The only thing cooler than driving a Mercedes AMG SLS like you stole it would be driving one around a Formula 1 track like you stole it.
That’s what Bernd Mayländer will do for the next nine months whenever things go sideways at an F1 race, because the AMG SLS “Gullwing†has just been named the official safety car of the coolest auto racing series on the planet … Details & Picture
A Maui club gives thanks for the gift of a koa log by paddling between all the main Hawaiian Islands
A koa tree fell in a Big Island forest — and a Maui canoe club heard it.
Na Kai ‘Ewalu Canoe Club had been without a koa canoe since its prized canoe, Kealaikahiki, was destroyed by a vandal’s fire 13 years ago.
The club tried for years to locate a suitable log on Maui. But a 100-year-old koa tree, straight and strong for the 45 feet needed to make a six-seat canoe, is not easy to find.
In May, as some members of the club tell it …Â Details