How Far Will A Surfer Hike on Kauai
Not a trick question: As far as it takes to get to the surf. While all the islands have board-carry breaks, and Oahu is the surfing capital of Hawaii (and the known Universe),… Continue reading
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Five Best Beach Parks In Hawaii
Hawaii has hundreds of beaches, so to name the five “best” is sort of dumb. But let’s not let that be a hindrance. Let’s say you want to park the family for the… Continue reading
Getting Soaked in Hawaii
Forget the Eskimos and their dozen names for kinds of snow. The seaborne island nation of Hawaii has more than 150 names for rain. These people lived for nearly 20 centuries isolated by… Continue reading
Maui’s Wave Machine – Surf Honolua
The offshore right-break into Honolua Bay on west Maui is one of Hawaii’s best surf venues: good sized wedges and curls break consistently, occasionally reaching double-figures in height. Surfers must carry boards down… Continue reading
A Day in Lanai
A short ferry ride away from Lahaina, Maui.
The Coconut Craze – Finding Them Fresh in Kauai
< The east side of Kauai isn’t called the Coconut Coast for nothing. The term does have its historical roots: the coco palm was one of the 23 plants the Polynesian voyagers… Continue reading
Secret Falls: Rent a kayak, the rest is FREE
The wide-mouthed Wailua River was chosen as the homeland for the first Polynesian voyagers nearly two thousand years ago, who settled its fertile banks, fished for both fresh and ocean-going fish, and built… Continue reading
Hapuna Beach Park: Divine
If Hapuna Beach didn’t already exist, God would have to create it. The Big Island, though larger than the other Hawaiian islands put together, has the least amount of sandy shoreline, since it… Continue reading