As you look at these real old pictures below you will probably think that I am a surfer. Nowdays, I bodyboard 90% of the time and surf the other 10% when it is real big--usually with special friends who like to surf big waves. My 13 year old son Shaun bodyboards a lot and I bodyboard with him--usually at Sandy Beach, Big "Walls", North Shore, and sometimes Diamond Head. You won't see any pictures of me and my personal bodyboard, because my board is real big and unique, and I don't show it because of security reasons. I've surfed Hawaii for 40 years, I'm real big and I used to be a champion sprinter swimmer--so suffice to say I catch my share of waves--either bodyboarding or board surfing..

Kenu Hawaii LLC's President is Ken Brown.  Ken has been making bodyboards since 1983 (27 years!!!) and has made or has had a hand in making over 20,000 bodyboards. Many thousands of these he made all by himself. He was the production manager at Turbo Surf Designs Hawaii--if you have an old Turbo board--Ken probably made it.
He has also made over 400 rescue sleds for a Hawaii company- usually all by himself.  He is well known to Hawaii bodyboarders and to the Hawaii Lifeguards and others that have used his products.

Ken comes from a family of craftsmen/artists that started with his World War2 P-51 fighter pilot dad and his well known artist / innovator brother Russ "Captain Turbo" Brown-- the original owner of Turbo Surf Designs Hawaii.  Ken has many interests such as flight, writing songs, computers, watercraft, woodwork, etc.

He has invented quite a few things and most of them have been because of necessity- no one was making what he needed.  His family bodyboard (not shown for security reasons) was made over 25 years ago and was way ahead of its time- and still turns heads when he uses it at Waikiki beach with his kids.

His rescue sleds are super strong and uses a special sealing technique to seal the seams.  Hawaii lifeguards and others have used these original sleds for years and are still using them- they practically last forever.  His bodyboards are way different then anything you have ever seen- with materials that no one else uses because it takes too much time and skill.

His new foam gliders were a result of being fed up with trying to find something cool he could play safely with his young son and friends- so he had to make it himself.

Ken's quality of work is very good and he makes his products to last- no scrimping on cheap materials or cutting corners.  When he makes something he doesn't want to see it again-unless he sees it at the beach with a happy customer!!

Log Cabins in the old days



Off the walls-1979-can't stand all that
pantyass tube ride rail grabbing!


Young Ken-about 1975
 

1983-Russ Brown stand up surfing the "Wall" on his new creation-The Turbo Surf Bodyboard