

FOR KOOLINA Hale
In the Hawaiian language, hale (pronounced huhâ-leh) translates to âhouseâ or âhost.â
Hale is an intimate expression of the aloha spirit found throughout the islands and a reflection of the hospitality of Ko Olina.
In this publication, you will find that hale is more than a structure, it is a way of life.
Ko Olina celebrates the community it is privileged to be a part of and welcomes you to immerse yourself in these stories of home.


















60 All Aboard
The Hawaiian Railway Society maintains a piece of Hawaiâi history, stokes a love for trains on Oâahu, and provides sightseeing tours of the islandâs West Side.
78 Royal Regalia
Inspired by her kumu, a master craftswoman continues the exquisite art of Hawaiian featherwork.
94 The Road Ahead
As part of an innovative place-based learning project, Waiâanae students are helping plan a conscientious revamp of the West Sideâs main thoroughfare.



The Butterfly Whisperer 40 Artist at Ease 50
The Student and the Sea
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The family is an aloha state of wellness.
Aloha and welcome to Ko Olina,
We chose the name âHaleâ for this magazine, as its meaning is a reflection of life in Hawaiâi centuries ago, when natural materials found in the islands were used as the cornerstones of each building. Today, many of Hawaiâiâs cultural values and traditions have taken on a new perspective, not simply seen as old-fashioned in this time of sustainable enlightenment.
For me, hale represents the foundation of our enduring island family.
Hale is a home, an important concept to embrace when creating and enjoying your personal space at Ko Olinaâwhether in an independent dwelling, a single unit of many, or a lovely hotel room. Your hale is your island home for as long as you are with us.
Whatâs the secret? Feelings are particularly heightened when families travel for seasonal gatherings or intimate celebrations. At Ko Olina, one can enjoy people loving each other, exchanging storytelling, and sharing meals in their hale. It is a time to appreciate one another.
We encourage you to make your visit to Hawaiâi more meaningful among your own âohana (family):
⢠Learn a few Hawaiian words (and then practice them): aloha, mÄlama, pono, âohana, keiki, and, most important, mahalo.
⢠Laugh often: Hawaiâi is a multicultural place where everyone loves to laugh, tell a joke, and experience its beauty. We bump along with a smile.
⢠Respect the people and the âÄina: Indigenous people have an essential relationship with the land and surrounding waters. Visitors are welcome to learn about this community and its cultural roots and to share in our love of these islands.
Hawaiâi celebrates âohana life every year, all year round. When you visit Ko Olina with an open and generous spirit, you become part of our extended âohana.
You will find that we truly are âa place of joy.â
With much aloha,
Jeffrey R. Stone Master Developer, Ko Olina Resort

Hale is a publication that celebrates Oâahuâs leeward communityâa place rich in diverse stories and home
to Ko Olina Resort.
Journeys come in all forms, and with them, the widening of oneâs previous world. In this issue, we head makai (toward the sea) to join keiki at the beach, bearing witness to the joys of connecting with the ocean. We travel mauka (mountainside) to observe the exquisite craftsmanship of a master feather lei maker. We momentarily travel back in time to learn of the history of Hawaiâiâs railways, and we look ahead too, through the innovative efforts of local high schoolers seeking to repair a major thoroughfare for use by generations to come. These stories, along with others, are intimate glimpses of West Oâahu and the people and places at its heart. We invite you, dear traveler, to sit down, relax, and explore with us.
ABOUT THE COVER
The cover image of a wili poepoe-style feather lei was taken by John Hook, an Oâahu-based photographer. Hawaiian featherwork, once reserved for royalty, is considered an exquisite, contemporary art form.
To see more Hawaiian featherwork, or to learn about featherwork classes, visit www.noamakaha.com


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Opened as a small Liliha Street market by Wilfred and Charlotte Young, Youngâs Fish Market was originally what its name implies a store that sold sh.
As time passed, they adapted the store to survive slow shing seasons. Today Youngâs Fish Market specializes in local staples and is known for their Laulau, Kalua Pig and Beef Stew.
Come visit us in Kapolei or Kalihi, and try it for yourself!





