konaboy on Flickr posted some great swell and surfing shots from the Banyans on the Big Island.
Check out the full slideshow!
Entries from June 30th, 2009
Memorial Graffiti, Big Island Style
June 29th, 2009 · No Comments · Community
Via the Examiner.com:
RIP Michael Jackson, 20 feet of letters spelled out in white coral on black lava appeared almost immediately after the star’s death. Graffiti of this type, white coral on black lava, is Hawaii’s own version of social networking. On the Big Island from Kona to Kohala this type of graffiti adorns [...]
Tags: Artwork·Birthday Mom·Black Lava·Bridges And Walls·Conventions·Coral Rocks·Graffiti Spray·Happy Birthday·Heartfelt Plea·Island Style·Island Tradition·Kona·Lava Fields·Long Time·Michael Jackson·Social Networking·Sports Enthusiast·Time Source·Turtle·Welcome Diversion
Mixed Martial Arts Now Sanctioned and Licensed In Hawaii
June 29th, 2009 · No Comments · Community, Sports
Via ESPN
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Hawaiian fight fans can now enjoy the same safety-first regulation that Las Vegas fans have known and loved for so long.
An island that’s long had a tradition of prizefighting — with some accompanying crowd melodrama that’s sometimes turned public officials cool to the idea — Hawaii has put up with MMA in the same [...]
Tags: Boon·Crowd·Drug Testing·Espn·Fight Fans·Hawaii·Las Vegas·Melodrama·Mirror·Mixed Martial Arts·mma·Neighbor·Prizefighting·Promoters·Public Officials·Receipts·Referees·Tradition·tsunami·UFC
Blow Hole Cliff Diving – South Point, Big Island
June 26th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Uncategorized
Watch as he jumps into a blow hole and swims out a sea cave around South Point here on the Big Island. Crazy!
Varroa Mite Parasite is Spreading On Big Island, Killing Bees
June 26th, 2009 · 1 Comment · health
Via the Star Bulletin:
HILO >> The varroa mite parasite that’s been killing bees across the country is spreading on the Big Island, threatening local fruit and macadamia nut industries.
The tiny, parasitic bug has escaped a quarantine area around Hilo and spread to Hamakua and Puna.
On the mainland, the varroa mite has destroyed more than [...]
Tags: Adult Bees·Collapse·Colony Collapse Disorder·Diseases·Hamakua·Hawaii·Hilo·Hives·Honeybee·Honeybee Populations·Killing Bees·macadamia nut·Mainland·Mites·Oahu·Parasite·Puna·Star Bulletin·Varroa Mite·Viruses
Target and Safeway Coming to Hilo
June 23rd, 2009 · No Comments · Community, Economy
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HILO – The state Department of Hawaiian Home Lands has signed a lease agreement that will lead to the construction of Safeway and Target stores in Hilo.
Development will be on department land near Prince Kuhio Plaza, Hilo’s largest shopping center. The stores are expected to open in 2011.
Target’s 120,000-square-foot store is expected to employ about [...]
Tags: Hawaiian Home Lands·Hilo Hilo·Kane·Lead·Lease Agreement·Maui News·Micah·Native Hawaiians·People·Prince Kuhio Plaza·Quality Of Life·Safeway·Safeway Stores·Shopping Center·Square Foot Store·State Department·Target Stores
Saddle Road On Big Island Considered One of Americas “Scariest Drives”
June 23rd, 2009 · No Comments · Community
Forbes Traveler has a list of the scariest drives in America, and our own Saddle Road makes the list!
Hawaii has several hair-raising roads, including the sinuous Hana Highway and the switchbacks to the top of Haleakala. But the one that takes the cake is Saddle Road on the Big Island, which threads a vast lave-rock [...]
Tags: Astronomy·Foot Summit·Forbes·Four Wheel Drive·Hairpins·Haleakala·Hana Highway·Lave·Mauna Kea·Mauna Loa·Observatories·Onizuka Center·Rock Desert·Saddle Road·Side Roads·Switchbacks·Treacherous Road·Vertigo·Volcanoes·Whopper
Kaiser Permanente’s ‘Most Wired Mobile Health Vehicle’ Coming to Big Island
June 18th, 2009 · No Comments · Community, Medical, health
From Kaiser Permanente’s web site:
Electronic Health Records, Telemedicine, Mammography and Health Screenings on Wheels Expand Access and Encourage Healthier Communities
OAKLAND, Calif. — Kaiser Permanente, one of America’s leading health care providers and not-for-profit health plans, is introducing a new generation of mobile health. A first-of-its-kind, 500-square-foot, 10-wheel mobile medical vehicle is being shipped to its [...]
Tags: Electronic Health Records·Health Care Access·Health Care Providers·Health Plans·Health Screenings·Island Of Hawaii·Kaiser Health·Kaiser Permanente Members·Leading Health Care·Mammography·Mobile Health·New Generation·Oakland Calif·Profit Health·Square Foot·Telemedicine·Web Health·Wheel·Wheels
Cool Bodyboard Video from Big Island, Courtesy of Willy Petrovic
June 17th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Ocean, surfing
Pro Bodyboarder Willy Petrovic put a cool new video of him tearing it up off the Big Island….first person perspective no less!
Tags: Big Willy·Bodyboard Video·Bodyboarder·Cool Video·First Person·Person Perspective·Petrovic
Pro Skater Chris Senn Surfs and Skates in Kona, HI
June 16th, 2009 · No Comments · Community
Tags: Chris Senn·Kona Hi·Moving·Pro Skater·Skates·Surfs
