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...lingering signs of holiday relaxation were absent on Tuesday when Barack Obama emerged from the subterranean Situation Room and a high-pressured meeting with his top national and homeland security staff. The same President who played golf along Oahu beaches the day after a Christmas bombing attempt on a Detroit-bound airliner now appeared stone-faced and grim. In a brief statement to the nation, he used the word "failure" six times to characterize his government's performance...
...take a holiday, even in when he goes home to Hawaii. (Or avoid causing apprehension. Later on Monday Obama caused concern when he interrupted a golf game to rush back to his rented residence on Kailuana Place in Kailua, which is on the opposite side of the island of Oahu from Honolulu. An ambulance was seen rushing toward the home as well. The child of a family friend had suffered an injury.)(See how Obama, Hawaii's favorite son, is perking up the state's holidays...
...while SUP enthusiasts have became a daily dot on the horizon of many a coastal California city, it's the market for lakes and rivers that has everyone really excited, says Oahu native and former carpenter Blane Chambers, 45, whose company Paddle Surf Hawaii was one of the world's first major makers and distributors of paddleboards. "The flat-water market is just growing everyday," says Chambers in his Hawaiian drawl, explaining that his sales rep in Minnesota is "so excited" after doing the rounds at kayak shops in that lake-filled state. "It's crazy how fast this thing...
...Chambers would sell two or three boards out of his garage each month. Today, after his business grew 900% between 2007 and 2008, the boards are shipped by the container load. Chambers sells about 1,000 per month, including more than 150 a month out of his central Oahu shop. Chambers, who lost 40 lbs from stand-up paddle surfing, says, "We can't expand fast enough. We can't even supply everybody." (See pictures of a preppy summer vacation at LIFE.com...
When 67-year-old Gary Furbee and his wife Rose decided to go shopping for a time-share vacation home in Hawaii, they couldn't believe the bargains. The couple had rented a two-bedroom ocean-view penthouse unit at Marriott's Ko Olina Beach Club on Oahu in 2007, liked it and resolved to watch for resales. The Furbees thought the recession might flush out some distressed sellers, but they were stunned by how far prices had plunged. "At Marriott, it was [listed] for between $50,000 and $60,000, but we paid $18,400," Gary says. He bought...