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Who is Kenu?
Kenu Hawaii LLC is Ken Brown.
Ken has been making bodyboards for over 23 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- 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 at this time- because
certain people will try to steal it and say they invented it) 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 boards for years and are still using
them- they last that long. His
tandem riding boards and 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!!
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