Hawaii Lifeguard Surf Instructors- Native Surf Co
Aloha from Kona!
Meet Team HLSI of Kailua-Kona Hawaii on the Big Island of Hawaii. Native Hawaiian waterman and family of surfers who specialize in teaching the Hawaiian pastime of he'e nalu (surfing) with world travelers to visit the island that Team HLSI calls home.
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TEAM HLSI- Kamalani age 12, surfing her wavestorm behind the charter boat thanks to a rope
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Surfing Kona -2013 Xmas Swell Pt2
Big Waves on Dec 21, 2013. Music by Danny Almonte
Learning how to surf
My first time surfing! In Kona, Hawaii.
Hawaii - Island hopping - Kona to Maui
The great thing about Hawaii is even on a travel day it becomes and adventure with plenty of beauty to enjoy.
Air Guardsmen Rescue Training In Hawaii
Members from the 129th Rescue Wing, Moffett Federal Airfield, CA conducted two weeks of operationally focused rescue training scenarios in Hawaii during April 2014.
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Surfers take to waves as flooding hits Hawaii
HONOLULU (AP) -- As the first tropical storm to hit Hawaii in 22 years passed by the islands, some coffee farmers on the Big Island began navigating flooded roads to assess damage to their crops Friday while tourists wandered the beaches of Oahu and surfers took to the waves despite driving rain and wind.
The first storm in a one-two punch heading for Hawaii clamored ashore overnight Friday as a weakened tropical storm. A second system close behind it also weakened and was on track to pass north of the islands by several hundred miles.
Tropical Storm Iselle knocked out power, caused flooding and downed trees when it crossed onto the Big Island. There have been no reports of deaths or major injuries, Gov. Neil Abercrombie said Friday.
About 21,000 homes remained without power on the Big Island where the main part of Iselle came ashore in a rural and sparsely populated region, Hawaii County Civil Defense spokesman John Drummond said.
Those staying in shelters were told to return home, while crews cleared trees from roads, county spokesman Kevin Dayton said.
The state Department of Health warned the public to stay out of floodwaters and storm water runoff across Hawaii because they are known to attract sharks as they wash possible dead animals into the ocean.
Heavy rains and wind from the storm's outer bands also hit Maui and Oahu on Friday as Iselle moved west, but south of the other islands, out to sea. Abercrombie stressed that even though the brunt of storm hit the Big Island and Maui, Kauai and Oahu need to remain vigilant.
We won't be able to give all-clear until late this afternoon or early evening, Abercrombie said Friday.
Honolulu's lifeguard division said about a dozen surfers were riding waves Friday at a spot nicknamed Suicides, near the popular Diamond Head crater. Lifeguards on Oahu were planning to only respond to emergency calls, avoiding regular patrols.
Back on the Big Island, coffee farmers on the southeastern side tried to get around fallen trees on flooded roads to determine any crop damage, said Randy Stevens, general manager of Kau Coffee Mill.
It's raining so hard we're just trying to get the roads opened up so we can get to the fields, Stevens said.
The heavy rain and flooding seen in the southeastern Kau district is vastly different from the relatively drier Kona region on the Big Island's western side, where much more coffee is grown, and the storm had little impact.
We're all buttoned up, but nothing happened, said Bruce Corker, a Kona coffee farmer.
Meanwhile, Hurricane Julio, some 900 miles behind in the Pacific, was downgraded to a Category 2 storm and packed maximum sustained winds of about 105 mph. National Weather Service officials predict it will continue to weaken on a path that should take it about 200 miles north of the island chain starting sometime Sunday morning.
If Julio stays on track, the impacts to the islands would be minimal, Weather Service meteorologist Derek Wroe said. We would see some large surf. ... We could see some heavy showers. That's all assuming this track holds. Otherwise, we could still see some tropical storm conditions.
There remains uncertainty given its distance from land.
We're not out of the woods yet with Julio, Wroe said.
Iselle also had weakened, having been downgraded to a tropical storm about 50 miles from shore late Thursday, and within hours, its winds slowed to 60 mph, well below the 74 mph threshold for a hurricane.
