KITEBOARDING

Māui's Kite Flying

In the Hawaiian legends Māui is represented as greatly interested in making and flying kites. His favorite place for the sport was by the boiling pools of the Wailuku river near Hilo. He had the winds under his control and would call for them to push his kites in the direction he wished. His incantation calling up the winds is given in this Māui proverb: "Strong wind come, Soft wind come.”