Kimo
A Collection of Short Stories

By Kimo Hollinger
Kimo is a classic. Here is a collection of his published short stories, from Surfer, Surfers Journal and more. Kimo hates crowds in the line up and he writes about his feelings about surfing today. The over commercialization of the sport, and the surf contests that drive us senior surfers nuts. Kimo writes about Eddie Aikau, Chubby Mitchell, Paul Gebauer and other old friends, remembering a time when surfing was still fresh and new. A good read, with many old black and white photographs never before published. The Hollingers of Waikiki 1915, and old Bud Browne, John Severson and Val Valentine shots. Kimo Hollinger is perhaps the only Hawaiian writer today, observing our sport, watching the waves, the good times and the bad, observing with a Hawaiian sense of humor.
ISBN 0-9702618-3-7 $14.95
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Here's a Honolulu Advertiser interview with Kimo.

REVIEW EXCERPT:

"Kimo Hollinger writes as he speaks: without flourish or pretense, bluntly and yet thoughtfully. He is not a writer but a storyteller, one who is willing to tell the truth even when it exposes parts of himself that many men - especially members of the close-mouthed fraternity of big-wave riders - hesitate to reveal: tenderness, fear, regret.

This slim volume was underwritten by a quintet of supporters who believe in the importance of the Islands' surf stories and its elder storytellers, including Hollinger. It ranges the landscape of his life: his experiences in a fire department rescue squad, his friendships with other watermen, his strongly held views on the commercialized surfing scene today.

The writing is sometimes as choppy as a bad day on the South Shore. The delivery can be so understated as to leave the reader wondering. But, as his longtime editor at Surfer magazine and Surfer's Journal, Steve Pezman, says, there's always a point: "In the end, ka-pow, cha-ching, the irony, the cynicism, sometimes the tears come out."

If you like talking story with people who've been there, if you care about surfing and the Hawai'i that's been lost, this little book belongs on your shelf."

-- Wanda Adams, Honolulu Advertiser, 7/15/02

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