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Weâre creating conditions where we can connect keiki to the ocean, which is our mission. We empower keiki by giving them skills in the ocean.â
MatthewKauwe,
NÄ Kama Kai chief operating officer
Image by John Hook

The Butterfly Whisperer An unexpected hobby takes wing for a former hospitality professional in âEwa Beach.
âAnoâai ka lawelawe âana o kekahi limahana o ka âoihana hoâokipa i kekahi hana hoihoi ma âEwa.
Up until two years ago, Henry Fang never would have imagined being in the butterfly business, much less playing an integral role in helping to increase Hawaiâiâs monarch butterfly population. For Fang, like many others in the hospitality industry, the pandemic had put a pause on his career. That pause would be a serendipitous one.
Furloughed from his job at the Four Seasons Resort Oâahu at Ko Olina, Fang spent his days tending to his herb and vegetable garden. But he soon grew bored. One night while browsing the internet, Fang read an article about the endangered monarch butterfly. Scientists reported that the monarch butterfly population had been in decline since the 1980s, with an almost 95 percent decline in the monarchs that overwinter in California. Such loss of monarchs meant a disruption in the natural ecosystem.
Something clicked in Fang. He wanted to do something. Learning that one
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Future plans include moving to a bigger property to add more butterfly species as well as a garden for visitors to enjoy. And what of his pandemic-era herb and vegetable garden? For now, it's filled only with milkweed.
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In nature, less than 5 percent of monarch butterflies will reach the final stage of metamorphosis due to predators and issues related to climate change, deforestation, and pesticides. Paradise Monarchs currently has a success rate of 98 percent.

To learn more about Paradise Monarchs, visit www.paradisemonarchs.com

Artist at Ease
Textby Lindsey Kesel Images by John Hook
Artist and U.S. Marine Rhema Kishida finds his flow through the creation of unpretentious, Art Deco-inspired digital illustrations that radiate local-boy pride.
He uluhia wale âo Rhema Kishida, mea pÄheona a koa malina hoâi no âAmelika, i kÄna kÅ«kulu âana i ka pÄheona kikohoâe, he mea kÅ« i ka haâaheo o nÄ keiki o ka âÄina.
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Throughout his grade school days in âEwa and high school in Kapolei, Rhema Kishida often found himself putting pencil to paper to reframe his teachersâ lectures in a visual context. âTheyâd be talking about the American Civil War and Iâd be doodling canons,â Kishida says. Not only did drawing help him connect with the world and process information, it stirred his competitive spirit. Each blank page offered an open invitation to outdo himself.
Over years of practice, Kishidaâs rough drawings evolved into more intentional linework, then three-dimensional scenes. At Hawaiâi Pacific University, he experimented with digital art tools, relishing the
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In his mid-20s, Kishida settled into a more serious relationship with digital art. His signature style took shapeâmuted earthy tones and a minimalist aesthetic with an Art Deco tilt. After accepting a commission in the U.S. Marine Corps in 2020, Kishida leaned on his art practice to balance out the structure and rigidity of military life. Today as an operations officer, heâs doubled down on his digital art, cozying up to his computer whenever a window of time opens. âIn my day job of planning, training, and leading the battalion in unit exercises and events, I have to be so serious and analytical. Art feeds that other side, the free spirit thatâs playful and creative,â he says.
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Kishidaâs artwork is influenced by scenes and images that move him: surfing and surf art, tropical landscapes, military graphics from history books, exotic locales heâs visited. His ability to evoke simplicityâ by drawing the eyes toward ripples in the ocean or the texture of leaves, for instanceâgive viewers a visual timeout from what he calls âall the noise and distractions of life.â
When an idea hits, Kishida assembles a collection of images in a digital vision board, then hand-sketches the composition in his mindâs eye. He opens a blank page in Illustrator and starts to play, aiming for a finished product that will uplift viewers as much as it entertains them. âI want people to feel inspired to produce whatever their craft is, and to add value to their spaces,â Kishida says.
In perhaps Kishidaâs most recognizable work of art, âToyota Tacoma,â we get a glimpse of the local boy underneath the dress blues. A tribute to what heâs nicknamed âHawaiâiâs unofficial state vehicle,â a lifted Tacomaâcomplete with surfboard in the cabâsits parked in front of waves and waterfalls, framed by a line of perfectly aligned typography that reads, âYou had me at Howzit.â
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Rhema Kishidaâs ability to evoke simplicity gives viewers a visual timeout from what he calls âall the noise and distractions of life.â
Right, a depiction of the Honouliuli ahupuaâa as imagined during ancient times. Honouliuli means âdark bay.â


