Johnymac enhances coconut milk whilst watching maniacs crash their surfboards off the Lawai stretch of beach on Kauai, May 3 2003. Careful with that twang-bar, johny!
A huge swell had spawned thousands of miles to the south a few days earlier, and it managed to shut down even the child-safe beaches while we were there. Scary stuff!
I'll dig out a couple of wave pics over the next day or 2 to illustrate my point...
Meanwhile, click here and learn the local patois
http://blogfiles.wfmu.org/DP/2007/06/155_1_Unknown_-_Learn_to_Speak_Hawaiian_(Part_One).mp3