WEBVTT - Journey to Kauai Recap 0:00:03.960 --> 0:00:07.920 You have these people that have dedicated their lives, you know, 0:00:08.080 --> 0:00:11.240 really made true sacrifices. I feel like I'm living the dream, right, 0:00:11.280 --> 0:00:13.760 I mean, it just so happens that what I'm doing 0:00:13.920 --> 0:00:18.520 is also a beautiful, poetic thing. But um, you know, 0:00:18.640 --> 0:00:21.560 it's there are a lot of people that have turned 0:00:21.640 --> 0:00:25.280 down amazing opportunities and sacrificed a lot because their passion 0:00:25.360 --> 0:00:28.400 is that strong to to protect the island, to protect 0:00:28.480 --> 0:00:31.120 their their history, of the culture, of their way of life. 0:00:31.840 --> 0:00:36.120 So I really really do respect that. Uh there's a 0:00:36.159 --> 0:00:41.080 great quote from a rapper, Uh, that's the purpose of 0:00:41.120 --> 0:00:43.160 life is a life with the purpose. So I'd rather 0:00:43.240 --> 0:00:45.560 die for a cause than of the life that is worthless. 0:00:46.320 --> 0:00:48.560 So it kind of brings that to my mind. Definitely 0:00:48.600 --> 0:01:03.480 is very very inspiring for sure. Here give the time. 0:01:08.160 --> 0:01:12.000 Welcome to the fire Pit with Matt Chanella. Alright, we're 0:01:12.000 --> 0:01:15.600 back after a festive and compelling Masters week. Thanks to 0:01:15.640 --> 0:01:18.280 all who listened to the series of fire drills, which 0:01:18.280 --> 0:01:21.640 will continue to happen during major championship weeks and if 0:01:21.680 --> 0:01:25.080 and when there's breaking news and golf. Before we get 0:01:25.080 --> 0:01:27.440 to today's episode of the fire Pit, which is a 0:01:27.600 --> 0:01:30.840 recap of our recent journey to Kawaiti, which can be 0:01:30.920 --> 0:01:33.960 seen on fire Pit Collective dot com. 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We 0:02:31.560 --> 0:02:34.240 have a bunch of guests throughout today's show, all of 0:02:34.240 --> 0:02:37.880 whom who start in our Kawaii show they've watched the 0:02:37.960 --> 0:02:41.760 episode and they're here to provide feedback, insight, and additional 0:02:41.800 --> 0:02:46.240 perspective on how and why Kawaii is so special. We 0:02:46.280 --> 0:02:51.079 start with Derek Kawakami, mayor of Kawaii since and who 0:02:51.120 --> 0:02:54.320 has a special place for the Wailua Municipal Golf Course, 0:02:54.720 --> 0:02:58.080 which is widely considered one of the best value plays 0:02:58.080 --> 0:03:02.400 in the country. Guys, fun to be doing something a 0:03:02.440 --> 0:03:05.200 little different this uh, this episode of the fire Pit. 0:03:05.240 --> 0:03:09.280 Good to have you with me, Colt and Patrick. Thank you, Matt, 0:03:10.200 --> 0:03:13.880 very much appreciated and happy to recap the whole trip 0:03:13.880 --> 0:03:17.560 of you boys and other guests. Yeah, it's a pleasure 0:03:17.600 --> 0:03:21.600 to be here and relive the magic of Hawaii. Transport 0:03:21.680 --> 0:03:26.520 back to a beautiful week in our lives. Guys were 0:03:26.800 --> 0:03:30.440 awaiting Mayor Kawakami. The way it's gonna work is we're 0:03:30.520 --> 0:03:36.080 on and we've scheduled out these variety of interviews happening 0:03:36.120 --> 0:03:38.440 kind of every fifteen and twenty minutes, so people will 0:03:38.480 --> 0:03:43.040 be popping on, popping off. Uh, we will sounding off, 0:03:43.080 --> 0:03:45.960 I guess before they pop off or pop off. The 0:03:46.000 --> 0:03:51.880 call um be a variety of things happening. But I'm 0:03:52.600 --> 0:03:55.520 I'm really excited. You know, we've we've we've we dropped 0:03:55.640 --> 0:04:00.240 the quiet episode of Journeys. It's can be seen again. 0:04:00.280 --> 0:04:02.320 Like I said at fire Pick Collective dot com, We've 0:04:02.360 --> 0:04:05.280 done a bunch of social teases. There's much more to 0:04:05.320 --> 0:04:09.200 come out of this episode, inc including some more digital shorts. 0:04:09.240 --> 0:04:12.880 But each one of these journeys is starting to sort 0:04:12.880 --> 0:04:17.360 of look and feel very more, much more episodic each time. 0:04:17.400 --> 0:04:20.720 And and we're sitting on St. Andrews is also in 0:04:20.760 --> 0:04:22.839 the pipeline, which is gonna be very exciting as we 0:04:22.920 --> 0:04:26.200 lead into the hundred and fiftieth playing of the Open Championship. 0:04:26.279 --> 0:04:29.080 But this is this is gonna be a little different. 0:04:29.120 --> 0:04:31.080 But I'm also excited about the kind of the new 0:04:31.080 --> 0:04:36.520 format again absolutely, And uh, you know, having these kind 0:04:36.520 --> 0:04:41.160 of wrap up recap podcasts to relive the trips. Uh, 0:04:41.520 --> 0:04:44.560 it's so incredible to kind of go over the lessons 0:04:45.080 --> 0:04:48.839 that we learned and lived at that time. Um, but 0:04:49.240 --> 0:04:53.160 also to sort of you know, compare across across Journeys 0:04:53.680 --> 0:04:56.320 the different lessons that we've learned all over the globe, 0:04:56.960 --> 0:04:58.800 and it's it always seems to be a different lesson 0:04:58.800 --> 0:05:02.240 from each little place. Yeah, even as this was my 0:05:02.320 --> 0:05:06.880 first journey uh with Matt um and it was I 0:05:06.920 --> 0:05:10.200 mean it was December and it feels like a lifetime ago. 0:05:10.320 --> 0:05:13.800 You know. I've been uh fortunate to go on a 0:05:13.880 --> 0:05:16.400 number of these sins then, and each one is like 0:05:16.440 --> 0:05:18.440 a little bit a little bit different, little bit better. 0:05:18.520 --> 0:05:20.920 I mean, it's like I'm watching myself grow up, uh 0:05:21.200 --> 0:05:24.520 pretty quickly, and it's uh it's cool to be like, 0:05:24.640 --> 0:05:27.200 you know, the donmost guy in the room. You know, 0:05:27.279 --> 0:05:29.480 like some of the stuff I say that, you know, 0:05:29.560 --> 0:05:31.960 because you guys are all you're talking to me experts 0:05:32.000 --> 0:05:34.560 at what you do, and so it's fun to to 0:05:34.720 --> 0:05:38.040 pick some some tidbits and uh oh yeah, I would 0:05:38.040 --> 0:05:40.120 have handled that differently now, or I could do this, 0:05:40.279 --> 0:05:42.240 or like, hey man, I did a good job at 0:05:42.240 --> 0:05:46.560 that little piece. So um fun fun. Well, here we 0:05:46.600 --> 0:05:54.320 go on that note, Patrick, here comes Mayor Derek Kawakami. Mr. 0:05:58.279 --> 0:06:02.280 My friends, I gotta tell you, um, right out the gate, 0:06:02.400 --> 0:06:04.479 before you guys say anything, I want to say thank 0:06:04.520 --> 0:06:08.799 you because um, you know, there's a number of TV 0:06:08.920 --> 0:06:13.240 shows that have highlighted kite and um, I would say 0:06:13.320 --> 0:06:17.200 this above and beyond paid the ultimates. It's not even 0:06:17.240 --> 0:06:20.000 a golf sure, I would say, right, and this is 0:06:20.040 --> 0:06:22.839 coming from a guy that's a non golfer. If I 0:06:22.880 --> 0:06:24.960 thought this, if this is like the Golf Channel or 0:06:25.760 --> 0:06:28.920 anywhere else, I would have watched this and thought, this 0:06:29.040 --> 0:06:31.760 is just about us, about our way of life, about 0:06:31.760 --> 0:06:36.640 what's important highlighting I mean important people, Uncle art Uncle incident. 0:06:36.760 --> 0:06:41.440 But I just wanted to say thank you you did 0:06:41.440 --> 0:06:45.720 as well that that means so much to to us. 0:06:45.760 --> 0:06:49.480 You have no idea, you know. We we pride ourselves 0:06:49.560 --> 0:06:53.760 on on our style and our format, and in a 0:06:53.800 --> 0:06:57.480 lot goes into this obviously you know better than anybody, right, 0:06:57.680 --> 0:07:02.240 It takes a team of people do anything, uh, you 0:07:02.279 --> 0:07:07.680 know worth note. But the production, the producers, the you 0:07:07.680 --> 0:07:11.240 know a lot of people went into making sure that 0:07:11.280 --> 0:07:15.200 the people we spoke to, where we went and who 0:07:15.240 --> 0:07:20.600 was articulating this this story. Uh, that always matters to us, 0:07:21.160 --> 0:07:24.480 and it obviously mattered mattered to the people of Kawaii. 0:07:24.600 --> 0:07:27.800 Each person let us into somebody else who they felt 0:07:27.840 --> 0:07:31.640 would be a great you know, uh voice to have 0:07:31.760 --> 0:07:33.360 in here. But you know the other thing is is 0:07:34.400 --> 0:07:37.440 you guys are doing the work. It's you, it's it's 0:07:37.520 --> 0:07:40.960 the people you know, and and we've you know, in 0:07:41.120 --> 0:07:43.920 talking to each person. I think each into person has 0:07:43.960 --> 0:07:47.880 taken taking responsibility to on themselves to try to make 0:07:47.920 --> 0:07:51.480 a difference. And in total, if you connect those dots 0:07:52.320 --> 0:07:55.800 Kawaii to me, we left there going if if if 0:07:55.880 --> 0:07:59.800 Mother Earth, If everybody who lived on this planet had 0:07:59.840 --> 0:08:05.520 this same kind of focus and sensibilities and commitment to 0:08:05.640 --> 0:08:08.480 a selfless kind of great or good like it seems 0:08:08.680 --> 0:08:12.080 people have on quite where would we be as as 0:08:12.800 --> 0:08:18.200 as a as as a globe. Absolutely? And I think 0:08:18.640 --> 0:08:23.560 you know, I mean in a sense when things are 0:08:23.600 --> 0:08:26.840 not right right, I mean they use the word porno, 0:08:27.080 --> 0:08:31.840 which is what is right. And um, you know, when 0:08:31.840 --> 0:08:36.719 people come into the community and they're not syncd in 0:08:38.040 --> 0:08:42.080 so to say, they really stand out really quickly, right, 0:08:42.120 --> 0:08:44.560 And then there's two paths that can either hey, I 0:08:44.600 --> 0:08:47.839 gotta get acclimated and be a part of this, or 0:08:47.960 --> 0:08:51.680 I'm always going to be kind of like sticking out 0:08:51.760 --> 0:08:55.040 like a sore thumb. And I think in a sense 0:08:55.080 --> 0:09:00.079 it's because of what you just described, and um love it. 0:09:02.120 --> 0:09:05.760 My whole office is just so happy with the entire 0:09:06.480 --> 0:09:11.520 entire production from just how you were able to really 0:09:12.240 --> 0:09:16.160 take the focus on our culture, what's important to us 0:09:17.000 --> 0:09:19.679 and I gotta tell you. I mean, you know, there's 0:09:19.720 --> 0:09:23.840 so many people on Koye that haven't experienced the sport 0:09:24.080 --> 0:09:26.880 of golf, and I hope they do, just if they're 0:09:26.920 --> 0:09:29.679 like just a person like me that goes out and 0:09:30.240 --> 0:09:32.040 you know, got to pick up my ball and keep 0:09:32.120 --> 0:09:34.080 up with everybody. But just it's a part of our 0:09:34.080 --> 0:09:37.439 island that I think everybody should be able to see. 0:09:37.559 --> 0:09:40.559 And when you highlighted ho Kuala and how they talked 0:09:40.600 --> 0:09:43.600 about how they converted part of their golf course into 0:09:43.640 --> 0:09:46.520 a farm and walking path, you know that golf course 0:09:46.559 --> 0:09:49.160 again is really near and dear to our hearts because 0:09:49.200 --> 0:09:52.440 that's where my dad hosted the Richard they called Comy 0:09:52.480 --> 0:09:55.360 Memorial Golf Tournament, one of the biggest tournaments in the 0:09:55.400 --> 0:10:00.480 state UM to raise money for organizations like Hospice UM 0:10:00.520 --> 0:10:03.719 you know, for youth sports and activities, junior golf that 0:10:03.840 --> 0:10:08.559 their program and UM. When Whole Koala decided to pivot 0:10:08.840 --> 0:10:12.840 from having to eighteen whole golf courses, what they did 0:10:13.000 --> 0:10:16.240 was they opened up these areas for the general public, 0:10:16.520 --> 0:10:18.360 so if you're not a golfer, you can go and 0:10:18.480 --> 0:10:22.040 enjoy those trails and in essence be on a part 0:10:22.080 --> 0:10:25.000 of the island that you know, previously only golfers new. 0:10:25.080 --> 0:10:28.880 So it's really cool how that came together. We felt 0:10:28.920 --> 0:10:32.840 we we've left their feelings so much smarter about about 0:10:32.880 --> 0:10:36.319 what's possible, so much hope, you know, about what's possible 0:10:36.840 --> 0:10:40.800 because you know that sustainability issue and being you know, 0:10:40.960 --> 0:10:44.040 we all have kids. We we we we want you know, 0:10:44.080 --> 0:10:47.440 we want grandkids with their generations are coming. And if 0:10:47.480 --> 0:10:51.280 we don't pay attention to what's happening to Mother Earth, 0:10:51.480 --> 0:10:55.640 we're there's not going to be a lot of a 0:10:55.679 --> 0:10:58.319 lot of a lot more generations that get to enjoy 0:10:58.480 --> 0:11:02.040 all the all the fruit of of what's happening around us. 0:11:02.280 --> 0:11:06.240 So I don't know, I just you know, you're obviously 0:11:06.559 --> 0:11:09.600 doing a lot of things right. Your leadership and a 0:11:09.600 --> 0:11:12.920 lot of the leadership that's happening in that community on 0:11:13.000 --> 0:11:16.559 that island is something that I think we can learn from. 0:11:16.679 --> 0:11:19.920 And uh and thank you for your preservation and focus 0:11:20.040 --> 0:11:23.280 on Wailua. As your father said, take care of this 0:11:23.360 --> 0:11:25.559 golf course. And that was a really touching That was 0:11:25.600 --> 0:11:29.160 a really touching moment um in in a very you know, 0:11:29.200 --> 0:11:34.280 sort of a touching a show. Really no, and that's 0:11:34.400 --> 0:11:38.760 I think you know, I mean as a son and 0:11:39.160 --> 0:11:41.760 you know, I mean I think, um, what we strive 0:11:41.880 --> 0:11:43.880 to do is keep our promise to our parents, right, 0:11:43.960 --> 0:11:46.600 especially when they're not around, is like, um, that's when 0:11:46.640 --> 0:11:50.599 it becomes most important. But like I think art Fujita 0:11:50.640 --> 0:11:54.040 and Winston Agatha, and both of them are my dad's buddies. Right. 0:11:54.080 --> 0:11:56.800 You look at those guys there, I mean, those guys 0:11:56.840 --> 0:12:00.400 are their seasoned, right, but you look at you can 0:12:00.400 --> 0:12:03.559 tell how strong they are, right that mono, that power 0:12:03.600 --> 0:12:06.520 that they still have, and when they get to say, 0:12:06.640 --> 0:12:10.240 you know, they're playing like twenty seven bucks a month. 0:12:10.520 --> 0:12:13.160 You know, for our senior citizens, I think it's indicative 0:12:13.200 --> 0:12:16.160 of what we prioritize. And you know, when you've got 0:12:16.240 --> 0:12:19.520 junior golfers that can play around for a dollar, Um, 0:12:19.559 --> 0:12:21.640 it reflects to the rest of the world where our 0:12:21.679 --> 0:12:25.360 priorities are. It's with our kupuna, right, our elders, and 0:12:25.440 --> 0:12:30.439 with our kiki, with both the future and those that 0:12:30.480 --> 0:12:32.880 came before us that made a brighter future for guys 0:12:33.000 --> 0:12:36.200 like me. Col you grew up in Honolulu. What are 0:12:36.200 --> 0:12:39.040 your what are your thoughts and comments from Mr Mayor? Well, 0:12:39.080 --> 0:12:40.880 first of all, Mr Mayor, thank you. We took our 0:12:40.920 --> 0:12:44.480 cat to you. I really appreciate your time now and 0:12:44.520 --> 0:12:48.439 also during our trip in coming by Waylua and sharing 0:12:48.480 --> 0:12:50.800 that time with us was really special and it was 0:12:50.840 --> 0:12:55.000 a beautiful message to share. UM. Because my question is, 0:12:55.240 --> 0:13:00.080 you know, these lessons like live Pono Malama dina and 0:13:00.120 --> 0:13:04.160 at the forefront of a lot of people's minds uh 0:13:04.280 --> 0:13:08.360 in Hawaii, all across Hawaii, but especially Kawaiti. UM, what 0:13:08.480 --> 0:13:10.439 do you think that is? It's some in the water. 0:13:12.080 --> 0:13:16.560 I think culturally, you know, um, and it all starts 0:13:16.600 --> 0:13:21.280 with you know the kanaka, right, kannaka moui, the people, 0:13:21.400 --> 0:13:25.920 the original people and how they were very much a 0:13:26.080 --> 0:13:29.600 part of Earth, a part of the ana, of a 0:13:29.679 --> 0:13:33.680 part of the ocean, and um, you know, in a sense, 0:13:33.880 --> 0:13:39.720 Native culture is always pay respect to what what sustains us. 0:13:39.840 --> 0:13:42.840 You know, if we didn't have a healthy earth and 0:13:42.840 --> 0:13:46.160 a healthy ocean, we wouldn't be able to survive. So 0:13:46.200 --> 0:13:50.960 I think we pay the ultimate respect to coexisting and 0:13:51.120 --> 0:13:55.880 understanding that we are just a part, just a part 0:13:56.080 --> 0:13:59.840 of the puzzle which we would call our entire ecosystem. 0:14:00.000 --> 0:14:05.480 And if anything is thrown off kilter, it has a 0:14:05.520 --> 0:14:10.800 resounding impact. UM. That has unintended consequences, So we always 0:14:10.840 --> 0:14:14.760 strive to to strike that balance right and I think 0:14:14.800 --> 0:14:18.080 that's where the tug of war is. And you know, 0:14:18.679 --> 0:14:23.280 it's amazing because you know, I watched that show and 0:14:23.400 --> 0:14:27.360 heard the perspectives of other people and um, you know, 0:14:27.440 --> 0:14:29.840 just to tie it back to golf and to all 0:14:29.880 --> 0:14:33.400 the listeners and watchers, I am by far never going 0:14:33.440 --> 0:14:36.080 to be considered a golfer, but I like the game 0:14:36.280 --> 0:14:39.440 and the sword of golf because of what it represents 0:14:39.440 --> 0:14:43.000 when you think about it a golfer, it's a sport 0:14:43.080 --> 0:14:47.360 that boils down to integrity, right, self governance. You count 0:14:47.400 --> 0:14:51.600 your own you count your own score, and if somebody 0:14:51.640 --> 0:14:54.080 has a divid they go back to to go and 0:14:54.160 --> 0:14:57.720 repair it for the next person. Right And and in 0:14:57.760 --> 0:15:03.240 a sense, um, I think that's why, Uh, there's a 0:15:03.280 --> 0:15:08.640 lot of parallels between the lifestyle in Hawaii and ENCOI 0:15:09.120 --> 0:15:12.840 and this sport and a lot of them um co 0:15:13.000 --> 0:15:20.520 exists together beautiful analogy their self governance. Amen, Mr Mary, 0:15:20.520 --> 0:15:22.360 I know you're busy, We're not we're gonna, we're gonna 0:15:22.480 --> 0:15:25.200 let you go. But before we let you go, you know, 0:15:25.960 --> 0:15:29.440 did it give you hope and did you learn some 0:15:29.520 --> 0:15:33.080 things about your island by by listening in on on 0:15:33.280 --> 0:15:36.240 you know, people like farmer Samuel and kay Lee E 0:15:36.520 --> 0:15:39.320 and and and uh you know Uncle Arthur of the 0:15:39.360 --> 0:15:42.000 canoe club and all the different things that are happening. 