Okay -- the article about the little Mundi guy reaped one special benefit. Mandi Brown called us with the true story of the Shaka.
The Hawaii Railway Society reports in its March issue, in citing Barack's shaka to the Punahou marching band, that the shaka came to be when a popular railway machinst, Hamana Kalihi, lost three fingers in an accident.
They made him a conductor, and while he'd hold on with one hand he'd wave with his other, fingerless hand. Soon people along the route began to wave back, with their three fingers folded down.
Hence, according to the Hawaii Railway Society and Mandi Brown, the shaka was born...
Not by some little wierdo in a skirt with a surfboard...
Train shown here was built in 1889 by Baldwin Locomotive and was first one to be operated by Oahu Land and Railway. It is called "Kailua 6"
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