The Student and the Sea
Text by Rae Sojot Images by Kuhio VelallosAt NÄ Kama Kaiâs new after-school program, the ocean provides a space to learn and connect to culture.
A pau ke kula, mÄlama âia ko NÄ Kama Kai papahana hou, kahi e âau ai i ka moana no ke aâo âana i ka âike kupuna.
Learning doesnât always happen in a classroom. For nonprofit NÄ Kama Kai, it takes place at the beach.
Founded in 2008 by MÄkaha waterman Duane DeSoto, NÄ Kama Kai has long been a pivotal bridge in connecting island youth to Hawaiâiâs ocean culture. A new City and County of Honolulu Grants-in-Aid award has allowed the nonprofit to further expand its popular ocean safety and recreation clinics to now include an after-school program, launched in fall 2022. At HÄlau NÄ Kama Kai at PÅkaâÄ« Bay, participating children can attend five days a week, eat a free sack lunch, and get academic supportâbut it is the ocean that remains the programâs main draw.
âWeâre creating conditions where we can connect keiki to the ocean, which is our mission,â says Matthew Kauwe, NÄ Kama Kaiâs chief operating officer. âWe empower keiki by giving them skills in the ocean.â
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NÄ Kama Kaiâs aim to foster a relationship between keiki and the ocean is part of an overarching goal to teach the present generation to love and protect the ocean for future generations.