0:15:42.080 --> 0:15:46.040 I mean, it's just incredible, Uh, the amount of different 0:15:46.080 --> 0:15:48.920 person you know, Mary B. Porter King and the efforts 0:15:48.920 --> 0:15:52.280 for junior goal. I mean, what was your takeaway and 0:15:52.640 --> 0:15:56.080 from from just the overall of and as it relates 0:15:56.080 --> 0:16:00.400 to the individuals, well, it's apparent from each and every 0:16:00.400 --> 0:16:03.680 person that we're very much tied to this place, right, 0:16:03.840 --> 0:16:07.480 I mean to hear about the history of you know, 0:16:07.520 --> 0:16:10.080 the Prince Golf Course and you know what used to 0:16:10.160 --> 0:16:13.200 be there before, you know, cattle right, the paniolas, the 0:16:13.360 --> 0:16:19.240 ranching and um, it's very apparent that our people are 0:16:19.360 --> 0:16:21.760 very much tied to our history. That where we are 0:16:21.840 --> 0:16:26.360 today and where we're going, um is very just as much, 0:16:26.400 --> 0:16:29.880 if not more important, where where we've come from, what 0:16:29.960 --> 0:16:33.200 are the origins of all of this and um it's 0:16:33.200 --> 0:16:37.160 a reminder for people like me who you know, in 0:16:37.200 --> 0:16:39.640 the scope of the job that I do as a mayor, 0:16:39.680 --> 0:16:42.520 I would be on the younger end of the spectrum 0:16:42.720 --> 0:16:47.200 and as much as we are noted for being ambitious, 0:16:47.320 --> 0:16:51.400 forward thinking, like let's move and march forward, that I 0:16:51.560 --> 0:16:56.120 have to in order for me to effectively lead this 0:16:56.240 --> 0:16:59.680 beautiful island and our people, I have to make sure 0:17:00.080 --> 0:17:03.720 that I have my feet firmly grounded and where we've 0:17:03.760 --> 0:17:07.119 come from, and to make sure that we're paying respect 0:17:07.800 --> 0:17:11.040 to to all those that came before us, that what 0:17:11.200 --> 0:17:14.840 the land was and the story of the land um 0:17:15.040 --> 0:17:18.000 is perpetuated to the next generation so that we can 0:17:18.040 --> 0:17:21.159 appreciate it. You know, if we're out there and just 0:17:21.240 --> 0:17:24.680 thinking that this is just a golf course, so be it. 0:17:25.200 --> 0:17:29.040 But it's very apparent is that there there's a story 0:17:29.119 --> 0:17:33.040 behind everything. And in tying to the golf courses that 0:17:33.720 --> 0:17:35.880 you know, we we have to make sure that we're 0:17:35.920 --> 0:17:39.440 mindful that we are um. We are on sacred land. 0:17:39.600 --> 0:17:42.199 No matter where you step on Koali, there's a story, 0:17:42.720 --> 0:17:45.720 there's a history, and it's sacred. One of the biggest 0:17:45.760 --> 0:17:47.879 messages that we try to convey to our show is, 0:17:48.000 --> 0:17:50.600 you know, if you're a visitor to Hawaii or Kuwaiti, 0:17:51.040 --> 0:17:53.000 you want to have guest mentality. But one of the 0:17:53.000 --> 0:17:56.080 most surprising things that we found was that the locals 0:17:56.080 --> 0:18:00.879 of Kaiti also have guest mentality right much so we 0:18:00.920 --> 0:18:05.359 are all just just here and and we uh you know, 0:18:05.440 --> 0:18:11.560 we all pay our respects. Thank you, respect much respect 0:18:11.600 --> 0:18:14.960 to you and uh and to your island and to 0:18:15.040 --> 0:18:19.159 all the people and uh and uh you know, we're honored. 0:18:19.200 --> 0:18:21.199 Like I said in the story, we're honored to to 0:18:21.320 --> 0:18:25.000 share these stories and for all the access and support 0:18:25.040 --> 0:18:29.040 we received throughout the process. Uh. I can't thank you enough. 0:18:29.240 --> 0:18:33.600 So I appreciate you and thank you folks enough. I 0:18:33.640 --> 0:18:38.280 will end with this. You folks are um always welcome back. 0:18:38.400 --> 0:18:41.520 I tell you, um not not everybody is like just 0:18:41.720 --> 0:18:44.280 warmly embraced why they come back again. But I will 0:18:44.320 --> 0:18:47.520 tell you I probably speak for many people, but what 0:18:47.640 --> 0:18:50.320 you were able to do and the respect that you 0:18:50.400 --> 0:18:54.160 paid to our island and our beautiful people is profound. 0:18:54.280 --> 0:18:59.240 And you, you folks are always welcome back with open arms. Mohanna, 0:18:59.440 --> 0:19:08.200 we're in the Ohana, okay. Uh, thank you very much, Aloha, 0:19:08.680 --> 0:19:15.400 thank you. It's easy to lose faith and politicians these days, 0:19:15.400 --> 0:19:17.840 there's just not a lot of there's just not a 0:19:17.880 --> 0:19:19.480 lot of good. You know. I don't care if you're 0:19:19.480 --> 0:19:21.800 on the right or the left. I think it's safe 0:19:21.840 --> 0:19:25.919 to say that there's a lot of disappointment going on 0:19:26.000 --> 0:19:28.680 in the world of politics. But you know, I think 0:19:28.680 --> 0:19:31.679 of Steve Leary and winter Park, who helped Zone to 0:19:31.760 --> 0:19:35.359 navigate the redo of the winter Park nine And I 0:19:35.400 --> 0:19:38.280 always thought, man, that's that's real leader. Like what he 0:19:38.320 --> 0:19:40.560 did and how he did that was real leadershipship. And 0:19:40.600 --> 0:19:44.359 then you take the mayor of Kawaii. It's like, you know, 0:19:44.400 --> 0:19:48.840 this island that is so sacred and special in so 0:19:48.880 --> 0:19:52.879 many ways, and you know, there's ten thousand I was 0:19:52.920 --> 0:19:57.359 reading seventy three thousand people on Kauaiti. The the population 0:19:57.480 --> 0:20:01.240 is almost doubled since the eighties. There's ten thousand sort 0:20:01.240 --> 0:20:04.400 of Native Hawaiians who live on Kawaii. And that that 0:20:04.440 --> 0:20:08.440 balance that he's talking about about how you make it 0:20:08.560 --> 0:20:11.600 affordable and livable for the locals and and but you 0:20:11.680 --> 0:20:15.960 also allow for you know, sort of free commerce and capitalism. 0:20:16.000 --> 0:20:17.840 And but you know, you can't just let it just 0:20:17.920 --> 0:20:20.560 run them up. Otherwise you're gonna end up, you know, 0:20:21.640 --> 0:20:25.560 overdoing it and and and ruining resources and essentially, you know, 0:20:25.920 --> 0:20:30.199 ruining the island. So I can't imagine I can't imagine 0:20:30.200 --> 0:20:33.000 the level of complexities that he has to navigate in 0:20:33.080 --> 0:20:37.879 trying to appease sort of growth but also uh protection 0:20:37.920 --> 0:20:42.360 of the past, and yet he distills it down so 0:20:42.359 --> 0:20:47.399 so neatly, his beautiful analogy between golf and community, the 0:20:47.480 --> 0:20:52.199 idea of self of governance and how that is you know, 0:20:52.400 --> 0:20:54.879 you can live that through the sport of golf, and 0:20:55.000 --> 0:20:57.920 that's how you should live your life with your community, 0:20:58.160 --> 0:20:59.800 uh and the part of the world that you live in. 0:21:00.040 --> 0:21:06.119 I mean, that was that was transcendent. Yeah, that was that. 0:21:06.119 --> 0:21:09.240 That was cool. I mean I'm trying to think maybe 0:21:09.240 --> 0:21:12.640 that that might be the best moment uh that I've 0:21:12.640 --> 0:21:14.199 had it here at fire Pit, and there's been a 0:21:14.200 --> 0:21:15.960 lot of our good moments at fire Pit, but when 0:21:16.000 --> 0:21:18.159 he came on, and you know, there's something about that 0:21:18.200 --> 0:21:20.160 moment right there that I was like, this is it 0:21:21.040 --> 0:21:24.040 getting get knowmedge from from the man for a job 0:21:24.119 --> 0:21:29.400 well done with felt as good as anything. Um. Yeah, 0:21:29.560 --> 0:21:31.840 I'm giving I'm giving it the award the coolest moment 0:21:32.359 --> 0:21:34.720 right there. Well, it's not stopping there. We have a 0:21:34.760 --> 0:21:38.280 whole list of guests lined up. We've got Mary B. 0:21:38.520 --> 0:21:43.600 Porter King coming on, We've got Huilani and and Kelly 0:21:43.640 --> 0:21:48.120 from who O Kuala. We've got kay lee E. We've 0:21:48.160 --> 0:21:53.800 got farmer Samuel lined up. We've got uh jeez Zeke 0:21:53.960 --> 0:21:57.359 from Point Poo Bay. We got We're not this is 0:21:57.359 --> 0:22:02.040 no look and here we got we got Mary Be 0:22:02.359 --> 0:22:06.960 lined up in the waiting room. Good morning, can you 0:22:07.000 --> 0:22:10.920 hear me? We can? Good morning. It's not a miracle. 0:22:12.960 --> 0:22:14.760 I would have said, I would have said, you know, 0:22:14.840 --> 0:22:16.800 Mary Be, two years ago, I would have said it's 0:22:16.800 --> 0:22:19.560 a miracle. But now, given all that we've learned from 0:22:19.640 --> 0:22:23.399 COVID and the technological advancements we've made through COVID, I 0:22:23.440 --> 0:22:26.000 feel like it's not actually much of a miracle at 0:22:26.000 --> 0:22:29.280 this point. That's true. Well, I know, so I guess 0:22:29.359 --> 0:22:32.840 that might be one of the positives of COVID for 0:22:33.000 --> 0:22:37.000 you many But yeah, and as it relates to golf, 0:22:37.040 --> 0:22:38.960 there are a lot of positives because people sort of 0:22:39.720 --> 0:22:45.199 you know, uh, reimagined their love affair with the game. Um. 0:22:45.240 --> 0:22:49.000 But just speaking about reimagining love affairs, my gosh, Mary, 0:22:49.119 --> 0:22:52.160 you know, Mary Be, we we we loved spending time 0:22:52.200 --> 0:22:57.560 with you on Kawaii. So that was fun. Well, you 0:22:57.680 --> 0:23:01.440 did a spectacular piece on high lighting our beautiful island. 0:23:02.040 --> 0:23:04.840 There's always that part of me in which it was 0:23:04.880 --> 0:23:10.680 spoken in the spoken during the broadcast as well about 0:23:11.520 --> 0:23:13.480 we want you to see it and love it, but 0:23:13.600 --> 0:23:15.040 we want to make sure you take care of it 0:23:15.080 --> 0:23:19.679 at the same time. And it's it's always that a 0:23:19.720 --> 0:23:22.520 little bit that fear of UM we don't want we 0:23:22.560 --> 0:23:24.879 want to make sure we keep it. We keep it, 0:23:24.960 --> 0:23:29.000 Christine so so so do you think you know, just 0:23:29.240 --> 0:23:31.720 having seen it, do you think we we were able 0:23:31.760 --> 0:23:34.840 to communicate those types that that type of messaging that 0:23:35.040 --> 0:23:38.119 it seems to me and every person we talked to 0:23:39.200 --> 0:23:42.800 that was reiterated. You know what we were getting from 0:23:43.000 --> 0:23:47.400 you and so many others was this real concerted effort 0:23:47.440 --> 0:23:51.600 to preserve the not only the culture, but the future 0:23:51.720 --> 0:23:55.159 of of of an island so special, as special as 0:23:55.200 --> 0:23:59.119 quite he is. Really no, and I think that's what 0:23:59.200 --> 0:24:01.800 you did the best. Really. I think you really let 0:24:01.840 --> 0:24:06.160 people know that, yes, this is spectacular, and but make 0:24:06.160 --> 0:24:09.159 sure let's keep it that way for future generations. But 0:24:09.400 --> 0:24:14.320 I thought your piece on every piece of your UM 0:24:14.359 --> 0:24:17.320 I don't know which column anymore, we'll call the show. 0:24:17.440 --> 0:24:21.280 We'll call it a show sure is good. Really, it 0:24:21.359 --> 0:24:25.000 really highlighted that and the people that you spoke with 0:24:25.960 --> 0:24:29.280 had that passion and I thought you did a great job. 0:24:29.640 --> 0:24:34.119 I hope the county was thrilled with it. I know 0:24:34.200 --> 0:24:37.080 Supanovo reached out to me, but I think I'm sure 0:24:37.080 --> 0:24:40.400 the county was thrilled. Sue has been given us great feedback, 0:24:40.440 --> 0:24:42.960 and she's getting a lot of great feedback, which obviously 0:24:43.000 --> 0:24:46.000 means a lot to us. You know that there's nothing 0:24:46.800 --> 0:24:50.000 you know, there's nothing worse than feeling like you've nailed 0:24:50.040 --> 0:24:52.159 a story and then you hear back like, oh, you 0:24:52.280 --> 0:24:55.600 totally missed it. And we we pride ourselves on not 0:24:55.720 --> 0:24:59.080 missing it. What what is the nature of the story 0:24:59.119 --> 0:25:02.520 but a lot the production credit goes to alex U, 0:25:02.560 --> 0:25:06.120 Peggy and Colton Adler, who could obviously on and who 0:25:06.200 --> 0:25:11.560 you know who really pride themselves on on getting us 0:25:11.680 --> 0:25:14.840 in the right spots to meet the right kind of 0:25:14.880 --> 0:25:19.440 people so that we don't miss it. The story being 0:25:20.200 --> 0:25:24.439 what it is now and it is key to have 0:25:24.600 --> 0:25:28.720 that local person involved. Um, I think that's the biggest key. 0:25:28.720 --> 0:25:30.600 And you didn't miss it. I think you hit it 0:25:30.680 --> 0:25:36.200 spot on. Col What do you got from Mary b Well? 0:25:36.240 --> 0:25:39.120 I mean, as always, thank you, Big mahallows to marry 0:25:39.200 --> 0:25:41.960 v for for her hospitality, and being a part of 0:25:41.960 --> 0:25:46.200 this project and serving as consultant early consultant as well 0:25:46.840 --> 0:25:51.040 for us obviously as somebody who grew up in the islands. Uh, 0:25:51.359 --> 0:25:54.840 this this project was close to my heart. And um, 0:25:54.920 --> 0:25:58.760 you know, I guess just knowing knowing sort of the 0:25:59.080 --> 0:26:01.720 local culture and in the quite easy local culture is 0:26:01.720 --> 0:26:05.119 different even somebody growing up what is it you know, 0:26:05.760 --> 0:26:08.639 forty miles away or something like that, or all of 0:26:08.680 --> 0:26:13.760 a hundred of across a hundred miles away you twenty 0:26:13.800 --> 0:26:17.159 minute flight. Um, it is very removed, right. I mean 0:26:17.160 --> 0:26:19.040 I grew up in a big city, you know, on 0:26:19.200 --> 0:26:22.359 Owahu and to somebody from Quaite if if I go 0:26:22.440 --> 0:26:24.960 to Quaiet, Hey, how's it like for me? Especially now 0:26:25.000 --> 0:26:27.320 living on the mainland. You know, I feel like, you know, 0:26:27.440 --> 0:26:31.200 quite even quiet at home for me, right, but but 0:26:31.440 --> 0:26:33.880 it's still you know, each island is its own culture. 0:26:33.920 --> 0:26:37.560 It's still a little separated. Um. And to be able 0:26:37.600 --> 0:26:39.919 to you know, I've never spent you know, that amount 0:26:39.920 --> 0:26:42.080 of time on quiet and really got to dig in 0:26:42.160 --> 0:26:44.920 and learn about it and meet the people and talk 0:26:45.000 --> 0:26:48.399 about the culture. Um. So it was a even a 0:26:48.480 --> 0:26:53.399 learning experience for me. Um. And uh yeah, just just 0:26:53.440 --> 0:26:56.240 more appreciative of it. And I think I guess what 0:26:56.240 --> 0:26:58.560 what really left an impression on me was, you know, 0:26:59.720 --> 0:27:04.200 guess mentality is very important, right, especially for the visitors 0:27:04.240 --> 0:27:06.000 that come to the island. But I think the surprising 0:27:06.000 --> 0:27:13.879 part was that even the locals on quite have guest mentality, right, Yeah, 0:27:13.960 --> 0:27:18.320 you're correct. It's um, we're very so unique here. I 0:27:18.359 --> 0:27:20.600 think we're very different. And like you said, every island 0:27:20.680 --> 0:27:26.000 is different, um, and in a beautiful way. They're all different, 0:27:26.080 --> 0:27:29.440 and it's just how they've all evolved. The big island, 0:27:29.480 --> 0:27:32.760 because it's so big, is a little more separated, and 0:27:32.800 --> 0:27:36.560 we're you know, we're the smallest of the four major islands, 0:27:36.560 --> 0:27:39.240 so and so we're a little more of a community 0:27:39.280 --> 0:27:43.320 here and people know more people here where you grew 0:27:43.400 --> 0:27:45.680 up on o Wah who you're we We go there 0:27:45.720 --> 0:27:48.080 and and it's like a big city. It's like going 0:27:48.119 --> 0:27:51.639 into Los Angeles or something for us. But um, but 0:27:51.760 --> 0:27:53.480 then you get out of the big city and you 0:27:53.560 --> 0:27:56.359 see how beautiful Oa who is and and what it 0:27:56.400 --> 0:28:00.440 has to offer it really is. It's amazing. Just gonna 0:28:00.520 --> 0:28:04.000 add one thing, Quaie being the you know, one of 0:28:04.040 --> 0:28:07.080 the smallest communities, but also the oldest, which is important 0:28:07.080 --> 0:28:11.360 and I think um was it Kaylee that was really 0:28:11.480 --> 0:28:13.520 driving that point home during the show, you know, just 0:28:13.560 --> 0:28:15.959 the importance of being the oldest kind of the you know, 0:28:16.240 --> 0:28:19.399 older brother, older sibling of the other islands and just 0:28:19.560 --> 0:28:24.120 sort of the responsibility that comes with that. We we 0:28:24.119 --> 0:28:27.080 were we are the oldest and the most historical as 0:28:27.080 --> 0:28:31.720 far as UM Western civilizations concerned, since Captain Cook landed 0:28:31.760 --> 0:28:37.840 here first. Um and uh we were discovered first. But 0:28:38.400 --> 0:28:41.360 and we're the oldest. And that's why our island just 0:28:41.600 --> 0:28:45.480 the earth the way it looks, and they h where 0:28:46.360 --> 0:28:49.960 it looks so different than the other islands. And we're 0:28:50.000 --> 0:28:53.680 formed by one volcano where Maui's too, and so that's 0:28:53.680 --> 0:28:57.480 why they're all so different. H. You know. On on 0:28:57.560 --> 0:29:00.120 with us is Patrick Kaneig who you know speak of 0:29:00.240 --> 0:29:03.520 views um at pool. Ok. You might not have seen 0:29:03.640 --> 0:29:07.280 much of Patrick because he had crashed his drone at 0:29:07.280 --> 0:29:10.360 Poor k That's just why we don't have any drone 0:29:10.400 --> 0:29:15.120 footage of poor Care that that particular day. But um, 0:29:15.160 --> 0:29:18.440 Patrick would would you know any thoughts or questions for 0:29:18.520 --> 0:29:20.800 Mary b as you know now that you finally have 0:29:20.840 --> 0:29:22.480 a chance to really get to spend time with her 0:29:22.520 --> 0:29:26.440 because instead of chasing your your drone into a tree, yeah, 0:29:26.520 --> 0:29:28.280 well we we didn't land a tree at landed in 0:29:28.360 --> 0:29:31.320 somebody's backyard and it's safe. We gotta There's a couple 0:29:31.400 --> 0:29:34.400 to be watched the episode. There's a couple of quick 0:29:34.400 --> 0:29:37.080 clips that were able to so it wasn't it wasn't 0:29:37.080 --> 0:29:40.320 all for not, but uh, the great bummer about that 0:29:40.480 --> 0:29:42.240 was that, you know, flying the drones kind of takes 0:29:42.240 --> 0:29:44.480 you away from the action. And so when you when 0:29:44.480 --> 0:29:47.520 we're walking with somebody like Mary, b uh, do you 0:29:47.560 --> 0:29:48.920 want to get in there and just kind of hear 0:29:48.960 --> 0:29:50.800 what she has to say, kind of experience it. He 0:29:50.840 --> 0:29:54.120 actually plays the game. I mean, uh, it's like it's 0:29:54.120 --> 0:29:55.560 a it's a legend that you just kind of want 0:29:55.560 --> 0:29:58.880 to get closer to. So, uh that that was the 0:29:59.160 --> 0:30:01.320 great bummer about uh losing that drone and I had 0:30:01.360 --> 0:30:04.640 to leave the property actually for a quick uh like 0:30:04.680 --> 0:30:08.040 ten minutes, and you guys and I like zoomed out there. 0:30:08.040 --> 0:30:10.320 I mean, I won't save the details of the technical 0:30:10.360 --> 0:30:12.880 snaf foods of that whole thing, but but I was 0:30:12.920 --> 0:30:15.959 pretty nervous for quite some time. I'm happy to return 0:30:16.000 --> 0:30:19.840 it and recover a little bit of footage, um from 0:30:19.920 --> 0:30:23.640 that from an unfortunate flight, is there I find my 0:30:23.840 --> 0:30:27.880 drone app Is that how you found it? I knew 0:30:27.880 --> 0:30:29.560 I had to land in it was kind of like 0:30:29.600 --> 0:30:32.320 a backyard area, so I didn't want to infend somebody 0:30:32.320 --> 0:30:34.600 too too much, but I had to had to go down, 0:30:34.640 --> 0:30:36.560 So I had an idea just from where I saw 0:30:36.560 --> 0:30:38.920 it and where I tried to put it down, so 0:30:38.920 --> 0:30:42.400 I knew where I was going. But um, yeah, I 0:30:42.520 --> 0:30:44.600 arrived and it was it was upside down for some reason, 0:30:44.680 --> 0:30:47.440 but it was safe. It was safe. I'll tell you. 0:30:47.520 --> 0:30:50.640 The footage that you did capture throughout the whole show 0:30:50.800 --> 0:30:54.080 was absolutely spectacular. I mean, if people weren't attracted to 0:30:54.920 --> 0:30:56.680 I didn't know anything about us, they're going to be 0:30:56.720 --> 0:30:59.080 blown away by seeing the footage that you captured just 0:30:59.200 --> 0:31:03.040 on every coast line that was really beautiful. Well it's 0:31:03.040 --> 0:31:05.400 a it's a treat because I mean I've flown a 0:31:05.480 --> 0:31:09.600 drone over every state in the United States and a 0:31:09.600 --> 0:31:11.600 lot across the world, and uh, I don't know if 0:31:11.600 --> 0:31:16.160 there's a better place to capture imagery um than in Hawaii. 