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Ted Endo Remembers Buttons Kaluhiokalani

Just three years and a day after the surfing community lost Andy Irons, it lost another son, Buttons Kaluhiokalani

Three years after the surf world lost Andy Irons, it lost another hero: Buttons Kaluhiokalani. Buttons put surfing where it is today, despite falling victim to the rampant drug use that soaked Hawaii’s surfing culture in the ’80s.

Three years after the surf world lost Andy Irons, it lost another hero: Buuttons Kaluhiokalani. Buttons put surfing where it is today, despite falling victim to the rampant drug use that soaked Hawaii's surfing culture in the '80s.