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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.
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From the North Shore to Kona: five islands, one kine.
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The surfers, breeders and growers behind the wave.
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Five islands, five growers, in their own words.
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Book a small-group trip to the islands with a local guide.
Book a trip →Since the early 2000s we’ve been flying back and forth to the islands. There we found a culture deeply rooted in cannabis, one that changed everything for us.
Smoking da kine strains like Maui Skunk and Big Island Widow, we discovered another level of sun-grown pakalolo.
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 Oahu and Kauai and now reach across the chain.
Kauai · Oahu · Molokai · 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 Oahu and Kauai. 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. Filmed in Hawaii.
Growers, family members and New Yorkers, shared with their written permission.
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Reserved for a New Yorker tasting island flower.Quote slot · Name · Borough
Small-group trips to the islands for the Kine Loyal Family: 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 Hawaii, is against federal law.
Tell us a little about you and we’ll keep you in the loop. No spam, just island news.
The wave from the 808 has hit New York. Exactly what you’d get if you took a flight straight into Hawaii.