Monthly Archives: May 2018

Tiki Time!

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Join the Party!

 Written by SurfWriter Girls Sunny Magdaug and Patti Kishel


Who can resist those smiling tiki gods luring you to join the party?

Tiki art, tiki mugs, tiki shirts, tiki bars. When you add the word “tiki” to anything it just becomes more fun.

SurfWriter Girls Sunny Magdaug and Patti Kishel are big fans of all things tiki. Growing up in SoCal, there were lots of tikis to see in shops and restaurants, on clothing, and more.

Classic Polynesian restaurants Don the Beachcomber, Trader Vic’s, The Islander, Kelbo’s and many others celebrated the tiki lifestyle with their island decor and exotic drinks.

Deified by the early Polynesians, it was thought that Tiki was the guardian of the entrance to the underworld. By the 1950s tikis were pop culture icons. With their smiling faces and gleaming eyes, they represented fun and adventure, beckoning us to an alternative lifestyle unburdened by convention.

 

Today the mysterious and mischievous Tiki is still part of the scene and showing no signs of letting up.

Tiki artist Doug Horne told SurfWriter Girls, “Tiki culture is alive and well! I think it’s still growing.”

 

Artist Josh Agle (better known as Shag) is a fan of the irrepressible tikis, too, and often includes them in his swinging, mid-century motifs.

To celebrate the tiki culture for yourself, why not check out one of the many tiki bars out there and feel the vibe? SurfWriter Girls came across this list of the Ten Best Tiki Bars in the World compiled by Critiki, a travel guide and historic archive of Polynesian Pop culture hotspots around the world. Nobody knows tiki better than the crew at Critiki.

To find your own little slice of tiki paradise, click: Tiki Ten

Then let the party begin!

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Surf’s Up At The Royal Wedding!

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Prince Harry and Mehgan Support Clean Oceans

Written by SurfWriter Girls Sunny Magdaug and Patti Kishel

Even if you weren’t one of the 600 guests invited to Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s royal wedding on May 19th at England’s Windsor Castle you can still join in the festivities by supporting one of the couple’s favorite causes Surfers Against Sewage.

Harry and Meghan, who are both environmentalists, have asked well-wishers to support the England and Wales-based non-profit organization that is committed to cleaning the United Kingdom’s beaches and getting pollution out of the ocean.

Started in 1990, Surfers Against Sewage (SAS) is widely recognized as one of the UK’s leading marine conservation organizations and deals with a wide spectrum of marine conservation issues from marine litter to climate change.

Sick of seeing sewage in the water and on the beach, SAS’s founders were fed up with the pollution that was hurting the ocean sports they loved and anything else that involved the sea.

As a result, SAS became a strong catalyst for change, highlighting the need for investing in sewage infrastructure and much higher water standards, which now protect hundreds of coastal locations throughout the UK. SAS also is working to reduce plastic pollution in the ocean and guard against the effects of climate change.

SAS Science and Policy Manager David Smith says its program, “Plastic Free Coastlines currently has over 150 communities across the UK, as well as some internationally, that are working towards gaining Plastic Free status. The success of the project and the ethos it brings has been vast.”

Working with over 50,000 volunteers each year, the Surfers Against Sewage community of ocean activists organizes beach cleanups and education programs, protects local beaches and gets people on board to reduce single-use plastics usage.

SurfWriter Girls Sunny Magdaug and Patti Kishel think it’s great that Harry and Meghan are making their special day a special one for the planet, too. In fact, the wedding is taking place on the same day as Endangered Species Day, which highlights the need to protect at risk animals around the world.

That’s definitely something to toast at the royal wedding!

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