The One about Hapa’s debut album “Hapa”
When I was in college, I was looking to purchase a few Hawaiian music CDs from our local Tower Records and saw this album which was released back in 1993. What caught my interest was the name of the group and the album titled “Hapa”. Read More …
The One about the COSIDRAM Mens Leather Sandals
I wanted to have another summer based sandal, something different from standard flipflops or birk-style sandals. The COSIDRAM Mens Leather Sandals is great for those who want to have a sandal that provides shock absorption and has an anti-collision rubber toe cap and outsole for Read More …
The One about BrewBike’s Cold Brew Coarse Ground Coffee (Original Blend Dark Roast)
Brewbike began in 2015 when a group of Northwestern freshmen felt it was hard to get great coffee on campus and so they started Northwestern’s first fully student-run coffee. First via mobile coffee bike and then later as a coffee kiosk in Annenberg Hall with Read More …
The One about The Green’s “My Hawai’i” (feat. Sean Na’auao, Kaumakaiwa, Kumu Hina)
One of my favorite reggae groups is The Green from Oahu, Hawai’i. The group consists of vocalist Caleb Keolanui, Ikaika Antone (keyboard/vocals), JP Kennedy (guitar/vocals), Zion Thompson (guitar/vocals), Brad “BW” Watanabe (bass) and Jordan Espinoza (drums). For the single “My Hawai’i”, it features a collaboration Read More …
The One about the Billabong Stubbies 73 Lo Tides Boardshorts
Back in 1972, Stubbies was one of the most popular boardshorts in Australia and New Zealand. Established by Australian company Edward Fletcher and Co., for the first year alone (1972), over 750,000 pairs of Stubbies were sold. With the success of the shorts, the company Read More …
The One about the Billabong x Otis Carey collaboration and the Billabong Sundays Fauna Lo Tide Boardshorts
In 2019, Australian-based surf company/clothing retailer Billabong collaborated with Otis Carey, an indigenous free surfer and artist. Otis’ designs would be featured in various Billabong clothing. Otis said, “The way I can best explain it is, it’s a broken-down form of traditional symbols and stories Read More …
The One about the Sig Zane x Hurley Wailehua Collaboration
For years, Bob Hurley, who is the founder of Hurley and former CEO, had been doing business in Hawai’i. As far back even, while he was with Billabong USA. Back in 2014, Hurley collaborated with Sig Zane and his son Kuha’o for the Lo’i Kalo Read More …
The One about the Billabong Sundays Airlite Hawaii Boardshorts
As part of Billabong’s Hawaii series is their Sundays Airlite Hawaii Boardshorts. The Hawaii series for Billabong typically showcase the Hawaiian islands displayed right next to the logo, may it be on the front logo of the boardshort or on the Billabong logo on the Read More …
The One about Fine Magazine (Japan)
If there is a magazine which I have consistently have read when I was much younger and still in college and now as an adult, is “Fine Magazine”. “Fine Magazine” is a magazine which I would describe are people who are more into surf and Read More …
The One about the Enya Concert Ukulele (EUC-X1)
Enya is perhaps the most popular affordable Ukulele brand from China with a positive reputation for its quality. And as many people are discovering Enya ukulele, especially the popular Enya Nova U carbon fiber travel ukulele. Having had success with Enya products, I definitely wanted Read More …
The One about the Billabong 73 Stripe Original Boardshort
If there is one surf brand that I have consistently worn since I was in high school, it’s Billabong. Billabong is an Australian surf company which was founded in the Golden Coast, Queensland in 1973 by Gordon and Rena Merchant and the name is derived Read More …
The One about Eddie Kamae’s “Heart of the Ukulele”
Eddie Kamae is a beloved Hawaiian composer and musician, a music pioneer, a ukulele legend and because of the scarcity of finding Eddie Kamae songs that are ukulele driven, I recommend “Heart of Ukulele”. ARTIST: Eddie Kamae ALBUM: Heart of the Ukulele LABEL: Mahalo Records Read More …
The One about the HIC Moho Tani Boardshort
It began back in 1971 when Stephen and Jimmy Tsukayama founded Hawaiian Island Creations, a small surf shop in Kailua on Oahu’s Windward shore. For me growing up, Hawaiian Island Creations was no doubt one of the coolest brands and the company is known for Read More …
The One about the Hurley Phantom Sleep Hollow Boardshort
Hurley was founded in 1979 by Bob Hurley as the company was known as Hurley Sufboards/International Pro Designs. Bob was a well-known surfboard shaper in Southern California and was instrumental in licensing the US rights to Billabong (back then the company was an Australian surf Read More …
The One about the Billabong Warp Pro Boardshorts
Back in the ’90s, I used to have these cool shorts from Billabong and man, I miss those years when Billabong rocked the arch logo (which is making a comeback). For me, while Billabong has gone through changes over the decades, the signature Billabong arch Read More …
The One about the JOWOOM Grabtune Acoustic Guitar Capo-Tuner
I have used a capo and I have used a tuner, but a capo tuner? It was kind of hard for me to picture that in my head, so I had to check out the JOWOOM Grabtune Acoustic Guitar Capo-Tuner! Right out of the box, Read More …
The One about the Franklin Sports Golf Swing and Tempo Trainer
I have read about how tempo trainers help improve one’s golf game. Franklin Sports Golf Swing and Tempo Trainer is a tempo trainer that is different when compared to other tempo trainers. Others come with interchangeable weights and some are small. Franklin Sports decided to Read More …