Post #164369 by surfintiki on Wed, Jun 8, 2005 5:37 AM

Well mine is a mysterious one! I've always had a desire for palm trees, warm water and sand. That was before I went to Disney as a kid and saw a Hawaiin Luau, which I'm sure planted some kind of seed. Surfing most of my life, gives you a connection to the Hawaiin "sport of kings". And being an artist looking for another medium helps .
But my friends were/are still like..."how the hell did you get into that?" For a while I answered... I don't know! I already have WAY too many hobbies to get into anything new.
Anyway, being a hiker, going up to the mountains, I'd pass carved bears along the roadway, and say..".I gotta buy one"; that changed to "I gotta make one of those." Then, floppin' around on the internet looking for bear carving stuff, I found tikis...and MAN, I freaked...where the hell have YOU been all my life!!!! Suddenly all the planets were in perfect alingment. Cats and dogs living together. Life is GOOD. And to find Tiki Central, oh my god, I can submerge totally in the whole world of it.
It was a long road to get here, but I'm home.