I'm a travel writer who has been covering Hawaii and Pacific Islands for 20 years. Actions like this degrade a place's identity and sever the connection between locals and visitors. As a writer, the Beach Boy tradition is golden; that's what people want to read about and experience. Scrubbing the genuine history of a place and replacing it with consumer culture blandness is bad business. It's also unethical. This is Hawaii. Native Hawaiians and Hawaiian-owned businesses should be given preference.
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Jason Nielsen
8 years ago
Beach boys!
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Anonymous
8 years ago
Culture>profits/greed
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Brian
8 years ago
I frequently come to this beach for work an to enjoy the aloha also to enjoy a culture. The Beach Boys have been their for ever they need to stay
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JASON MATSUNAMI
8 years ago
Keep Hawaii Hawaii
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Herb Bradley
8 years ago
This cannot happen. It wil ruin people dreams and hopes of going to Hawaii and having that real life beach boy experience that people have had since surfing first started. Please dont let this happen. I have been surfing for over 35 years and I get it. This is just corporate take over B.S.
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Kory Kahalekai
8 years ago
He Hawaii Au Mau A Mau!!!!!!
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Wynona-Lynne Masaniai
8 years ago
We need the beach boys cause I, as a surfer, have always looked up to them! I'm 16 and I want to protect the culture that these beach boys and kūpuna have always been apart of and protected themselves.
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Cristina Quebatay
8 years ago
I agree. Having been Down the bean for 40 years I can't even imagine... Leave them alone
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Eddie kealIinohomoku
8 years ago
Thank you
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Mitch hughes
8 years ago
I grew up along that beach. The Beach Boys taught me a lot.
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Sherrylee Batalona Gonsalves
8 years ago
Aloha
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Kele
8 years ago
Keep hawaii culture and traditions how it is and how it has been for years!!’ Dive Oahu pilau set up shop somewhere else!!!!!!!
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Maile Soma
8 years ago
Idk Kaka’ako now Waikiki what is happening here I am disgusted with our government not fighting for our kids, culture, way of life I’m over it! I hope this works thanks Samudra for spearheading!
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Jim Sollenbarger
8 years ago
Don't let it happen!!!
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Michael Daugherty
8 years ago
Time for a change in our government. get the greedy liberals out of office now. It's all about money and power to them. They dont care about Hawaii or the US!
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Luis
8 years ago
I would like to keep the original beach boys teaching surfing. Thank you
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Cheyne Kalai
8 years ago
I support the hawaiian beach boy culture
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Jacek Minkowski
8 years ago
Respect,tradition,culture
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Sean Rostron
8 years ago
Keep Waikiki beach Hawaiian. There is no aloha without the Hawaiian beach boys. Our culture and our kuleana to share these islands with malihini the right way. That’s what everyone falls in love with! So why is our government trying to change things so important to the perpetuation of our culture!! We need to think about what Hawaii will look like in the far off future. We have a special culture and it should be celebrated. We should be willing to pay for that at the very least. We see enough change and overdevelopment for money. We don’t ask for much!! We need to keep this unchanged in perpetuity. Mahalo nui loa.
I'm a travel writer who has been covering Hawaii and Pacific Islands for 20 years. Actions like this degrade a place's identity and sever the connection between locals and visitors. As a writer, the Beach Boy tradition is golden; that's what people want to read about and experience. Scrubbing the genuine history of a place and replacing it with consumer culture blandness is bad business. It's also unethical. This is Hawaii. Native Hawaiians and Hawaiian-owned businesses should be given preference.
Beach boys!
Culture>profits/greed
I frequently come to this beach for work an to enjoy the aloha also to enjoy a culture. The Beach Boys have been their for ever they need to stay
Keep Hawaii Hawaii
This cannot happen. It wil ruin people dreams and hopes of going to Hawaii and having that real life beach boy experience that people have had since surfing first started. Please dont let this happen. I have been surfing for over 35 years and I get it. This is just corporate take over B.S.
He Hawaii Au Mau A Mau!!!!!!
We need the beach boys cause I, as a surfer, have always looked up to them! I'm 16 and I want to protect the culture that these beach boys and kūpuna have always been apart of and protected themselves.
I agree. Having been Down the bean for 40 years I can't even imagine... Leave them alone
Thank you
I grew up along that beach. The Beach Boys taught me a lot.
Aloha
Keep hawaii culture and traditions how it is and how it has been for years!!’ Dive Oahu pilau set up shop somewhere else!!!!!!!
Idk Kaka’ako now Waikiki what is happening here I am disgusted with our government not fighting for our kids, culture, way of life I’m over it! I hope this works thanks Samudra for spearheading!
Don't let it happen!!!
Time for a change in our government. get the greedy liberals out of office now. It's all about money and power to them. They dont care about Hawaii or the US!
I would like to keep the original beach boys teaching surfing. Thank you
I support the hawaiian beach boy culture
Respect,tradition,culture
Keep Waikiki beach Hawaiian. There is no aloha without the Hawaiian beach boys. Our culture and our kuleana to share these islands with malihini the right way. That’s what everyone falls in love with! So why is our government trying to change things so important to the perpetuation of our culture!! We need to think about what Hawaii will look like in the far off future. We have a special culture and it should be celebrated. We should be willing to pay for that at the very least. We see enough change and overdevelopment for money. We don’t ask for much!! We need to keep this unchanged in perpetuity. Mahalo nui loa.