Local Kine Hawaii Weblog

Super GoPro HD Hero surf video. I’m chomping at the bit to get one, but alas.

There’s a feeling that I get when I walk through Hanapepe,
Oh the spirit’s calling out to me.
Mother nature whispers, birds begin to sing,
And the waves start to rumble, crashing on the reef.

Feel the Aloha, from Hanalei to Kona
Haleakala climbs up to heaven.
Grasp every moment, taste it oh so sweet.
Paradise is the answer, life is complete.

Manoa DNA

A beautiful Music Video with Aloha Scenes of Maui. Go the practicingaloha.com for more info. Music and Lyrics by Cindy Paulos, arranged and with instrumentation by amazing Fulton Tashombe and Sung by Keli’i Kaneali’i, with video created by Bob Stone. Mark Ellman has created a practicealoha.org website about Aloha. That powerful Chant by Clifford Naeole. Cindy Paulos has a new cd called “Practicing Aloha” coming out soon! go to practicingaloha.com for cd info.

Bruddah Ku’ulei – Simply Said

In the Hawaiian language, hewa means wrong and noho means to occupy. This documentary is a contemporary look at Hawaiian people, politics and resistance in the face of their systematic erasure under U.S. laws, economy, militarism, and real estate speculation. It is a raw, unscripted story that makes critical links between seemingly unrelated industries, and is told from the perspective of Hawaiians.

In 2008 Noho Hewa won the Hawaii International Film Festivals Award For Best Documentary.

To learn more about the Noho Hewa documentary visit their website: http://www.nohohewa.com/.

Captain Charles Moore takes us to a Hawaiian beach in the running for Dirtiest Beach in the World, thanks to the plastic waste that accumulates there. Great video from BBC show Hawaii – Message in the Waves. Visit http://www.bbcearth.com for all the latest animal news and wildlife videos and watch more high quality videos on the new BBC Earth YouTube channel here: http://www.youtube.com/bbcearth

Swimming with pilot whales off Kona, Hawaii, June 2002. Snorkelers getiing a bit too close near the end; you can hear the whales vocalizing their (I assume) displeasure. Photography by Stosh Thompson, Marine Environmental Research. Music by Tony Kaltenberg.

“Down for Life – Hawaii” is a surf documentary exploring what it is about surfing and Hawaii that can captivate you for a lifetime. Featuring Sunny, Kelly, Andy, Rob, Charlie, CJ, Kalani, Jfred, Shane, Gavin and many more. Check out our myspace at myspace.com/downforlifehawaii.

Maui Time talks with shop-keepers at Request Music in Wailuku, Maui, Hawaii, about the music industry.

Maiden Voyage Productionsshares this awesome footage of outrigger building. The building of a traditional koa outrigger canoe evokes a time in Polynesia, when master carvers crafted vessels that carried them among local islands and to the far corners of the Pacific.