You know, I’m getting pretty sick of the World Series of Poker and other Poker shows clogging up the cable channels. All these makeovers and reality shows are bumming me out, too.
Can one hope for a sudden explosion of lava sledding on the tube, now that the Hawaiians have thumbed their noses at Darwin and revived the practice?
What began as childhood fun on a natural roller coaster has evolved into an academic and cultural journey aimed at reviving the 2,000-year-old Hawaiian tradition of he’e holua, or Hawaiian lava sledding.
And Stone has the scars to show for it.
Wearing just a tank top and shorts and reaching speeds of up to 70 mph on a sled standing only 4 inches above the ground, Stone once ran into a steel post sticking up from the grass during a demonstration on a slope on Maui, tearing an 18-inch gash in his left thigh.
In another crash, Stone broke his neck. It hasn’t stopped him.
“You can’t even imagine what it’s like to be headfirst, 4 inches off the ground, doing 30, 40, 50 miles an hour on rock,” Stone said. “It looks like you are riding just fluid lava. It’s death-defying … but it’s a lot of fun.”
What’s Hawaiian for “Jackass?” And does Johnny Knoxville like poi?
I know I’m on the edge of my seat, jiggling my restless legs with joy at the thought. And my Spam filters are already updated to block “Honolulu Hold ‘Em” and “Oahu Boo-Boos.”
I guess we can look forward to this in Harvey’s Extended Version Ten Anniversary Edition DVD Release of Fun Facts About Hawaii. I’m clearing a shelf and getting out the Pledge for it as I speak.
I agree, I would love to see that on TV,
oh, and FIRST!
Hey now, Trailer Fabulous is a great show! So is “How Clean Is Your House?”
I’m sorry Laurence I think you are bluffing. I’m going all in!
I must say that I am so sick of “reality TV”. I mean it’s not even real! Fear Factor lets its contestants wear harnesses and helmets, and has anybody NOT survived Survivor? I think impending death should be a must for a show that claims to be “reality TV”!
There was an episode of Zelda (the one on fridays instead of the Super Mario Brother’s Super Show) that featured a good bit of lava sleding, IIRC, and I think I do.
Has anyone here actually SEEN a lava flow? Or for that matter, stepped into an ACTIVE volcano? Yeah, I’m bragging. Deal with it.
So yeah, there I was, with my dad and step-brother, inside the crater of the volcano that created the largest of the Hawaiian islands. Yep, I was there.
You haven’t lived until you’ve stood on the edge of a cliff, overlooking a flowing river of magma, realizing that one more step, and there will not be as much as an atom left of you. Complete destruction. Viewing such power…such raw and unrestrained power…the honor one feels standing on the edge of oblivion…now I understand the urge to have such a magnificent image of destruction as a home.
Eh heh heh. Well now, it appears that this rant has re-awoken the evil within me. If you will all excuse me, I am going to go and satiate my sick and twisted dreams of grandeur.
Gunlord