Throughout the week, program participants can spend afternoons surfing, swimming, and paddling. âWe have a couple of girls who have been coming and getting surf lessonsâthey had never surfed before,â Kauwe says. âAnd now, theyâre already standing up and having so much fun.â This past October, the nonprofit unveiled its newest resource: a 30-foot, doublehulled sailing canoe, KÅ«mau. The waâa will be a keystone to the after-school programâs curriculum, a foundational tool to teach keiki traditional Hawaiian sailing and navigational skills, and one that provides a pathway to the Polynesian Voyaging Society. âThis is going to be the communityâs canoe,â Kauwe says.
While NÄ Kama Kaiâs after-school program is open to children island wide, it is especially geared toward the Waiâanae
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The Student and the Sea district, an area of Oâahu with the highest proportion of Native Hawaiian households and most children per household. The area is also considered the poorest, with limited access to culturally relevant, ocean-centric educational opportunities for youth. Programs like NÄ Kama Kai play an invaluable role in providing support and education to the community. âThereâs not just a standard approach to reaching a child, especially on the West Side or in lowincome communities,â Kauwe says. âSo if you can get creative and speak to the child in a language they understand and enjoy, thereâs so much more benefit.â
On a recent Friday, a trio of young teens helped to maneuver a small waâa into the waters of PÅkaâÄ« Bay. Seeing an incoming bump on the horizon, the canoeâs crew moved into position, paddling with purpose. Suddenly, the wave surged and broke, propelling the waâa swiftly forward. The teens laughed, their faces beaming with wonder, triumph, and glee. Out in the sun and sun spray, the moment felt magical, befitting the meaning of NÄ Kama Kaiâs name: children of the sea.
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The Hawaiian Railway Society maintains a piece of Hawaiâi history, stokes a love for trains on Oâahu, and provides sightseeing tours of the islandâs West Side.
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Thereâs something satisfying about a train leaving its stationâthe sound of the wheels slowly ka-chunking over the track before picking up speed, the passengers looking out in rising anticipation, the decrescendo of the departure that ushers in quiet reflection.
On a Wednesday in September, I stood at the Hawaiian Railway Societyâs railyard looking up at six open-air passenger train cars lined up behind a restored 1944 Whitcomb diesel locomotive. Operations manager Steven Vendt had hollered âAaaaall aboard!,â the horn had sounded, the paper tickets had been punched, and
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the passengers had boarded the openair cars. My 18-month-old and I waved alongside Vendt and other staff as the train left on its two-hour, 13-mile tour of the West Side of Oâahu, from âEwa through Ko Olina to Electric Beach and back. After it departed, we onlookers slowly headed separate waysâVendt to the office-slash-gift shop to eat lunch and I to the shade to say goodbyes and then to chat with Evonne Kihapaauau, who sells refreshments to awaiting and returned passengers. She tells me she learned of the Hawaiian Railway years ago while working at a day care and saw an opportunity to become its snack lady upon bringing her grandsons for rides during the pandemic.
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In 1975, the Hawaiian Railway Society got the train tracks from Fort Weaver Road in âEwa to Lualualei Naval Road in NÄnÄkuli on the Hawaiâi State and National Registers of Historic Places. Originally part of the Oâahu Railway and Land Company system, which ran from Honolulu to Kahuku and carried passengers and freight, the track debuted in 1889 on King KalÄkauaâs birthday, having been envisioned by Benjamin Dillingham, an entrepreneurial settler, and chartered by the king. Later, other tracks were built for use by the U.S. military and sugar plantations. (In 1950, OR&Lâs track from Pearl Harbor to Lualualei Naval Ammunition Depot was passed to the Navy for $1.) These histories are intertwined with Hawaiian Railwayâs origin story: WACo 6, which is featured in its logo, was a sugar plantation engine built from spare parts in 1919. Decades later it was retired at a park in Waialua, where kids played on it until Waialua Agricultural Co. deemed it unsafe. âA bunch of train guys got togetherâ to save the engine, Vendt says. In turn they created the Hawaiian Railway Society in 1971. Today, at its home base in âEwa, Hawaiian Railway has a range of engines and cars in various states, from a retired black steam engine to Dillinghamâs fully restored parlor car built in 1910 to
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A few days later, I returned for my own train ride. On our journey we passed towering sisal plants, a cluster of tents among the brush, Costcoâs busy parking lot, backyards of suburban homes, the Honolulu Star-Advertiser building in Kapolei. The view transitioned from quiet, dry landscapes to the lush lawns of Ko Olina Resort to the expanse of ocean at Kahe Point, where the train rattled gaspingly close to the shoreline. We came to a stop at Electric Beach, where brakemen boarded the back car that was to head up the train for the return trip. On the way back we stopped in Ko Olina, where most passengers departed for ice cream and the train team lingered beneath the shade of monkeypod trees. The ride, to me, felt like an honest experience of the scenery of Oâahuâs West Side.
The narrator on our journey was 19-year-old Lorna Dela Cruz, who has been telling the trainâs tale for about six years. She pointed out landmarks, shared the trackâs history, encouraged passengers to give shakas to waiting cars at train crossings, and held pop quizzes. (She is studying to be an elementary school teacher.) Indeed, what keeps the train runningâalong with the engineer
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All Aboard and Vendt and the nonprofit board and volunteers and the contributions of donors and ticket buyersâis the Dela Cruz family. Lornaâs father, Ben, started volunteering at Hawaiian Railway nearly 10 years ago at the suggestion of his hanai mother, who knew he liked working on classic cars. Today, he is its head mechanic and caretaker. Her mother, Selina, is the office manager, overseeing the railyard and working the gift shop. Her brother, Justis, is a brakeman.
It seems everyone at Hawaiian Railway Society has a connection to trains. Ben Dela Cruz didnât envision becoming a train mechanic, but he shares with pride that his grandfather, who raised him, worked on trains at Pearl Harbor. Kihapaauauâs 12-year-old grandson, who frequents the railyard with her, is now â250 percent into trains,â she says. Vendt remembers playing with toy trains as a child more than half a century ago. His newest dream is to see a real train station at the trainyard, which has been in the works for years and will likely be in the works for years to come. âI love this little railroad,â he says, shrugging. For Vendt and so many others who have worked or volunteered or gone for a ride with the Hawaiian Railway Society, there is just something about trains.
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The Hawaiian Railway Society offers train enthusiasts a 13-mile tour of the west side of Oâahu, from Ewa through Ko Olina to Electric Beach and back. Originally part of the Oâahu Railway and Land Company system, the track was chartered by King KalÄkaua and debuted in 1889 on his birthday.


















































