Twenty-one of the world’s most fearless big wave surfers have been invited to take on the notorious giant wave break in the inaugural Red Bull Jaws Paddle at Pe‘ahi event on Maui’s North Shore this winter. During the holding period of Dec. 7, 2012-Mar.15, 2013, competing athletes will drop-in on a monstrously ideal day with no assistance from motorized watercraft. That’s … [Read more...] about Getting Ready For Red Bull Jaws Paddle At Peahi
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Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) Some kinds of bamboo grow so quickly you can almost see it happen. Daily growth is measured in feet, not inches or millimeters. On the other hand, some forms of life scarcely change at all over many years. Your own transformations seem to swing wildly between extremes like these. For years, you labor along with nary a long-term change in emotion or … [Read more...] about Your Horoscope
Readers Sound Off On Best Of Maui and Eh Brah and People Who Bash Old Skaters
BLAME THE VOTERS! I am appalled that your newspaper would list Big Beach as the Best Swimming Beach on Maui (Best of Maui, July 19, 2012). Are you truly unaware of the number of people that have been paralyzed at Big Beach? We have had so many patients young, old, tourists and residents that will never walk again after being tossed by a wave at Big Beach. Your article lists … [Read more...] about Readers Sound Off On Best Of Maui and Eh Brah and People Who Bash Old Skaters
The Throwdowns Celebrate Their New CD With A Maui Arts And Cultural Center Concert
The Throwdowns came to my hospital room bearing a blister-packed toy mustache and a white wicker basket stuffed with gerbera daisies. It was November 2009 and the Maui-based band was on Oahu opening for The Fray and Panic at the Disco at Waikiki Shell, meanwhile I was at Kaiser Moanalua enjoying fever-induced hallucinations and my first rounds of chemotherapy for acute … [Read more...] about The Throwdowns Celebrate Their New CD With A Maui Arts And Cultural Center Concert