SPORT AT HAWAII

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 330, 16 April 1928, Page 7

SPORT AT HAWAII

ENTERTAINING OF TOURISTS Hawaiians take naturally to the water. They are equally at home on the beach or in the surf, and their magnificent physique is a source of admiration and envy. A charging platoon of them standing erect on racing surf-boards, propelled shoreward by no other power than the force of a great wave, is an absorbing spectacle. The temperature of the water is so moderate, that bathers may remain in the water for hours without chilling or tiring. There is practically no danger attached to surfing, since Waikiki and other popular beaches taper out very gradually and are protected by great stretches of coral reefs from deep water, undertows, and sharks. Those who do not have the time or inclination to tackle the surf-board may still enjoy the sensations of surfing in great outrigger canoes manned by Hawaiians. The canoe seldom capsizes' on account of the projecting pole, or outrigger, and when it catches a big wave and races shoreward at a decided tip, aijd with the spray flying high, one gets several man-sized thrills. There is really no end to what one may see or do in Haw-aii. There are a dozen good golf links and numerous tennis courts on the four principal islands. There are some good trails and tramping in the mountains is always popular. Toboganning down grassy slopes on “ti” leaves is great fun. Pageants, carnivals, plays, county and territorial fairs. Oriental lantern parade, kite days. "Boy day,” when the great coloured fish flags fly. and many other happenings quite different from what visitors have seen elsewhere come throughout the year. Quite a number of New Zealanders leave bv the Aorangi and Niagara each monLi m answer to the “call” of beautiful Hawaii.