Great Job Randy, What A Show!

I just love it when the circus comes to town.

How lucky are we on the North Shore, a tiny place on the map. We get to see some of the world's best athletes participate in sporting events that people around the world would pay a lot of money to attend.

Super Bowl tickets are something like $400 a piece face value. Try and scalp one and you'd better have $1,500 for the nose bleed seats.

Every year, Randy and his great crew (yeah Faith and Jodi) bring us the Super Bowl of wave riding - The Van's Triple Crown of Surfing FOR FREE.

They organize a great contest. Keeping the community in mind, they do everything humanly possible to minimize the inconvenience that is inevitable when hosting a world class event in a community where there is one traffic light and just a handful of parking lots. They invite the kids, the surfers spend money in the local community, the surfers go to appearances, they are open to all kinds of requests for autographs at any time. I have to think Randy has an influence on them.

I took the kids to all the contests. They play in the water, watch some waves see their friends. It's a big party.

In a couple months I get to see some of the best golfers in the world out at Turtle Bay. I have to admit the "old men" at the Turtle Bay Championship are my favorite, but my nephew favors the LPGA ladies at the SBS Open. I've been lucky enough to get some free tickets for those events, but the $10 I might have paid is still a bargain. These golfers are amazing and here they are right here on the North Shore.

Also, you should go and see some of the teams at Kahuku H.S. play - they are among the best in the state.

To you people who complain about the inconvenience of the surf contests (Let's Surf Coalition) GET OVER IT!!! You are a bunch of whining, selfish, self indulgent cry babies. Why don't you try to enjoy yourself. Other responsible adults are gifting you the opportunity to see something very special. Your minor inconvenience is a small price to pay for the thousands of people who are having a blast.