How a canoe helped turn Hawaiian culture into a source of pride and even influenced Hollywood
A resurgence of Hawaiian pride and identity starting in the late 1960s and 1970s set off a cultural renaissance. Artist Herb ...
‘Celebrating Hōkūleʻa’ marks voyaging canoe’s 50th birthday
Hawaii News Now aired “Celebrating Hōkūleʻa,” a live broadcast celebrating the voyaging canoe's 50th birthday from Kualoa ...
‘We were all nuts,’ Hōkūleʻa original crew member describes early days
Dr. Ben Young says he was asked by Herb Kawainui Kane to be the physician on board Hōkūleʻa for the return trip from Tahiti ...
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Hawaii's Finn McGill Earns Long Awaited WSL Win
How hard is it really to win a WSL Qualifying Series event? In 2015, Finn McGill surfed in his fist QS comp. Ten years later, ...
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How a canoe helped turn Hawaiian culture into a source of pride and even influenced Hollywood
In 1980, Thompson became the first Hawaiian in six centuries to navigate to Tahiti without a compass or other modern instruments — a span of about 2,700 miles (4,300 kilometers). Thompson ...