Talk Story: Adam Tabalno
To say Adam Tabalno is an active person would be an understatement. His many hobbies include surfing, paddleboarding and weightlifting. The coach from Kauai CrossFit in Lihue recently competed in a couple of competitions and came away with some first-place results.
Talk Story with Thomas Iannucci
Thomas Iannucci started the year off right, he says with a smile, by releasing his first full-length album, “Makana.” The 25-year-old Christian rapper from Eleele calls it some of his best music, and he beams with pride as he talks about the songs, the talented people who worked with him, and his high hopes for its success.
‘Makana’ songs listed here
Following is the list of tracks from the new Thomas Iannucci full-length album, “Makana:”
Talk Story — Lexi Jones
Lexi Jones wants “big guns.” Jones, an on-air disc jockey during the weekends, recently competed and took the championship for the bikini division at the 2017 NPC Kauai Cup Bodybuilding, Physique, Figure and Bikini Championship held at the Kauai War Memorial Convention Hall.
Talk Story: Brian Kohatsu
For one Kauai man, turning a series of tragedies into triumphs inspires him to help others who have hit rock bottom.
Talk Story with Paul Togioka
Slack key guitar master, 57-year-old Paul Togioka of Wailua Homesteads, was Kauai’s first recording artist to be invited to open the Kauai Style Slack Key Festival.
Talk story with Stephanie Misaki Whiting
Kauai resident Stephanie Misaki Whiting was inducted into the USA Powerlifting Women’s Hall of Fame. Not bad for someone who only took up weighlifting after joining a strength training class.
Educator speaks on past, present, future of Native Hawaiians
Dr. Larson Ng, with the College of Education at the University of Hawaii at Manoa, spoke on the role of Hawaiians in Hawaii’s economy, past, present and future, at the Kauai Native Hawaiian Chamber of Commerce end-of-year celebration at the Hilton Garden Inn in Wailua.
Talk Story with Adolf Befurt
It’s the orchids’ smell that make them most enticing, and Adolf Befurt has given these special flowers a home at head-level in the crook of one of the trees in his yard.
Talk Story with Kevin Matsunaga
Kevin Matsunaga, media productions teacher at Chiefess Kamakahelei Middle School, inspires students to follow their dreams.
Talk Story: Sammy Morretino
World champion bodyboarder overcame family losses, his own missteps, and more, to capture title in Portugal.
Talk Story: EL Aina DaNine
EL Aina DaNine sits at a bus stop in Kapaa every day.
Talk Story: Chef Amanda Smith
Amanda Smith’s face is known across the island from her work in modeling and in the pagenting world.