0:31:16.240 --> 0:31:19.960 I mean, people I think they know. But the idea 0:31:20.000 --> 0:31:23.120 is to showcase maybe some of the things uh that 0:31:23.240 --> 0:31:26.760 we we didn't know or we couldn't see by this, 0:31:26.840 --> 0:31:29.080 and you know, me being the first time we're on 0:31:29.320 --> 0:31:33.160 the on the journeys with with Matt in the team, 0:31:33.200 --> 0:31:36.479 it's interesting because I've been to Quiet before and it's 0:31:36.520 --> 0:31:37.840 kind of like the first time you really don't know 0:31:37.880 --> 0:31:39.320 what you're doing and you get a lot of this 0:31:39.480 --> 0:31:42.080 I don't know if it's tourists sort of destinations, but 0:31:42.120 --> 0:31:45.920 it's tough to dig in uh and and and get 0:31:45.960 --> 0:31:48.760 to note the people. So that was probably the coolest part, 0:31:48.760 --> 0:31:51.600 aside from just capturing the imagery. Then you're like, oh, 0:31:51.680 --> 0:31:54.280 this is this is I get it now, Like I'm 0:31:54.680 --> 0:31:58.040 you know, I had conversations with local people. We more 0:31:58.080 --> 0:32:01.800 than just surfer level, and we dug in and then 0:32:02.040 --> 0:32:05.320 you start to understand what that guest mentality is all 0:32:05.400 --> 0:32:10.200 about and the appreciation for the land uh and the 0:32:10.240 --> 0:32:12.080 you know, the conservation, all the things that are going 0:32:12.120 --> 0:32:15.600 on there. And it's much more powerful when you when 0:32:15.600 --> 0:32:18.880 you dig in below the Hey we're in Hawaii. There's beaches. 0:32:18.880 --> 0:32:22.080 It's it's unbelievable, sort of like whirlwind. I think most 0:32:22.160 --> 0:32:27.400 tourists and visitors to Hawaii experience. We certainly don't have 0:32:27.480 --> 0:32:30.280 all the attractions that in a wah who has, you know, 0:32:30.600 --> 0:32:35.160 we we we attract a totally different type of visitor here, 0:32:36.240 --> 0:32:39.880 which is great because they really the people who who 0:32:40.080 --> 0:32:43.840 come here um end up you know, their outdoors people. 0:32:43.840 --> 0:32:47.920 They're hiking there in the water, there doing outdoor activities, 0:32:48.000 --> 0:32:52.000 and uh, that's the beauty of Kauai. It's uh and 0:32:52.520 --> 0:32:54.520 I don't know that. The North Shore, especially to me, 0:32:54.640 --> 0:32:57.600 is one of the most beautiful places on earth. Um. 0:32:58.040 --> 0:33:00.920 And uh, they make a little of rain, then everyone 0:33:00.920 --> 0:33:02.960 always thinks of us is getting rain. And I was 0:33:03.000 --> 0:33:07.680 disappointed that that one piece at Poipu Bay and we're 0:33:07.680 --> 0:33:10.560 on the South shore at rain because everyone thinks we 0:33:10.640 --> 0:33:13.160 rain all the time and we don't. We don't all 0:33:13.200 --> 0:33:17.240 the time. But um, it's just uh, you know, it's 0:33:17.240 --> 0:33:19.440 just one of the most beautiful places in the world 0:33:19.520 --> 0:33:21.960 in my opinion. And I haven't been everywhere, but I'll 0:33:22.000 --> 0:33:24.360 tell you where I have been this. I don't think 0:33:24.600 --> 0:33:28.040 there's anything much prettier. No I've I've said all along, 0:33:28.360 --> 0:33:31.040 you know, we've we've done the cliffs some more and 0:33:31.040 --> 0:33:34.080 and the Giants Causeway in Ireland, and and uh, you 0:33:34.080 --> 0:33:38.000 know the Grand Canyon, and and there are obviously some 0:33:38.520 --> 0:33:43.600 you know, the the the mountains that the Titans or 0:33:43.800 --> 0:33:47.720 or the Canadian rockies that you know near Bamp Springs. 0:33:48.040 --> 0:33:51.720 There's some visual you know, splendors out there, some some 0:33:51.800 --> 0:33:55.800 things that that that just sort of boggle your mind 0:33:55.920 --> 0:33:59.040 when you see them in person. But the Nepali Coastline 0:33:59.640 --> 0:34:02.239 is on listing in my mind, quite frankly, is at 0:34:02.240 --> 0:34:05.160 the top of the list. It's unlike anything you know. 0:34:05.240 --> 0:34:07.320 To be at the base of the Nepoly Coastline or 0:34:07.520 --> 0:34:09.920 sort of take those boats in and out of the 0:34:10.000 --> 0:34:13.640 Nepoly Coastline as you're going into the caves is incredible. 0:34:13.640 --> 0:34:17.000 And then going back to the drone concept, Patrick, you know, 0:34:17.800 --> 0:34:21.000 the first time I ever got into a helicopter was 0:34:21.040 --> 0:34:23.399 in Hawaii, and I said to myself, oh my god, 0:34:23.440 --> 0:34:25.239 if you're gonna get into a helicopter, I wasn't. I 0:34:25.239 --> 0:34:27.759 was always nervous about being a helicopter. If you're gonna 0:34:27.760 --> 0:34:31.040 do a helicopter, do it in Hawaii, because what you know, 0:34:31.080 --> 0:34:35.720 becoming a human drone to see what you were showcasing 0:34:35.800 --> 0:34:39.600 from a drone perspective is that's the place to do it. 0:34:39.480 --> 0:34:45.120 It's unlike anything I've ever seen and and you'll ever see. Yeah, 0:34:45.160 --> 0:34:47.200 I think it's it's tough to even capture. Like a 0:34:47.239 --> 0:34:51.600 drone does a good job of showing maybe an alternate 0:34:51.640 --> 0:34:54.399 look for those that take the boat. And but it's 0:34:54.480 --> 0:34:57.239 really I mean in person, it blows you away, like 0:34:57.600 --> 0:34:59.759 you gotta visit because it's like you see it and 0:34:59.800 --> 0:35:02.320 you the scale of it is really hard to grasp 0:35:02.440 --> 0:35:05.120 until you're you're standing there on the boat or um 0:35:05.600 --> 0:35:08.720 whatever that may be, and it's like everybody just wow. 0:35:08.760 --> 0:35:10.319 I mean I saw pictures of it and the first 0:35:10.360 --> 0:35:13.520 time I saw it, I was like, wow. It really 0:35:15.440 --> 0:35:17.520 On the subject of guests, we all know, we also 0:35:17.560 --> 0:35:21.200 have Zeke joining us. Now, Zeke, we played Poipoo Bay 0:35:21.239 --> 0:35:24.480 with the matches still all square. Zeke, You're you're on 0:35:24.600 --> 0:35:30.240 with Coltneller, Patrick Kannig and Mary Mary b. Porter King. Zeke, 0:35:30.280 --> 0:35:32.680 what are your what are your initial reactions of of 0:35:32.719 --> 0:35:36.879 what you saw from the from the show? I thought 0:35:37.000 --> 0:35:40.239 you guys did a great job with the production and 0:35:40.520 --> 0:35:45.000 showcasing coy. Nice good to hear. How about how about 0:35:45.000 --> 0:35:47.879 Point Poo Bay? Man, I mean, you know, visually from 0:35:47.880 --> 0:35:50.160 the ground as as we were you know, as you 0:35:50.200 --> 0:35:52.200 were saying, there's just a lot of wows out there, 0:35:52.200 --> 0:35:55.120 there's no houses. It's a beautiful place, but from up above, 0:35:55.600 --> 0:35:57.759 and when it came together as the show, it was like, 0:35:57.880 --> 0:36:04.920 my goodness, this is spectacle killer. The sights, the sights 0:36:04.920 --> 0:36:07.919 on this island are unbelievable. I mean just not only 0:36:07.920 --> 0:36:10.920 in plot fool, but the whole island itself. So you 0:36:10.920 --> 0:36:15.440 guys captured what what Patrick captured from the air was 0:36:15.760 --> 0:36:19.680 very very good. I heard some of the video was 0:36:19.719 --> 0:36:21.839 kind of dark, but I mean from what I saw 0:36:21.880 --> 0:36:26.000 when he was playing that day, it looked pretty incredible. Yeah. Um, 0:36:26.320 --> 0:36:29.799 we have Mary Mary Beond obviously, and and and and 0:36:29.840 --> 0:36:32.320 before we let you go, Mary Mary b I wanted 0:36:32.360 --> 0:36:36.040 to just get some more thoughts on on junior golf, 0:36:36.640 --> 0:36:39.680 not only as it relates to Hawaii, but Kawaii and 0:36:40.080 --> 0:36:43.040 you know, uh, in everything you've done and all the 0:36:43.080 --> 0:36:46.719 efforts you've made and the selflessness of trying to sort 0:36:46.719 --> 0:36:50.400 of give back, talk a little bit more about about 0:36:50.440 --> 0:36:52.840 the progress being made or or what some of the 0:36:52.920 --> 0:36:55.800 challenges are that that still remains to sort of truly 0:36:55.880 --> 0:37:01.640 grow the game on a place like an island. Well, 0:37:02.440 --> 0:37:05.120 just that that We're an island, um, and we are 0:37:05.160 --> 0:37:08.640 islands and where you know, I grew up many years 0:37:08.640 --> 0:37:10.719 ago in southern California and I could hop in a 0:37:10.719 --> 0:37:14.000 car and they'll play in tournaments every week and every 0:37:14.040 --> 0:37:17.480 day all over the state. Where it's a challenge here 0:37:17.600 --> 0:37:22.600 and uh for our kids to participate in events off island. 0:37:22.760 --> 0:37:27.000 I mean, uh, Colt can tell you that. But we 0:37:27.800 --> 0:37:31.200 as I may have mentioned that we started, we took 0:37:31.200 --> 0:37:33.759 over the first teach ch apter the beginning of last year, 0:37:33.960 --> 0:37:37.120 so in Hawaii, and so I'm very excited about that, 0:37:37.239 --> 0:37:40.560 just to get more kids into the game, to start 0:37:40.600 --> 0:37:43.800 them in the game. The game itself teaches you everything 0:37:43.800 --> 0:37:47.800 you need to know about life as is without words, 0:37:48.120 --> 0:37:51.839 the game just teaches us that. But Pooka is going 0:37:51.920 --> 0:37:54.160 to be our home site here on Kauai, and we 0:37:54.280 --> 0:37:58.960 hope to have um other will have the other courses 0:37:59.000 --> 0:38:02.960 around participate eight. But I just think that right now 0:38:02.960 --> 0:38:06.879 we're unlimited there. As you mentioned earlier that the game 0:38:06.960 --> 0:38:10.440 around the US has been booming and we're trying to 0:38:10.640 --> 0:38:14.560 pick up the game now. Unfortunately, we were shut down 0:38:14.600 --> 0:38:17.920 for those times during COVID, which was difficult, so we 0:38:17.960 --> 0:38:21.160 did lose kids and Uh, we're shut down in junior 0:38:21.160 --> 0:38:24.160 golf for almost two years, so we're trying to get 0:38:24.160 --> 0:38:27.200 it back up now. UM. I think seeing the Masters 0:38:27.280 --> 0:38:29.279 last week and the drive chip and pud and the 0:38:29.320 --> 0:38:33.280 things that would motivate young people and our college tournaments 0:38:33.320 --> 0:38:38.239 come to the islands now, um, that to me energizes 0:38:38.520 --> 0:38:41.919 everyone and they can see the potential. And it's hard 0:38:41.960 --> 0:38:46.040 that our kids, you know, we are isolated from the mainland. 0:38:46.239 --> 0:38:50.200 We're so they don't know what's over there. They don't 0:38:50.239 --> 0:38:53.640 know what the possibilities are for them. And you know, 0:38:53.719 --> 0:38:56.960 my goal has been to try to educate them that 0:38:57.640 --> 0:39:00.640 the sky is the limit for them and that there 0:39:00.640 --> 0:39:04.680 are there are possibilities, the possibilities of gaining that education 0:39:04.719 --> 0:39:07.799 through the game, but more importantly that if they could 0:39:07.800 --> 0:39:10.719 play the game for lifetime. Uh, the world would be 0:39:10.760 --> 0:39:15.240 a much better place for all of us. Amen, Amen, 0:39:15.360 --> 0:39:23.839 Mary B. Porter King Um. Well, always always a treat 0:39:23.880 --> 0:39:26.840 to hear your voice. Mary, be and thanks again for 0:39:26.920 --> 0:39:30.600 your for your time and cooperation and your perspective on 0:39:31.120 --> 0:39:34.840 Kauaii while we were there and and especially now. And uh, 0:39:35.000 --> 0:39:36.960 you know you're always welcome at god Hill Park here. 0:39:37.000 --> 0:39:38.719 You've got a lot of friends out here. Everyone I 0:39:38.800 --> 0:39:41.640 bump into says hey, Mary May your your name comes 0:39:41.680 --> 0:39:43.680 up almost every day at god Hill Park, So your 0:39:44.160 --> 0:39:48.160 legacy is sort of UH and your roots system throughout 0:39:48.360 --> 0:39:52.719 throughout the game is UH is healthy and UH continues 0:39:52.760 --> 0:39:56.000 to grow in in with nothing but respect and admiration. 0:39:56.080 --> 0:39:59.120 So thank you for everything. My son plays. They're quite 0:39:59.120 --> 0:40:01.279 a bit and I think Eeke's taken some money from 0:40:01.280 --> 0:40:05.839 my son too, so um, you can maybe hold off 0:40:05.840 --> 0:40:09.200 on him a little bit, you know, saying parents, so 0:40:09.560 --> 0:40:12.200 you'll be nice to him, Zeke, I try to be, 0:40:13.360 --> 0:40:17.000 but yeah, thanks you guys. You're great and I love 0:40:17.040 --> 0:40:18.960 the show and I love what you're doing, and thanks 0:40:19.000 --> 0:40:22.880 for spreading the good word and good luck. Thank you 0:40:22.920 --> 0:40:31.040 so very thank you. All right, take care, Zeke, Zeke, welcome, 0:40:31.160 --> 0:40:33.960 Welcome to this show, which is a follow up show 0:40:34.239 --> 0:40:38.000 on the show that you're obviously starting. Apparently I'm not 0:40:38.080 --> 0:40:40.760 the only person that you fleece out there. You're you're 0:40:41.040 --> 0:40:46.040 you're equal opportunity, you know, flee sir. I guess I 0:40:46.040 --> 0:40:49.279 wouldn't call it fleecing. It's a game of skill that 0:40:49.320 --> 0:40:53.440 we're playing against each other. So if if you need strokes, 0:40:53.480 --> 0:40:55.759 like my friend's father said, the driving Greens is at 0:40:55.800 --> 0:40:57.919 the beginning of the course and you guys can start 0:40:57.920 --> 0:41:07.480 working there. Well, I know, we pointed out, Zeke that 0:41:07.560 --> 0:41:10.120 you know in the show that you're not from Kawaie, 0:41:10.160 --> 0:41:14.520 but now call Kawaie home and uh and and you're 0:41:14.560 --> 0:41:18.040 sort of general impressions again on the show, not only 0:41:18.080 --> 0:41:20.840 beyond the visuals and popo, but just on the island 0:41:20.840 --> 0:41:26.719 in general. You guys did an incredible job showcasing the 0:41:26.719 --> 0:41:30.160 whole island, just the cultural aspect, the sense of community, 0:41:31.040 --> 0:41:34.799 the sense of stewardship that everybody on this island has 0:41:35.000 --> 0:41:37.239 to take care of the community so it's passed on 0:41:37.280 --> 0:41:40.640 to the next generation. I mean, just the hommer simon, 0:41:40.760 --> 0:41:46.200 you could see the generational um, how many more generations 0:41:46.200 --> 0:41:48.480 are going to continue that. There's a lot of businesses 0:41:48.520 --> 0:41:53.399 here that are generational. So like the gentleman said on 0:41:53.760 --> 0:41:56.520 in prince Ville, for you guys at Mackay, we're just 0:41:56.640 --> 0:42:00.839 stewards We were just caretakers of it, were taking care 0:42:00.840 --> 0:42:04.799 of it for the next generation. You know, Zeke i, 0:42:04.800 --> 0:42:07.520 I you know, I walked. I want My biggest takeaway 0:42:07.520 --> 0:42:11.840 from Kawaii was, you know, on an island and having 0:42:11.880 --> 0:42:15.880 that kind of controlled space. It makes it It's not 0:42:15.920 --> 0:42:18.920 to say it's easier, but it's a little easier to 0:42:19.280 --> 0:42:23.840 better define what the issues are. Get people aligned with 0:42:23.880 --> 0:42:28.960 a focus on sustainability and being those stewards of the land, 0:42:29.800 --> 0:42:34.319 you know, resource, you know, conserving resources. If only, if 0:42:34.360 --> 0:42:38.000 only the world think of the Earth, if planet Earth 0:42:39.360 --> 0:42:45.560 the population had the same mentality as Kawaii has about 0:42:45.800 --> 0:42:48.839 sort of the greater good of where we live and 0:42:48.920 --> 0:42:52.120 on on this planet, where would we be? Right? Like 0:42:52.160 --> 0:42:54.080 I feel like if we can say, if we can 0:42:54.200 --> 0:42:58.560 learn from Kawaii and these efforts and this community spirit 0:42:58.760 --> 0:43:04.279 and sustainability and and the stewardship man, where would we 0:43:04.320 --> 0:43:07.520 be today? As as you know, sort of society in general, 0:43:09.360 --> 0:43:12.279 society and general in a lot better shape than it's 0:43:12.320 --> 0:43:15.719 in now, that's for sure. I mean it's just ultimately 0:43:15.760 --> 0:43:19.680 it's it's everybody taking responsibility for everything that they do. 0:43:19.840 --> 0:43:22.200 That's really what it comes down to. And like you said, 0:43:22.239 --> 0:43:24.680 being on an island and being in a smaller community, 0:43:25.160 --> 0:43:29.600 people do do that here. I mean beach cleanups, you're 0:43:29.600 --> 0:43:33.880 talking part cleanups, you're talking just general taking care of 0:43:33.880 --> 0:43:40.000 the hina is done throughout the community here. Yeah, being land, right, 0:43:40.040 --> 0:43:45.399 I'd of being land, I'd not being land, Yes, Zeke. 0:43:45.440 --> 0:43:48.759 Were there any perspectives, um that we're sort of new 0:43:49.040 --> 0:43:52.600 or interesting that you learned from the show for maybe 0:43:52.600 --> 0:43:56.680 the other guests, um that either you hadn't heard of before, 0:43:56.880 --> 0:43:59.640 or we're sort of posed in a you know, new 0:43:59.719 --> 0:44:04.280 or different perspective than how you've heard them before. Sure, 0:44:04.360 --> 0:44:10.279 everybody's story you guys shared had different aspects for everybody. 0:44:10.360 --> 0:44:14.759 I mean, I don't go to the north Shore very 0:44:14.760 --> 0:44:17.960 often just because you know, we're on such a small island. 0:44:17.960 --> 0:44:22.680 Traffic becomes a problem sometimes. And just seeing what goes 0:44:22.719 --> 0:44:25.839 on up there in the taro farms and how they're 0:44:25.920 --> 0:44:28.800 keeping everything sustainable up there, how they're taking care of 0:44:28.840 --> 0:44:32.600 the land, is you know, it's a great different perspective 0:44:32.640 --> 0:44:35.919 because I don't see it that often. Unfortunately, sometimes we're 0:44:35.960 --> 0:44:39.040 just narrow minded and not narrow minded, but narrow focused 0:44:39.680 --> 0:44:41.960 on what we're doing, that we're not opening up to 0:44:42.239 --> 0:44:47.279 everything else that's out there. And seeing your guys production, 0:44:47.480 --> 0:44:50.000 was it opened up? You know, you opened your eyes 0:44:50.000 --> 0:44:51.960 to a lot of different things than what you just 0:44:52.000 --> 0:44:57.560 see on a daily basis. Certainly introduces us to new things, 0:44:57.640 --> 0:44:59.279 and I think to a lot of people. I mean, 0:44:59.320 --> 0:45:01.200 especially when you talk about the North shore of Kuwaiti. 