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Surf the new wave from 808 to 718
Sun-grown island genetics from all five Hawaiian islands, brought straight to New York.
The islands, the strains and the people behind them, one page at a time.
Island life is the opposite of New York. How we fell for it.
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The legends that started it all, and the island classics.
See the line →From the North Shore to Kona: five islands, one kine.
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The surfers, breeders and growers behind the wave.
Meet the crew →Five islands, five growers, in their own words.
Watch →Small-group island trips with a local guide, surf lessons and sunset talk story.
Book a trip →Small-group trips with a local guide: a dawn surf lesson, a farm visit with a grower, island grinds and sunset talk story. Members hear about dates first.
Since the early 2000s we’ve been flying back and forth to the islands. This is how a few New Yorkers fell for pakalolo, and brought it home.
Six stops, from the first flights out to the club it became.
We started flying back and forth between New York and the islands, and found a culture deeply rooted in cannabis. It changed everything for us.
Smoking da kine strains like Maui Skunk and Big Island Widow, we found out what sun-grown island flower could be. Maui Wowie, Molokai Frost and Maui Skunk Dog came with them.
Breeders on Oʻahu and Kauaʻi opened an underground tunnel into the true culture of each island, and the legends that built it.
Surfers, body boarders, breeders and medical growers came together on one breeding project: organic, sun-grown genetics with Hawaiian, New Zealand and Samoan roots.
We brought it home to New York: exactly what you’d get if you took a flight straight into Hawaiʻi.
Da Best Kine Co. becomes a members’ club: the Island Collection, Surf & Stay trips to the islands and clubhouse evenings in New York.
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SURF THE NEW WAVE
FROM 808 TO 718.
Three words you’ll hear on every island, and what they mean.
Hawaiian for cannabis. Paka means tobacco or smoke; lolo means crazy.
Whatever you need it to mean: the thing, the person, the place. And the best of it.
Eh, pass me da kine.
To hang out and catch up, almost always longer than planned.
We wen talk story fo’ two hours.
Beaches, cliffs, sunsets and shave ice. The flavors behind the line.
Our breeder partners opened an underground tunnel into the true culture of each island, and the legends that built it. Big Island Widow showed us another pillar of cannabis culture.
Sun-grown, with the island flavor intact.
New island work from small local breeders, announced to the family first.
Every island has its own soil, sun and legends. Our breeder partnerships started on Oʻahu and Kauaʻi and now reach across the chain.
Kauaʻi · Oʻahu · Molokaʻi · Maui · Big Island
One signature landscape per island. Each one becomes artwork for its strain line.
Where our breeder partnerships began.
Home of Maui Wowie and Maui Skunk.
The other half of where it started.
Kona Gold and Big Island Widow.
The legend of Molokai Frost.
Organic, sun-grown genetics from island breeders, with roots in Hawaiian, New Zealand and Samoan lines.
It started with breeder partners on Oʻahu and Kauaʻi. Now a crew of surfers, breeders, body boarders and medical growers has created a breeding project to launch in NYC.
The growers are the heroes here. Each one is named, with their island, once they’ve said yes.
Small island breeders whose work comes to New York through Da Best Kine, shown with their permission.
Five islands, five growers, in their own words. A dawn paddle-out on the North Shore, a backyard grower walking his plants, malasadas on a tailgate.
Short films from the islands, released to club members first.
A backyard grower walks his plants and the line his family keeps.
Filming nowMalasadas on a tailgate, and the island grinds behind every strain.
Filming nowA dawn paddle-out, a farm visit and sunset talk story with the crew.
Filming nowGrowers, family members and New Yorkers, shared with their written permission.
Reserved for a club member after a Surf & Stay trip.Quote slot · Name · Borough
Reserved for a New Yorker tasting island flower.Quote slot · Name · Borough
Small-group trips to the islands for club members: the growers, the beaches and the food, with a local guide who knows them by name.
A dawn paddle-out with local surfers from the crew.
Meet a grower on their land and hear how their family’s line began.
Malasadas, shave ice, plate lunch and coffee farms.
The best part of every day, almost always longer than planned.
Tell us where and when, and the crew will build your trip with you.
Trips are about the islands, the people and the culture. No cannabis is sold, provided or transported as part of any trip, and carrying cannabis between states, including on flights from Hawaiʻi, is against federal law.
Tell us a little about you and we’ll keep you in the loop. No spam, just island news.
Robes, towels, boards and wear from the club. Made for long mornings, salt hair and slow evenings, from the 808 to the 718.
Washed twill six-panel with the wave seal patch.
Garment-dyed cotton with the wave seal on the chest.
Shawl-collar terry with the seal on the pocket.
Cushioned footbed, the seal on each strap.
Striped terry, set of two, with the seal.
Salt air and plumeria, hand-poured in teal glass.
Hand-shaped, gold pinlines, seal at the nose.
Teal enamel with a gold pinline.
Heavy canvas printed with the seal and Surf the new wave.
Teal and gold, sold in sets.
The Island Collection launches to members first. Reserve a piece and the crew will confirm sizing, pricing and pickup or delivery.
Da Best Kine began with surfers, body boarders and island growers on Oʻahu and Kauaʻi. Members get first access to every drop, Surf & Stay dates and clubhouse evenings in New York.
The page you were looking for isn’t here, or it moved. Paddle back out: the next set is rolling in.
The wave from the 808 has hit New York. Exactly what you’d get if you took a flight straight into Hawaiʻi.