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Inspired by her kumu, a master craftswoman continues the exquisite art of Hawaiian featherwork.
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At Miwako Mulderâs countryside studio in MÄkaha, the laughter has subsided, and the room has gone quiet. âThatâs what usually happens when we start the work with feathers,â Mulder says. âEveryone concentrate, everything quiet.â In one hand, I crimp the end of a rose-pink feather, its willowy tufts swaying in the air like a sea anemone, while in the other, I clench a wire pick that will eventually become a flower. Seeing my clumsy movements, Mulder demonstrates how to affix the feathers to the pick, deftly winding each one tight against the stem.
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Ten minutes and a dozen feathers later, Mulder clasps her hands together and beams with delight at the finished flower. Even after more than a decade of fashioning elaborate feather implements, Mulder still delights in completing the simplest creation. âThe natural feather, so pretty, no?â Mulder says. âMaybe thatâs why I keep coming back to it.â
Traditionally, Hawaiians, too, were enrapt with feathers. Believed to be imbued with mana, or power, feathers were fashioned into capes, helmets, lei, kahili (royal staffs), and other implements that were reserved for royalty. The floor-length âahuâula, or cape, of King Kamehameha was a resplendent yellow, sewn from 450,000 feathers from an estimated 80,000 mamo birds. Ancient kia manu, or bird catchers, took great pains to trap the native birds, pluck the required plumes, and apply a healing salve before releasing them back to the wild. Doing so allowed the birds to recover and thrive.
Mulder is a progeny of master featherworkers Mary Lou Kekuewa and her daughter Paulette Kahalepuna, who devoted the entirety of their lives to perpetuating the cultural practice. Mulderâs first encounter with feathers
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occurred in 1999, when she attended a workshop at Bishop Museum on Hawaiian quilting and saw a posting for a featherworking class. She signed up and was hooked. Mulder would attend class once a week with Kahalepuna at her Kapahulu Avenue store, Na Lima Mili Hulu Noâeau, until she passed away in 2014.
âIt was like they included me in their family,â Mulder says. âEven after I had my son, every week I would go down, and Aunty Paulette would babysit for me while I learned the feathers.â
It was a community that Mulder needed. Originally from Kawasaki, Japan, Mulder had settled in Hawaiâi after marrying her husbandâa local boy she had met on the sands of WaikÄ«kÄ«âin 2001. âMy husband is a surfer, so when I wake up, heâs gone already,â she recalls. âI cannot just sit down and watch TV. I always like to be doing something.â Mulder dabbled in other Hawaiian crafts, but lauhala hatmaking, with its need for mathematical precision, and quilting, with the large workspace it demanded, became impossible to do with a new babyâand an active son, no less.
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Although the internet has made it easier for crafters to source feathers, the process remains meticulous. Before a lei even begins to take shape, the feathers must be sorted by color and snipped to size if the feather is too large. I run my fingers across the satin-smooth finish of a humupapa hatband made from the dainty feathers that adorn a pheasantâs neck, its inky midnight-blue hue accented by bright white lines, like punctuation marks drawing the eye.
The sorting itself for this particular band took nearly two months, blues and greens separated into individual Tupperware containers. Each feather is then placed with tweezers across a piece of felt, held taut on a custommade stand, and stitched once, twice, three times to secure the pinky-sized feather in placeâ10 or 11 feathers across to create a single row. In an eight-hour period, Mulder can complete about an inch of work.
âI like the small feathers,â Mulder says. âPeople come here, they have no idea and say, âOh my goodness, thatâs so ittybitty work!â ... My kumu always told me, âYou are the crazy one.â ... But actually, the feathers make me feel calm. When Iâm angry, this is like meditation.â
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Although Kahalepuna gave her blessing to Mulder to teach and open a store before she passed more than eight years ago, Mulder didnât feel confident enough to host classes until earlier this year. If tackling a hatband or lei seems daunting, Mulder offers something for every level: Something similar to those simple flowers I made earlier can be inserted into clear glass baubles for Christmas ornaments, strung on lei, or assembled into a colorful haku for the head. One of her students is working on a wili poepoe-style lei, a fluffier band where the feathers appear to âstand upâ in a way that is, perhaps, more forgiving.
