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Rent Boats at http://konaboatrentals.com
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Internships based on Green Technologies. We just started offering digital design internships that will help you to learn digital design, marketing and development. Check out the ????????Green Collar Technologies Digital Intern Program Or call Brent for more info 808-896-7656.
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Subject: Tomorrow (4/9) on uhhradio.com | Saturday @ Margarita Village
After a hiatus due to technical problems at the station, Better Version is back and better than ever at the same time and place: Thursday 8-10pm HI, 11-1pm PDT, 2-4am EDT on uhhradio.com. Tomorrow night for Better Version, I will finally be showcasing the original Jamaican dancehall sound, as I was planning to two weeks ago. Again, this is not the hip-hop flavored dancehall so prevalent in the clubs today, but rather the smooth and soulful rub-a-dub sounds of Jamaican producers like Junjo Lawes, Linval Thompson, Bunny Lee and Joe Gibbs from ‘79-’83. It will be longer show than 2 hours this week, as I have special guest DJ Radec bringin some fyah as well.
Also, if you are in Hilo and over 21, come thru Saturday night (10pm) to Margarita Village (11 Silva Street across from the Hilo Port on the way to Richardsons Beach) to check out “Epic Moments.” Katrice (aka DJ Jazzy Belle) and I are gonna be DJing a variety of quality roots, funk, and hip hop. There is NO Cover !
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No BS techno party. Come to dance. OBEs welcome.
Shaka’s in Pahoa is the place. A handful of local DJs will be on “hand” and heads down to make it right. It’s Aubrey ’s birthday surfers welcome.
Mention you saw this on Big Island Fun and you’ll get some strange blank stares. Someone might even say, “huh?”
Shaka’s in Pahoa, Thursday night.
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Lava flow updates and the best Hawai`i Big Island Volcano updates are here. These are written by my friend Anna that lives near the volcano. Her and her husband Dave have spent lots of time near the volcano. You’ve probably driven by their place on the dirt road near the toll booth for the County’s volcano lava viewing area.
What’s kewl is that Anna writes extensively on the subject in the Hawai`i Big Island Volcano blog. Please go check it out. Before Pele even thinks about blowing her top, she let’s Anna know first and Anna writes it all down in the volcano blog.
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Kayaking adventures on Hawai`i Island.
I had the opportunity to meet Rich Delong the other day. He was starting to build another Inuit Kayak, a skill he learned while leading kayak adventures in Alaska. Rich has that fire in his eyes that to another adventurer is a sure sign you’re going to have limitless fun together at some point in some adventure. Those of you seeking adventure know what I mean.
Rich and Bailey live in a treehouse in the middle of their own ohia forest. They live closer to an active volcano than a health clinic. They probably consider a mountain bike ultimately more valuable than a car which in their case runs on veggie oil.
I never heard of anyone kayaking the XXsecret-spotXX much less saw any photos of anyone doing so until Rich sent me photos the other day. In my email to Rich I asked if he was interested in posting some of his photos on this site. His response, “the photos are yours, and I’ve got plenty more (probably better) which I’ll send soon. I just got a waterproof digital so let’s get out there and get some more!”
In my email, I had expressed interest in helping Rich promote his business on the web. Rich is a real estate appraiser and hesitant to make a buck off something he enjoys so much. But he’s the kind of person that is always willing to share his passions. At least that’s what I picked up from his email.
portion of an email from Rich Delong, kayak instructor, real estate appraiser.
“if you happen to be in town tomorrow I keep two plastic traditional kayaks in Hilo and will be taking an Inuit boat (for safe keeping!!) so maybe the three of us could get together with some whales?
I graduated from UHH last year with a Business degree, but always imagined owning a kayak guiding service or outfitter which is what inspired that line of study. In hindsight (after many years of corporate-style business lessons and on-the-water experience with various kayak outfitters) I realize that making my passion a business takes the spark away very quickly!
