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MUA BEET ROOT NEW ERA SNAPBACK

Releasing Saturday, June 29th.Aloha kākou!As some of you may know, our Mua hat is modeled off the great aliʻi Kekūhaupiʻo who was known as a master of lua (ʻōlohe lua), the ancient practice of hand-to-hand combat in which bones are usually broken. According to legend, Kekūhaupiʻo was born on the Big Island; Keʻei to be exact. As a youth, Kekūhaupiʻo would take part in mock battles near the Hikiau Heiau at Kealakekua Beach. The kahuna of that heiau witnessed Kekūhaupiʻo's courage, valor and audacious spirit and told Kamehameha's father that his son would one day become a legendary warrior, and eventually coerced his father to let Kekūhaupiʻo to study the art of lua. A few years later, after becoming "moa...

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