0:45:01.840 --> 0:45:05.120 You know how unique it is when, as Kaylee told us, 0:45:06.400 --> 0:45:09.719 the u N recognize them as one of twenty communities 0:45:09.840 --> 0:45:14.200 across the globe to do this sort of thing. You know, Um, 0:45:14.360 --> 0:45:15.840 I can imagine that not a lot of people have 0:45:15.880 --> 0:45:19.279 been introduced to that sort of way of life. No, 0:45:19.640 --> 0:45:23.080 And I didn't even know that that they had won 0:45:23.160 --> 0:45:26.839 that award. Um, that's incredible. I mean, to be recognized, 0:45:27.040 --> 0:45:31.480 that's a worldwide recognition. That's just not a national recognition 0:45:31.600 --> 0:45:38.000 or a state or regional recognition. That's worldwide. And that's incredible. Yeah, 0:45:38.120 --> 0:45:42.439 it was. And yet you realize, like, if you don't 0:45:42.440 --> 0:45:44.759 put systems like that in place, or if you don't 0:45:44.800 --> 0:45:49.279 preserve those gardens like they're doing, if you don't make 0:45:49.320 --> 0:45:52.080 those kinds of commitments. I mean, it took them a 0:45:52.120 --> 0:45:54.520 long time to get there and get that up and 0:45:54.600 --> 0:45:56.759 going and get it to where it is. Now that 0:45:56.760 --> 0:46:00.960 that was a relentless and exhaust of uh you know, 0:46:01.440 --> 0:46:04.400 commitment on a lot of people's parts. But now you 0:46:04.480 --> 0:46:07.200 see it, you go, thank goodness, this is this kind 0:46:07.200 --> 0:46:10.560 of stuff is happening because again that becomes a blueprint 0:46:10.880 --> 0:46:15.439 for not only what's happening on your island Kawaii, other 0:46:15.520 --> 0:46:19.120 islands in Hawaii, other islands in the world, and then 0:46:19.320 --> 0:46:21.880 and then and then again, sort of spinning it up 0:46:21.920 --> 0:46:27.359 to the greater good. Yes, another thing I could point 0:46:27.360 --> 0:46:30.239 out when you went to many Honi fish pond, you 0:46:31.440 --> 0:46:35.440 that fish pond was overgrown by mangroves and there was 0:46:35.480 --> 0:46:38.640 a lot of effort put in by um the local 0:46:38.680 --> 0:46:43.440 councilman who organized this group to go up there and 0:46:43.520 --> 0:46:45.560 clean it all up. There was no way you would 0:46:45.560 --> 0:46:48.280 have been able to land the canoe there five years ago. 0:46:48.960 --> 0:46:51.839 That's how bad it was. And that's that That goes 0:46:51.880 --> 0:46:55.359 to show the how they're improving the land, making it 0:46:55.440 --> 0:46:59.279 better and sustaining it so that people can see it 0:46:59.520 --> 0:47:05.000 and appreciate it. Yeah, it makes me want to you know, 0:47:05.040 --> 0:47:07.360 all of this, all of this made me want to 0:47:07.400 --> 0:47:09.960 move to Kuwait. I was like, my gosh, you know, 0:47:10.360 --> 0:47:13.560 we're here in Oceanside, California. We see the efforts being 0:47:13.560 --> 0:47:17.239 made by John Ashworth to preserve and and sort of 0:47:17.280 --> 0:47:20.640 set up this community asset for the future. But it's 0:47:20.640 --> 0:47:23.200 like you know that, and and we we love and 0:47:23.200 --> 0:47:26.000 appreciate and support every all those efforts. But like you 0:47:26.080 --> 0:47:29.120 take that times a thousand, it feels like that's what's 0:47:29.160 --> 0:47:32.040 being done in Kuwaiti. You know, it's like wow, it's 0:47:32.120 --> 0:47:35.279 it's uh, it's just amazing. And I'm sure you feel 0:47:35.320 --> 0:47:38.319 the same. It's like if, like, if everybody does their part, 0:47:39.120 --> 0:47:43.840 and if everybody's is held responsible or claims responsibility for 0:47:43.880 --> 0:47:48.600 their part, that's how this that's how this happens. It's 0:47:48.640 --> 0:47:50.799 about taking ownership, that's for sure. But it's not just 0:47:50.840 --> 0:47:53.520 happening here on kuwait It's happening everywhere. You look at 0:47:53.520 --> 0:47:55.879 the Big Island, you look at Molokai, you look at 0:47:55.880 --> 0:47:57.680 the night, you look at what they're trying to do 0:47:57.719 --> 0:48:02.720 in Maui. But for me is I mean, it's incredible. 0:48:02.760 --> 0:48:06.120 Cold knows knows what Hawaii's like, the sense of community, 0:48:06.719 --> 0:48:09.680 people looking out for you. Colt knows that when he 0:48:09.680 --> 0:48:12.239 would go to his friend's house after a long day 0:48:12.239 --> 0:48:17.400 of practice or surfing, the parents always had food for cult. 0:48:17.480 --> 0:48:20.880 I guarantee he ate very very good, even if it 0:48:21.000 --> 0:48:24.320 wasn't at his own house. I mean, there's the parents 0:48:24.360 --> 0:48:27.560 all taking everybody else's kids at that point, you know, 0:48:27.600 --> 0:48:30.080 and it becomes a whole sense of community and everybody 0:48:30.120 --> 0:48:33.279 looking out for each other. Absolutely, and I think it's 0:48:33.280 --> 0:48:36.040 cool that that Kauai can you know, can be a 0:48:36.120 --> 0:48:38.640 leader in that space sort of. You know, as we've 0:48:38.640 --> 0:48:41.719 talked about it, it's the it's the oldest, most historical 0:48:42.480 --> 0:48:47.200 and you know, from the perspective of sustainability or practices 0:48:47.200 --> 0:48:50.080 like they're doing on the North Shore, hopefully Kauai is 0:48:50.360 --> 0:48:54.759 the leader for the rest of Hawaii to follow. Yes, yes, 0:48:54.920 --> 0:48:58.000 And I think we're the whole state in a hole 0:48:58.160 --> 0:49:01.640 is headed in the right direction. That's for ye. Yeah, 0:49:01.640 --> 0:49:04.320 I think for for somebody that is not super familiar 0:49:04.320 --> 0:49:06.440 with why. That's why it's so fun to tell these 0:49:06.440 --> 0:49:09.160 stories because you get in there and you kind of 0:49:09.200 --> 0:49:11.440 figure this out and understanding you're like, well, no, nobody 0:49:11.440 --> 0:49:13.239 else is doing like doing it like this. You know, 0:49:13.360 --> 0:49:16.440 there's no communities like this. Maybe there's a little bit, 0:49:16.440 --> 0:49:17.920 but like then you take it, you put in a 0:49:18.040 --> 0:49:20.799 story and you share it and you open people's eyes. Um, 0:49:20.880 --> 0:49:23.400 these things don't happen overnight, right, So it's about changing 0:49:23.400 --> 0:49:27.000 the perspective and exposing people to different ways of doing it. 0:49:27.040 --> 0:49:29.399 And it's like, I mean, I'm super proud to have been, 0:49:29.719 --> 0:49:32.239 you know, part of just telling the stories so more 0:49:32.239 --> 0:49:35.000 people can understand what it is. It's different about Hawaii. 0:49:35.080 --> 0:49:37.600 Maybe they can take one little thing, uh and start 0:49:37.680 --> 0:49:40.440 something in their own community. So it's like that. That 0:49:40.560 --> 0:49:44.160 is for me was my big big takeaway from from 0:49:44.200 --> 0:49:46.479 being a part of this team and and and meeting 0:49:46.480 --> 0:49:50.320 folks like yourselves. Yeah, I appreciate it. I mean exactly. 0:49:50.360 --> 0:49:53.960 You're exactly right. If if you can take a small 0:49:54.000 --> 0:49:57.520 piece of something from this story that you guys provided, 0:49:57.560 --> 0:50:00.560 and it's a great story, and apply it to yourself, 0:50:02.000 --> 0:50:06.760 you'll see changes that you wouldn't even believe you could 0:50:06.760 --> 0:50:09.400 treat on your own. You know, it's if you apply 0:50:09.440 --> 0:50:14.080 it to other people. You bring people in with you. Again, 0:50:14.160 --> 0:50:16.320 the sense of community. You can't do it by yourself. 0:50:16.360 --> 0:50:20.120 You need a community, you need you need that village 0:50:20.120 --> 0:50:25.399 behind you, you know, to start change. Well, our our 0:50:25.480 --> 0:50:28.600 matches all square, Zeke, and you have an open invite 0:50:28.600 --> 0:50:30.600 for a little home and home we can we can 0:50:30.640 --> 0:50:32.920 continue this match at goat Hill Park. You come to 0:50:33.040 --> 0:50:36.760 my turf and uh and we'll settle this will settle 0:50:36.800 --> 0:50:40.799 this score, you know properly. I look forward to it. 0:50:40.960 --> 0:50:43.319 I look forward to a rematch. I look forward to 0:50:43.360 --> 0:50:47.439 you moving here and join the Ironland. We can play 0:50:47.520 --> 0:50:50.880 every day. And you know this, as long as you 0:50:50.960 --> 0:50:53.640 bring enough money to come around. There's there's it's good 0:50:53.680 --> 0:50:56.520 to go. Zeke's on the long con. He's he's playing 0:50:56.520 --> 0:51:05.759 the long game. Thank thank you. So so yeah, it's 0:51:05.920 --> 0:51:09.360 it's it's the same bet for you. I think the 0:51:09.360 --> 0:51:12.840 biggest takeaway for anybody who watches the show is just 0:51:12.840 --> 0:51:16.840 just play with Zeke for fun, you know, don't don't 0:51:16.880 --> 0:51:22.960 don't bet Zeke at home. I have Venmo, I have Venmo. 0:51:23.080 --> 0:51:28.080 We're good to go, Beno Benma. Uh. Well, Zeke can't 0:51:28.120 --> 0:51:30.480 thank you enough for your time that day and uh 0:51:30.520 --> 0:51:33.359 and all of your inside and perspectives and and uh 0:51:33.440 --> 0:51:36.759 and and now as well. So thanks for joining us 0:51:36.800 --> 0:51:40.239 and uh and uh look forward to look forward to 0:51:40.280 --> 0:51:44.120 more conversations and more more courses in our future. I 0:51:44.160 --> 0:51:46.680 appreciate you, guys. Thank you very much. You guys did 0:51:47.160 --> 0:51:50.960 a very good job showcasing coit it was I was 0:51:51.160 --> 0:51:53.200 very proud to be a part of it. Thank you 0:51:53.200 --> 0:52:01.560 guys very much. Thank you buddy, hellos, Thanks zan Aloha man, 0:52:01.800 --> 0:52:04.520 just bringing back good feelings, you know, man fresh all 0:52:04.760 --> 0:52:07.080 I got chills when they say we do a good job. 0:52:07.120 --> 0:52:09.120 I get all I get. I mean, I can't help 0:52:09.120 --> 0:52:11.920 but feel proud, proud of every you know, everything we 0:52:12.000 --> 0:52:14.840 do is a true collective effort. And obviously this you know, 0:52:15.000 --> 0:52:18.000 especially a journey, A journey is always like yeah, there 0:52:18.040 --> 0:52:21.000 was three of us. Jesse was another shooter with us 0:52:21.280 --> 0:52:24.480 UM who helped edit some of these scenes. We got 0:52:24.480 --> 0:52:28.719 the whole you know, Louis and Colin and Marco the 0:52:28.840 --> 0:52:32.960 edit team, Alex on the production side, Uh, Jake is 0:52:32.960 --> 0:52:35.600 going to help support a lot of the social cuts 0:52:35.600 --> 0:52:39.839 and this podcast. But you know when we say collective effort, um, 0:52:41.080 --> 0:52:45.680 that's certainly what this is. Yeah, it was fun to prepare. 0:52:46.440 --> 0:52:48.880 Last night. I just got I watched the episode and 0:52:48.920 --> 0:52:50.520 I was just like I was just a fan. You know, 0:52:50.800 --> 0:52:53.640 this is good, this is fun, um, and it was 0:52:53.760 --> 0:52:56.239 it was cool to see my you know, my contribution 0:52:56.280 --> 0:52:58.000 as part of the team, and it's like, you know, 0:52:58.080 --> 0:53:00.600 its own, Like this is cool that there's zazing scenery, 0:53:00.600 --> 0:53:02.400 but like can you put it to that stuff with 0:53:02.800 --> 0:53:05.960 cold Jessee and all the production effort that goes into it. Matt, 0:53:06.120 --> 0:53:08.160 you know, telling the story and leading the way, it's 0:53:08.160 --> 0:53:10.600 like wow, I mean you talk about it's community, right, 0:53:10.640 --> 0:53:13.359 so I mean if it's very well, I mean with 0:53:13.680 --> 0:53:16.400 the you know, what we created here is how Hawaii 0:53:16.440 --> 0:53:19.200 is evolved as well, so that community can create something 0:53:19.800 --> 0:53:23.319 so much more power, more powerful than any one of 0:53:23.400 --> 0:53:26.200 us can do, no matter how good we were or craft. 0:53:26.239 --> 0:53:27.759 And so it's like that kind of opened my eyes. 0:53:27.800 --> 0:53:31.600 Is a is a lone ranger for a long time 0:53:31.719 --> 0:53:35.800 on the road of golf course photography. Um, like, hey, 0:53:35.840 --> 0:53:39.120 this is this is cool. I mean it's uh it 0:53:39.200 --> 0:53:41.520 was I got there last night, just kind of looking 0:53:41.560 --> 0:53:43.759 back through it, and this is this is good TV 0:53:44.320 --> 0:53:47.360 or whatever. Good This is a good show. It's always 0:53:47.400 --> 0:53:52.160 a good thing when the end product transcends your expectations 0:53:52.320 --> 0:53:55.759 or sort of you know, the what you had in mind, 0:53:55.800 --> 0:53:59.360 how you visualized it as one person, when everybody else 0:53:59.400 --> 0:54:01.120 comes in and brings, you know, what they have to 0:54:01.160 --> 0:54:04.319 the table. I mean, just watching it last night, same thing. 0:54:04.360 --> 0:54:06.160 You know, I've seen a few of the rough cuts, 0:54:06.160 --> 0:54:09.520 but when you see the final product, man, it's just uh, yeah, 0:54:09.600 --> 0:54:13.360 it was. I was very proud, you know, to hopefully 0:54:13.480 --> 0:54:18.040 represent Hawaii, wah and Kauaie. But it's proud of our team. 0:54:18.080 --> 0:54:19.600 I was proud of our team mostly you know, and 0:54:19.640 --> 0:54:24.240 I you know every uh everything that that each person 0:54:24.280 --> 0:54:27.480 brings a little expertise in a little you know, specialty 0:54:27.520 --> 0:54:29.880 to the to the game and it uh and it 0:54:29.880 --> 0:54:32.600 it really showed him this one. Yeah, the little there 0:54:32.600 --> 0:54:35.880 were little things. I remember that moment and I captured that. 0:54:35.960 --> 0:54:39.560 Oh that's perfect. It went and fit into the bigger picture. 0:54:39.560 --> 0:54:42.040 I was like, yes, nailed it, Like I got something 0:54:42.400 --> 0:54:44.440 there it is you know, so is uh it was 0:54:44.480 --> 0:54:47.200 a walk down memory lane and then like an enhanced enjoyment. 0:54:47.239 --> 0:54:49.319 It's like a really you know, a really good memory. 0:54:49.320 --> 0:54:52.719 You got even better. Well, we got more guests coming 0:54:52.719 --> 0:54:58.600 on guys. Next up is Kelly Hinna. Welcome to our 0:54:58.800 --> 0:55:03.239 reek our journey recap to Kawaii. Um, that was so 0:55:03.360 --> 0:55:08.080 well done. You guys did an amazing job. Oh that 0:55:08.200 --> 0:55:11.040 means a lot. Uh. We just had Mary B. Porter 0:55:11.200 --> 0:55:14.840 king on, we had Zeke on from Poipoo Bay and 0:55:14.840 --> 0:55:17.319 and obviously Lani is coming on in a little bit. 0:55:17.360 --> 0:55:20.399 But um that that means a lot to hear from 0:55:20.440 --> 0:55:24.759 people like yourself who obviously love Kawaii you know, as 0:55:24.960 --> 0:55:28.879 you know, beyond far beyond, you know, just a destination. 0:55:28.920 --> 0:55:31.399 But to for a place you call home. For you 0:55:31.480 --> 0:55:35.600 to feel like we properly represented and and portrayed Kauai 0:55:35.760 --> 0:55:40.360 in a way that you're proud, makes us proud obviously. Yeah, 0:55:40.560 --> 0:55:46.520 Art Art Fujita, what a classic guy, so funny, Oh 0:55:46.560 --> 0:55:55.480 my gosh. And then Art Chow. Oh that was hilarious. Hilarious. Yeah, bro, 0:55:55.560 --> 0:55:58.720 we're going over here as my uncle over there, my grandpa. 0:55:58.800 --> 0:56:02.200 Oh my god, was hilarious. It was so good though 0:56:03.680 --> 0:56:08.600 you went paddle before. Yeah, alright, here's here's a battle. Yeah, 0:56:08.800 --> 0:56:12.520 get into the canoe. Just like golfing, Just like golfing, 0:56:12.600 --> 0:56:21.239 Just like golfing. I see I see him probably like 0:56:21.360 --> 0:56:24.680 every other day because he's walking or he's biking around 0:56:24.680 --> 0:56:29.080 the property and then he lives right around the corner too. Well, 0:56:29.080 --> 0:56:31.359 that was a beautiful That was a beautiful part of 0:56:31.400 --> 0:56:35.080 the of the journey obviously and something that was unexpected. 0:56:35.120 --> 0:56:38.000 But to see, you know, what he told us and 0:56:38.040 --> 0:56:41.560 taught us about, you know, sort of the fish, you know, 0:56:41.600 --> 0:56:44.399 the fisheries there and uh and what had been done 0:56:44.440 --> 0:56:47.960 to preserve those or bring those back into you know, 0:56:48.000 --> 0:56:50.640 expose them in a way that we can actually go 0:56:50.840 --> 0:56:54.120 and do that. You know, those are the kinds of 0:56:54.239 --> 0:56:57.440 things that you know, as as a visitor to Quiet, 0:56:57.480 --> 0:57:02.160 you would never know or understand or potentially appreciate. Which 0:57:02.200 --> 0:57:05.120 is why being able to meet up with someone like 0:57:05.160 --> 0:57:07.680 that and have that experience and be able to learn 0:57:07.960 --> 0:57:12.400 that and share that is to me as someone who 0:57:12.719 --> 0:57:15.799 you know, makes a career out of storytelling, those are 0:57:15.840 --> 0:57:20.320 the stories that are worth telling. Yeah, yeah, thanks a lot, Matt. 0:57:20.400 --> 0:57:25.120 Now we're going to be inundated by more visitors? Is 0:57:25.120 --> 0:57:37.439 it catch two? Sorry? Not sorry? Yeah, z Uncle Arthur said, 0:57:37.480 --> 0:57:39.840 I think it was his last line. Um in his 0:57:40.280 --> 0:57:42.720 scene there he goes, how many people get to see this? 0:57:45.640 --> 0:57:49.520 But Kelly talked to us Kala obviously is is um 0:57:50.160 --> 0:57:54.919 is where you hang out? But I mean, what did 0:57:54.960 --> 0:57:58.120 you did you learn anything about about the island when 0:57:58.120 --> 0:58:00.680 you watch the show? Is this is this something that 0:58:01.520 --> 0:58:03.919 you're you know, you're all you're you're all very well 0:58:03.960 --> 0:58:07.160 aware of of of the of the concerted efforts being 0:58:07.200 --> 0:58:12.880 done to preserve the culture and create sustainability for not 0:58:13.000 --> 0:58:17.440 only this generation but many more to come. Oh yeah, 0:58:17.480 --> 0:58:20.400 you know, um kay Lee was he was kind of 0:58:20.440 --> 0:58:24.400 he was spot on um with your that was that 0:58:24.520 --> 0:58:26.600 was really cool And I got to learn a little 0:58:26.600 --> 0:58:30.360 bit more. I volunteer on that side of the island 0:58:30.960 --> 0:58:34.440 um at Lima Huli, this amazing garden with the National 0:58:34.480 --> 0:58:38.120 Tropical Botanical Gardens. So you know, just working the land 0:58:38.360 --> 0:58:41.000 has really taught me a lot. And then learning more 0:58:41.640 --> 0:58:46.440 and then um hommer assignment. I didn't know, you know, 0:58:46.560 --> 0:58:51.000 I knew the family was still in there, and the woman, 0:58:51.120 --> 0:58:54.440 that Filipino woman that was there for like forty plus years, 0:58:54.720 --> 0:58:59.720 that's my classmate sister, so we you know, and so 0:59:00.080 --> 0:59:02.440 and was like, oh my gosh. But when my daughter 0:59:02.560 --> 0:59:07.160 came home, um visiting from Iowa, she's like, mom, hommer assignment, 0:59:07.360 --> 0:59:11.240 let's go, you know. And then mine mine is always 0:59:11.280 --> 0:59:17.200 a small half cook with two orders of vegetables, no spam, 0:59:17.280 --> 0:59:20.800 hold the spam, and that's that's my order over there. 0:59:20.840 --> 0:59:23.160 But that that was really fun that, you know, the 0:59:23.200 --> 0:59:26.640 hommer assigmon that was are you really cool? Are you 0:59:26.760 --> 0:59:29.080 local enough where they where you just make eye contact 0:59:29.160 --> 0:59:31.360 and they know your order or do you have to 0:59:31.560 --> 0:59:34.320 you know, that's what they were saying. I thought was unbelievable. 0:59:34.400 --> 0:59:36.160 They just look at and they bring out the sup 0:59:36.360 --> 0:59:40.080 like no words spoken. Yeah, so funny because and then 0:59:40.120 --> 0:59:43.200 when it rains on the island, and it's like, oh no, 0:59:43.320 --> 0:59:48.120 you gotta go super early, Tomma get ready because anytime 0:59:48.120 --> 0:59:53.800 it rains, bread and Deli and Hommer's Simon get slammed. 0:59:52.960 --> 0:59:56.560 That's what about the lily kuoi pie? How is that 0:59:56.760 --> 1:00:00.520 something that from time to time? Oh? Yeah, yeah, and 1:00:00.560 --> 1:00:02.680 then people take it off island, you know, so they'll 1:00:02.680 --> 1:00:04.240 take it to a Wahoo if they're going to go 1:00:04.320 --> 1:00:08.040 visit family to outer island, and then the rain they'll 1:00:08.040 --> 1:00:12.800 bring the lily. Boy. Remember after our remember after our 1:00:12.800 --> 1:00:18.200 state championships. Uh, we played at White Lua and by 1:00:18.240 --> 1:00:21.080 one memory of that trip, one of a few, obviously, 1:00:21.120 --> 1:00:24.920 but one one one memory is going, uh we have 1:00:25.000 --> 1:00:27.920 the trophy ceremony. Thanks trophies are all posing as a 1:00:27.960 --> 1:00:30.680 team like all right, guys, you didn't and our coaches like, hey, guys, 1:00:30.680 --> 1:00:32.120 come on, come on, gotta go, gotta go. Were like, 1:00:32.160 --> 1:00:34.560 what casey, we just won? What are you talking? I 1:00:34.560 --> 1:00:36.800 gotta go home right before a flight, let's go, So 1:00:36.840 --> 1:00:38.840 we go drop by him road. I remember the parents 1:00:38.880 --> 1:00:41.480 just carrying trades of like fried noodles and stuff like 1:00:41.640 --> 1:00:46.600 onto the airplane to bring back home to Hullelulu. Yeah, there. 