ewa beach late 60's

Ho da word game sometimes funky. Ma b I no get da ansa rite den I gota stat all ova. Jus like missing da wave yu no yu goina catch. Den all of a sudden yu catch um. O well not young anymore. But still going. Gotta get um wen can, if miss try again.

Roy, I will make a DVD copy for all of us. It would at best be just what I get that day.

What I’d like to do is use this as a starting point and as I have time expand this to something bigger. There’s a lot in this thread. It would be great to have it on video, backed up with photos or films or video clips showing what is being talked about.

I’ll need to do research to see if I can get funding then in a year or so I can work on it full time. This would be our story, our history and maybe add more if our Makua are still around give their Mana’o.

A lot has happened to our little home at the end of the road, so I think there’s some historical value that extends beyond the surfing. Just from a surfing perspective, we have a very good story here, so there may be several stories to tell. The main thing is that we are all getting older, and our parents are passing on quicker than we want. Once that happens another window to the past is closed forever. Getting their stories and our stories on tape, film, in writing is one way to preserve them as accurately as possible.  

Another thing is that this event will strengthen our connections as we move into the future. Our island state is a small one, and I am thankful that I know so many people from all over the state. Years ago I was with my father walking downtown and we couldn’t go more than about 10 yards without him stopping to talk with someone he knew. It was both interesting and annoying because we had things to do, but the aloha they had was wonderful to see. Stopping to say hi to an old friend was more important than anything. Today I enjoy that, and my family gets annoyed. 

When I last got together with my KS classmates one of them said we should do a book. I proposed that we write down our connections to KS and that could be a part of it. In just a few conversations we realized how connected our past is, how intertwined our ohana is. I think we’ll see the same thing with EB ohana. We may not be in EB anymore but it will always be in us.

I’ll see you guys Saturday. 

Eh Sharkcountry; Onamission aka Frank Aragon; Saturday would be da day to get as much as possible recorded; so much history gathered together in one day at one time, it’ll be unreal jus’ talkin’ story wid everyone. A once in a lifetime experience for sure. Remember when the waves were real good and some of your friends missed it, and you would say “you should have been here; you really missed it”! Saturday will be that day!

to be continued…

Aloha,sharkcountry.I,m hopping that your Harry. Tis me rex from big island.Last time I saw your we did an interview for the Helco mag.I,ll be coming for the saturday’s event.Hope to see you again.

Sorry Roy, I mixed you up with your brother. E Rex howzit. It’s me Harry. I saw that you’re coming. Be good to see you again.

Roy, I talked to Scott Kauihou yesterday and he said he saw you out at Lanis one day not that long ago.

I called Vicky Gaynor yesterday and she called me this morning. She’ll be coming down with Joey and Lori (Okamura) I think Jon Okamura will be there too. The Okamura family lived right on the beach and Joey’s still living in that house. Seems like a lot of people are reading this thread but not quite ready to add their mana’o. It will be a busy day on Saturday.

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so who was the crew there,

the Gardner brothers where from there or lived there?

on ololani st. there wasa crew, the african -american surfer /artist is the one who impressed me the most.

 

and just a bunch of great party animals that when it time to get down, the first stop was ewa

 

 

"go left go right, just don't go straight"

jim

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you all have a grand time

E Frank, can’t believe it but I got your name wrong twice. Sorry.

James, I lived on Ololani St. My mother, brother and now sister are still living there. Rex Thompson (rext) lived down the street. We’re both gonna be at the gathering. Maybe David “Roadblock” Ontai will show up too. David’s mom still lives down the street from my mom. As far as I know they are the only 2 of the original owners still living there.

Love that photo. My brother and I got Dextra pop outs for our first boards, by the time we got our boards they were down to 6-10 and had a round tail with a pointed nose. By the time this photo was taken, my board was so messed up from hitting the rocks I was allowed to get this 5-6 made by Isaac Tanaka, who made boards right across the street from where this photo was taken. SC sometime in the very early 70’s, I’m the little guy.

