Carlos, was a Kamehameha School graduate. My brother Joe and he were classmates. I was two years behind them. Carlos lived just down and around the corner from me in Kilauea and the community here feels the loss of his love, aloha and his contributions in Hawaiiana and music that he leaves behind.
Carlos knowledge in Hawaiiana and being a Professor at the University of Hawaii at Manoa, helped broker the deals in the small land plots held by individuals that were part of Mark Zuckerbergs land purchase here on Kauai's north shore.
Carlos was a legend, amongst fellow surfer's for sitting on the Point of Hanalei Bay for an unreasonable amount of time waiting for that ''one wave" and eventually getting That Wave and highlining it from beginning to end for a 100 + yard ride going backside on a searing, quick wave. Unable to prone as he grew older, he went to a smaller, thicker SUP board and everyone knew it was Carlos up on the Point, just waiting for the one wave to give him chicken skin at the end of his ride. Carlos was also known for his surfing abilities at "Infinity's" on the south shore of Kaua'i.
Aloha O'e, Uncle Carlos ~
Legends Luau, Kaua'i 2015
clockwise: Joey Cabell, Dick Brewer, Buzzy Kerbox, Larry Berttelman, Dana Knicely,
Dr. Carlos Andrade & Kimo Hollinger.
Carlos Andrade, RIP 7-30-2022
photo: Larry Pierce, Oahu's north shore