Tag: Hawaii Eddie Aikau

An eventful Chinese New Year

Last week, the Chinatown Chamber of Commerce held its first public Chinese New Year public celebration since the onset of the pandemic. It was a terrific success with thousands milling the streets of the historic district and enjoying the food and crafts and the energetic and mischievous, frenetic lion dancers. But the actual date of […]

Watch the Eddie Aikau Documentary

Ask anyone from Hawaii, and they’ll tell you that Hawaiian big-wave surfer Eddie Aikau died a legend. To be honest, that’s all I really knew about him. In school, we learned that after the Hokulea capsized during its 1978 maiden voyage, Eddie volunteered to paddle his surfboard and get help for fellow crew members but […]