Hometown
Temecula, California
Voyage(s)
Moananuiākea Voyage – Leg 16 | Hikianalia: Aotearoa to Fiji
Bio
Hunter first sailed on a waʻa kaulua in Kāneʻohe Bay in January 2024, on board the Kānehunamoku Voyaging Academy’s (KVA) double-hulled canoe Kānehunamoku. He serves as a KVA crew instructor and media lead, and also serves as a crew member documenter on Hikianalia and Hōkūleʻa during the Moananuiākea Voyage.
Hunter says “I want to be a part of the Moananuiākea Voyage because I want to be a helping hand to the crew. I hope that I can provide my service to the canoe so that she can continue to teach and inspire those she touches.”
Hunter sees Hōkūleʻa as “my tutu and kumu. Hōkū is the waʻa that reignited the way back into voyaging” and he calls her “a living member of Hawaiʻi. As a kumu I feel she can teach anything.” And ultimately he “would like to see the world understand the miraculous work and dedication it takes to voyage and navigate” so that people “can go into their own communities and help create a better world.”
When he’s out at sea, Hunter says he craves a “cool, clean shower.” And when he’s back in his everyday life on land, what he misses most about being out at sea is “the direct undistracted connection to nature and the friends and crew around me.”
Hunter says “I want to be a part of the Moananuiākea Voyage because I want to be a helping hand to the crew. I hope that I can provide my service to the canoe so that she can continue to teach and inspire those she touches.”
Hunter sees Hōkūleʻa as “my tutu and kumu. Hōkū is the waʻa that reignited the way back into voyaging” and he calls her “a living member of Hawaiʻi. As a kumu I feel she can teach anything.” And ultimately he “would like to see the world understand the miraculous work and dedication it takes to voyage and navigate” so that people “can go into their own communities and help create a better world.”
When he’s out at sea, Hunter says he craves a “cool, clean shower.” And when he’s back in his everyday life on land, what he misses most about being out at sea is “the direct undistracted connection to nature and the friends and crew around me.”