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Everyone in Manoa and surrounding areas, Boss Frog’s is now on S. King St. and University Ave in Manoa you can check it out at our Honolulu Location. 

We’ve brought our great deals to Oahu to pass them onto you. Come in and see why we now have 12 great locations in Hawaii! We have the best deals on the best gear be it rentals or sales and we have staff trained the Boss Frog way to help you get exactly what you need to make your personal snorkel or beach day as much fun as you can handle.

We have everything from the most affordable $9/week snorkel sets to high end sets you can rent or purchase. Get the right fit for hassle free snorkeling at Boss Frog’s. We also have boogie board rentals, including boards with snorkel windows for easy reef viewing.

We have a great line of pro boards for sale and dozens of the very best ocean fun gear. Don’t forget our online store either for great Hawaii activities or for the best in ocean wear, Boss Frog’s Brand t-shirts, masks, snorkels, sets, fins, reef walkers, sandals, shades and more great Frog Gear. You can get it all from the comfort of your home. FREE shipping while it lasts!

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You can always check out all our great Boss Frog’s Dive Surf and Bike locations in one place with phone numbers and a great map to easily get directions to each one of them.

We’ve blogged about our testimonials on Trip Advisor for some time now and we’ll continue to do so but today we want to tell you about some an additional service that we have on offer from Carol and Mark Stevens.

You know about Jennifer Johnson and her Maui Below H2o Facebook page where there are great video samples of her work on the Quick Silver. And you’ve seen her Maui Underwater Videographer website and we’d just like to say again what a fantastic addition she is to our great crew!

Today we’re highlighting the work of Carol and Mark Stevens.

Before you ever get on board the Quick Silver, Mark and Carol will take a picture of your group and if you have as good a time as most of our guests, you’ll want to to pick up a few prints to share with your friends and family to remember this particularly great time you spent together snorkeling, watching whales or enjoying a boat ride just off the paradise we call Maui.

Mark and Carol are really good at what they do, taking people who are sometimes barely awake or totally not suspecting a pre-boarding photoshoot and making them look their best in just moments! The Stevens’ then go to their secret laboratory and work their magic! By the time you get off the boat you can get prints right there on the dock!

But in the rush of the day and after all the exercise of snorkeling many people don’t realize or simply forget that you can get prints of your great day online as well. And not just prints, you can get custom coffee mugs, stretched canvas wall hangings,  even T-Shirts with your picture surrounded by the perfected surrounding shots, illustrative of your adventure.

 So if you’ve been on the Quick Silver in the past year you can still get your prints at the NoKa’Oi Maui Photos monthly thumbnail menus. Click on the month of the year you went and then find the day and browse the prints for… YOU!

Aloha!

This is Ilio-holo-i-ka-uaua, the Hawaiian Monk Seal. If you say it slowly, you can pronounce it just fine. It just takes a little practice.
He or she can be up to 610lbs! That’s pretty big, about as big as a smaller Brown Bear.
Just four seals could make the weight of about one small sports car.
The Ilio-holo-i-ka-uaua is endangered and there may be less than 250 left in the whole world. That’s not what we want though! We want so many more monk seals plying the seas, flipping and flippering and flourishing and full!

For some interesting facts about the monk seal check out Wolfram Alpha’s entry Hawaiian Monk Seal There are also great resources on Wikipedia, and at the Pacific Fish and Wildlife Office of the United states Government. They also have a great list of endangered animals in Hawaii.

Next time you go out on the water, keep your eyes peeled for the Ilio-holo-i-ka-uaua Say: “eely oh – ho low – eek ah -ooh ah ooh ah”. Yeah you can do it.
The pretty monk seal in this video was recorded only yesterday December 7th 2011 off the South Side of Maui, a very lucky site to see.

Aloha!

Well we have some great discounts and some great news. We’ve joined Google Plus and set u our first G+ page and we hope to see you there. When we announce new discounts, show off videos, photography of whales and other awesome sea-life or release cool articles maybe you’ll see them there. Add us to your circles today… Just click the red button on the right —>

Hey you can’t beat that at any other Luau! It is perfect for large families that want to see a great show and need to save a little on the price. Colorful, delightful Polynesisan style Luau with an open bar and all you can eat buffet. Check it out here.

The Old Lahaina Luau is the 6th rated highest attraction in Lahaina Maui coming in behind Ka’anapali beach itself. They have stellar reviews, its a guaranteed love, if you like authentic cuisine, music, cultural dancing and demonstrations of Hawaiiana. You get the straight history of Hawaii here along with great food and a marvelous show… Don’t miss it come check it out now.

The new Third Fridays Upcountry happened for the first time yesterday, makena42 at youtube captured a bit of the action.. check it out and come visit every third Friday.

We’re at it again, touting our great reviews once more and letting you know the whales are coming soon so after you take a snorkel trip with turtles, dolphins, seals and so much more sea-life, remember to go on a whale watch too! We’ll let you know the moment they become available, we like to wait for the whales to really start to arrive first.

From  Jeff D on October 18, 2011:

And then from  Karen R on November 8th, 2011:

Check out more of our great reviews at Maui Quicksilver Reviews at Trip Advisor!

Until next time, enjoy this sweet little song, He Aloha No O Honolulu / Maui Chimes Medley Ukelele Solo, where Toyama of Cal-Mum Elementary School mixes two great Ukulele classics and does so beautifully! We hope you get to return home to Hawaii often Toyama.

Ok, so maybe your tired of hearing all the acclaim we get from our guests.
It’s understandable, we get a lot and we’re keen to admit it. Wouldn’t you be?
We’ve actually been holding back. One day we’ll catch up and list them all!

With great guests like sfitzgibbons on October 16, 2011, who says:

Check out more of our great reviews at Maui Quicksilver Reviews at Trip Advisor!

Until next time, enjoy this great performance by Orange World at the Maui Ukulele Festival this last weekend.