Experts said wind shear chopping at the system and the Big Island's mountainous terrain helped weaken the storm.
Hawaii has been directly hit by hurricanes or tropical storms only three times since 1950. The last time was in 1992, when Hurricane Iniki killed six people and destroyed more than 1,400 homes in Kauai.
The state prepared for the back-to-back storms by closing government offices, schools and transit services across Hawaii. But Saturday's primary elections, including congressional and gubernatorial races, will go forward as planned.
Travelers faced disrupted plans several airlines canceled dozens of flights, the Hawaii Tourism Authority said. Some airlines waived reservation change fees and fare differences for passengers who needed to alter their plans.
The storms are rare in Hawaii but not unexpected in El Nino years, a change in ocean temperature that affects weather around the world.
Ahead of this year's hurricane season, weather officials warned the wide swath of the Pacific Ocean that includes Hawaii could see four to seven tropical storms this year.
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Associated Press writers Oskar Garcia, Cathy Bussewitz and Manuel Valdes in Honolulu
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Located on the water in Koko Marina, just minutes from Hanauma Bay, Hawaii Water Sports Center offers a full line up of water activities. The center has it all - Parasailing, Jetsking, Scuba diving, Wakeboarding, Water-skiing, and Surfing Lessons. Don't forget to try the exciting Banana Boat and Bumper Tube rides. Being only minutes from Hanauma Bay a snorkeling trip to this wonder is a must. Check out our three ride special today!
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Momentum Generation
For the first time in their careers, the core members of surfing's most legendary crew have agreed to tell their story together, giving the filmmakers unprecedented access to their inner circle, and tens of thousands of hours of private archives. After leaving their families in their early teens to live crammed together in a house on the North Shore of Oahu, they courageously followed each other into Mother Nature's most dangerous waves... and when some of them didn't make it back to shore, together they found a way to mourn and adapt. Fuelled by camaraderie -- but even more so by a deep-seated competitiveness -- this tight-knit crew became known as the Momentum Generation after being featured in Taylor Steele's groundbreaking surf films. They went on to win world titles, break records, and redefine the world's perception of the surfer, youth culture, and of what it means to be free. As told through their own voices, captured over the course of multiple years of production, the Momentum Generation surfers reflect on the complexity of the brotherhood and competition that shaped their shared emotional journey and made these pioneers both heroic and human.
KĀKOU – Hawai‘i’s Town Hall The Global Squeeze: How Do We Keep Hawaiʻi Hawaiʻi? | Program
In our second live town hall, we pause to consider where we are, and where we want to be. Change is inevitable. Some changes come quietly, incrementally, over years; others seem to emerge all of a sudden and nearly full-blown. How is Hawai‘i changing – for better, for worse, or both?
This is not a conversation about major controversial events that have been dividing our community. This is not a conversation about pro-this, or anti-that. This is a discussion about the finer details of life in Hawai‘i that affect our sense of place. What details compromise the core essence of Hawai‘i – and where are we willing to draw the line?
We’ve invited 40 individuals from across the state to participate in this frank, respectful and community-based discussion in our studio. We invite you to join the conversation through email and social media, using the hashtag #pbskakou.
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The number of fatherless households is rising, according to a study by the Hawaii State Commission on Fatherhood. What’s behind this upward trend? And how does it affect children to grow up without a father at home?
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U.S. Coast Guard video by Cmdr. Arex Avanni
PBS Hawaii - HIKI NŌ Episode 525 | Focus on Malama Honua | Full Program V3
Premiere Airdate: September 18, 2014
The theme of the Polynesian Voyaging Society's worldwide voyage is malama honua, which means to care for our island Earth. Along with sharing stories about malama honua during its physical voyage around the world, the PVS is also sharing stories with the world virtually, through its Learning Journeys/Share Your Story program. Among these stories will be the following features from the HIKI NŌ archive: from Kamehameha Schools Maui Middle, a story on the restoration of an ancient Hawaiian fishpond; from Hana K-12 School on Maui, a look at the diversion of water from East Maui to West Maui, resulting in the depletion of taro growing and other native practices in Hana; from Halau Ku Mana on Oahu, a look at a non-profit organization that teaches young children the ways of the ocean; from Maui High School, a middle-aged woman learns valuable life lessons from caring for her Alzheimer's Disease-stricken mother; from Kamehameha Schools Maui High, the story of a sanctuary for disabled animals; from Ka Waihona o ka Naauao on Oahu, a profile of Uncle George, Hawaii's ambassador of stand-up paddling; and from Chiefess Kamakahelei Middle School on Kauai, the story of a community coming together – despite language barriers – to build a replica of a traditional Japanese house of harmony.
