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About WBS and the Waikiki Beach Boys
THE WAIKIKI BEACHBOYS
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"Without these remarkable people the island would be nothing. With them, it is a carnival. They are generous, courageous, and comical. They are perpetual adolescents of the ocean, the playboys of the Pacific." –James Michener, author of “Hawaii” |
| Waikiki Beach is famous today due in large part to the Waikiki Beachboys of a bygone era. The Beachboys joie de vivre and their unfailingly jovial outlook played a large part in the attraction of the Hawaiian Islands during the 1900’s. These special people, through no official appointment, were the first line ambassadors for Hawai’i: greeting visitors with lei upon arrival, acting as tour guides, and singing songs of aloha when their new friends departed for the mainland. While their humor, charisma and joy for living drew them notice, it was the Beachboys’ unparalleled water skills that made them legends. Their singular love for the water, and for the arts of board and canoe surfing, was without a doubt the driving force behind the revival of these two sports—both of which were very near to being extinct at the turn of the 20th century. The Waikiki Beachboy has evolved over the years to meet the demands of a different society and a growing tourism industry. But, its foundation is still that of its basic beginnings. All Beachboys at Waikiki Beach Services are not only the top certified watermen on the southshore of O'ahu, but they are also the friendliest people you will have the chance to meet. Aloha! |
