A taste of this year’s Summer Olympics is coming to Maui as USA’s Artistic Swimming team brings their silver medal-winning performances to the shores of Wailea. On Sunday, Oct. 13, the team will wow guests at a one-of-a-kind performance in Wailea Beach Resort’s Maluhia infinity-edge pool. This up-close and personal performance starts at 4 p.m. […]
The 2024 Olympic Games in Paris has begun—and five Hawaiʻi-born athletes are competing in two sports for Team USA. Here they are, in alphabetical order: Micah Christenson, Volleyball View this post on Instagram A post shared by Matt Anderson (@mja5041) This is the third Olympic Games for the 6-foot-6 Honolulu native. He was
Anyone who meets Carissa Moore immediately feels her warmth and bright spirit. The humble athlete grew up surfing on Oʻahu’s south shore. But Moore is a house-hold name in the Islands. The professional surfer has spent the last 14 years competing on the World Surf League Championship Tour and during this time she’s clenched an
Hawaiʻi native Carissa Moore, the five-time world surfing champion and first-ever Olympic surfing gold medalist, will be stepping away from the sport after the 2024 Paris Olympics this summer. On Instagram the 31-year-old posted: “This is by no means the end. I’d like to think of this instead as an evolution, the start of the
Carissa Moore, the four-time world champion from Oʻahu, dominated the final heat at Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach Tuesday, handily defeating South Africa’s Bianca Buitendag to win the gold medal in the first-ever women’s surfing event in the Summer Olympics in Tokyo. The inaugural Olympic surf competition debuted in fickle, typhoon-generated waves, and event organizers crammed the
Aloha Friday Picks is a weekly news blog that will run every Friday and features three things we recommend you do, try or experience over the weekend. Send us tips at media@hawaiimagazine.com. If you’re looking for adventure this weekend, check out these family-friendly activities on Hawai‘i Island and watch the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Head
