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1961surf
Grand Member (3 years) 
Joined: May 03, 2007
Posts: 1896
From: Newport Beach, Ca .
|  Posted: 2009-09-17 5:26 pm Permalink
I hadn't seen this posted so I thought I would .
Aloha
Trader Billy
http://www.pifasandiego.com/
[ This Message was edited by: 1961surf 2009-09-17 17:27 ]
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MadDogMike
Grand Member (3 years)
Joined: Mar 30, 2008
Posts: 6485
From: The Anvil of the Sun
| Posted: 2009-09-17 8:30 pm Permalink
I checked this out once several years ago, it was pretty cool.
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1961surf
Grand Member (3 years)
Joined: May 03, 2007
Posts: 1896
From: Newport Beach, Ca .
| Posted: 2009-09-18 08:41 am Permalink
Unfortunately I will be up north in San Francisco for the Forbidden Island event
or I would be going to this for sure .Looks like alot of fun.All you TC people
that live in San Diego you got it made this event is in your back yard.
Please let me know how it is with some feedback after you go, I would like
to go next year.
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Mariner
Grand Member (first year) 
Joined: Jun 29, 2009
Posts: 18
From: Davy Jones Locker
| Posted: 2009-09-18 8:58 pm Permalink
I've been several times and it's always fun. Excellent music and dancing!
Catch it if you can!
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hodadhank
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Dec 28, 2005
Posts: 1683
From: Mission Beach, CA
| Posted: 2009-09-24 11:09 am Permalink
Can anyone share a story of the last time San Diego Choppers were INVITED to participate, when they were uncermoniously relocated after setting up to an unshaded fenced Haole concentration pen far from the festivities and instructed not to speak to the attendees?
Freaky Boutiki Carvers were asked to demo at the event several years ago but declined so I did not witnes this in person only listened with mouth agape to stories. An islander friend said this was not unlikely, that the organizations leadership seems to change yearly and is self sabotaging.
What could become a well attended cultural celebraton seems to be intentionally alienating non islanders. A Hawaiian friend insists that the organization is pretty f'd up and exclusionary.
I'd like to go but wouldn't want to be harrassed for the color of my skin or lack thereof.
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Bowana
Grand Member (4 years) 
Joined: Nov 10, 2006
Posts: 1129
From: La Mesa, CA
| Posted: 2009-09-24 12:33 pm Permalink
I don't know who told you that horror story, Hank. I went to PIFA in '07 with the other carvers and we were all treated very well. Folks showed much interest in what we were doing. I felt absolutely NO hostility towards myself or anyone else.
They posted a picture of me and another of Billy The Crud on the PIFA website!
http://www.pifasandiego.com/Photo_Booths/index.htm
I'm not sure why we were not invited back, but I think there was some kind of safety issue. You know, sharp tools and chips flying while carving.
Here's the PIFA thread from '07. Let the pictures do the talking. See any hostility?
http://www.tikiroom.com/tikicentral/bb/viewtopic.php?mode=viewtopic&topic=25332&forum=17&start=225&hilite=pacific%20islander%20festival
So go check out PIFA, guys! Haole or not, it doesn't matter!
...and free Spam from the Spam Mobile! 
Bowie
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