The guy in the middle, Mathew Matson, and I would take his dad’s 12 board out tandem and catch waves when they were still swells, way before they broke. We would row out on a small dingy and surfed with that dingy. Then about the time this photo was taken, my dad got a small 16’ outrigger canoe and we all used that to catch waves. Those were great times.

Aloha Cleigh,  I know we're going to have a name tag table however, these are the names that I have as of this message.  Rick, Tom, and Mike Philips, Mike, Derrick, Kirby, and maybe Pat Nii, Mike Kendall, Jan Sojot, Roy and Frank Aragon, Glenn Hanagami, Cleigh, and Cal Eaton with Family, Butch Perreira, Mike Bell & daughter, John Sadowski and wife, Harry Alama, Tom Clements, Sheri and Bob Carney, Jane Corbin, Nate Moody, Tony Sulenta & Husband, Mikey and Susie Vogelgesang, Robin and Bob Husic, Mark James, Meli, and Duke, Joey and  Vicki Gaynor, John and Lori Okamura, Mike Gionson, Glenn Rayno, Paul Sheppard,  and honestly, these are the only names I got.  Forgive me if I missed someones name. As stated earlier, I can't identify people by their user names The food  and beverage issue? Well it's now come down to "just bring enough for you, your guest, and some to share".  You guys still good to meet Friday evening sometime?  Suggestion was at O beach.  Let me know so I can schedule that time.  My house got flooded yesterday and I'm working with contractors and Insurance people trying to stabilize everything.  Call me as soon as you guys get in.  Talk later.  Mike  PS...South Swell due in this Saturday......

Hi Mike, I called Scott Kauihou and asked him to remind Kimo. Scott has to work till midday or so, but will try to stop by. I don’t know if the O’Reilly boys are coming, but HF checked in here a while back. Pretty sure Isaac Tanaka and a few others are coming in from Kona. Craig “Gooney” Hanagami is here.

Jim Phillips from California is here and I think he brought Roger Brucker too. Another guy named Roger who is Proneman here on Swaylocks will come by. He lived down by Ewa Beach Park up to a couple of years ago. Derek Tsuji who is Foamdust on sways will try to stop by.  

Aloha, Harry

I am hoping to make it as well, and bring my kids to surf and meet everyone.

I will bring some food as well............

If the water is nice, maybe squideye and I can spear something too........

Will someone have a barbeque?

Tim T.

Harry,I glad to hear that Dave Ontai will be there.Dave and I use tohang together all the time.Iworked for his dad,as well as Mike Chevalier.The three of us use surf everywhere together .I talked to Mel Behasa & Issiac Tanaka ,the told me that Mike Vogalgesang will flying infromCali.also. Also talked to Mike Bell.He sounded very excited to be coming back for this reunion also.rext.

Hey Rex, hope I didn’t mislead you, but I’m not sure if David will be there. He goes down to the beach all the time, but I only see him when I go home to see Bernie and my mom. I don’t know if anyone’s contacted him about the gathering.

The first job I ever had was picking plumeria flowers for Mr. Ontai. I was only in the fourth grade then. He used to sell them to the lei makers at the airport. He paid me 60 cents per lei. I was so bad at it that I only picked 2 boxes (2 lei) a day. 

Mr. Ontai and my dad were very close friends from Kamehameha Schools and my dad said we were related to the Ontai family as well. The beach house between the Farms and Reno’s house was owned by my dad’s uncle and aunt, she was an Ontai. 

I remember that you and Mike Chevalier were really close. David and I were pretty good friends up until he got out of KS, then we drifted apart. He’s still a wildman. He rides an SUP a lot these days.

Your dad was a cool guy. He used to surf out at Officer’s on his wooden paipo. He’d pick me up in his old jeep whenever I was hitch hiking home. 

Those were good days. See you Saturday, Harry

Maybe someone could make a facebook page? Then you could post pics and news as it happens. I know a bunch of us would scope it out.

Brukah, you are going to miss out on one of the chance of a life time events,48 years since we were wet behind the ears gremmie’s hanging out at Barber’s,we don’t have another 48 left in us.

