Greg Noll Surfcenter Hawaii Men's T-Shirt Trans World Airlines Men's Shirt The Kona Inn was built

The Kona Inn was built by the Inter-Island Steamship Navigation Company in 1928 as a means to expand the growing Hawaiian tourism market to the Kona area

Double-needle stitched sleeves and bottom hem

Shoulder taping

The first person to write about Hawaii and surfing was British explorer Captain James Cook in 1778 after seeing Hawaiian wave-riders at the Big Island’s Kealakekua Bay

Originally the shop sold surfboards

Greg Noll Surfcenter Hawaii Men's T-Shirt Trans World Airlines Men's Shirt The Kona Inn was builtGreg Noll Surfboards was founded in 1951 in Manhattan Beach and later moved to Hermosa Beach in 1959 at which point it was the largest surfboard shop in the world. Nicknamed Da Bull for both his large physique and his hard charging style, Greg Noll famously rode a 35 footer at Makaha on December 4, 1969 which remained the largest wave ever ridden for more than 20 years. In 1964, Greg Noll began to work with big surf enthusiast, Charlie Galanto,