Entries from August 14th, 2010
The temperature in Honolulu rose to 86 degrees on August 19, 1958, but it probably seemed hotter as members of the International Surfing Championship Committee began arriving at the old Pearl City police station for their first planning meeting looking ahead to the next annual event at Makaha, considered the premier and most prestigious surfing [...]
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Tags: Makaha International Surfing Championship·Surfing history·Waianae Lions Club·Waikiki·Waikiki Surf Club
Just a couple of things that struck me watching last night’s mayoral debate on KHON. First, it doesn’t appear to be available for online viewing this morning, a measure of the station’s lack of progress on the digital conversion scale. If it is being streamed somewhere by KHON, it’s not apparent. First, poor Kirk Caldwell. [...]
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