“Our whole wetsuit section was destroyed (over 400 units). We found out that neoprene melts when a truck burns rubber on the suits."
Kekoa Kinimaka, 20, is in police custody after allegedly driving his truck straight through the shop, back to front.
While the motive is still unclear, the damage is striking.
Surveillance video shows a black truck, carrying a couple of surfboards, plowing through the store then reversing before ripping through the merchandise again.
Hi-Tech Surf Sports‘ back door, front window, and merchandise were destroyed.
https://www.instagram.com/p/CSgIxTHjxQ9/
Whada mess.
Owner Kim Ball described the ruins,
“Our sunscreen and GoPro displays went for a ride. There was SPF 50 shot out of tubes like a bottle rocket on the 4th of July. Sunscreen cleared the Olukai and Reef racks and hit surfboards on the other side of the store.”
According to Maui Now, assistant manager Tyler Abbott was alone in the shop at approximately 4:30 p.m. sitting at the cash wrap station, when he heard the “screeching of tires,” which he said is not particularly unusual for that intersection.
The employee reportedly stood up to see what was happening, when he “heard a loud pop,” saw “glass fly everywhere,” and observed the taillights of a truck within the store.
Ball reports that Abbott narrowly missed a bruising and is said “to be slowly recovering from the emotional trauma of nearly being run over.”
(This might sound callous, but most of us would pay money for a front row seat to witness such a bull-in-china shop romp, no?)
Ball has, however, found some levity in the situation.
“Our whole wetsuit section was destroyed (over 400 units). We found out that neoprene melts when a truck burns rubber on the suits.”
Police discovered the truck on nearby Auhana Road and arrested Kinimaka shortly after.
Bail was originally set at a hundred K but has been since reduced by half.
Fitting bail?
And what about sentencing?
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Cocaine + Surfing
What # article are you going to show the video?
Probably sold him cold water wax.
Salt life? WTF. Guess we all decide what wave to drop on. That guy nailed it……
Maui No Ka Oi
Any relation to Titus Kinimaka?
Yes.
I thought I was doing something wrong ….. thanks for clarifying…
Was the sunscreen reef safe?
as in Reef Sandal display?
Woahhhh and he’ll backdoor that section!
Drove right through that glass chandelier like old-school Dane/Johnny boy!
It be an dispute over drugs or a woman.
It always is.
They have drugs on Maui??
No. They have Laird sports and Kai Lenny energy.
Bail for me is set 8ft solid on the ledge this afternoon, was lucky not to break another foot.
Looks like he was just coming back from a sesh, judging by the boards in the back of his truck.
I’m willing to bet that he was merely dropping by to complain about the poor quality of the wax he was sold the day before.
A simple misunderstanding.
And I thought queenslanders were soft wearing steamers. Who needs a wetsuit in Hawaii???
They have a whole section for surfers who have their own YouTube channel. Spring suits with inflation devices, GoPros, inflatable SUPs etc
My thoughts exactly. Why would a surfshop on Maui have 400 wetsuits? I surfed in Kona yesterday, water was around 80F.
But with a suit on you could have gotten the temp up to 120F or so if followed with an ice bath can be very helpful in promoting healthy recovery for all the extreme ocean activities Laird has taught everyone on Maui to love. Maui = not surfing but doing all kinds of ocean stuff to the extreme.
Gets fairly cool here on Kaua’i in the winter, especially if it’s windy and you’re surfing by a river fed from the mountains. No steamer necessary but a 2mm top is pretty crucial.
Did he take out any SUP’s?
Wowie speed, wowie power and wowie flow.
No Steve, no one would. A few inches over and he would have been run over.
If he accidentally jumped the wrong direction he would have been run down in reverse. And no one wants a ring side seat to a near murder. Your definition of “callous” sounds closer to a snuff film.
True
Its all very good having a laugh but was very dangerous and stupid
He should’ve waited till after the shop shut, bloody clown
100%
Oh, of course, it’s horrible. But it would have been quite a surreal sight, huh? I’m sure the guy was shaken, but is the term Trauma used too freely lately?
not when you nearly die. That what the word was made for.
it’s surreal? it’s not a Movie, that’s a real 3000 lb vehicle
something like that, the full effect could hit days or years later to meltdown what you experienced
life is precious
You’re absolutely right.
going to a party with some buddies, we pre partied then headed out on the freeway, dark and raining, I was in the back seat, and I remember looking out the window as passed a dump trunk, thinking “wtf is he on 101 at night for?” about 60 seconds later the driver, for who knows what reason, decided to put us in a spin, at full speed by cranking the wheel all the way over!, on the first turn I look up and see the dump trucks headlights coming right at us, he doesn’t slow down swerve or anything
the next thing I remember was climbing out of the ditch with everyone else, no one was hurt
30 years later after kids of my own, I think about it!
wasn’t trying to take the piss out of you too much, but vehicles and unstable peeps are very no Bueno
Anyway, Steve, enjoy your weekend 3 days off here in Murcia!
Peace, brother
Good on ya Kekoa
This is the type of thing we need more of, less wetsuits sunblock and other accessories etc for VAL’s.
Is there a GoFundMe thing for us to help out with his bail and lawyers bill ?
The punishment is obvious. One year manning a timeshare kiosk asking tourists where they are from and how long they’ll be on island. “ would you like a FREE snorkeling trip?!?!”