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Originally Posted by gregpark
the aloha spirit is equally alive and well as long as you behave like a respectful guest.
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Very true - and the same can be said of all foreign countries - to a degree.
I don't expect this to be of any great interest to anyone here but.......there is a fantastic 2008 surf movie called
"Bustin' Down the Door" about the emergence of pro surfing in the 70's.
And in particular - following 2 Australian and 1 South African pro surfers, plus others from outside Hawaii, and the friction created when they arrived on the North Shore and rubbed the locals the wrong way with their brash behaviour.
Things worked out OK in the end but not without a huge amount of drama.
It's a historically accurate portrayal of how it all happened - very well done - and narrated by Edward Norton.