When I asked Mulder for a demonstration, she demurred and insisted I try it for myselfâto experience the wispy lightness of each feather in my palm, the discipline required at each step, that exultation upon completion. For Mulder, this engagement in the act of creation is what perpetuates the tradition carried on by her kumu and, ultimately, what brings her the greatest joy. âTalking story,â she adds, âthatâs fun for me, too.â
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As the sole strip of asphalt connecting the West Side communities of Waiâanae and MÄkaha to the rest of Oâahu, Farrington Highway gets more than its fair share of wear and tear. In anticipation of a critical roadway redesign, Hawaiâi Department of Transportation (HDOT) recruited the experts at Oceanit, a science, engineering, and technology research and innovations company, to help forge community-based solutions. What emerged from the partnership was a novel idea: tap the minds of students who live, play, and study near the arcing stretch of coastal highway in hopes of gaining an intimate understanding of the ecosystem surrounding it.
With funding assistance from the Governorâs Emergency Education Relief (GEER) grant program, HDOT and Oceanit invited students of the Alternative Learning Opportunities (ALO) program at Waiâanae High School to imagine and implement a scope for the environmental research. In its pilot year, the 2021 to 2022 school season, ALO students evaluated coastal erosion at MÄkaha Beach Park to gauge its influence on the neighboring road and residents.
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Jameil Saez, lead STEM teacher for the ALO program, took the young researchers on weekly beach visits to measure and map changes to the coastline and incorporated Native Hawaiian practices such as tracking the moon phases, ocean currents, and tides. With input from Ian Kitajima, âTech Sherpaâ for Oceanit, and HDOT Deputy Director Ed Sniffen, the group performed data-collection methods ranging from low-tech (using a tape measure, throwing a coconut in the ocean to observe its path) to high-tech (capturing aerial data via drones and visual documentation via GPS-enabled photography). The students also met
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The Road Ahead with an Oceanit coastal engineer and brainstormed possible road-placement solutions based on their findings.
Since taking charge of Waiâanae High Schoolâs ALO program in 2019, Saez has succeeded in weaving a strong cultural component into the curriculum through placebased learning opportunities and partnerships. His number-one aim with any project they undertake? Let the students tell their own stories. âCultural learning connects the students to the place they are from and grows their sense of pride,â Saez says. âAnd it opens their minds to understanding and respecting the more technical infrastructure side.â From the start of the HDOT collaboration, Saez has observed a boost in the studentsâ self-confidence, academic performance, and attendanceâwelcome byproducts of stewardship energized by cultural knowledge and modern technology.
For the 2022 to 2023 school year, Saez is guiding the ALO cohort of 18 students through phase two of the HDOT researchâfocusing on the mauka (toward the mountain) side of Farrington Highway and weighing potential threats to determine optimal paths for a new road. A favorite activity
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The Road Ahead so far is a deep dive into MÄkahaâs two iconic bridges, wherein students are exploring the bridgesâ history and significance and discussing why altering or replacing them could be hot topics.
At a workshop hosted by Oceanit, Kitajima introduced the students to the concept of design thinking, a creative problem-solving process that balances human wants and needs with what is technologically feasible and economically viable. Applying the first step of design thinkingâempathizing with potential usersâthe students are interviewing kÅ«puna (elders) and other community members to gauge what is meaningful to them and using the insights to build an empathy map. In the spring of 2023, the students plan to present their cumulative research and recommendations to HDOT in the form of a prototype for the area.
The youth-led field research will likely have significant impacts on the future of Farrington Highway, but even more valuable are the relationships being built through the alliance of industry, education, and community. Though HDOT is already ahead of its time in leveraging AI and other advanced technologies
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for road planning, Kitajima sees this project as especially groundbreaking because of the harmonizing role the young researchers are playing. âWhen students ask to meet with community members and want to present their results, everyone shows up, not just the vocal minorityâthatâs game changing,â he says. âThey are learning that the real skillâthe hard partâis figuring out how to bring everyone to the middle ground.â




