On a sunny weekday afternoon, a lone surfer skims across the water at one of America’s most famous coastlines. But this is no normal surfer, nor is he riding a typical board.
Armed with a long black paddle in his hand, Laird Hamilton, revered as a god among surfers, stands on a massive 12-foot board and [...]

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A popular, but eroding, hiking trail on Kaua’i’s Na Pali Coast will get $1 million in repairs over the next few years.
The Kaua’i Planning and Action Alliance Inc. will seek a contractor to repair the first two miles of the Kalalau Trail — from Ke’e Beach to Hanakapi’ai Beach — as soon as possible, alliance [...]

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Ed Conrad of Waimea was the overall winner of the 8 Mile Run with a time of 45:56, at this past weekend’s Annual Ha‘ena to Hanalei 8 Mile Run/Walk, 5K Run and 1 Mile Youth Run.
Before dawn, Saturday morning, the pier area at Hanalei was filled with runners and walkers of all ages preparing themselves [...]

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The Department of Land and Natural Resources has temporarily suspended issuing camping permits for the remote Kalalau Trail, Kalalau Valley camping area in the Na Pali Coast State Park, due to weather and trail conditions and dangerous stream crossings caused by current heavy rains.
Trail closure signs have been posted at the information booth at the [...]

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THE Poomau Ditch Trail hugs a mountainside, and we hiked carefully, looking down at the path so as not to take a false step and fall hundreds of feet to eternity. Gnarly ohia lehua trees lined the side away from the chasm, and abrasive blackberry bushes — not native to Hawaii, but thriving here on [...]

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The state blocked the unauthorized trail after two women fell to their deaths
The state will not reopen access to an unauthorized trail to Opaekaa Falls on Kauai, where two women fell 300 feet to their deaths in December, unless it can be improved and made safer.
Though the trail to the falls is on state park [...]

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