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New Head Instructors: Tina and Mariah
Let’s welcome Tina and Mariah as the newest Stand-Up Paddleboard Instructors! They have been trained by Rainbow Watersports Instructor, Jodi, with emphasize on safety and family fun. Both have been stand-up paddling for years on the North Shore and absolutely love it, so they are…
Read MoreNeed a Quick Map of the North Shore of Oahu?
It’s easy to get to the North Shore of Oahu, and here’s a quick map of the North Shore. Just cruise up Route 99 through the pineapple fields and feel the fresh ocean air flood your car as you descend down to Haleiwa. Rainbow Watersports is easy to find located at the Haleiwa Beach Park.…
Read MoreOpen Group Stand Up Paddle Lessons Now Available!
Rainbow Watersports is known for its personalized customer service: “We paddle when You want to go” “Your lesson is customized for your needs and wants” “Tell us where you want to paddle and we’ll do it” and, for the Coastal Adventure, we even pay particular attention to food preferences for lunch. In short, Paddler is…
Read MoreStand Up Paddling Fin-less
It’s summertime, time to take the family on the road on the mainland! We have cruised through some beautiful countryside, and most significantly, been around the most important people in the world: Family. However, every day Nate and I are reminiscing of stand up paddling, something much more rare on this western desert land. As…
Read MoreStand Up Paddle Hats Now Available!
For years our paddlers have been asking for some sort of cool way to show off their paddling experience with Rainbow Watersports, and now it’s finally here! After your lesson you can pick one of these up and wear it around town. These plucky duds will soon be available for purchase on our website, but…
Read MoreRainbow Watersports has a new look!
We are SO EXCITED about Rainbow Watersports’ new look — most especially, our new logo! To us, it encompasses what Rainbow is all about — having an all-out good time while surrounded by beauty. Now that our logo is complete, our van has had a makeover as well. Thanks to Grace, one of our instructors,…
Read MoreKeepin’ it Clean
The Anahulu Stream is a good, all American stream. Kids jumping off the bridge or swinging off rope swings or just swimming around remind you what fun streams can be. It is a clean, beautiful, lush river, and sets the stage for our North Shore lessons. For one and a half years, we have sponsored…
Read MoreStand Up Paddle World Tour is back again!
Always a sight to see, the Stand Up Paddle World Tour graced our shores for its 4th year. It is awesome to see where this sport is going, and what can be done on a stand up! I remember when we first began paddling there were only a handful of us “Sup-pers” on the North…
Read MoreStand Up Paddlers Graced by Rainbows
The other day I was skating back from the bay when I was struck by a Nature Euphoria — something that happens more often on Hawaii than perhaps any other place. A Nature Euphoria is when you experience something in nature that is so fascinating you must immediately stop what you are doing and just…
Read MoreWelcoming the Newest Member of the Rainbow Watersports Ohana
Kalani Soul joined our ohana earlier this month! Soul is ready to “get his feet wet” as the newest member of the Rainbow Watersports team! Soul comes to us with an already impressive resume — even though he is less than a month old! His accomplishments include placing in the top four in several stand…
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