We sat on Sunset Beach last week gasping and cheering with crowds watching the HIC Pro Surfing Championship. After a particularly large wipe out session, one of the competitors was on the beach …
The All-American Myth – An Aloha Halloween
It’s 82 degrees! It can't be Halloween. The familiar voice inside my head kept pointing out all the differences between the experience of this Halloween versus Halloween past. My memory was cloaked in …
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Prepare for the Journey … Ride the Wave of Change
Never give up on something you can’t go a day without thinking about. - Winston Churchill This week was the first real ocean swell of the season. Eager to show the kids big surf, we headed to …
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On Location Education: Hollywood Backlots in Hawaii
Around every corner, almost every day, we come face to face with a jaw-dropping landscape. At some level we know it is real but in other ways, it seems like the kind of Hawaiian tropical perfection …
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Are You A Stand Up Citizen? A Weekend With Hawaiian Watermen
Out of water, I am nothing. - Duke Kahanamoku We spent all weekend surrounded by watermen. We had no idea there was a title for these men but we knew we were in the presence of profoundly wise …
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Do You Talk Story? Lessons From Pearl Harbor
We know the facts about Pearl Harbor. We learn them in school and memorize them for tests ... The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941, was a catalyst propelling America into World …
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