Titus nihi kinimaka biography

Saturday, Feb. Kinimaka and Andrews are here to show the film tonight at the Waimea Theater and Saturday night at the Kilauea Theatre. This is our way of adhering to Hawaiian protocol.

The biography/documentary film `Nihi' tells the story of the legendary Hawaiian surfer, waterman and global adventurer Titus Nihi Kinimaka.

Coming up are film festivals in Malibu and elsewhere in the United States, with showings in France, Japan and Brazil on tap. Quiksilver, the surf wear company and a major sponsor for Kinimaka, is planning to distribute the movie in its clothing stores across the globe. The kids have so much heart. There was no way then that you could make a living off of surfing.

The route for professional surfers then was to teach surfing, work as a beach boy.

Kinimaka, Titus - Imposing Hawaiian surfer from Kalapaki, Kauai; a Quiksilver in Memory of Eddie Aikau competitor from ; regarded since the mid-'70s as the guardsman and .

Kinimaka said the Duke surfed the waves of Kalapaki back in the s. We were and still are a separate kingdom, and therefore we will always have talented athletes, cowboys, fishermen, scholars, watermen, etc. Saturday night Kinimaka is scheduled to be in person at two showings: one at 6 p. Door prizes from Quiksilver and Hanalei Surf Company are being given away at the showing.

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