Hawaiian Surfer Zoe McDougall Goes LIVE with Reportin' Live's Surf City Dano
Surf City Dano...Locally World Famous Reportin' Live with Hawaiian Standout Surfer Zoe McDougall. Just some of her 2014 accomplishments: Quarters at her 1st Vans US Open Asp Jr. Pro Championships 7/25-27 Huntington Beach. NSSA National Championships/ Huntington Beach 4th Place Girls Open 7/3/14.
Third at Surfing America Championships 2014 at Lower Trestles. 4Th place at The Rip Curl Grom Search At Huntington Beach Jun 8, 2014. Surfer Magazine Full Page July 2014. She talked on a variety of things. Her typical day, places to surf etc. Here is what Zoe had to say...
PBS Hawaii - HIKI NŌ Episode 705 | Waiakea Inter. School | ‘Ike Pono | Full Program
Premiere Airdate: November 12, 2015
This episode is the fifth in a series of six shows in which each episode focuses on a specific Hawaiian value. The Hawaiian value for this show is ‘ike pono, which means to know what is right. Each of the following stories reflects this theme:
The top story comes from the students at Maui Waena Intermediate School who feature Christopher Malik Cousins, owner of the Farmacy Health Bar in Wailuku, Maui. Cousins had been a troubled youth, often in trouble with the law and even living on the streets. Being fed at Saint Theresa’s Church in Kihei eventually inspired him to do the right thing and open his own health food restaurant. His motivation for opening the business was not to make money, but to provide his family and community with healthy snacks, to employ people who need a helping hand (like he did), and to encourage his customers to “pay-it-forward” by contributing to a program that helps to feed the hungry with healthy foods. “I went from someone who wasn’t doing Maui any good to someone who is making a difference,” says Cousins.
Also featured are student-created stories from the following schools:
Waianae Intermediate School (Oahu): Sosefina Matautia, once a self-professed bully at Waianae Intermediate School, decided to do the right thing and change her ways. While becoming a kinder, better person benefitted those around her, Sosefina was motivated to change because of her own dreams of someday becoming a doctor.
Seabury Hall Middle School (Maui): Led by math teacher Debi Davis, Seabury Hall Middle School students do the right thing for the less fortunate by weaving colorful yarn hats that are distributed around the world to help brighten the lives of underprivileged children.
Kealakehe High School (Hawaii Island): Students and other community members in Kona do the right thing by banding together to build Habitat for Humanity homes for families on the Hawaiian Homes wait list.
Waianae High School (Oahu): Sometimes doing what you know is right requires great sacrifice. Sometimes doing what is right means doing less for yourself. Such is the case with Waianae High School student Daisy Agae, whose grades suffer because she has to take care of her two younger brothers, one of whom is a special needs child born with debilitating medical conditions.
Hawaii Preparatory Academy (Hawaii Island): Hawaii Island resident William ”Black” Abraham was headed down the wrong path as a young adult, until he decided to do the right thing and dedicate his life to saving lives. He did so by becoming an Ocean Safety Officer at Hapuna Beach and is now inspiring the next generation of lifesavers through his Junior Lifeguard training program.
Kamehameha Schools Maui High (Maui): An East Maui couple do the right thing by taking in and caring for animals with debilitating and life-threatening illnesses. As a result, their home has become the East Maui Animal Refuge, more affectionately known as the Boo-Boo Zoo. This episode is hosted by Waiakea Intermediate School in Hilo, Hawaii.
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