Historic Haleiwa- a short history of Hale'iwa town

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A brief history of our unique location in beautiful Haleiwa.
It is said that at one time a settlement of around 5000 Hawaiians lived in the Hale'iwa area, harvesting taro, fishing and living in harmony with the 'aina. The settlement was mostly abandoned and later the fertile land was terraced to grow taro and other crops for King Kamehameha's troops.
Even Oahu's locals usually don't know that Hawaii's first major hotel was the Haleiwa Hotel, opened in 1899, before the Moana Hotel opened in Waikiki in 1901. The Royal Hawaiian Hotel opened in 1921. The Haleiwa Hotel was built to lure people to take the train from Honolulu for a getaway on the north shore. With the advent of the automobile the rail company sold it and it became a private beach club and later an officers club. Built completely of wood, the termite infested structure was demolished in 1953.
Even though the hotel is long gone, the town that developed around it kept the name, Hale'iwa (house of the Iwa bird).
The Lantaka store opened in 1920 as a general store that also sold shave ice. Over the years it housed several businesses and became Tropical Rush surf shop in 1994. Blue Planet took over management in August 2021.
The Rainbow Bridge, built in 1921, just celebrated it's 100 year birthday. It's hard to miss as it is very narrow for a two way bridge.

We hope you can visit us at this special place, "look for us at the end of the Rainbow Bridge"

Haleiwa location:
BLUEPLANETADVENTURE.COM
62-620F Kamehameha Highway
Haleiwa, Hawaii 96712
Tel (808) 888 0786
Open 7 days a week, 9 am to 5 pm

Honolulu store:
Blue Planet Surf - Hawaii's SUP and Foil HQ
1221 Kona St
Honolulu, Hi 96814
Tel (808) 596 7755
open 10 am to 5 pm Hawaii Time, closed Wednesdays and Sundays

Find Paradise
Aloha!
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Mahalo for sharing the history of Haleiwa Town. Love to hear "dis kine" stuff!!
👍🏽👍🏽🤙🏽🤙🏽✌🏽

malamawestside
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Haleiwa isn’t the same for us locals born and reared here. 😢

StevenKane
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Nice one. Fun fact, back in 2018 I was in Honolulu for a Medical Conference and on my way back to Europe bought a pink Penny Board for my daughter at that shop. Next time in Hawaii will be back

meshmellow
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Thanks for sharing these stories of Historic Haleiwa town and the shop in such a beautiful location. Congratulations again, amazing video!

moniquesaenz
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Great town and a must see on Oahu.
Stop and support the local shops!
🤟🏻

Westlake
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Nice video, I wish you would mention Andy the gas station guy who first turned your building into a surf shop.

yourwong
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Incredible video. Can't wait to race with you guys soon! 🤙We will be home soon.

edwardecko
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It's just a beautiful area to go when we're in Hawaii, merry Christmas to all.🎄🤙

raymondcastro
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Great story and congratulations, Robert.

You seem like a genuinely conscientious person. I’m sure you won’t have any problems hiring talented staff. 👍

rabbi
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