Spiral Island

[tokome]

I am so jealous - like if you agree!! xD

[TheComfortadors]

this guys got one of the best Dreams ive heard in my whole entire life

[TheComfortadors]

this guys got one of the best dreams i know of in my whole entire life

[cruzcam]

Republic of "Bottand"

[Maerarde]

This guys wins at Brink.

[bellendwoot]

If I had my own island, I would grow lots of cannabis on it.

[Charles2337]

Welcome to the world of the plastic beach.

[xiho]

Sowa to chyba polskie nazwisko ?

[owlandoak]

@xiho Yes, my grandfather was Polish :-)

[owlandoak]

@xiho Tak to jest. Nasz dziadek przyjechał po II wojnie światowej

Yes is it. Our Grandfather came over after the second world war

[Palladyn]

Lister redecorated Starbug a bit.

[nieziemskim]

Hello, I was just wondering if You are related to Poland in any kind of way. Your name sounds very polish. Good luck to him!

[owlandoak]

@nieziemskim Yes it means "OWL" our grandfather came over from Poland at the end of World War II

[truejew91]

Very clever ideas this guy put to use! I wish I could think of ideas as cool and smart as he did. I'm glad it was posted on blazle.com or I would probably have never found it

[owlandoak]

@truejew91 Thank you ...yes he is very clever! :-)

[DoughboyJonesmk2]

That looks like a great lifestyle, I'd do it given the chance...

[owlandoak]

@DoughboyJonesmk2 Go and he him in Mexico...he would love it!

[andrewy362]

everyone this is andrew young from his website, if you see my comment and find this interesting i recommend you view his new website spiralislanders dot info! i am a big user of it and it wont be hard to find me on it if you join :)

[PesteleCelViteaz]

0.31 - "on a seclUDED ISLAAAND PARAAAAAADISEEE!"

[djguacamole]

to kool for school i dig it .. can you dig it,,

[owlandoak]

@djguacamole probable not lol....you would be in the sea!!!

[Robstailey]

there's an even bigger one in the pacific!

[frother]

I really hope someone stops him before he tries to go into open water with it. Swimming distance is only a few miles (if you even know which direction to swim) and it would be impossible to steer the island or propel it. It would completely disintegrate in a storm.

[AmericanofTruth]

i would marry him....really i would...

[owlandoak]

@AmericanofTruth hahahah go and visit him in Mexico....I believe he's single :-)

[marcmantione]

That's sick I want my life like that fuck all the citys and mayham just chill and smoke fat ones and go fishing

[razorozx]

We should all donate bottles to him! :o

[genkidove]

Kevin Costner, if only you'd seen this before making Waterworld. Actually, it probably would have still been shit.

[xxRazorJadexx]

I've always wanted to do this, but I've never had an opportunity. If a chance ever arises, I'd like to help collect bottles for his island. Someone should make a Facebook group asking people to collect bottles from the street and mail them to him. Help the environment, and help this man achieve his amazing dream

[owlandoak]

@xxRazorJadexx he's on Facebook actually :-) Richart Sowa...look him up I'm sure he'd add you and he has his own website too!

[MissyZilla]

This guy is really ingenious. Wow. How impressive!

[qualqui]

WOW!!! This guy's AWESOME,...an example to the rest of us, to be SELF SUFFICIENT,.....kinda like the aztecs arrivin' in valley of mexico, and they put out baskets of soil onto the lake,.....this just proves we are all ONE, thank the Lord for the diversity and multicultural aspects that have survived on this BEAUTIFUL BLUE PLANET!! Thumbs up to ya owlandoak and thankin' my sweet sister Stephie for sharin'! = )

[johnnyblaze5555]

plastic beach!

[theconmann9]

robinson cruSOE

[TheSoundboardGuy]

Shame it was destroyed in a hurricane. Hopefully the new one works out. Any word on how that one is coming along?

[owlandoak]

@TheSoundboardGuy Yes he's doing really well! see the link - Plastic Island -

santacruz.slated.com

[JumpinJesuits]

wow, this would be a brilliant thing to do with all the stuff from the Pacific Gyre...I so want to do that now!

[MaximusHendrix]

This guy is my hero! Reminds me of something an ant would do...but instead of bottles itd be dirt and such lol. Pretty fuckin clever and brilliant to see what humans can do.

