Los Angeles based Crooks & Castles is jumping the pond over to Hawaii (can you blame them) and opening their Hawaii retail store at 641 Keeaumoku Street, hostess bar central, and right around the corner from Kicks Hawaii. Free Ace of Spades champagne to celebrate, since I can’t afford that I plan on aku birding. Crooks has been a staple here in Hawaii for the past couple years, so it only makes sense to open up shop here. Check out some of the limited edition Hawaii themed shirts available for the opening here on their blog. Doors officially open at 11am.
Went night diving on the North Shore with PK and J-Rod, and got this Uhu aka Parrot Fish with a three-prong aka Hawaiian sling. Stay tuned for how I cook it…
FoodKart Village. swanky Ace Hotel (with record player and records: Sonic Youth, Kanye West, Elliot Smith, Josh Martinez, Jackson Browne, Aretha Franklin, B-52’s, etc).
Food was amazing. Everything was cheap. So many microbrews, I nearly shat my pants (literally, my stomach is only used to bud light). A long history of loggers & prostitution. Most strip clubs per capita in the US. & 2nd most microbrews per capita. Got lost in the basement of Powell’s Books. Clean streets. Homeless heroin zombies with cute dogs. Easy public transit. Very friendly people. No sales tax. The homeless seem to like to all piss on the same eight buildings. Pepto-Bismol & Capers donut. Some of these microbrews got more ingredients than gourmet salads. Beautiful Mount Tabor wedding & sunset. Great summer weather. Ace Hotel. Kenny & Zukes Pastrami. Clyde Common. Thai/Chinese/Soul/Mexican food carts. Even Greg Oden’s 10story billboard looks injured. Avocados for 29cents. Single-filtered Stumptown coffee. Lots of flannel and not much deodorant. Not bad Portland, Oregon!
Saturday night we celebrated the release of Contrast Magazine’s 04 issue in downtown Honolulu… specifically at Thirtynine Hotel and Nextdoor. Free Vodka samples, disco balls, great music, girl crushing, family & childhood classmate reunions, good conversations, people watching, taking a blast to the past, 80’s & 90’s nostalgia, bringing back cassette tapes & remembering midnight make-out sessions… it was a lot of fun. Unfortunately, I didn’t take too many photos, but here’s a few that I did take. Where ever you were this weekend, hope you had a great one.
A week long Twitter survey revealed that my tweeps’ favorite Black Star song is “Respiration.” I think @badnewsrapdudes described this song the best– “probably one of the greatest hip-hop songs ever and I’m convinced that Jesus himself made that beat.” So here is a video to get you pumped for the Black Star show tonight at Aloha Tower.
One of the features of our Travel issue Tokyo to Osaka the movie chronicles a bicycle journey through Japan. Come down to Nextdoor and check out the Hawaii premiere. Surprise, Surprise Mutherfuckers! Presented by Aloha Fixed.
This Saturday from 8am - 4pm is The Peter Miller Foundation Annual Shorebreak Classic at Kalama Beach in Kailua. This FREE contest is put on by Mike Miller, with the help of many sponsors, in memory of his twin brother Peter Miller and good friends Jason Bogle and David Aluli. All three were Kailua natives and very talented surfers, that were unfortunately taken before their time. This event is livecated to them and is all about the groms! Tons of product giveaways, free lunch and ice cream for all contestants and hopefully some surf! To read more about the foundation, go to the foundation website here. Or if you have our Goin’ Places issue, you can read our piece with Mike Miller for more insight.
I remember as a grom seeing The Miller Brothers, and what looked like a Mini-Miller Brother (Bogle), owning and shredding Pyramid Rock. Getting the best waves and the biggest barrels. And one kona wind evening, I remember seeing Aluli do the scariest floater at North Beach. These dudes dominated!!
The annual Red Bull Rivals surf team contest will be held on Sept. 4 at Sandy Beach with the South Shore team defending their title. It will be the perfect way to get ready for B90X Pool Party which will be raging the day after. Not too mention, that the Crooks & Castles grand opening is the night before Red Bull Rivals. Holy crap! My liver is already starting to hurt. Labor Day weekend is going to be mental.
Last year's victors: Town. Image by Zak Noyle courtesy of Red Bull
The following is the recently announced rosters of the team:
Town (South Shore):
Captain: Carissa Moore
Makana Ciotti, Kekoa Cazimero, Joel Centeio, Dustin Cuizon, Charlie Carroll, Randall Paulson, Jun Jo, Ezekiel Lau, Keanu Asing and Kelia Moniz
Country (North Shore)
Captain: Coco Ho
Jamie O’Brien, Kalani Robb, Flynn Novak, Makuakai Rothman, Pancho Sullivan, Mason Ho, Sean Moody, John Florence, Kalani David and Alessa Quizon
