Brudda Skibs

Do you remember when we wrote about Brudda Skibs awhile back? Here's an article from Big Island Weekly about what he's up to lately.

Saturday, Nov. 21 marked another monumental year for the Honoli'i Paka as they celebrated with their annual surfing classic and keiki fun day.

This is their sixth year in the running and the park hasn't looked better. Projects are ongoing throughout the year for the parks beautification, but this day was a special day to embrace what has been done and to give back to the community yet again. It was a day of fun, food, prizes, Hawaiian games and lots and lots of surfing.

Best of all, it was free and for the whole family. It was a community effort to make this happen.

"What is so special about this event is that people came together and never gave up," said as Uncle Skibbs, organizer of the Honoli'i Paka. "We cleaned the park and now we have families and kids here enjoying it regularly." (read more)

And here's a video we showed you once before. It gives you an idea of what Skibs is all about, and it's really worth a watch.

Richard says, "This is what true aloha is all about. He shows us that we are one island; one people. It's not money that makes us rich.

"I'm proud to say that he and I are cousins on the Kamahele side."

- posted by Leslie Lang