With that said, I love instructing and guiding and have been a professional kayak instructor for over eight years (with ACA certification). I managed a kayak shop growing-up, served a the head instructor and lead guide for REI in Seattle, and earned the lead guide position for Pangaea Outfitters in Valdez, AK among many other
kayak-related endeavors. Teaching people to paddle (and taking friends) is always rewarding and it has been through instructing that I’ve connected with my most direct communication skills and experienced a true connection with the craft. my only negative experiences relate to taking such an honest interest in paddling and combining that a business necessity of taking as many people as possible into the wilderness at a time and being forced to “package” a place or experience for easier mass consumption. I suppose I’m referring to my time in Alaska where, surrounded by such unfathomable (yet harsh) beauty and wilderness, I realized that not every remote place needs a human footprint and that kayaks can be much more than huge plastic or fiberglass refrigerators and garbage cans (we cooked all the elaborate meals too!)…Hawaii. Paddling is what has kept me on the Island after many years and we have something so very special that it is even beyond the radar of most paddlers in the world. There are many challenges to taking peopleAnyway, with that aside, I would definitely be interested in getting together and talking about paddling in off-shore into open water, especially in traditional, non-sit-on-top kayaks (which, although the standard in
Hawai`i, are actually very dangerous if conditions pick-up). Apart from Bayfront (which I have grown to love but would avoid by boat), surf quickly become a factor even on moderate days and there is plenty of unavoidable risk…but, even with a full or partial day of instruction in protected water, anyone can learn to paddle a “sit-in” traditional kayak and almost ALWAYS prefer the speed, responsiveness, potential, and eventual safety of a decked boat. Kayaking, among all of the many permutations of human-powered watercraft that exist today, is (in my opinion) the only type that can be safely navigated, long-distance, in ANY type of conditions (I have been in swell here ~~especially off Kau one day~~ that could swamp even a open-ocean sailboat) and this is where the kayak finally “wakes-up” and becomes alive to its intrinsic design-potential…Cheers and Thank you!
Richard DeLong
Lawrence Appraisal Group Hawaii, Inc.
Tel 808-557-7081
Fax 808-935-6147
Rich at lawrenceappraisers.com“So that’s a snapshot of Rich. If you’re interested in contacting Rich to see if he’s willing to break out the kayaks, please do so by email. It’s not a business for Rich. If you need a real estate appraisal, please call Rich at work.
See a photo of an Inuit Kayak at Wikipedia
Aloha
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These photos were submitted by James Hadde while visiting from Oahu. Mahalo James!
Please shoot James a note if you want to use any of these:
hadde23@yahoo.com
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Means more snow!
Everyone is still going up. Look for photos soon.
todd furubayashi 2:49 pm on February 26, 2008 Permalink
dude, thank you! those are insane pics. can you post a commentary? i am a hawaii transplant living in the bay area (board every week) and am so curious as to the snow on mauna kea after a big storm. i’ve heard such disparaging things about it but i’d love to here from someone that’s actually done it!
kahea 11:24 am on February 27, 2008 Permalink
Todd, I think I can answer this for Brent. The snow after a big storm on Mauna Kea is elusive. The only people that ever see it is the crew that plows the road. Otherwise, we’re limited to seeing it first on the webcams which are often covered by ice, turned of or focused on scientists inside the domes.
Scientists are usually the first people allowed up the mountain. The Mauna Kea management offices seem to believe they are most qualified to go up first.
The best and perhaps the only way to check out the snow immediately after a big storm would be to heli-up or kite up. Or maybe disguise yourself as a scientist in a four runner?
I’m not aware of anyone that has done this before.
So any comments you’ve heard might just be attempts to discourage others from ascending. That’s pretty kewl since it’s really not a great place for beginners. Without a ski patrol, the Mauna Kea Management efforts are basically fostering a dangerous set of circumstances. The Public Safety Committee apparently doesn’t consider a Snow Patrol or Ski Patrol in their assessment of safety on the mountain.
That aside, it’s a really amazing place to ride. I’ve riding a lot of places in North America and although riding Mauna Kea is full of short rides, hikes and extreme conditions, the snow can be amazing. Don’t expect powder but do expect a high like no other place.
The energy is really intense. Perhaps from the sacred burial grounds? The Hawaian’s reverence and worship of the Mountain have set a stage for absolute bliss. The “mana” of the mountain is incredible. The only place I’ve experienced that is similar would be something like Banff National Park in Canada. The Indian tribes in that area worshiped their mountains similarly. I would imagine similar practices in the Andes and Himalayas.
Maybe someone else can share their experiences riding some of those hills?
More resource related to this comment:
Sacred Land Film Project
http://www.sacredland.org/endangered_sites_pages/mauna_kea.html
Mauna Kea Science Reserve Master Plan
http://tinyurl.com/ypcm38
Honolulu Weekly Article
http://tinyurl.com/2g73nk
Los Angeles Times Article
http://www.moolelo.com/maunakea-latimes.html
Brent 8:56 am on February 28, 2008 Permalink
Aloha Todd, mahalo for the comment. You must be so stoked to be riding in cali… Is that Mamouth? Or Big Bear? I get’em confused… Anyhoo, keep sharing the stoke. The snow is melting here quickly…
Time fo surf!!!
Aloha
Chris 9:44 am on March 20, 2008 Permalink
Hey Brent, just saw this today at your workshop. I was up there that day, and saw that insane kite boarder! I’ve got some pics too, and I’ll send them soon.