[justiceserved64]

I'm sorry, but your dad is an idiot. He gave up his JOB and FAMILY to build an island in Mexico? Did he ever check out the Mexican laws before he built it? If you are foreign born, you can't own land in Mexico. Your dads island is now a part of Mexico. No matter if your dad decides to "cut away and sail", it still belongs to Mexico./shakes head

[img921]

I envy him! :)

[Ricterax]

He left you and the rest of your family and you're proud of him?

[owlandoak]

@Ricterax it was a big decision for him I am sure...and yes we miss him dearly....but we all have to live our lives to fulfil our dreams or we will be stifled .....so yes we are proud of him although it's not a sacrifice I would make

[GrugTheJust]

One man's trash is another man's Treasure Island.

[ErichoTTA]

If that island had a working computer on it, I would so live there.

[owlandoak]

@ErichoTTA he is online :-)

[bisexualbuffthug]

If a person gonna be homeless then this is how to do it!!!!!!!!

[jacker1880]

my uncle Chris Stassi knows your father.

hi i'm andreas stassi he's nephew.

oh and two mor things

1. your dad is going to be very important and well known in not long because that lil island of his is a great sucsess.

2. your dad is going to be the next Noahs ark.

[euripideesshreds]

He has a better set than the movie "Water World" in which I was an extra. But the Island he's made is not seaworthy. There is , however a mass of bottles and plastic floating in the Pacific Gyre between Hawaii and the US mainland that is immense, and an actual hazard to navigation. But since the open ocean swells are so violent and powerful , it would all have to be down in the doldrums at the equatorial region to have a calm enough sea surface to remain together. Interestingly enough now,cont-

[freq32]

this is pretty genius.

[mervrun]

Where's Ginger and Mary Ann...They would come in handy on such an island????

[olsoldin]

Hooray! i have the first comment for a whole year! I really want to make myself an island like that... Tell your dad that he's done an awesome job.

[samuricex]

This is your dad?  LOL, according to the narrator he gave up on you.

[owlandoak]

@samuricex we are still in touch....he's on line and facebook and we see each other when it counts....he has not given up and never will :-)

[Breadcleaner]

Awesome island. Is it just me or does the narrator of this segment sound like Lister from Red Dwarf?

[owlandoak]

@Breadcleaner thats because it is!

[oloscience]

...I envy that man

[xXCheeseAndBeansXx]

Wow! This is an inspiration and I wish it was warm enough here, I would definitely try this.I bet if he developed a step-plan or something like that, he could sell that and he would never need to leave.Much.Brilliant!

[chrestian]

That's inspiring.

[linmin7000]

nice island!

[owlandoak]

I agree! :-)

[niwatorimeat]

This man is inspirational.

You have a great father.

[TonyFA]

that guys is a pimp

[restinthefire]

good luck to him!

thanks for posting this :)

[owlandoak]

thank you for your commet :-)

[owlandoak]

if you saw it you would not say it was junk....better I suppose than just creating junk like the majority of us!

I am one of his daughters and I am so proud of him

[brunesmask]

you should be proud of him, thats amazing, he have really figured it out...

[permaculturee]

The wave powered laundry machine is another great idea.

[owlandoak]

absolutely! he's in the process of making his second Island now :-) far better and bigger than this one....and he's writing a book! wow

[ohbozhetymoj]

that is truly amazing thing what he did.

[ACIMPeace]

that is so very cool! thanks for posting this!

[Coolman25]

Lister!

[magnum9er]

awesome

[advilinda]

do you mind me asking why did he leave his family?

This reminds me of the recent movie also novel Into the Wild.

It's better than paying taxes and other annoyances in a complex life. This one seem much healthier and simpler.

[owlandoak]

My dad has always been a traveller....still searching for his own peace I suppose...most of us feel we can find it on our doorstep...some of us have to look further....he has not really left us....we all lve him for the person he is.

[mikehoncho101]

This is the coolest thing I have seen all day! You have a very artistic dad and conservative at that too

[ixtc]

who wants to make a community of these, link up, and create our own country? i'm game.

[SlipKnoTjim]

Man this is so COOL!!!!

[owlandoak]

he is brilliant!

[Cheyenne019]

this is awesome!!

[owlandoak]

thank you! yes it is..