Entries tagged 'North Shore of Oahu'
Eating Hawaii -- Oahu North Shore Shrimp Truck Tour - Romy's
Some serious shrimp eating going on. These folks prefer Romy's to Giovanni's. Your opinion?...
Video Tour of North Shore Shrimp Trucks - Giovanni's: Hawaii's Crustacean Fascination
First in a series. This is Giovanni's, the original shrimp truck. Enjoy! And what's your favorite North Shore shrimp truck and why? Do tell!...
Hawaii Governor Sez Buy Turtle Bay, Stop Da Condos
Hawaii's Governor Lindal Lingle floated a proposal today for the state to purchase Turtle Bay on Oahu's windy, wave-swept North Shore. She claimed that Hawaii has a "once in a lifetime chance" (according to PBN) to preserve the rural lifestyle...
Eddie Almost Goes: Sloppy Conditions Last Week Mean No Go
Quiksilver almost ran the Eddie Aikaui Invitational at Waimea Bay last week when surf popped over the 20-foot Hawaiian range (that's 40 foot-plus on the face). Waves shown here are a bit smaller than that but nice, clean Waimea...
Hawaiirama Surf Spot Tour: A Regular Feature
Kelly Slater, mega-world champion, surfing Backdoor at the Banzai Pipeline. This is a LOT more dangerous than it looks, kids....
Xcel Pro Surf Contest at Sunset Beach on the North Shore
The winter waves start rumbling ashore on Oahu's fabled North Shore sometime in mid-November and by the time the Xcel Pro Surf Contest sets up its judging platform scafolding on Sunset Beach, the locals are ripping up what is often...
Hawaii Celebrities: Sean Penn Buys North Shore Lot
As if Hawaii didn't have enough celebs. Then again, we can understand why Penn would love the North Shore enough to buy. It's is wild enough to still feel real, edgy enough to be a bit primal, yet quiet enough...
Hawaii Adventure: Skydiving Oahu's North Shore at Mokuleia
Gulp. Big jump. Really big jump. Skydiving at Mokulei’a (North Shore of Oahu) is one of those Indiana Jones leap of faith kinda deals. I mean, hurling yourself out of a plane it pretty counter-intuitive. But well worth it.: Between...
Hawaii Golf: Flail Away at Turtle Bay with Your Kids As Witness
I am not sure if this is a really good idea or a horrible idea. Do you really want your child to see you bend that super pricey Big Bertha around a tree? For families with the max zen factor,...
Hawaii Travel: T&L Visits Oahu, Again
T&L taps Malia Boyd (I know both her and her husband, Stewart Yerton) for its semi-annual Oahu roundup. Malia talks to local promoter Tim Bostock and his wife for a local perspective. They provide some nice tips of places a...
Hawaii Music: Jack Johnson's Kokua Festival Sold Out Save Pit Auctions
Jack Johnson's annual Kokua Festival on the North Shore of Oahu has become a perennial barn burner for locals and visitors. It is a rare chance to catch both Johnson and Pearl Jam front man Eddie Vedder in the same...
Traffic Disaster: Waimea Bay Road Closure A Bit More Than Temporary
Anyone who has driven around Waimea Bay couldn't have helped but notice the massive chain-link fence with thick metal rings setting the eastern cliff off from the road. But manmade measures apparently cannot hold back the gods. A rockslide...
Hawaii Beach Guides: Chun's Reef
On a recent day out surfing at Chun's on Oahu's North Shore, I looked back at the beach and thought -- holy cow! That's actually a great little beach. You can't really see much of the beach from the road...
Sunset Beach Land Grab Forestalled: Hooray!
For a long time a number of developers have threatened to turn the gorgeous bluffs overlooking Sunset Beach and much of the North Shore of Oahu into gated gentleman farmer communities, accompanied by the requisite super-upscale mini-malls for the latte...
Hawaii YouTube Video of the Day: Footage from Pipe Masters
I had seen some footage but this reel makes it clear how truly nasty it was out there. Kudos to the finalists. Related Posts: Andy Irons wins 2006 Pipe Masters...
Helemano Plantation: Xmas Tree Farm on Oahu -- Green Alternative
We drove out to Wahiawa this Christmas to get our tree because we decided we wanted a Norfolk pine in a pot. Throwing away dead Christmas trees made my wife sad. Also, we had read plenty about imported Christmas trees...
Andy Irons Wins Pipeline Masters, Triple Crown
Sounded like a great final in shifty, tricky and BIG surf. Here's linkage goodness. Honolulu Advertiser with article, photos, story on the crowds attending Good videos at the Triple Crown website (Windows Media only) Surfer Magazine Coverage of the...
Turtle Bay Controversy: Guv Says No!
In an interesting twist, Hawaii Governor Linda Lingle in her second innaugural address came out squarely against major development at Turtle Bay and surrounding beaches. This fit in with her argument that should Hawaii continue to rely on land development...
Hawaii Beaches: Untouched Oahu Gem -- Kawela Bay
I almost hate telling people about this spot. It's so perfect, and its right on Oahu. Kawela Bay is one of the last semi-secret beaches on this most populous of Hawaiian Islands. "Magnum P.I." and "Lost" have both filed scenes...
