Waipiʻo is important to me in so many ways, but at the top of the list, as an educational resource for raising my son.
Winter Anderson
Waipi’o for my ohana is a place to connect with the ocean, the land, and our sense of place. It provides us a way to exercise, reset, and teach our son about currents, tides, habitats, and history. I guess we all didn’t realize just how important it was for our mental and physical well-being until this closure. We had always assumed that our rights to access the coast were not something that could just be taken away overnight.
Travis Clark
Waipi’o is a sacred place. I like to surf and bodyboard, play in the river, build sand castles and skim board on the sand.
Dimitri Kainalu Clark