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Our first list—50 Essential Hawai‘i Books You Should Read in Your Lifetime—was one of our most popular stories ever, but it didn’t do justice to our flourishing regional literary scene. So here we go again: More of da kine, only bigger, broader, deeper.
Quietly forceful, Joey Hamasaki was an Ala Moana beacon. Respected and championed by surfing's more referenced players of the 1960s and 70s.
Longtime Rincon regular Simone Reddingius checks all the boxes for a surfing life well lived: musician in a surf band (The Wrinkled Teenagers), artist, longtime Hawaii resident, competitive surfer and
The plain-spoken Weber, who now owns a tire store in Lihue, Kauai, was one of the most brilliant surfers of her era. But you would never know it today.
These influential wāhine and their achievements in Hawaii's history paved the way for all Hawaiian women, as well as women around the Pacific! Source: Hawaii Magazine 1. Queen Emma Photo: Wikipedia In 1859, Queen Emma Kalanikaumakaʻamano Kaleleonālani Naʻea Rooke established Queen's Hospital to save the rapidly declining Native Hawaiian population, providing free services to those suffering from foreign-introduced illnesses like smallpox and influenza. In 1867, she founded The St. Andrew’s Priory School for Girls. Her talents extended into music as a vocalist, pianist and d...