1:00:46.680 --> 1:00:50.560 It's gosh, it's such a classic place and they've made 1:00:50.600 --> 1:00:53.520 you know, the changes in the seating area and I 1:00:53.520 --> 1:00:56.000 don't know if there's any pictures of the way it 1:00:56.160 --> 1:01:00.600 was before, but the the table or the owner went 1:01:00.720 --> 1:01:03.960 completely around. It was like a U shape and the 1:01:04.040 --> 1:01:06.880 cook was in the middle. So we always like to 1:01:06.880 --> 1:01:09.600 sit in the back and watch the cook, you know. 1:01:09.680 --> 1:01:11.480 And they would be open at two in the morning, 1:01:11.560 --> 1:01:15.200 so after going to back, then the discotheq, and then 1:01:15.240 --> 1:01:19.240 we would go go over and have assignment to help 1:01:19.280 --> 1:01:23.360 that hang over. The next morning we went a classic 1:01:24.160 --> 1:01:26.640 We went I think three times in our trip there. 1:01:27.120 --> 1:01:29.240 I think we went there three times, right like it 1:01:29.320 --> 1:01:33.840 was it was it was it was once you get 1:01:33.960 --> 1:01:36.480 once you have that and you get exposed to that, 1:01:36.920 --> 1:01:39.120 and you think about what are your other options. The 1:01:39.200 --> 1:01:41.240 idea of just going back there just seems like, let's 1:01:41.320 --> 1:01:43.720 let's not let's not overthink this, let's just go back 1:01:43.760 --> 1:01:47.440 to Homer Run Like it went three times and I 1:01:47.480 --> 1:01:55.280 was mad it wasn't four. Uh what about the what 1:01:55.320 --> 1:01:58.400 about this? You know? I know, Uh, you do a 1:01:58.480 --> 1:02:01.680 lot of hiking and you're your outdoors pretty much everybody 1:02:01.680 --> 1:02:06.560 in Hawaii is, but um, the spectacle that is kawaii, 1:02:06.640 --> 1:02:09.760 I mean to me is just mind boggling. And to 1:02:09.800 --> 1:02:12.560 be able to get that many drone shots, the visuals 1:02:12.600 --> 1:02:15.880 not only of Ho Kuala, but you know, the Nepoli 1:02:15.960 --> 1:02:19.080 coastline and all the other you know, the Poipu Bay 1:02:19.120 --> 1:02:22.080 looks spectacular from the air. I mean, you just can't 1:02:22.120 --> 1:02:25.480 go wrong now. And you don't see it right when 1:02:25.480 --> 1:02:29.880 you're playing the hole coming down, you don't. You don't 1:02:29.920 --> 1:02:32.920 see those clips unless you're hiking it and then coming up. 1:02:33.360 --> 1:02:37.440 But yeah, that was really really beautiful. And your parents 1:02:37.600 --> 1:02:41.440 obviously their ashes, their ashes being out there on that 1:02:41.520 --> 1:02:43.680 green and give me a birdie, Mom would give me 1:02:43.720 --> 1:02:47.120 a birdie. Dad? Is like that was it was. That 1:02:47.240 --> 1:02:50.720 was a very you know, the spirituality of it all, 1:02:51.000 --> 1:02:54.520 uh and what's reverberating out of that land and that 1:02:54.600 --> 1:02:57.600 water and that's floating around in the air is just 1:02:57.960 --> 1:03:00.520 it's very addicting. It's a very special thing. So I'm 1:03:00.600 --> 1:03:05.560 jealous that you called that home. Yeah. The other last Wednesday, 1:03:05.840 --> 1:03:08.800 my girlfriend and I we paddle canoe, so we did 1:03:08.840 --> 1:03:11.280 got in our one man and we met at six 1:03:11.320 --> 1:03:14.040 in the morning and we went by the sixteenth hole. 1:03:14.160 --> 1:03:17.600 So I said, hi, mom, Dad, Charles, Rita, all, everybody's 1:03:17.640 --> 1:03:20.120 all over there. And then we paddled out to the 1:03:20.160 --> 1:03:24.840 buoy out by the lighthouse and in ninny and you know, 1:03:24.880 --> 1:03:27.320 it's still kind of early, but A l A I 1:03:27.400 --> 1:03:30.320 did my A l A greeted the sun. It was 1:03:31.200 --> 1:03:33.840 it was so cool. That was really cool. But then 1:03:33.920 --> 1:03:37.480 this Wednesday there was a big swell. So then I 1:03:37.520 --> 1:03:41.120 met Sherry at Waialua River, so we went up Wailua 1:03:41.280 --> 1:03:44.040 River and re greeted the sun there. I mean, it's 1:03:44.080 --> 1:03:47.479 a tough life over here on the islands, and that's 1:03:47.760 --> 1:03:55.880 that's your background is that's that's wow. My my daughter 1:03:56.000 --> 1:03:58.080 will call the one in Ireland and she goes, mom, 1:03:58.120 --> 1:04:00.000 what are you doing. I go, I'm on the by 1:04:00.200 --> 1:04:03.480 ride or I'm hiking, and she goes, yeah, that's Kelly 1:04:03.520 --> 1:04:08.520 o'kanna's life must be hard. She's in Ireland. You said, 1:04:09.560 --> 1:04:17.680 I'm sorry, Ireland. You said in Iowa. Going to school okay, cool? Cool, yeah, 1:04:18.120 --> 1:04:21.640 going to school. Well, can't thank you enough, Kelly obviously 1:04:21.760 --> 1:04:25.680 for for for for the time spent at Hokuala that 1:04:25.920 --> 1:04:30.520 that day and sharing your your perspective and uh thoughts 1:04:30.560 --> 1:04:33.440 on on your home and the island and the just 1:04:33.560 --> 1:04:37.200 general soul of the culture itself. And uh and also 1:04:37.280 --> 1:04:40.560 thanking you for your time now, so I really appreciate it. Yeah, 1:04:40.640 --> 1:04:43.000 no problem, you guys all right, have a three day 1:04:43.640 --> 1:04:48.040 thank you okay, yeah, and then come on over and 1:04:48.080 --> 1:04:54.040 we'll all go hiking. Yes, yes, yes, hiking and canoe 1:04:54.240 --> 1:05:03.000 there we go alrightee yeah on the big screen, man, 1:05:03.160 --> 1:05:08.600 the visuals of journeys quite incredible on the big screen. Um, 1:05:08.600 --> 1:05:10.680 it holds up, man, it holds up. It's what thirty 1:05:10.920 --> 1:05:13.640 thirty three minutes or something like that. Grab a beer, 1:05:14.080 --> 1:05:16.919 sit down, enjoy it. You can kind of it's it's 1:05:16.920 --> 1:05:19.000 worth hooking it up to the big screen. Whatever you 1:05:19.000 --> 1:05:21.720 have to do, it's worth it. It feels like a 1:05:21.760 --> 1:05:26.320 little mini doc. Alright. So one of Kelly's colleagues at 1:05:26.360 --> 1:05:30.280 Hokuala is uh Hulani. Who Lani is going to be 1:05:30.360 --> 1:05:33.320 joining us now? Guys, here she comes our next guest 1:05:34.040 --> 1:05:42.880 to this live ish kind of fire pit production. Yeah, 1:05:43.200 --> 1:05:48.680 and of course she's in a golf cart. Hulani. Did 1:05:48.680 --> 1:05:51.680 you get a chance to see the show yet? Oh 1:05:51.720 --> 1:05:57.600 my gosh, you guys are amazing. Wow. Yes, that's amazing. 1:05:57.840 --> 1:06:04.160 That's um as as someone obviously who really helped lead 1:06:04.240 --> 1:06:07.520 us into the right path right out of the beginning. 1:06:07.560 --> 1:06:12.840 Obviously the you know, the song to the sunrise and 1:06:12.880 --> 1:06:17.440 then everything that transpired after that, but um, you, you know, 1:06:18.280 --> 1:06:21.520 everybody left the lasting impression on us, but you you, 1:06:22.040 --> 1:06:24.920 maybe more so than any But just because you you 1:06:24.920 --> 1:06:29.240 you allowed us and offered us so much connection to UH, 1:06:29.400 --> 1:06:32.480 to the land and UH and sort of the spirituality 1:06:32.520 --> 1:06:36.120 of what's happening around that land. But it means a lot, 1:06:36.600 --> 1:06:39.400 you know, to hear back from someone like yourself and 1:06:39.480 --> 1:06:42.640 everybody that we've had on so far, that makes us 1:06:42.640 --> 1:06:45.240 feel like we we were able to kind of capture 1:06:45.280 --> 1:06:51.560 the essence of Kawaii. Total chicken skin, dude, total chicken skin. 1:06:51.920 --> 1:06:55.200 It just brought tears to my eyes of of all 1:06:55.280 --> 1:06:58.240 that you guys expressed from our from what we do 1:06:58.400 --> 1:07:01.760 here and the things we are with, um, all of 1:07:01.760 --> 1:07:04.360 our money. He needs to come visit us, you know, 1:07:04.440 --> 1:07:08.360 it will become our guests and our ohanna. Like you guys, 1:07:08.640 --> 1:07:11.440 you know, when they come, it just really shows and 1:07:11.440 --> 1:07:15.600 and and shares all that. So you know, our heart, 1:07:15.680 --> 1:07:19.080 our heart is just full at warmth and and goodness 1:07:19.160 --> 1:07:21.960 and mohaala to you guys that was just simply amazing, 1:07:22.520 --> 1:07:28.000 simply amazing. Thank you so much, well, thank you obviously, 1:07:29.600 --> 1:07:32.640 thank you, and and oh koala was was a special day. 1:07:32.680 --> 1:07:36.000 I mean that was the only you know, of course 1:07:36.040 --> 1:07:39.240 and property that we got to spend a full day at, 1:07:39.440 --> 1:07:41.720 you know, from the golf course with you and Kelly, 1:07:41.840 --> 1:07:45.520 to the farm the farmer Sam, who's gonna come on 1:07:45.640 --> 1:07:48.520 here in a little bit, as well, all the way 1:07:48.520 --> 1:07:52.120 through dinner at Huailani's no less at the end of 1:07:52.160 --> 1:07:55.520 the night. I mean you, as Matt said, you set 1:07:55.520 --> 1:07:57.080 the tone not only even for the show, but you 1:07:57.120 --> 1:07:59.520 set the tone for a trip as well. We really 1:07:59.760 --> 1:08:01.840 you took that with us moving forward throughout the whole 1:08:01.840 --> 1:08:05.160 week in I wanted to add one thing. I was 1:08:05.200 --> 1:08:07.720 just kind of going through some photos of the different 1:08:07.720 --> 1:08:09.840 people that we met and a lot of people smiling. 1:08:10.240 --> 1:08:13.080 And it's unofficial now, but I ordered you best smile, 1:08:13.360 --> 1:08:20.680 best smile at the trip. So congratulations there, all of 1:08:20.720 --> 1:08:23.680 you guys and anyone of us you know that that 1:08:23.840 --> 1:08:26.920 shared that genuine aloha. And when you have genuine aloha, 1:08:27.000 --> 1:08:30.920 that smile is just automatic, automatic, and I see it 1:08:30.920 --> 1:08:36.800 all the faces. Yeah it Hulani. When you we've been 1:08:36.800 --> 1:08:39.920 asking everybody. But you know, as you watched that show 1:08:40.720 --> 1:08:43.680 and you know were you did you learn? Did you 1:08:43.800 --> 1:08:47.000 learn more about about your island that maybe you didn't 1:08:47.040 --> 1:08:50.679 already know, or learn more about about individuals and their 1:08:50.720 --> 1:08:55.120 efforts to try to also preserve and and and create 1:08:55.160 --> 1:09:01.480 a sense of sustainability for future generations to come. Yes, definitely. Um, 1:09:01.520 --> 1:09:03.040 so a lot of these you know, I kind of 1:09:03.120 --> 1:09:06.960 knew um and knew some of the people and just 1:09:06.960 --> 1:09:10.840 just uh knowing that you guys were connected to those people, 1:09:11.040 --> 1:09:15.960 I was like, wow, um it really it really um 1:09:16.040 --> 1:09:19.960 um talk to my heart and that it just um 1:09:19.960 --> 1:09:24.479 express while so so Jack doing you know that these 1:09:24.520 --> 1:09:28.280 guys coming and sharing what we have to share to 1:09:28.360 --> 1:09:30.439 the world and for our future, you know, just for 1:09:30.560 --> 1:09:32.400 not just for us, but for our children and your 1:09:32.479 --> 1:09:35.920 children and everyone else's children they come. It was a 1:09:35.960 --> 1:09:38.680 true blessing, true blessing. So thank you so much for 1:09:38.680 --> 1:09:42.440 hoping up with those guys. Um, yeah, blessings, total blessings. 1:09:42.760 --> 1:09:44.799 And what you guys shared on the island and stuff, 1:09:44.840 --> 1:09:49.519 it was like really amazing. So mohala doing to Mohammad, 1:09:50.520 --> 1:09:55.679 come back, guys, We're coming. We're coming for sure, that's 1:09:55.680 --> 1:09:59.280 for sure. That's already confirmed. How about how about Kelly 1:09:59.760 --> 1:10:02.200 and in the north that the Mackay course, and you 1:10:02.200 --> 1:10:04.599 know the connection to the land and the and the 1:10:04.800 --> 1:10:08.519 UH and and the farming that's being done, and just 1:10:08.520 --> 1:10:12.000 sort of I mean, you know, everybody, everybody had their 1:10:12.040 --> 1:10:15.080 own sort of perspective and touch point on two onto 1:10:15.160 --> 1:10:20.240 onto the general narrative of of what's being done. But um, 1:10:20.280 --> 1:10:22.599 he really he really hit. He really hit our hearts 1:10:22.640 --> 1:10:27.880 as well. My favorite, my favorite hit home, Um the 1:10:27.960 --> 1:10:32.280 sustainability as far as our color. Yeah, color that that 1:10:32.320 --> 1:10:35.240 shares you know, what we what we need to sustain 1:10:36.040 --> 1:10:39.680 and how it continues on our life every day. He 1:10:39.880 --> 1:10:43.320 was just totally awesome. And and what was that? Did 1:10:43.320 --> 1:10:45.240 you were you one of him on that one? Or 1:10:45.400 --> 1:10:47.559 were you guys? Were you guys tied at the very end? 1:10:47.600 --> 1:10:51.720 I forget, but but oh my gosh, he was. He 1:10:51.800 --> 1:10:54.720 was amazing. So he and I was a team. He 1:10:54.800 --> 1:10:58.880 and I were partners against the pro there and and 1:10:58.920 --> 1:11:02.240 I think we pulled it out. I think we pulled 1:11:02.240 --> 1:11:04.000 it out the end or or I hit that put 1:11:04.040 --> 1:11:05.880 to to end in a tie, I think is what 1:11:05.920 --> 1:11:08.080 it was. I think I had to have that put 1:11:08.080 --> 1:11:10.200 to tie. The match and I had gone in the 1:11:10.240 --> 1:11:13.000 water and still was able to salvage Birdie. After the 1:11:13.520 --> 1:11:19.719 after the after the after the water bowl. Yeah, hands 1:11:19.720 --> 1:11:22.560 down the most excited ever seen Matt. I've got a 1:11:22.600 --> 1:11:25.320 couple of pictures. He was screaming, he was pumped. He 1:11:25.360 --> 1:11:27.719 wanted that putt and he got it. And I'm pretty 1:11:27.720 --> 1:11:30.080 sure it was for that the half. You're correct, it's 1:11:30.120 --> 1:11:32.679 for the half yet. But that was that was fun. 1:11:32.760 --> 1:11:35.880 He he uh. We're still trying to track him down 1:11:36.040 --> 1:11:37.880 where we're hoping to get him to be a part 1:11:37.880 --> 1:11:41.879 of this podcast, just because you know. When he he said, oh, 1:11:41.920 --> 1:11:45.080 I said, um, oh, we we hunt there? Oh what 1:11:45.120 --> 1:11:47.320 do you hunt o? Wild boar? Oh you hunt wild boar? 1:11:47.479 --> 1:11:49.880 You know, with a bow? He says, no, not a bow. 1:11:49.960 --> 1:11:52.839 So I'm thinking when he says not a bow, I'm thinking, oh, okay, 1:11:52.880 --> 1:11:56.360 he hunts with a gun like the natural. I thought, oh, 1:11:56.400 --> 1:11:58.679 he would be more natural than that then a gun. 1:11:58.720 --> 1:12:00.840 But okay, he goes a gun and he goes no, no, no, 1:12:01.240 --> 1:12:04.120 dog and knife. I go dog and knife. He went 1:12:04.600 --> 1:12:06.920 backwards from a bowl. I was like, dog and knife, 1:12:06.920 --> 1:12:08.680 what does that look like? And he was like, oh, 1:12:08.760 --> 1:12:10.439 the dogs hold him down. And you come in and 1:12:10.479 --> 1:12:14.160 you get that, you know, and we were like, I 1:12:14.240 --> 1:12:16.680 took me two holds and cover from the dog and 1:12:16.760 --> 1:12:21.760 knife story. And then and then he goes, uh yeah, 1:12:21.840 --> 1:12:25.919 first tea, your honor. You're like, might be the hardest, 1:12:26.240 --> 1:12:34.719 you know, the first tea. Yeah, I didn't rattle you. Well, Lonnie, 1:12:34.760 --> 1:12:36.800 while we have you, why don't you You know what 1:12:36.840 --> 1:12:39.240 we didn't get the show was was a lot of 1:12:39.240 --> 1:12:41.439 what you guys are doing with your staff there and 1:12:41.840 --> 1:12:44.559 you got you got foot golf and you got so much. 1:12:44.760 --> 1:12:46.439 You know, we did what we were able to touch 1:12:46.479 --> 1:12:48.599 on the farming and the hiking trails and what you've 1:12:48.600 --> 1:12:51.120 done with the other what was the other eighteen holes, 1:12:51.160 --> 1:12:54.479 but talk more about just how many things you guys 1:12:54.479 --> 1:12:57.240 are doing there at Hokawala to kind of enrich the 1:12:57.280 --> 1:13:02.160 experience not only for guests but employees as well. Yeah. So, um, 1:13:02.240 --> 1:13:05.400 just the other night we did a Ohana night Ohana 1:13:05.520 --> 1:13:08.680 rocking blow. Um. Remember when you guys came and we 1:13:08.720 --> 1:13:12.120 did like all our our employee event, but we did 1:13:12.160 --> 1:13:14.720 our rocking blow with them where we lit up the 1:13:15.080 --> 1:13:20.280 range with um with neon lights and um, we had 1:13:20.600 --> 1:13:24.960 like a volcano type type fire on each on each 1:13:25.120 --> 1:13:28.840 um not tea box, but the holes, and we had 1:13:28.840 --> 1:13:31.599 globe balls and we're hitting onto and we had live 1:13:31.680 --> 1:13:34.519 music and food and we had so much fun and 1:13:34.680 --> 1:13:38.759 had the employees come and enjoy that. They had a blast. 1:13:38.880 --> 1:13:40.760 I don't know what time we went at home that night, 1:13:40.800 --> 1:13:42.920 but we had a blast. We had loungese and everything 1:13:42.920 --> 1:13:46.400 in cards and it was amazing. I kept thinking, dude, 1:13:46.439 --> 1:13:50.680 you guys should have been here for that, totally having fun. Huilani. 