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Nānā I Ke Kumu - Kula Kiʻekiʻe ʻO Keaukaha kahi koʻikoʻi ma ke aukahi hoʻōla ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi ʻoiai ʻo ia kekahi o nā wahi mua loa (me ko Waiʻau ma Oʻahu) o nā kula kaiapuni ma lalo o ka ʻOihana Hoʻonaʻauao ma Hawaiʻi nei. Ua paʻa ke Kula Kaiapuni O Keaukaha, a ua loli ka inoa i ke kula hoʻāmana ʻo Ka ʻUmeke Kāʻeo...

Nānā I Ke Kumu - Kula Waena Ma mua o ka haku ʻana i ka pīʻāpā Hawaiʻi i ka makahiki ʻumikūmāwalu ʻiwakāluakūmāono, he ʻōlelo waha ka ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi a hoʻoili ʻia ka moʻaukala, moʻomeheu a me ka moʻolelo ma o ke kaʻao, mele, oli a me ka hula. Hoʻomau nā kumu ma Ka ʻUmeke Kāʻeo e hoʻohana i kēia ʻano hana kākau ʻole i ala e...

Nānā I Ke Kumu - Papa Malaʻo   I ka Mokuʻāina e hoʻolauleʻa ana o Pepeluali, he mahina ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi (i kūkala ʻia e ka ʻAhaʻōlelo kau kānāwai i ka makahiki ʻiwakālua ʻumikūmālua), he mahalo kēia i nā koa i ʻaʻa i ke aʻo ʻana i ka ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi no nā kamaliʻi o Hawaiʻi nei, e like me kā ka mōʻīkāne ʻo Kamehameha III...

Official Nike collaborations out of Hawaiʻi are far and few in between. The Aloha Dunk by Ian Ginoza and Kicks Hawaiʻi nearly two decades ago and the Hawaiʻi SB dunk in 2006 were some of the early pillars and both shared locally inspired design narrative. For myself as a young Hawaiian designer at the time, those shoes stood as a beacon of creative possibility...