Welcome to Hawaiian Skies, the in-flight video magazine of Hawaiian Airlines. In our latest edition, we visit two very different museums…hear top pianists in action…go bouldering without a rope…experience the beauty of hula…catch a windsurfing competition at the sport’s spiritual home…meet the family that sets the standard for ukulele making…and witness artists doing what they do best.
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With great weather year-round encouraging an active lifestyle, Hawai‘i is the perfect place for sports of nearly all kinds. Many athletes here are attracted to the waves, of course, but there are other ways to challenge yourself.
The unofficial home of windsurfing is Maui’s Ho‘okipa Beach, where devotees of the sport flock to take advantage of the bracing winds and sharpen their skills. Once a year, many of the best windsurfers on the planet come to Ho‘okipa Beach for the Maui Makani Classic.
Surfing is a way of life in Hawai‘i, so much so that people are constantly nudging the sport in new directions as they try to find the best and biggest ways to ride the waves. Witness canoe surfing, which combines the big-wave-riding thrills of surfing with the teamwork of canoe paddling. The result is certainly something to behold.
There’s surfing, and then there’s surfing. For those who search out the biggest waves and the greatest challenges, the name “Jaws” has a special place in their hearts. Jaws is the nickname for a spot on the north shore of Maui, where mammoth waves provide the surfing thrills of a lifetime.
Welcome to Oahu’s Makaha Beach, and the championships of two sports you probably don’t see every day: stand-up paddle surfing and canoe surfing. The addition of a paddle to the trusty surfboard gives athletes greater range and more control, while surfing in a canoe is, well, just a lot of fun.
Outrigger canoe paddling is wildly popular in Hawai‘i, and paddlers and fans alike count down the days to the annual running of the sport’s premier event: the Queen Liliuokalani Long-Distance Canoe Races.
The long-running TV series “Hawaii Goes Fishing” has presented many memorable fishing trips over the years. This one is truly something special, however, as the show’s host goes far beyond merely landing a fish. She literally creates a work of art.
