Such a pleasure speaking with Brian Keaulana, who I met way back in the 1980s on a trip to the North Shore. At that time I was trying to figure out who I was, and in my native LA there was a big pull towards glamour, money, fame. Through my friends in Hawaii, Brian among them, I learned about ohana, and a lifestyle closely connected to the sea. We get into this stuff in the podcast... Soundings: Season 02 With Jamie Brisick Brian Keaulana is an esteemed lifesaver and surfer who has been an irreplaceable advocate for the importance of life-saving skills and ocean-education within the surfing community. Son of renowned surfer and lifesaver Buffalo Keaulana and brother of three-time ASP World Longboard champion Rusty, Brian has understood the importance of living in symbiosis with his surroundings from a young age, starting with getting in the water with his father at just three months old. In this episode, he discusses his family’s legacy, survival, the power of storytelling as a vehicle for cross-cultural communication, “designing danger” as a Hollywood stuntman, eschewing labels, the aloha spirit, and the visceral connection between fear and enlightenment. Listen now wherever you get your podcasts. @briankeaulana Photo by @tomservaisjr @surfersjournal