136: Keno Knieriem | Can you Surf Without Ocean?

The Hard Way w/ Joe De Sena

Spartan Races

Fitness, Alternative Health, Health & Fitness, 792700

4.7 • 870 Ratings

🗓️ 28 March 2017

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

Is it possible to develop a surfing culture without an ocean? What would that mean? Keno Knieriem left the navy and to developing surf parks on man made lakes that simulate Hawaiian waves with his company Honokea. It is either the best thing or worst thing to happen to surfing. Will it nurture a whole new generation of surfers who would not experience the sport otherwise? Will introducing the sport to the masses allow for the proper amount of respect to grow around it? The company hopes to spread not only surfing but the traditional values that com with it.

Lessons:

1. In the spirit of aloha, give all that you can. 

2. Start at zero, carrying no expectations, everyday.

3. You must go through a rite of passage to appreciate what you have.

Honokea Surf Parks http://honokea.com/

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0:00.0	D'Anan an an an an an a nah nah nah nah nah nah nah nah nah nah nah nah nah nahhoo. We're all on a long board surfing back to
0:09.2	Hawaii to meet kino kennarium who's a legend in his own right so let's see what he has to say and we'll talk about it.
0:16.5	Well wait, wait a minute he's bringing the ocean to us.
0:19.1	He's bringing the ocean to us.
0:20.0	I was just surfing on the ocean Joe. Right?
0:23.0	He's bringing the ocean to us and right now we're going to him.
0:26.0	We are here for Spartan up the podcast in Hawaii with Kenoium, owner of Honekea, right, which is attempting
0:36.5	to bring surfing inland.
0:38.5	Correct.
0:39.5	All right, tell me about, tell me about this crazy idea. So the idea is to, there's technologies out there that create
0:47.6	perfect waves, Hawaiian style real ocean waves, and if we can share the Hawaiian culture in some
0:55.3	aspect positive aspects with surfing then and build some real estate around it
1:00.7	that it would be so you're going to move the ocean to the neighborhood?
1:06.0	Right.
1:07.0	It's like a ski resort.
1:08.0	Got it.
1:09.0	How big is this thing that you're creating this lake or whatever.
1:12.6	There's a variety of technologies, but it's big.
1:15.1	It's like a man-made lakes from maybe an acre and a half to 13 acres.
1:21.0	Got it.
1:21.6	So this big lake is formed.
1:23.6	You dig it out, you fill it with water, and then you put in technology that creates the perfect
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