Post #388428 by Tiki Trav on Fri, Jun 20, 2008 6:18 PM

Ok so I'm now 29, got into tiki through the hotrod scene at around 23, attended my first Tiki Oasis (06) at 27 which was my first overseas trip from Australia and built my second (and quite extensive) tiki bar at 28, I have met so many people, older and younger and made many great friends in the process.

The cost of some events can make them far out of reach for the younger set but i am fairly comfortable with paying the debts off later. Also it is very hard to have a home tiki bar or tiki environment when you are on the rental cycle as most youngens are, and it's horrible and heart breaking to have to pack-up/leave all your hard work to the point that it's not really worth starting...trust me..

If anyone thinks these events are full of old peeps well i guess to a degree they are right but I would never let that get in the way of a good time, just thing of the old uncle at the family weddings/functions that gets drunk and dances badly, cusses like a sailor and blows chocolate coated macadamia nuts at you from his nose.... if you love that guy and encourage him with his antics while your mom tries to pull you away then you will love the "old folks" at the tiki gigs...

The sad part is that there will be almost no real old school tiki architecture or experiences left for the new generations, I am truly sad about all the places i never got see or experience and they are getting fewer very quickly.

I am a very pround younger member of the Tiki Movement.