Outdoors in Hawaii archive

I have no idea how they shot this (is it digital? I can't tell). But it gives a wonderful flavor for what you might get in backcountry waterfalls in Hawaii. These guys give a very nice guide to Hawaii…

Quickest way I've ever seen to get a feel for driving the Road to Hana. Everyone has to do it once, eh?…

Totally insane. This summer has been completely on fire and lots of waves like this been had.…

The eye-popping bright colors and high winds make Hawaii a paragliding paradise. Witness this footage shot in 2008 over Koko Crater (in Honolulu near Waikiki) on Oahu. It's enough to make you up your deductible. Gravity Hawaii has the…

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I've been on the Pua Po'o Tube Hike in HAVO several times and just love the peace and fragility of these places. There are many paid tours but none are as good as the ranger-guided tours at the park,…

Fyndhawaii.com is something we contemplated for a while. At first I was doing this as a Hawaii-centric search engine but had troubled tuning it the way I wanted. Then along came Twitter. I wanted to figure out a way…

Pity the folks who had advance reservations and paid up for flights on Air Kauai. The Kauai-based tourist aviation company had its two choppers taken back by the bank. Nearly $3 million in arrears, the company has apparently run out…

There's nothing that turns me off more than walking through the warm sand in Waikiki and wandering through a cloud of cigarette smoke as some tourist lights a butt and then ruins it for everyone nearby. Call me a smoke…

Say hello to Kala Alexander and his friends, including former world champ Andy Irons. NYT tells all. Oh -- don't drop in.…

This is footage of Kipu Falls, one of the most popular on Kauai and close to where the great opening scene from "Raiders of the Lost Ark" was filmed. . Alas, it's an illegal trail but lots of locals…