Alaia
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An alaia is a thin, round-nosed, square-tailed surfboard ridden in pre-20th century Hawaii. The boards were about 200 to 350 cm long, weighed up to 50 kg, and generally made from the wood of the Koa T
1898 photo of Hawaiian surfer Charles Kauha at Waikiki Beach, carrying what was described as one of the last alaia boards at the time
Acacia koa
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Acacia koa, commonly known as koa, is a species of flowering tree in the family Fabaceae. It is endemic to the Hawaiian Islands, where it is the second most common tree. The highest populations are on
Upper branches of a koa tree, showing the bark, sickle-shaped phyllodes, greenish rounded flower heads, and seedpods
A thinly sliced section of wide Hawaiian Koa lumber
‛Umeke Lū‛au Pākākā (Hawaiian: "low, broad feast bowl") hand-turned from Koa by master woodworker Millard Blair (1914–1995), owner of Blair's at Waikiki (1945–1986).