of celebratory leis and garlands.
President Obama signed the proclamation asking that all Americans celebrate “the rich heritage of Hawaii with appropriate ceremonies and activities.”
The original statue stands tall in Kapaau on the Big Island but copies are found in front of the Iolani Palace in Honolulu and in Washington DC.
Traditionally a holiday in Hawai, there are races, parades and special events to mark America’s only King.
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