Thereâs a spiritual part about bodysurfing too. I like to be in the oceanânot close to the shore, but way far out, in the middle of the blue. You look to the coastline and you feel at peace. Itâs just you and the waves.â
Mel Keawe, bodysurferImage by Kuhio Velallos

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Mel Keawe: The Bodysurfer
As told to Rae Sojot Images by John Hook and Philip Kitamura
He nalu âo Mel Keawe i kona puni loa i ke kaha nalu âana me ka leâaleâa maoli e laâilaâi ai ka naâau i ka âau âana i ka nalu.
Growing up, I was always into sports. I played baseball when baseball season was on, football when football season was on. But the offseason? That was my chance to surf.
My dadâs house was right across the street from NÄnÄkuli Beach. Back then, there wasnât a four-lane highway, just two roads into Waiâanae: one way in, one way out.
As kids, every day we had to clean the yard first before we could go swim. We had rules too: We werenât allowed to cross the street by ourselves. We got to the beach by going under the stream bridge. And we had to be home before sunset. If Grandma wanted you home early, youâd hear the first whistle. Then the second whistle. If you heard that third whistle, you knew youâd be getting lickings.
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I started bodysurfing when I was 8 years old. I remember being amazed at the bodysurfers, how they seemed to float on the water. One day I got my fins and tried it for myself ⊠and then realized how hard it was. With bodysurfing, youâre constantly swimming. But I kept trying and trying. I looked up to the old-timers, like Uncle Buffalo at MÄkaha, and watched how they did it.
Over the years I also took the tricks I learned from riding bodyboards and BullyBoards and combined them with bodysurfing. I liked pushing myself to see what I could do, how much more I could get out of a wave. MÄkaha will always be my top wave on the West Side because of its challenges: It can get really big, thereâs current and four sets of backwashes, thereâs the competing against surfers to get a wave. And MÄkaha has distance too: You can ride a wave football fields long all the way to the sand.
Later, I got into extreme bodysurfingâ riding bigger, dangerous waves. When those kinds of sets start to come in, you get butterflies. I still get them every time because you know itâs going to be big, but you just donât know how big until it gets to you. It could be a 40-foot face. Then you try to
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anticipate where the wave is going to turn and where itâs gonna break. Itâs all about positioning. Those butterfliesâ thatâs the nervousness heightening your awareness. That little bit of fear makes the adrenaline kick in.
As the wave comes, the flat water begins to bend. Once you catch it, thereâs this feeling of slidingâthe wave is chasing you and, at the same time, pushing you faster and farther. Itâs adrenaline flowing through the water. Itâs like youâre flying.
But for me, thereâs a spiritual part of bodysurfing too. I like to be in the oceanânot close to the shore, but way far out, in the middle of the blue. You look to the coastline, and you feel at peace. Itâs just you and the waves.
Born and raised in NÄnÄkuli, Mel Keawe holds numerous bodysurfing accolades, including podium wins at Pipeline Bodysurfing Contest, Sandy Beach Bodysurfing Contest, and Da Hui Waimea Shorebreak Slam. In 2015, he organized the MÄkaha Bodysurfing Classic to perpetuate and celebrate Hawaiâiâs bodysurfing culture.
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Haâi mai âo Mekia Irving B. Bicoy i ka moâolelo no kona ulu âana ma ka huli Komohana, ke komo a lawelawe âana hoâi i ka Mahele Kaua Lewa o âAmelika HuipÅ«âia, me ka âauamo kuleana no kona kaiÄulu.
Iâm a Waiâanae boy, through and through. But when you grow up on the west side, you have to grow up really fast. You must be self-sustaining and self-sufficient because itâs easy to get drawn into the bad crowds and go in the wrong direction. I know this because I lived it. As a young boy, I struggled through my parentsâ drug abuse. They ended up divorcing and my dad won custody of me.
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One day I wandered into the high school gym. It happened to be Recruiter Day and I met with an Air Force recruiter. That changed my life forever.
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Although my dad and both of my grandfathers served in the Navy, I had never thought of joining the military myself. But after being homeless, I wasnât sure what to do with my life. So, in 1994, I enlisted in the Air Force and went off to Texas for Basic Military Training. It was intense. I became an Electronics Electrician and then crossed over into training to become an Air Traffic Controller. I fell in love with it and the career possibilities with the Federal Aviation Administration.
My first deployments were to Bosnia and Hungary. While away, you miss home, but you get wrapped up in doing your job and feel a sense of duty in bringing everyone back safely. As I rose through the ranks, I felt honored to play a role in significant moments in American history. In 2001, I helped guide air traffic in the wake of the tragedy of 9-11. I was also sent to Baghdad at the height of the Iraq war. In 2008, I graduated from Officer Training School as a Master Sergeant. In 2017, I became the commander of the 297th Air Traffic Control Squadron, a role I hold today.
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I believe in the beauty of the people and landscape of the West Side. Here, a lot of people struggle, but itâs their perseverance in that struggle that makes them resilient. So giving someone hope and direction can go a long way in helping them navigate this world. Whatever the demographics, every person should have a chance to succeed. And if I can do it, anybody can.
Barry Irving Bicoy II has served in the United States Air Force for 28 years and currently works at the 297th Air Traffic Control Squadron in Kapolei. He and his wife Nalani, son Irving Bicoy III, and daughter Isabella live in âEwa.
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