1:13:50.920 --> 1:13:55.720 We dined with Huilani at Huailani's from with food from 1:13:55.840 --> 1:13:59.080 farmer Samuel on the other golf course. It's become I mean, 1:13:59.080 --> 1:14:04.840 it was like that was that was the perfect day. Yummy, yumm. 1:14:04.880 --> 1:14:11.439 It was delicious. Can't thank you you. You know who 1:14:11.520 --> 1:14:13.800 was there right you know who was there right behind us? 1:14:14.000 --> 1:14:18.479 Did you not? Yeah? That it was David Robinson, who 1:14:18.640 --> 1:14:20.439 you know when we're in the middle of shooting. By 1:14:20.479 --> 1:14:22.519 the way, he's an avid golfer, a big golf fan. 1:14:22.760 --> 1:14:24.680 When we're in the middle of shooting, he let his 1:14:24.800 --> 1:14:27.720 family go and he was It looked to me very 1:14:28.040 --> 1:14:31.800 uh you know, I feel very comfortable saying this. He 1:14:31.920 --> 1:14:34.320 was trying to sort of stick around and say hello, 1:14:34.560 --> 1:14:37.439 you know, because I'm I'm pretty certain that he was 1:14:37.479 --> 1:14:40.280 a golf channel watcher, so would have have seen maybe 1:14:40.320 --> 1:14:42.320 some of what we were doing. He's obviously saw we 1:14:42.360 --> 1:14:45.360 were shooting. He stuck around, and but we were so 1:14:45.479 --> 1:14:48.920 immersed in the actual shooting of that last scene. He 1:14:49.000 --> 1:14:52.320 eventually gave up and kind of walked away and was like, 1:14:52.360 --> 1:14:54.639 I guess I'm gonna miss these guys. But I mean, 1:14:54.840 --> 1:14:59.880 I felt like the Admiral David we wanted to talk golf. 1:15:00.800 --> 1:15:03.400 The funny thing about that is, if you watch it back, 1:15:03.520 --> 1:15:05.679 you can see him. He's in the background, but he's heavily, 1:15:05.840 --> 1:15:07.920 heavily blurred out in the scene. I was like, I 1:15:07.920 --> 1:15:10.320 think that's something we're just blurring out David Robinson and 1:15:10.680 --> 1:15:15.519 carrying on having ourselves time. Just good glass, good lens. Yeah, 1:15:15.760 --> 1:15:19.120 that was Hulani and Farmers, Samuel boxing out one of 1:15:19.120 --> 1:15:21.960 the greatest, you know, one of the greatest inside players 1:15:21.960 --> 1:15:25.959 in history. It's like, you know about defense, Yeah, good defense, 1:15:26.040 --> 1:15:28.519 good defense, and we appreciate it. I'm trying to protect 1:15:28.520 --> 1:15:30.840 that Portuguese being super we had, you know, I mean, 1:15:31.080 --> 1:15:36.920 thank god, Yeah, yeah, that was what thanks you guys 1:15:37.080 --> 1:15:39.519 for this time and this day, I gotta I got 1:15:39.520 --> 1:15:40.920 a head, I got a not a call to go on. 1:15:41.120 --> 1:15:43.200 But you guys are all right on visit us to 1:15:43.280 --> 1:15:54.479 get hello, thank you, Okay, bye bye. I mean with 1:15:54.560 --> 1:15:57.360 golf in general, you know, they say you develop a 1:15:57.400 --> 1:16:00.760 connection to the land, right, but we literally, jest did 1:16:00.880 --> 1:16:06.439 its food and it tasted amazing. I've never had that 1:16:06.479 --> 1:16:07.880 sort of connection to you. I mean, it's kind of 1:16:07.880 --> 1:16:11.160 like hunting, right, you know, you you developed that connection 1:16:11.240 --> 1:16:13.680 with your food. It's through the process of hunt, you know, 1:16:13.920 --> 1:16:17.320 going out there, taking your dog and knife. I guess 1:16:17.840 --> 1:16:20.960 you know, it's your relationship with the animal. And then uh, 1:16:21.000 --> 1:16:24.240 you know, it's a special experience to to then eat 1:16:24.280 --> 1:16:26.200 it and nurse your body with it. We did that 1:16:26.479 --> 1:16:29.760 with vegetables and through the hands of farmer sam but 1:16:29.960 --> 1:16:34.160 very similar Hulani. Obviously. We we had dinner at Hulani's 1:16:34.240 --> 1:16:40.240 with Hulani and we ate the food that was submitted 1:16:40.280 --> 1:16:44.960 by grown, cultivated by none other than and driven over, 1:16:45.400 --> 1:16:49.919 driven over by driven over by farmer Samuel and farmers 1:16:49.960 --> 1:16:53.519 Samuel is joining us now, Farmer Samuel, can you hear us? 1:16:55.680 --> 1:17:01.599 How's it going, guys? Farmer Samuel, Um, I've i certainly 1:17:01.880 --> 1:17:03.720 we won't take this personally. But have you have you 1:17:03.760 --> 1:17:07.280 had a chance to watch the show yet? Oh? I 1:17:07.320 --> 1:17:13.880 watched it twice yesterday, back to back. Oh yeah, I 1:17:13.960 --> 1:17:15.439 was gonna play it in my car when I was 1:17:15.520 --> 1:17:18.280 driving home, but Ronnie gave me the common sense to 1:17:18.320 --> 1:17:22.320 not do that, so I I anxiously away as soon 1:17:22.360 --> 1:17:25.360 as I got home, like this is going on the TV. Yeah, 1:17:25.360 --> 1:17:28.160 I was still. I I really really thought it was 1:17:28.200 --> 1:17:32.800 awesome and I I had no idea what exactly it 1:17:32.920 --> 1:17:35.720 was gonna be, and I was I was very you know, 1:17:35.800 --> 1:17:41.080 surprised and pleasantly surprised. It was really good. I mean, 1:17:41.520 --> 1:17:43.960 you know, we've heard, we've heard, we've heard from a 1:17:44.000 --> 1:17:47.200 couple of people now, but nothing means more to us 1:17:47.640 --> 1:17:52.280 than to hear from people like yourself who obviously care 1:17:52.439 --> 1:17:57.680 so deeply about about this. You know, your reality, you know, 1:17:58.160 --> 1:18:03.080 in part became you know, the larger narrative of sustainability 1:18:03.120 --> 1:18:08.800 and and cultivation of natural resources and and then utilizing 1:18:09.000 --> 1:18:12.799 you know, those resources in a in a practical way 1:18:12.840 --> 1:18:16.200 that you know that that benefits more than just you know, 1:18:16.280 --> 1:18:18.960 it's it's giving back and not just taking. And so 1:18:19.360 --> 1:18:23.320 to hear, to hear you say, uh, you know that 1:18:23.320 --> 1:18:25.680 that you enjoyed it, and that that it was that 1:18:25.800 --> 1:18:29.479 it was true to sort of you know, the culture 1:18:29.479 --> 1:18:34.320 of Kawaii means a lot. I learned quite a few 1:18:34.360 --> 1:18:38.920 things as well, seeing the old Gulf legends and the 1:18:39.000 --> 1:18:41.240 history of the different courses and just some of the 1:18:41.360 --> 1:18:44.720 stories that were sprinkled in there. Was it was. It 1:18:44.760 --> 1:18:46.360 was just very fun for me. It didn't feel like, 1:18:46.400 --> 1:18:49.160 oh I already know everything about Kauai and just kind 1:18:49.160 --> 1:18:52.080 of you know, absent mindedly watching it. I really was. 1:18:52.800 --> 1:18:55.200 I really enjoyed it. I think guys did a great, 1:18:55.240 --> 1:18:59.240 great job. Well, thank you. It means a lot. Well, 1:18:59.600 --> 1:19:02.519 you know, at Patrick and Colt on here. Obviously Colt 1:19:02.560 --> 1:19:06.800 grew up in in Honolulu, and Patrick was flying the 1:19:06.880 --> 1:19:10.160 drones and getting those those up angles which are so 1:19:10.400 --> 1:19:13.960 valuable to a production like this to offer different visual 1:19:14.000 --> 1:19:17.160 perspectives of an addition to getting the perspectives from people 1:19:17.160 --> 1:19:21.680 like yourself on the ground. But uh, the the farm 1:19:21.720 --> 1:19:23.680 to me, you know, right out of the gates for 1:19:23.760 --> 1:19:26.080 us to spend that that morning with Hulani and then 1:19:26.479 --> 1:19:28.400 end up with you at the farm and then back 1:19:28.439 --> 1:19:32.080 to the dinner in which we're eating what you've grown. Um, 1:19:32.439 --> 1:19:34.439 we were saying that if we ended the day there, 1:19:34.960 --> 1:19:37.640 we felt like we had a great show. That's not 1:19:37.760 --> 1:19:41.080 counting everything that happened after that that day. For us 1:19:41.680 --> 1:19:44.679 to spend that time with you was just very special. 1:19:47.400 --> 1:19:52.120 Let's do it again. Give us an update, giving us 1:19:52.120 --> 1:19:53.920 an update on the farm. What do we got, what's 1:19:53.920 --> 1:19:56.240 going on? What's hot right now? What are you delivering 1:19:56.280 --> 1:20:01.599 to the to the to the restaurant this evening? And yeah, 1:20:01.720 --> 1:20:05.200 so let's see you guys were out here when was 1:20:05.280 --> 1:20:13.640 that December? Wow? Yeah, the time flies. Um, yeah, we 1:20:13.720 --> 1:20:17.559 got Ronnie on. I don't think she was nest working 1:20:17.640 --> 1:20:24.040 here technically at that point. Yeah, so we got she's 1:20:24.120 --> 1:20:29.439 now on the She is my the other employee. Now 1:20:29.479 --> 1:20:34.960 that's great. Um. Yeah, so that's that's been helping a 1:20:35.000 --> 1:20:40.000 lot in every single aspect. Uh. And yeah, she just 1:20:40.160 --> 1:20:43.519 she She's gonna be a huge thing to offer because 1:20:43.560 --> 1:20:46.880 we're gonna be doing a lot more kind of making 1:20:46.960 --> 1:20:51.920 the farm not a background production thing exclusively, but also 1:20:52.080 --> 1:20:54.760 use it as a venue and be sure that it's 1:20:54.880 --> 1:20:59.840 part of the front facing experience of Timbers of Hokuala. 1:21:00.520 --> 1:21:03.160 So she's done a paint and sip and we did 1:21:03.200 --> 1:21:08.000 a golf event where we made cocktails with ingredients a 1:21:08.400 --> 1:21:12.639 percent from the farm, using kaloa rum and so fun 1:21:12.680 --> 1:21:17.360 things like that. And we actually have our hollay, which 1:21:17.439 --> 1:21:20.960 is uh fancy word, but it is a very nice 1:21:20.960 --> 1:21:23.719 little thing we got, but it's our old sales trailer 1:21:23.800 --> 1:21:25.920 was brought out to the farm. It has a nice 1:21:26.040 --> 1:21:29.200 lanai deck in front of it. So we have an 1:21:29.240 --> 1:21:34.640 actual permanent structure now out on the farm too, be 1:21:34.760 --> 1:21:37.760 able to really open our our horizons with what we 1:21:37.800 --> 1:21:40.599 can do out there, having a not only a place 1:21:40.640 --> 1:21:43.080 to get out of the rain and the wind, but um, 1:21:43.240 --> 1:21:45.559 a place to be able to make products on the farm, 1:21:45.640 --> 1:21:48.679 to be able to entertain and um, you know, make 1:21:48.800 --> 1:21:51.400 make memories out here and not just have it be 1:21:51.600 --> 1:21:54.799 kind of an island of the resort. I'm so excited 1:21:54.840 --> 1:22:00.519 about that. We had a long dry winter January through March, 1:22:00.640 --> 1:22:04.000 not a drop of rain, so that was tough and 1:22:04.200 --> 1:22:07.759 very hot. But a lot of our trees got shocked 1:22:07.800 --> 1:22:12.000 and so we have mangoes galore coming right now, great 1:22:12.040 --> 1:22:19.600 citrus this year. Um. Yeah, that we're we're really renovating 1:22:19.600 --> 1:22:23.160 the entire field, changing it up. Half of the field 1:22:23.479 --> 1:22:28.120 is now going to become a community garden for tempers, 1:22:28.200 --> 1:22:31.679 guests and owners. So we're gonna be filling up these 1:22:31.760 --> 1:22:37.040 raised beds and have half that field dedicated to um 1:22:37.040 --> 1:22:40.080 basically a community garden. So lots of stuff going on. 1:22:40.520 --> 1:22:45.880 It's overwhelming, but really really exciting stuff. That's so that 1:22:46.040 --> 1:22:49.000 is so cool to hear and and you know, to 1:22:49.080 --> 1:22:52.120 watch you in action, you and Ronnie in action, and 1:22:52.160 --> 1:22:55.200 to see all the different things that you're cultivating, and 1:22:55.200 --> 1:22:58.040 and uh and and your vision uh and uh to 1:22:58.200 --> 1:23:01.880 hear that even just since the December, how much, uh, 1:23:01.960 --> 1:23:04.559 how much you've been able to advance advance the ball 1:23:04.600 --> 1:23:07.320 there is just I don't know, it's exciting. I I. 1:23:08.040 --> 1:23:12.240 We were saying, you know earlier that if only, you know, 1:23:12.439 --> 1:23:14.479 if you used kauaie E as a as a micro 1:23:14.560 --> 1:23:17.400 cause of of sort of the greater you know, mother Earth, 1:23:17.680 --> 1:23:21.639 and if and if we could take the messaging from 1:23:21.680 --> 1:23:24.760 from what's happening on kauaie not only what you're doing, 1:23:24.760 --> 1:23:27.080 but a lot of the other people in the show 1:23:27.160 --> 1:23:29.360 that we talked to in their efforts and what they're doing, 1:23:29.400 --> 1:23:32.640 if we could, if we could sort of instill that 1:23:32.760 --> 1:23:37.519 into the mentality of of what's happening on planet Earth. Boy, 1:23:37.520 --> 1:23:39.479 wouldn't we be in a lot better place than we 1:23:39.520 --> 1:23:44.280 are right now? I think if more people have that 1:23:44.320 --> 1:23:48.599 mentality that you had right there, the world much much 1:23:48.680 --> 1:23:52.479 much better place. Yeah, I couldn't agree more. I couldn't 1:23:52.520 --> 1:23:55.439 agree more. And yeah it can. It can be tough, 1:23:55.520 --> 1:23:59.439 easy to lose hope. But you know why, why focus 1:23:59.479 --> 1:24:02.479 on anything you can't control. Focus on what you're doing 1:24:02.479 --> 1:24:04.200 with your own two hands in front of you, and 1:24:04.240 --> 1:24:07.760 that is make that your entire reality and worry about 1:24:07.800 --> 1:24:10.360 nothing else. That's kind of what I try my best 1:24:10.400 --> 1:24:14.000 to do. Much easier said than done. Did he give 1:24:14.040 --> 1:24:16.519 you any? Did he give you any? A little more 1:24:16.640 --> 1:24:20.799 inspiration to know that a lot a lot more people 1:24:20.880 --> 1:24:24.439 were had the kind of same mentality and and and 1:24:24.600 --> 1:24:31.680 passion that you do, uh throughout the island. Yeah, it is. 1:24:31.960 --> 1:24:37.519 It is really inspiring. Um. It makes me feel uh 1:24:38.160 --> 1:24:40.680 like there's so much more I could be doing and 1:24:40.720 --> 1:24:42.559 should be doing because you have these people that have 1:24:43.080 --> 1:24:47.200 dedicated their lives. Uh, you know, we really made true sacrifices. 1:24:47.280 --> 1:24:49.080 I feel like I'm living the dream right. I Mean, 1:24:49.120 --> 1:24:51.840 it just so happens that what I'm doing is also 1:24:52.080 --> 1:24:56.720 a beautiful poetic thing. But um, you know, it's the 1:24:56.880 --> 1:24:59.120 the There are a lot of people that have turned 1:24:59.200 --> 1:25:02.400 down amazing not tutunities and sacrifice a lot because their 1:25:02.439 --> 1:25:05.600 passion is that strong to to protect the island, to 1:25:05.640 --> 1:25:08.240 protect their their history, of the culture, of their way 1:25:08.280 --> 1:25:12.639 of life. So I really really do respect that. Uh 1:25:13.400 --> 1:25:18.120 there's a great quote from a rapper, Uh that's the 1:25:18.200 --> 1:25:20.240 purpose of life. Is a life with the purpose. So 1:25:20.320 --> 1:25:22.320 I'd rather die for it cause than of the life 1:25:22.320 --> 1:25:24.880 that is worthless. So it kind of brings that to 1:25:24.920 --> 1:25:30.120 my mind. Definitely is very very inspiring. For sure. I 1:25:30.240 --> 1:25:32.920 love that. I love it, and I love your other 1:25:33.040 --> 1:25:35.759 quote that we ended the meal with. You know what 1:25:35.760 --> 1:25:37.920 what what is it? What is above and and so 1:25:38.040 --> 1:25:45.000 below or yea, as above, so below, as within as without. Yeah, 1:25:45.080 --> 1:25:48.360 it's all it's wherever you can, you know, find a 1:25:48.400 --> 1:25:51.720 pattern in one place, you're gonna find that pattern reverberating 1:25:51.840 --> 1:25:56.400 throughout the entire universe. And it is this, this fractal 1:25:57.160 --> 1:25:59.920 universe we live in. And uh, yeah, I wish I 1:26:00.840 --> 1:26:02.680 could have gone a little more in depth at you 1:26:02.720 --> 1:26:04.720 guys and think I think it was a little overwhelmed 1:26:04.760 --> 1:26:07.160 at the time when you guys visited. But yeah, just 1:26:07.240 --> 1:26:10.960 how you know, you look at how how soil we've used. 1:26:11.000 --> 1:26:14.720 Soil is living, its living matter, But really what what 1:26:14.840 --> 1:26:18.840 makes soil better than other soil? Usually it's you have 1:26:19.080 --> 1:26:24.840 more decomposition and decay of once living things breaking down 1:26:25.439 --> 1:26:29.479 and these these microbes and bacteria breaking it down and 1:26:29.520 --> 1:26:33.920 turning that death into a positive fresh start for new 1:26:34.000 --> 1:26:37.640 life to come out. Uh. And I do think that 1:26:37.640 --> 1:26:40.120 that is this beautiful story that we can apply to 1:26:40.160 --> 1:26:44.639 the universe at at large, that while our life here 1:26:45.360 --> 1:26:49.280 might seem insignificant and our death may be such a 1:26:49.320 --> 1:26:55.519 scary thing, we are part of this beautiful cosmic scale 1:26:55.960 --> 1:27:00.000 that you know. We we are absolutely crucial our lie 1:27:00.200 --> 1:27:06.439 and our death is crucial for everything. Man, It's about 1:27:06.479 --> 1:27:10.559 what you leave behind. Boy, I'll tell you right now. 1:27:10.600 --> 1:27:13.280 After hearing you and watching you in the field and 1:27:13.320 --> 1:27:18.720 doing what you do, I definitely feel very insignificant. I 1:27:18.760 --> 1:27:23.599 need to doired, fired, but insignificant. I need to do more. 1:27:24.200 --> 1:27:27.400 I am informed, I am inspired, but I am insignificant. 1:27:27.479 --> 1:27:30.719 So uh, I can't thank you enough. How many people 1:27:30.760 --> 1:27:32.760 get that experience. It's so cool that the guests are 1:27:32.840 --> 1:27:36.040 you know, get that experience. Um as did we Uh, 1:27:36.520 --> 1:27:38.679 it's something that I feel like it's sort of inherent 1:27:38.720 --> 1:27:40.759 in everybody, Like you want to get your hands dirty 1:27:40.760 --> 1:27:43.519 and in the dirt and eat food that you've cultivated yourself. 1:27:43.520 --> 1:27:46.080 And when it's it's it's a fantasy for us, you know, 1:27:46.240 --> 1:27:50.479 for for of people. And to get that experience, especially 1:27:50.479 --> 1:27:52.120 with you, to be able to get in the dirt 1:27:52.160 --> 1:27:55.120 and learn about it and uh, you know, consume the 1:27:55.160 --> 1:27:58.800 fruits of our labor. Was was inspiring and I can't 1:27:58.800 --> 1:28:01.640 wait to do it again. I would love to have 1:28:01.720 --> 1:28:07.479 you guys back out. Congratulations to Ronnie uh coming on board, 1:28:07.479 --> 1:28:09.799 give her, give her our best and uh and hugs 1:28:09.800 --> 1:28:13.160 all around, and and thanks again for your time that day. 1:28:13.200 --> 1:28:15.200 And thanks again for your time now. I know you're 1:28:15.479 --> 1:28:17.519 probably one of the busiest guys on the island, but 1:28:17.720 --> 1:28:21.160 UH appreciate you and all your efforts and uh and 1:28:21.160 --> 1:28:23.080 and your heart and your soul and what you're pouring 1:28:23.120 --> 1:28:26.439 into what you're pouring into giving back and then and 1:28:26.600 --> 1:28:29.679 and what you're producing that um that I know, as 1:28:29.800 --> 1:28:33.560 as Colt says, the fruits of your labor are delicious. 1:28:33.680 --> 1:28:36.400 I can I can vouch and the the size of 1:28:36.439 --> 1:28:38.800 that thing that radish or whatever that was that we 1:28:38.920 --> 1:28:41.560 pulled out of that ground. I still. I mean, that 1:28:41.600 --> 1:28:44.800 could have fed us for for a year alone, like 1:28:44.880 --> 1:28:48.240 a Thanksgiving turkey. Yeah, so that was the size of it, 1:28:48.400 --> 1:28:53.040 that's for sure. Um what with what Cold was saying, 1:28:53.080 --> 1:28:55.639 If I could just add one thing to that, I 1:28:55.640 --> 1:28:59.000 I really a theme of my life has been in 1:28:59.120 --> 1:29:01.640 all or nothing mentality, and I think that that is 1:29:01.760 --> 1:29:05.680 handicapped me time and time again. It's either a dent 1:29:05.840 --> 1:29:09.880 or it's not worth doing at all. And well, you know, 1:29:10.000 --> 1:29:12.479 I know, I remember both. I mean I came from 1:29:12.520 --> 1:29:16.559 Orange County and sugar An, Texas, these these very nice, 1:29:16.640 --> 1:29:21.200 polished suburban areas, and I remember the romanticizing, you know, 1:29:21.280 --> 1:29:25.000 an episode of Survivor or seeing these things that seem 1:29:25.080 --> 1:29:27.680 so out of reach. Look at these people living in 1:29:27.720 --> 1:29:31.840 the moment, completely immersed in what they're doing. But I 1:29:31.880 --> 1:29:36.599 think it's it's so important to not be extreme with it. 1:29:36.880 --> 1:29:40.559 If you just go out and put your feet on 1:29:40.760 --> 1:29:44.519 some grass, you're grounded to the earth. Smart start a 1:29:44.640 --> 1:29:48.440 small little raised bed garden and you're you know, apartment, 1:29:49.280 --> 1:29:52.719 you know, get some lights, whatever, just the little things 1:29:52.800 --> 1:29:57.439 that bring us back out of this this electronic system 1:29:57.520 --> 1:30:00.760 that we're living in and back into what God intended 1:30:00.800 --> 1:30:03.720 for us. Every little step towards that, even if it 1:30:03.800 --> 1:30:09.160 benefits nobody other than yourself, that's really what matters, because 1:30:09.200 --> 1:30:12.920 it will send ripples throughout. If you benefit yourself with 1:30:13.000 --> 1:30:16.880 something real and pure, you will then have that realness 1:30:16.960 --> 1:30:20.360 and that pureness to give out to other things in 1:30:20.360 --> 1:30:23.880 the universe and it will make an impact. So anyways, 1:30:25.800 --> 1:30:31.280 like I said, informed, inspired and insignificant. That's why I 1:30:31.320 --> 1:30:34.040 feel anyway, So thank you, Thank you so much for 1:30:34.080 --> 1:30:37.639 that time. Farmer Shamuel. God speed on all your efforts, 1:30:37.680 --> 1:30:40.680 and uh, I cannot wait to see you again. I 1:30:40.720 --> 1:30:44.240 really look forward to that opportunity right back at you. 1:30:44.360 --> 1:30:54.800 Love you guys, and aloha. Wow wow. I love doing 1:30:54.800 --> 1:30:57.639 these because I mean it totally. You know, we learned 1:30:57.640 --> 1:30:59.519 a lot while we were there, but you know, the 1:30:59.600 --> 1:31:02.439 sort of reflection, especially to get that chance to reflect 1:31:02.520 --> 1:31:04.800 with the people that we were there with. Man, it's 1:31:04.800 --> 1:31:09.040 just another level, you know, just kind of refocuses recenters you. 1:31:09.560 --> 1:31:12.559 It brings me