Post #9356 by Luckydesigns on Fri, Sep 27, 2002 12:40 AM

I was out surfing at San-O today and noticed that one of the tikis are missing. My buddy and I always park right by the two tikis that are in the middle of the road in front of Old Man's and the blue one is gone.

For anyone that doesn't know about San Onofre, it's a surf spot in San Clemente that has a huge history dating back to the dawn of California surfing in the 1930's. The book, Surfing San Onofre to Point Dume, illustrates the interest in Hawiian culture that was present in that area by the surfers. It also shows luaos that took place there and uke jam sessions that they had by campfire.

I'm not sure what the story is about them but there used to be three tikis there. My deductive reasoning says that by their weathered condition, they've been around for a while. Two of the tikis were in the median of the dirt road and one is in the bushes by the hidden shower in front of a surf spot called Old Man's.

If anyone has any idea what happened to the blue tiki or what the true story is about these guys, please post it.

What is with the tikis being stolen around south Orange County? The Royal Hawiian in Laguna has practically been raped of its tikis.

Lastly, if someone can inform me on how to post pics on this forum, I can put up pics of the San-O tikis (Before the one was stolen). And, if anyone on this board surfs San-O, keep an eye out for a silver Dodge Ram and come by and say hi.