Surfing

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Kauaʻi’s Tanner McDaniel was recently named the 2023 World Bodyboarding Champion. He's the fourth bodyboarder from Hawaiʻi to claim the crown, a list that includes the very first world champion in 1982 — Daniel Kaimi. The Conversation caught up with Kaimi on Monday.

A new documentary short film, "Uncle Bully's Surf Skool," focuses on Lahaina surf instructor Robert "Bully" Kotter and his impact on local children. When the Aug. 8 wildfires devastated his town, his business and his home, the film crew picked up their cameras again. In a rare move, the Hawaiʻi International Film Festival allowed the filmmakers to resubmit the film. The Conversation's Russell Subiono has more.

A look at the past, present and future of the state Exceptional Tree Program that was established nearly 50 years ago; Lahaina surf instructor Robert “Bully” Kotter's surfing camps and their impact on homeless children in the area are the focus of the “Uncle Bully's Surf Skool” documentary

After weeks of controversy over possible environmental damages, a surfing site in Tahiti has been confirmed as the official venue for the Paris 2024 Olympics. But there will be some changes. HPR’s Derrick Malama has more in the Pacific News Minute.

Four companies on Hawaiʻi Island were granted permits from the state Department of Land and Natural Resources to operate commercial surf schools out of Kahaluʻu Bay. Some community members deemed the selection unfair because three of the four companies are owned by one person.

French Polynesia is hosting part of the 2024 Olympic Games: the surfing competition. But that part of the planning is now at the center of an environmental controversy. HPR’s Derrick Malama has more in the Pacific News Minute.

Monica Medellin is the creator and executive producer of Surf Girls Hawai’i, an Amazon Prime Video four-part documentary series about up and coming Native Hawaiian surfers. She spoke to HPR’s Stephanie Han about surfing, culture, and gender equity.

How education was addressed in California's Paradise 2018 wildfire; Hana Hou: sleep for our physical and mental strength; New Zealand artist George Nuku on plastics and artmaking; documentary “Surf Girls: Hawai’i” and why representation matters

Hawaiʻi’s newest wave attraction is based on dry land. It’s part of a new development that’s drawing some locals as well as tourists. Pacific Business News editor-in-chief A. Kam Napier has more.