right back into the arm learning just 1:31:12.600 --> 1:31:16.120 like learning from like from he's like he's farmer, he's 1:31:16.120 --> 1:31:18.680 like father Samuel. I mean that last little bit I 1:31:18.760 --> 1:31:21.200 was like it was very relatable to me. It's somebody 1:31:21.200 --> 1:31:24.040 that's like in an alcoholic So I'm like, oh this way, 1:31:24.080 --> 1:31:26.479 Oh this way. It's like, actually, how about some balance 1:31:26.520 --> 1:31:27.960 in your life? You just try one little thing. I 1:31:28.040 --> 1:31:29.880 was like, I mean, it was so well said, and 1:31:29.880 --> 1:31:31.600 it was a good reminder and I don't know that 1:31:31.640 --> 1:31:34.479 obviously came from It was a piece of realness that 1:31:34.560 --> 1:31:36.760 he passed along to me. And I'm just looking at 1:31:36.760 --> 1:31:38.920 It's like, now I'm feeling better just having talked to him. 1:31:39.080 --> 1:31:40.680 So now I'm more equipped to go out in the 1:31:40.680 --> 1:31:43.200 world and spread that. Um So this Zoom call is 1:31:43.240 --> 1:31:47.320 like he's He's infusing positive vibes through Zoom and I'm 1:31:47.360 --> 1:31:50.760 gonna go send out to ocean side here. Now I 1:31:50.760 --> 1:31:53.000 believe that that was cool the less a little bit. 1:31:53.000 --> 1:31:59.120 I think we're onto something here with fire Pit Journey recaps, 1:31:59.240 --> 1:32:02.519 bringing on s from the journeys after they've seen the 1:32:02.560 --> 1:32:05.360 show to be able to reflect and fill in the 1:32:05.400 --> 1:32:07.920 gaps and get our get an opportunity to kind of 1:32:08.360 --> 1:32:10.760 think back on on the trip. And I don't know 1:32:10.800 --> 1:32:14.640 if this is as rich for a listener or and 1:32:14.920 --> 1:32:17.320 or a viewer as it is for us, but I'll 1:32:17.320 --> 1:32:19.680 tell you right now like this. This feels as good 1:32:19.720 --> 1:32:22.160 as anything I've I've ever done, being able to kind 1:32:22.160 --> 1:32:25.240 of check back in and here feedback and then you 1:32:25.280 --> 1:32:27.479 know again get get additional. As he said, well, I 1:32:27.520 --> 1:32:29.439 was overwhelmed by you here, but I would like to 1:32:29.479 --> 1:32:32.479 reiterate a few things. It was like, Wow, giving giving 1:32:32.520 --> 1:32:36.280 people another chance to kind of uh communicate a message 1:32:37.280 --> 1:32:39.680 beyond what the you know what ended up in the 1:32:39.800 --> 1:32:46.040 edit is really cool experience and it is overwhelming. You know, 1:32:46.160 --> 1:32:48.799 the whole idea of making the planet a better place, 1:32:49.600 --> 1:32:51.960 that's overwhelming. How the hell do you do that? And 1:32:52.000 --> 1:32:54.000 for you know, to have him give us the homework 1:32:54.000 --> 1:32:58.080 assignment of hey, start small, take your shoes off, walking 1:32:58.120 --> 1:33:02.160 the grass barefoot, you know, but I mean, you know, 1:33:02.600 --> 1:33:05.240 I've I've picked rocks when they were redoing the range 1:33:05.439 --> 1:33:08.120 at at goad Hill Park, or you know, going out 1:33:08.240 --> 1:33:12.200 with Uncle Ashy and and kind of jumping in on 1:33:12.200 --> 1:33:14.240 on some of what they're doing whole by whole as 1:33:14.280 --> 1:33:17.080 they continue to improve that land, and that experience, you know, 1:33:17.960 --> 1:33:20.040 just just a little you know, taking one of the 1:33:20.200 --> 1:33:22.679 caddies from the Junior Caddy Academy, that in a way 1:33:22.840 --> 1:33:26.960 is is giving back to the future when connecting with 1:33:27.040 --> 1:33:30.360 kids you know will crop out there. Running the junior 1:33:30.400 --> 1:33:33.120 academies on Saturdays at three o'clock in the afternoon is 1:33:33.160 --> 1:33:37.559 an inspiring visual of just you know, it doesn't necessarily 1:33:37.560 --> 1:33:41.280 have to be land per se. It can be next generations. Um, 1:33:41.400 --> 1:33:43.800 and that there's something to be said for all this. 1:33:44.160 --> 1:33:47.840 It's beautiful. I think about this trip and they're gonna 1:33:47.880 --> 1:33:52.320 be thinking about a lot more that that community spirit, 1:33:52.479 --> 1:33:56.160 all those individuals and what they're doing. Uh. But if 1:33:56.280 --> 1:33:59.840 and if you connect all of those dots who alan 1:34:00.960 --> 1:34:04.920 the spirituality, the name of the buildings, Farmer Samuel and 1:34:04.960 --> 1:34:10.439 cultivating the land, and Uncle Arthur with you know, his 1:34:10.560 --> 1:34:14.240 eighty years playing, while Loua the mayor trying to take 1:34:14.280 --> 1:34:18.040 care of and preserve affordable golf at Wailua, Mary B. 1:34:18.200 --> 1:34:22.040 Porter King trying to help and inspire junior golf through 1:34:22.080 --> 1:34:25.000 First Tea, kay Lee E and all the efforts of 1:34:25.000 --> 1:34:29.760 those gardens that they're doing. Uh and uh, there's sort 1:34:29.800 --> 1:34:32.639 of the Tarot roots and the cultivation of all that. 1:34:33.320 --> 1:34:35.880 I mean, you know, it just keeps keeps going, It 1:34:35.960 --> 1:34:38.960 keeps going on. In the Mackay Course, Principal Mackay, you 1:34:39.000 --> 1:34:43.120 know with um, the albatross birds and all the efforts 1:34:43.160 --> 1:34:44.960 that are being made there to make sure that they 1:34:45.000 --> 1:34:49.439 have a safe place to to continue to exist. I mean, 1:34:49.520 --> 1:34:54.439 you know, um uncle Arthur and and uh and and 1:34:54.479 --> 1:34:58.120 the canoes and what they've done to preserve the fisheries 1:34:58.160 --> 1:35:01.559 there on. I mean the men you know, knocking back 1:35:01.600 --> 1:35:05.760 the mango plants. You connect all those dots and and 1:35:06.040 --> 1:35:08.639 then not to mention the the the sigement and the 1:35:08.880 --> 1:35:11.439 little quoit pie, but you connect all those dots and 1:35:11.479 --> 1:35:15.479 it's like that now it makes you feel like it's 1:35:15.520 --> 1:35:19.200 a bunch of individuals working towards one greater good and uh, 1:35:19.400 --> 1:35:24.479 really impactful stuff. All right, guys, Kelly now in the 1:35:24.520 --> 1:35:31.760 waiting room here he comes coming in? Are you but 1:35:31.880 --> 1:35:40.799 I'm man? Yeah, Kenny? And how it killing good? Bro goood? 1:35:42.040 --> 1:35:46.480 And that I was watching a video last night when 1:35:48.280 --> 1:35:53.559 when a That was when a bah Keylee? Where are 1:35:53.640 --> 1:35:57.240 you right now? Right now? I'm at my base yard 1:35:57.400 --> 1:36:02.040 right now and kill a whale? Can have my equipment? 1:36:04.520 --> 1:36:08.559 You hunting? Hunting, hunting a wild board, dog, dog and knife. 1:36:10.240 --> 1:36:17.439 I wish, I wish, bro, Where were you this week? 1:36:17.479 --> 1:36:23.280 What have you been up to? Um? I uh was 1:36:23.360 --> 1:36:28.160 in my week Hulu and we were m helping that 1:36:28.240 --> 1:36:34.600 community community there to get their fishing rules together to 1:36:35.560 --> 1:36:41.200 um go to legislature proposal. They're they're proposing their rules. 1:36:41.400 --> 1:36:44.880 We met with the state. There's a senator, there was 1:36:44.920 --> 1:36:49.880 the mayor, everybody there and so now it's the next 1:36:49.880 --> 1:36:54.920 step forward to go into the BLNR board and then 1:36:55.560 --> 1:36:59.400 from there they do their last public hearing and then 1:36:59.400 --> 1:37:04.400 hopefully the govern the signs off Achilles. That's the sort 1:37:04.439 --> 1:37:09.960 of build a community there. Uh, like you guys haven't Hagenna. Yeah, exactly, 1:37:10.439 --> 1:37:15.240 they managed their fishing area, they didn't. They that's their place, 1:37:15.840 --> 1:37:19.120 you know, everything about their place, you know, not necessarily 1:37:19.120 --> 1:37:25.400 everything is the same, you know on each island, so um, 1:37:25.520 --> 1:37:31.320 they they gotta do. Is really really a nice meeting, man, Yeah, 1:37:31.360 --> 1:37:33.880 a lot of people showed away, like EIGHTI is something 1:37:33.960 --> 1:37:39.840 people there, Yeah, Kiley, I think that you know obviously, 1:37:41.080 --> 1:37:44.720 you know, spending time with you and hearing your background, 1:37:44.840 --> 1:37:48.519 your family history, the history of the island as it 1:37:48.560 --> 1:37:52.920 relates to, Yeah, where it was, but more importantly sort 1:37:52.960 --> 1:37:55.920 of where it is now and where it's going and 1:37:55.960 --> 1:38:00.320 people like yourself, and then obviously that the other we 1:38:00.360 --> 1:38:04.920 talked to like Huolani and the both uncle Arthur's and 1:38:04.920 --> 1:38:08.519 and uh and the farmer Samuel and and all these 1:38:08.600 --> 1:38:12.360 different you know, Mr mayor all these different touch points 1:38:13.200 --> 1:38:18.639 of how each individual is doing their part to try 1:38:18.680 --> 1:38:22.439 to create a sense of sustainability and a and a 1:38:22.560 --> 1:38:26.640 realistic future in which you know, you're not you're not 1:38:26.880 --> 1:38:31.040 you know, sort of over over using resources and sort 1:38:31.080 --> 1:38:35.160 of running the island in the in the ground. What 1:38:35.640 --> 1:38:38.320 was your overall take of seeing how all these different 1:38:38.479 --> 1:38:41.000 all these dots are being connected as a part of 1:38:41.040 --> 1:38:44.400 a greater good for Kawaii that then can be used 1:38:44.840 --> 1:38:47.639 other islands and even on the mainland, and and and 1:38:47.760 --> 1:38:56.000 sort of the greater global effort. Yes, so, um, watching 1:38:56.080 --> 1:38:59.120 watching the video, like even with Pola on the end, 1:38:59.640 --> 1:39:01.600 I mean that was really nice to see that, you 1:39:01.640 --> 1:39:06.360 know that everybody is on that same pages. We have 1:39:06.479 --> 1:39:09.599 to take care of our place. Um, it was like 1:39:09.640 --> 1:39:12.360 that before, you know, before you didn't get all these 1:39:13.080 --> 1:39:18.000 uh supermarkets that you have today. You know, So for me, 1:39:18.240 --> 1:39:24.320 I I I like what I like what everybody was 1:39:24.360 --> 1:39:28.759 really aware of. You know, well, we gotta be prepared 1:39:28.880 --> 1:39:32.000 if anything, you know, we get we get generations to 1:39:32.280 --> 1:39:35.160 come and if we don't set a good example and 1:39:35.160 --> 1:39:39.040 and do what we're supposed to do, then we're gonna 1:39:39.080 --> 1:39:43.439 be lost. We're gonna be lost, you know. Um So 1:39:43.479 --> 1:39:45.720 saying like this community that I went, we went to 1:39:45.760 --> 1:39:50.519 go and support h and they're on Maui, so that's 1:39:50.520 --> 1:39:54.800 a different island that that. We're all the dogs all connect, right, 1:39:55.280 --> 1:39:58.960 you know, from from here on. I mean, it's all 1:39:59.160 --> 1:40:04.160 when we connect. It is getting everybody there while doing 1:40:04.160 --> 1:40:07.240 what you just did, you know, but doing this interview, 1:40:07.840 --> 1:40:13.040 doing you know, getting all the knowledge and and uh 1:40:15.200 --> 1:40:19.799 from each and every one of us, best practices, lessons learned, 1:40:20.240 --> 1:40:24.000 sharing information, uh, you know, winning that award. You know, 1:40:24.040 --> 1:40:26.280 we we documented that in the in the show and 1:40:26.320 --> 1:40:28.719 the award that you want, and you know, some people 1:40:28.720 --> 1:40:31.080 didn't know. We've talked to a lot of other people 1:40:31.240 --> 1:40:34.280 who have who were on the show, who learned a 1:40:34.320 --> 1:40:38.040 lot by watching you and understanding you know, like you 1:40:38.120 --> 1:40:41.040 might have learned something from watching them. They're learning from 1:40:41.080 --> 1:40:45.639 you these lessons, learning best practices then can then be shared, 1:40:45.840 --> 1:40:50.000 you know. Yeah, yeah, and that's what it is. You know, 1:40:50.800 --> 1:40:53.240 when we went to the Equator Prize award, I mean, 1:40:54.680 --> 1:40:58.840 if people's had seen these people, how they were struggling 1:40:59.400 --> 1:41:01.880 in the world and they still got picked out of 1:41:01.920 --> 1:41:07.080 door countries top twenty two. You know, they're doing something right, 1:41:07.560 --> 1:41:10.519 but they're struggling to you know, it's sat in my 1:41:10.600 --> 1:41:16.000 heart in in a couple of like Brazil um um. 1:41:16.560 --> 1:41:20.080 These people living at Amazon, you know, they cannot talk 1:41:20.080 --> 1:41:23.040 good they cannot talk good English. They can they didn't 1:41:23.040 --> 1:41:24.960 even have money to come out of the hotel room 1:41:25.000 --> 1:41:28.200 to go buy stuff. You know, that's how way back 1:41:28.240 --> 1:41:33.240 it was. And to watch to watch them express themselves 1:41:33.320 --> 1:41:37.439 in what they they're going through, you know, oh man, 1:41:37.479 --> 1:41:40.080 it really is toff man. And that's why we say, 1:41:40.200 --> 1:41:42.080 you know, we we need to get on board and 1:41:42.080 --> 1:41:44.639 do ours, do our things, you know, so we don't 1:41:45.240 --> 1:41:48.360 we don't get in that realm. We're gonna teach, we're 1:41:48.360 --> 1:41:50.800 gonna we we have everything put on a patty there 1:41:50.840 --> 1:41:55.800 for us by all couponas you know. We gotta take 1:41:55.840 --> 1:41:59.519 advantage of what they had shall with us, you know. 1:42:00.400 --> 1:42:06.080 But it was amazing, It was unbelievable. Mhm. Choin might 1:42:06.120 --> 1:42:09.120 be a small spot, but it seems like everybody there 1:42:09.120 --> 1:42:12.400 has really expanded their horizons, you know, mentally kind of 1:42:12.400 --> 1:42:14.880 thinking taking themselves out of the present. Yeah here and 1:42:14.920 --> 1:42:17.840 now all about me, me, me and really thinking about 1:42:17.960 --> 1:42:21.880 the past and the future. Yeah, it's a lot. I 1:42:21.960 --> 1:42:25.519 like that. What what Matt? What was saying to you know? 1:42:25.760 --> 1:42:29.360 It's and was it Matt with pool any and I 1:42:29.400 --> 1:42:32.320 think it was. I forget who it was. But it 1:42:32.400 --> 1:42:36.439 wasn't about me. It's about we. And that's the point there. 1:42:36.439 --> 1:42:41.080 It's about we, we all, not me. I know. That's 1:42:41.120 --> 1:42:43.479 all out. That's that. That's you. You're on the wrong 1:42:43.520 --> 1:42:47.160 page with with us, you know. Yeah, that was with 1:42:47.280 --> 1:42:50.000 Zeke at at poi poo bay. I think we were 1:42:50.080 --> 1:42:54.680 kind of having that conversation. Yeah, it was about uh 1:42:54.840 --> 1:42:58.320 and you know that that's we've talked to you know 1:42:58.360 --> 1:43:01.080 a lot of people again, even just on this podcast 1:43:01.160 --> 1:43:05.439 after they've watched the show and and and it's it's 1:43:05.760 --> 1:43:08.080 you know, and we've talked about it also. How to 1:43:08.200 --> 1:43:11.880 try to make global change can get really overwhelming. You 1:43:11.920 --> 1:43:15.599 can kind of easily say, ah, screw it, Uh it's 1:43:15.640 --> 1:43:18.519 too much, I can't have I can't make any change. 1:43:19.120 --> 1:43:22.880 But if you start with your own community, and if 1:43:22.960 --> 1:43:26.679 everybody starts in their own community, and eventually those dots 1:43:26.720 --> 1:43:29.400 get connected, just like you guys are doing in Kawaii right, 1:43:29.640 --> 1:43:32.280 used the island of Kawaii as a microcosm of the 1:43:32.320 --> 1:43:36.960 greater good. And if people like you and Farmer Samuel, 1:43:36.960 --> 1:43:40.720 and Hulani and and and and and Zeke and and 1:43:40.720 --> 1:43:43.840 the mayor and everybody has that Mary b Porter king 1:43:43.880 --> 1:43:46.200 about the kids and I want to give back, you 1:43:46.200 --> 1:43:49.400 know to what if everybody has that mentality in their 1:43:49.400 --> 1:43:54.880 own community, well then that becomes a state mentality, which becomes, 1:43:55.160 --> 1:44:01.240 you know, a country mentality, which becomes a global mentality. Yeah, yes, yes, 1:44:01.360 --> 1:44:03.920 that's that's the goal, man. You know, that's the goal 1:44:04.400 --> 1:44:09.479 to get we can go global even better, you know, 1:44:10.280 --> 1:44:13.639 and like like we're saying, you know, we we we haven't. 1:44:13.720 --> 1:44:16.080 Uh we have people that are thinking on the same 1:44:16.120 --> 1:44:20.920 page as we all are, and that would be something 1:44:21.280 --> 1:44:23.280 we could you know, and it will come. I I 1:44:23.680 --> 1:44:29.479 believe it will come. It has to. Yeah. Yeah. The 1:44:29.920 --> 1:44:32.240 farmer Samuel give us a nice little piece of advice. 1:44:32.320 --> 1:44:34.599 We just talked to him. Uh, you know, we said, 1:44:34.600 --> 1:44:36.840 what what can we do? You know? He said, start small, 1:44:37.160 --> 1:44:41.000 take your shoes off, walk barefoot on the ground. Start there. 1:44:41.520 --> 1:44:45.280 You know, it kind of just become grounded. Bird. You 1:44:45.400 --> 1:44:49.320 gotta get grounded with the land, get grounded and really 1:44:49.840 --> 1:44:54.040 look at the whole picture. You know, sometimes you need 1:44:54.120 --> 1:44:57.400 to sit down and just look around your look around 1:44:57.479 --> 1:44:59.640 you you know what what you have. You know, like 1:45:00.520 --> 1:45:03.800 I come here to my my base yard, you know, 1:45:03.880 --> 1:45:06.200 every morning, and this is where I spent all my time. 1:45:06.520 --> 1:45:11.040 So being grounded to the to the area, being grounded 1:45:11.160 --> 1:45:15.040 to life in all this is what we do when 1:45:15.040 --> 1:45:19.519 I come back down here, growing our own food. Yeah, 1:45:19.560 --> 1:45:23.120 you know, And and that's what it's it's all about. 1:45:23.280 --> 1:45:28.439 I mean again, it's we get people behind us coming. 1:45:29.080 --> 1:45:33.680 I have grandchildren, I have my my children, and so 1:45:35.520 --> 1:45:37.320 we gotta put him in that steps and we gotta 1:45:37.360 --> 1:45:44.200 do the right we're supposed to appreciate that, you know. 1:45:44.439 --> 1:45:48.599 Um uh, what was his name? The farmer, farmer Samuel. 