 

Kahu, Squideye, I picked up a case of water,paper plates, bowls,plastic cups,forks, charcoal, avo’s, huli huli and 3 of Ted’s pies for deserts. 

surfed #3’s this morn, waist to shoulder,4 hours,so I’ve gotten 11 hours of water time in 3 days, it’s great to be a kid at heart.

Tom Simm’s of skateboard and snowboards died today.we’re on leased time

 

 

Hey Duane, aren’t you the guy we called sponge head because you had the big fro?

I got a reply from a message I sent to Dickie Delong. He won’t be able to make it.

Harry,
Just read about the upcoming reunion. Wish I could be there
but tomorrow is gone already. Tied up. My memories of golden days at O
Beach, Ewa, the poolies, hearing the oil tanker honk it’s horn when a
huge set was coming at Swabbieland, then it disappearing behind an
insane top to bottom peak with just my good bud Chris and me out …
golden memories.
Would appreciate knowing who makes it there. How to contact any interested.
I have looked at the Swaylocks Ewa pages online and enjoy reading the names, stories. Times have changed since Ewa Beach was the hole in the wall gang at the end of an out of the way two lane cane road. Might say O Beach has gone through the same degree of change. Over the years, I tired of my better
half’s parents getting the officers cabin and I would stair at a flat
ocean. Much like going to see an old girl friend and she didn’t want to
dance. Was a time it was the most consistant place on the island,
always had ‘something’ to have fun on.
Hope all is well with you and yours. Thanks for contacting me.

Aloha,
Dickie

You guys remember the boards he made for Surfline and Bolt? They were really nice.

aloha to all the surfers that surfed seewall,shark country and everywhere else in the 60’s- 70s, those were golden years indeed, also hau bush, chicken creek, , sandtracks, johns, coves, treestumps, o-beach, swabbyland, campbells, nanakuli tracks, west side, i will see you there, if you remember me, i am duane medeiros, lived on onelua streeet near the langleys, with my german shepard wacthdogs…still surfing, going strong…be there @ 1 pm…

 

i was called dark vader, yes i did have a big fro, haha! thats funny, i joined the coast guard and they finally cut it off! then i learned my dad was a masterchief of the coast guard, my sister married a coasty, and my brother marcus was stationed at barbers point till his accident, we were a coast guard family…we were popular back in the seventies, i had a military id from my dad and we surfed swabbys when it was vurtually a secret spot, giant sharks though, crush flushing exploding inside reef i remember blowing our brains out trying to get out, i seen swabbys 10-15 ft…it made lani’s look like nothing…what memeories…aloha, duane

let me refresh our memories of 60’s barbers point in my  life, rollerskating rink, pools with springboards and highdives, toyland, the commissarry, how bout the cafeteria!..food was so cheap then, surfing o-beach with military swabbies all around, nimitz beach was the hangout, parking lot full, if you can remember…i was about 12 years old.my mom hung out there…the roars of the p-3 planes and every plane in the navy, because of the vietnam war, i remember wacthing tv at home then huge roars of f-16’s flying so close to our houses, so loud it would rip us off our couch, i would run outside and watch like 5 or six go overhead, everyday it happened with all kinds of planes ext, i went on my roof and with a telescope watched, later studied at the library about the military arsenol of planes, and i could name all of the planes starlifters p-3s, c 130’s  all of them…we would ride our bikes through sugar canes , swim in the reserviors, and go to barbers…flumes, westlock and even waipahu, cool waters from timberline feeding cane fields…honouliuli reservior above the gas station store…i could go on and on, i think there will be lots of stories to tell, i was in ewa beach in 1963 from koloa kauai…

more memories, crabbing in iriquois pt docks, commercial planes flying low to land at honolulu airport, they were so low, you could swear you could  see the pilots, i was so fascinated on airplanes…cacthing the ferry to hickam af base to hang out, go to thier beach i remember, but i dont know where it was, it was crowded there…i was just 13 with my best friend phil lococo…we were ventures then, my mom trusted me and let me go anywhere, we were responsible then and yet so young…i worked at the camp smith range in the cafeteria…i could and maybe will write a book !