Entries tagged 'biking'
No K9 Love on Kauai: Pups Banned from Coastal Trail
From the Honolulu Star- Bulletin. "Kauai dog owners are incensed at the county's plan to ban dogs along the new $50 million, 16-mile coastal path set to link Lihue and Anahola." Can't blame them. Can't we all get along?...
Maui Haleakala Bike Tours: Barred Forever?
After a spate of serious accidents and casualties on downhill bike rides run by activity companies taking tourists down the steep and serpentine road from the Haleakala Summit, the National Park Service banned the popular rides last year. Now, after...
The Last Ride Down: Haleakala Bike Rides Banned
Kill me once, kill me twice, kill me thrice -- shut it all down. Haleakala National Park on Maui announced it would suspend the popular and apparently dangerous downhill bike tours after a 65-year old woman lost control of her...
Hawaii Death Ride: Haleakala Claims Another Cyclist
Local drivers and Maui residents have long complained about the bike tours sending hundreds of thousands of newbie cyclists down the serpentine road descending Haleakala Volcano, Maui's 10,000 dormant volcano. The tours clogged up traffic with endless trails of slow-moving...
Hawaii Adventures: Mountain Biking in Polipoli State Park on Maui
The Polipoli State Recreation Area was closed after a brushfire devastated the old growth, but alien, forests on the hills. Fortunately, the area should be opening again soon. And it is one of the best places to ride mountain bikes...
Haleakala Downhill: Bikers Raise Local Ire
I listened yesterday to a news report on the local public radio news station detailing growing gripes from locals over the bike tours that descend from Haleakala each morning after sunrise. The tours ride the serpentine descent down the...