1:45:50.479 --> 1:45:53.640 When my wife, my wife watched this yesterday when I 1:45:53.680 --> 1:45:57.920 got back, we watched this. She knows him. He used 1:45:57.920 --> 1:46:01.599 to work with my wife at the Elti Hut in Kilue, 1:46:03.240 --> 1:46:05.360 and so when my wife saw him on that, she 1:46:05.640 --> 1:46:12.679 was like, yes, boys, so cool. And you guys can't 1:46:12.680 --> 1:46:14.840 see this, but I'm as a no deparmer fam. I'm 1:46:14.840 --> 1:46:22.080 doing this podcast with my shoes off, bare feet, it's 1:46:22.120 --> 1:46:26.040 working already, Okay, Kelly, so give us, give us. You 1:46:26.080 --> 1:46:29.080 know I love the dog and knife thing is just 1:46:29.360 --> 1:46:32.439 killing a wild boar. So give us a little quick 1:46:32.520 --> 1:46:35.200 glimpses to how you kill a wild boar with dog 1:46:35.200 --> 1:46:41.960 and knife. Well, the first thing is training the animal 1:46:42.040 --> 1:46:45.439 to trust you, the dogs to trust you, Yeah, because 1:46:45.479 --> 1:46:48.960 you know they're in a battle with with this wild boar. 1:46:49.080 --> 1:46:53.519 And and if they don't have trusting you in being 1:46:53.560 --> 1:46:56.240 a team to work together, you're know we're gonna get 1:46:56.240 --> 1:47:00.280 closer that peak. What if you you take care of them. 1:47:01.000 --> 1:47:04.280 It's like my kids, their family of us. We take 1:47:04.280 --> 1:47:06.160 care of them. And when you put when you take 1:47:06.200 --> 1:47:09.400 them out, it's bread in them. Yeah, it's the bloodline 1:47:09.439 --> 1:47:11.040 that they have in them to to go do that. 1:47:11.920 --> 1:47:15.200 And it's taking them out and teaching them how you 1:47:15.200 --> 1:47:17.960 want them to hunt. And then when they went once 1:47:18.000 --> 1:47:21.040 they get to a certain age, it's like raising a baby. 1:47:21.120 --> 1:47:22.880 You know, when they get older, you don't have to 1:47:22.880 --> 1:47:25.320 feed them all the time or show them whatever. You 1:47:25.360 --> 1:47:28.960 know they need to know. They're gonna know already I 1:47:29.040 --> 1:47:31.559 start my cup Saturday morning. They know where we're going, 1:47:32.560 --> 1:47:36.479 you know. So um, it's getting the trust in an animal, 1:47:37.000 --> 1:47:42.080 and they know where to hold the pig and you 1:47:42.160 --> 1:47:44.599 go you, you go on, you know you. We usually 1:47:44.640 --> 1:47:46.000 go from the back of the pig and then we 1:47:46.040 --> 1:47:48.439 poke them in the hot on the side and we're 1:47:48.479 --> 1:47:50.920 right in the back of the right shoulder. That's where 1:47:50.920 --> 1:47:53.680 you bleed them with this where the heart is. So 1:47:53.760 --> 1:47:55.640 you need good the good dogs. They're gonna trust you 1:47:55.680 --> 1:47:58.639 to do that. Yeah. What kind of breed of dogs? 1:47:58.760 --> 1:48:01.599 What kind of breed of dog are we talking about? Um, 1:48:02.000 --> 1:48:04.200 we use a lot of we gotta cross with air 1:48:04.280 --> 1:48:08.240 Dale with a little bull in them, the aggressive, but 1:48:08.320 --> 1:48:12.040 Airdale is is really a good a good breed along 1:48:12.680 --> 1:48:18.320 with a little hound in them. M hm. How fast? 1:48:18.560 --> 1:48:21.160 How fast are these these boards and these dogs of me? 1:48:21.200 --> 1:48:23.840 Are they? It's a pretty good chase and you gotta 1:48:23.920 --> 1:48:25.679 run to get up there or they get them down 1:48:25.720 --> 1:48:28.519 and you have some time to kind of compose yourself. Yeah. 1:48:28.560 --> 1:48:31.200 Sometimes times it's like when we go to the area 1:48:31.320 --> 1:48:35.720 and um, you know you again, then you know where 1:48:35.720 --> 1:48:38.800 to go where you know they move in every week 1:48:38.840 --> 1:48:40.760 they're in a different spot, so if you kind of 1:48:40.760 --> 1:48:44.200 get their route, how they're moving. Yeah, sometimes it takes 1:48:44.240 --> 1:48:50.720 us five minutes, so it takes us an hour, but um, 1:48:50.880 --> 1:48:54.439 usually we we go and you know, we spend It's 1:48:54.479 --> 1:48:57.160 kind of in a way, it's not fun when when 1:48:57.160 --> 1:49:01.320 it's over in five minutes. You know, you get to 1:49:01.360 --> 1:49:04.960 see the mountain and all that. But it's it's that's 1:49:05.000 --> 1:49:08.320 part of hunting. Believe the next part next time we 1:49:08.439 --> 1:49:12.400 come back. Listen, we're gonna we'll be right behind you 1:49:12.520 --> 1:49:15.320 on this on this hunt will be way behind you, 1:49:15.320 --> 1:49:17.479 you know what I mean, We'll be we'll be we'll 1:49:17.520 --> 1:49:20.760 be there. But we gotta I gotta see this. You 1:49:20.840 --> 1:49:23.360 gotta be in a front with us, followly seeing everything. Man. 1:49:23.439 --> 1:49:29.080 You know, it's it's really need to watch. And you know, 1:49:29.600 --> 1:49:33.400 especially when you raise the young dogs and and there 1:49:34.160 --> 1:49:36.280 putting out man, that's you know, like this this is 1:49:36.320 --> 1:49:40.680 the first pig they're battling, you know, and the way 1:49:40.160 --> 1:49:42.960 they move and the way they fight with the boards, 1:49:43.120 --> 1:49:49.200 it's really like two boxes, you know. I mean, it's 1:49:49.200 --> 1:49:52.360 a pretty it's a pretty what what a what a 1:49:52.520 --> 1:49:56.040 talk about being grounded? I mean, you know out there 1:49:56.080 --> 1:49:59.760 in the wild dog and knife wild boar, I'm not 1:50:00.080 --> 1:50:03.280 he gets more natural than that. You guys always welcome 1:50:03.320 --> 1:50:04.800 me on, man, when you guys call them you need 1:50:04.800 --> 1:50:09.720 my help. Well, we appreciate, we appreciate, we appreciate you. 1:50:09.760 --> 1:50:12.840 We appreciate that day we had together. I'm glad we 1:50:12.840 --> 1:50:15.439 were able to uh have that match. We didn't we 1:50:15.520 --> 1:50:18.000 know we might not have one, but we didn't lose, 1:50:18.280 --> 1:50:23.080 you know what I mean, I think we title man, Well, 1:50:23.080 --> 1:50:25.360 I tell you what you what you did when you know, 1:50:25.360 --> 1:50:27.200 I handed a couple of awards after going through the 1:50:27.200 --> 1:50:31.280 photos here and you you you hands down best on 1:50:31.439 --> 1:50:33.639 course style. I mean, you had the hat, the color 1:50:33.720 --> 1:50:37.000 scheme was good, and some of the photos I got 1:50:37.040 --> 1:50:39.280 were of you or some of my favorites. You just 1:50:39.400 --> 1:50:41.880 you're an animated character on the on the golf course. 1:50:42.600 --> 1:50:44.559 It was cool to watch. I mean that was that 1:50:44.640 --> 1:50:46.840 was enjoyable to to watch back and and and look 1:50:46.880 --> 1:50:50.559 at the photos. Um. I mean, if nothing else, you're 1:50:50.600 --> 1:50:52.920 you're blinding him with style and there there's a huge 1:50:52.920 --> 1:50:57.599 advantage there. So congratulations on the on Course of Style award. Again, 1:50:57.680 --> 1:50:59.559 thank you guys. Man. You know it was really not 1:50:59.640 --> 1:51:02.680 it was. I really enjoyed myself. I love sharing this 1:51:02.800 --> 1:51:06.160 kind of history. I love sharing our our way of life, 1:51:06.640 --> 1:51:08.960 you know, and do it in on the golf course. 1:51:09.080 --> 1:51:14.120 In that way. I mean that was really I had 1:51:14.120 --> 1:51:16.720 a touching moment when you know, we went back and 1:51:16.760 --> 1:51:20.000 we said, you know, on the ranch, I was I 1:51:20.160 --> 1:51:22.760 was young Roman. This land here on horseback, this is 1:51:22.800 --> 1:51:26.599 all cattle. I mean now thinking back, yes, that was 1:51:26.680 --> 1:51:32.160 like wow, man, you know, I thought back, how how 1:51:32.240 --> 1:51:35.240 it was then, and and so it we got to 1:51:35.280 --> 1:51:37.720 move on with our life. We have to move. It's 1:51:37.760 --> 1:51:39.760 never going to stay, to say, but we have to 1:51:39.760 --> 1:51:42.559 find the right way to do it, the best pot 1:51:42.560 --> 1:51:47.439 no way that is everybody benefits you. Really. We found 1:51:47.479 --> 1:51:50.680 some some great photographs in the Hawaii State Archives of 1:51:51.160 --> 1:51:54.000 Color LAO, and we put them there in the video. 1:51:54.080 --> 1:51:56.519 There's a couple of black and white ones, and there's 1:51:56.560 --> 1:51:59.840 the one kind of you know with the mountains and 1:51:59.880 --> 1:52:03.720 the background the horse there a little little canoe kind 1:52:03.720 --> 1:52:05.400 of tied up there. It's from like the fifties or 1:52:05.439 --> 1:52:08.679 sixties or somewhere somewhere in that time frame. But anyway, 1:52:08.760 --> 1:52:11.160 kind of you know, talking with you really brought us 1:52:11.200 --> 1:52:12.839 back there. It's cool to see some of the photos 1:52:12.840 --> 1:52:15.200 from back in the day as well. Yeah, and you 1:52:15.240 --> 1:52:19.479 know I should have told you, folks, maybe I try 1:52:19.520 --> 1:52:23.000 to find the the art ball my dad. But when 1:52:23.040 --> 1:52:26.400 he left the ranch, the ranch it grows down. He 1:52:26.479 --> 1:52:29.920 got into the fire department and back there. Like I said, 1:52:29.920 --> 1:52:32.840 we didn't have the helicopters to do rescue, so that 1:52:33.040 --> 1:52:36.120 the rescue the helicopter was all the horses. That's how 1:52:36.680 --> 1:52:39.160 the trail to my dad, I always when we need 1:52:39.200 --> 1:52:42.120 to go do a rescue. Now going back in his 1:52:43.120 --> 1:52:47.280 he's growing up there, the horse was was a car 1:52:47.360 --> 1:52:50.920 for him from cold. They would put a bag of 1:52:51.000 --> 1:52:54.240 taro on the horse, let him out in the evening 1:52:54.520 --> 1:52:56.599 and when they hike out and the wanting the horses 1:52:56.680 --> 1:52:58.800 waiting waiting for them at the end of the road 1:52:58.840 --> 1:53:02.680 down the cave m with the bag of taro. So 1:53:02.800 --> 1:53:06.200 that's how they used to That was the delivery truck. 1:53:07.600 --> 1:53:13.680 You know. That's incredible. If I ever come across this, 1:53:14.160 --> 1:53:17.320 I'll try to find it, but it may be in 1:53:17.400 --> 1:53:19.880 the old if you maybe go back to the fire 1:53:19.880 --> 1:53:24.599 department Fireman of the Year. They have a beautiful article 1:53:24.720 --> 1:53:28.000 my dad and he's on the horse and his name 1:53:28.040 --> 1:53:32.040 is Samson Mahoike. But I'll try to see what I can. 1:53:32.120 --> 1:53:37.000 If I do, I'll just get back beautiful Kelly. What 1:53:37.080 --> 1:53:39.240 a pleasure to to be able to connect with you 1:53:39.600 --> 1:53:42.800 catch up again after the after the show. It was 1:53:42.840 --> 1:53:45.880 great to see you at the time. Uh, I'll partner 1:53:45.960 --> 1:53:48.639 with you any day. Uh. And my my wife thinks 1:53:48.640 --> 1:53:52.880 you look like Bruno Mars, so I think I was like, 1:53:52.960 --> 1:53:55.519 he looks it looks like you know. And uh, just 1:53:55.680 --> 1:54:00.320 hard not to hard not to be impacted by your 1:54:00.320 --> 1:54:04.720 passion for your land, for your for your island, for 1:54:04.760 --> 1:54:08.280 your culture, and for your people. And uh, anything we 1:54:08.320 --> 1:54:10.600 can do to try to help spread the word or 1:54:11.080 --> 1:54:15.360 celebrate some of your successes and accomplishments, and you're hyper 1:54:15.400 --> 1:54:19.400 focus on the future. We're here for you. So thank you. 1:54:19.560 --> 1:54:22.640 Mollow's killing you. Thank you, thank you. I like the 1:54:22.640 --> 1:54:25.800 clothing that you guys did on that on that on 1:54:25.960 --> 1:54:29.200 that US project that we did, you know, the closing 1:54:29.720 --> 1:54:32.120 the very end way. We need to teach the people 1:54:33.080 --> 1:54:38.280 the respect and and that was really beautiful. That was nice. 1:54:38.560 --> 1:54:41.240 Thank you, Thank you for teaching us. I'm here. You 1:54:41.320 --> 1:54:45.240 guys got my number. We'll go do it, okay, Thank you, Bud, 1:54:45.760 --> 1:54:50.120 thank you, Kelly, appreciate, thank you, love you, but love you. 1:54:50.240 --> 1:54:58.600 Thank you. Yes, these people are so special, you know, yeah, unbelievable. Well, 1:54:58.800 --> 1:55:02.240 you know, we get and he's walking around his yard. 1:55:02.480 --> 1:55:06.200 He shows us the plots of of garden that he's 1:55:06.240 --> 1:55:09.800 he's you know, he's gardening and growing his own food. 1:55:09.880 --> 1:55:12.840 He shows us the smoker where he you know, he 1:55:12.920 --> 1:55:16.520 smokes the pigs that he goes hunts with dog and knife. 1:55:16.560 --> 1:55:20.000 It's not just saying it. This guy is living. These 1:55:20.000 --> 1:55:22.520 people that's none of none of these people that we've 1:55:22.560 --> 1:55:28.760 spoken to just say it. They live. It's a great point. Yeah, 1:55:28.760 --> 1:55:30.760 I mean it's like we know, it's not like he's 1:55:30.760 --> 1:55:32.440 playing any of the stuff. We just kind of hey, 1:55:32.520 --> 1:55:34.920 let's let's chat. What are you doing? And then at 1:55:34.960 --> 1:55:37.160 any given time he's doing something. He's out, you know, 1:55:37.440 --> 1:55:41.640 working on a fishing project for the community. He's he's 1:55:41.720 --> 1:55:43.760 you know, growing stuff right there. I mean it's, um, 1:55:44.000 --> 1:55:45.800 it's proof that at any point in time you could 1:55:46.120 --> 1:55:49.040 you can ring these folks up and they're they're they're 1:55:49.080 --> 1:55:52.280 living in you know, Arthur Chow from Kyola wasn't able 1:55:52.320 --> 1:55:54.840 to jump on the podcast because he's building somebody's house 1:55:55.000 --> 1:55:58.560 like that is it's just a definition of community. Well, 1:55:58.560 --> 1:56:01.240 look at Hulani out on the golf course, you know, 1:56:01.280 --> 1:56:04.080 almost getting hit by a golf ball. Um, we have 1:56:04.160 --> 1:56:07.000 farmer Samuel the only quiet place I can talk. Let 1:56:07.000 --> 1:56:09.280 me leave the farm and go hang out in my car, 1:56:09.520 --> 1:56:14.080 you know, Kelly College, from college, from the from his 1:56:14.200 --> 1:56:17.320 yard where you know, next to the pig smoker. I mean, 1:56:17.560 --> 1:56:21.360 it's just, uh, it's amazing. It's a full spectrum of 1:56:22.000 --> 1:56:24.520 one side not knowing what the hell is going on 1:56:24.640 --> 1:56:27.320 or what you're doing, and the other side is these 1:56:27.360 --> 1:56:30.680 guys experts living that lifestyle or somewhere in the middle. 1:56:30.840 --> 1:56:32.800 At least we're aware and we're out there trying to 1:56:32.880 --> 1:56:35.560 learn these lessons. And I think that's that's an important 1:56:35.560 --> 1:56:38.040 first step, you know. It's Uh, every time I go 1:56:38.080 --> 1:56:40.200 to Hawaii, I feel like, I mean, it's such a 1:56:40.480 --> 1:56:44.080 vast contrast from most of the United States, and when 1:56:44.080 --> 1:56:46.240 I go there, I do feel like it's another it's 1:56:46.240 --> 1:56:49.280 another country and they've got a different mindset compared to 1:56:49.280 --> 1:56:52.280 a lot of folks in the US. And um, yeah, 1:56:52.280 --> 1:56:55.280 you like you said, it's like we're aware, Um, but 1:56:55.320 --> 1:56:57.360 it's we're not immersed in it like like it is 1:56:57.400 --> 1:57:00.280 when you go over there. Um you would you would 1:57:00.320 --> 1:57:03.600 absolutely change your ways and fall into that. Like he's 1:57:03.680 --> 1:57:05.120 like I think it was. The mayor said you're gonna 1:57:05.120 --> 1:57:08.080 stick out like a like a sore thumb, and very 1:57:08.160 --> 1:57:10.400 quickly I think you would, you would fall into that 1:57:10.480 --> 1:57:14.640 culture and change your your behavior, your way of thinking. Um. 1:57:14.800 --> 1:57:17.120 So it's it's cool to showcase that because they're onto 1:57:17.200 --> 1:57:20.800 something special and un quiet. But you know, again, it 1:57:20.880 --> 1:57:26.120 comes down to that island is a is a it's 1:57:26.240 --> 1:57:29.440 it's a small space compared to you know, the the 1:57:30.600 --> 1:57:33.560 you know, sort of North America for example, you know 1:57:33.600 --> 1:57:39.440 what I mean, like California, you know, so but if 1:57:39.480 --> 1:57:41.840 if we shrink, you know, look, and I bring this 1:57:41.960 --> 1:57:44.560 up all the time, but in our community, look no 1:57:44.680 --> 1:57:48.640 further than John Ashworth who saved go to Hill Park. 1:57:48.760 --> 1:57:51.600 Like when I say the people are living it, you 1:57:51.640 --> 1:57:53.360 don't go out to go to Hill Park without seeing 1:57:53.440 --> 1:57:56.000 John with a shovel in his hand or a rake 1:57:56.440 --> 1:57:58.120 or he's out there. He's the last man and the 1:57:58.120 --> 1:58:02.400 maintenance crew parking the maintenance cart. Like you know, he's 1:58:02.440 --> 1:58:07.000 doing something about his community. And I think it is 1:58:07.080 --> 1:58:10.200 happening here in the mainland. You know, we're trying to 1:58:10.240 --> 1:58:13.520 protect you know, municipal golf from being churned up and 1:58:13.560 --> 1:58:16.560 turned into low income housing. But it doesn't it doesn't 1:58:16.600 --> 1:58:19.080 mean we don't support low income housing. Where can we 1:58:19.120 --> 1:58:22.760 find low income housing to help people who are struggling 1:58:22.840 --> 1:58:26.160 to find a place to live. The answer to me 1:58:26.280 --> 1:58:29.480 is not churning up municipal golf. But John's point is, 1:58:29.520 --> 1:58:32.960 but let's try to figure out a better solution. Let's 1:58:33.000 --> 1:58:36.440 stop the the assault on municipal golf, which is accessible 1:58:36.480 --> 1:58:40.440 golf that leads to you know, the the affordable golf 1:58:41.040 --> 1:58:43.520 that leads to these life lessons that teach people to 1:58:43.560 --> 1:58:48.200 have integrity, and and and and and connect with the land. 1:58:48.840 --> 1:58:50.840 But let's also try to figure out where we can 1:58:50.880 --> 1:58:53.240 put people low income housing that to me an ocean 1:58:53.280 --> 1:58:56.520 side is an issue. Is let's protect municipal golf, but 1:58:56.600 --> 1:59:00.360 let's solve this homeless. This homeless problem mental health issues 1:59:00.400 --> 1:59:03.160 that are around us in our community everywhere we turn. 1:59:03.960 --> 1:59:06.080 I think the key there that you said is leads 1:59:06.120 --> 1:59:09.280 to right, these are macro issues, but as we see, 1:59:09.680 --> 1:59:12.080 you know, through all of these guys on Kauaite, through 1:59:12.160 --> 1:59:15.720 John Ashworth, they're taking care of it at the micro level. Right, 1:59:15.840 --> 1:59:18.440 it starts small like Kwaite, as you said, is a 1:59:18.560 --> 1:59:22.200 very small place. Yet the point I brought up earlier 1:59:22.240 --> 1:59:25.440 is like their mindset is on a different level than 1:59:25.440 --> 1:59:28.560 everybody said is wide. It is massive, you know it 1:59:28.880 --> 1:59:33.160 it uh, it includes the past, the present, and the future. 1:59:33.440 --> 1:59:36.400 You know, we only think about here now. You know, 1:59:37.000 --> 1:59:39.640 like they might be living small with their but their 1:59:39.680 --> 1:59:42.640 minds are you know, at a different level. And he 1:59:43.120 --> 1:59:47.120 said it my kids, my grandkids. You know, think about that, 1:59:47.240 --> 1:59:50.280 like if everybody thought about the quality of life, not 1:59:50.520 --> 1:59:55.280 for you now and not necessarily even for your kids now, 1:59:56.040 --> 1:59:59.920 but for their kids. If we started thinking about every 2:00:00.040 --> 2:00:05.360 buddies third generation from now, we would live so much 2:00:05.360 --> 2:00:11.320 differently and we'd be on the right path. Well you 2:00:11.320 --> 2:00:13.040 know the answer that's right there in front of us. 2:00:13.040 --> 2:00:15.000 And these guys are you know, these guys are kind 2:00:15.080 --> 2:00:19.640 enough to to show us the way. Yeah, they're they're teaching. 2:00:19.680 --> 2:00:21.920 It was a it was a learning lesson and experience 2:00:22.040 --> 2:00:26.400 for the visit and and you know, hopefully the video 2:00:26.560 --> 2:00:29.520 does that for the viewer, which is a powerful thing, 2:00:30.000 --> 2:00:32.840 um that we can do. So it's cool to feel like, hey, 2:00:32.920 --> 2:00:34.960 you know, small steps. It's like, hey, we took some 2:00:35.000 --> 2:00:37.000 small steps here. We did we did we did a 2:00:37.080 --> 2:00:42.160 thing um that might matter. So and I agree with 2:00:42.200 --> 2:00:45.880 your your optimistic outlook Patrick, where you know, if you 2:00:45.920 --> 2:00:49.640 find yourself in that environment, then you adapt to it. 2:00:49.680 --> 2:00:52.800 I think it's all innate in us. You know, it's 2:00:52.800 --> 2:00:56.160 just up to us to actually put ourselves in that situation. 2:00:56.560 --> 2:00:59.920 And it starts with taking your shoes off. Barefoot pod 2:01:00.040 --> 2:01:02.320 could be a new thing, can it? Can it? Can 2:01:02.320 --> 2:01:04.560 it start by taking our shoes off and going to 2:01:04.600 --> 2:01:07.000 go to Hill Park on mandatory golf Friday, on this 2:01:07.200 --> 2:01:14.440 beautiful Friday afternoon and ocean side man, the timing, perfect timing, 2:01:15.280 --> 2:01:19.120 am over over and out. That sounds good to me. 2:01:35.440 --> 2:01:43.280 Put another log on the fire. Nobody here is get 2:01:43.280 --> 2:01:43.720 the time.