MAKAHA (HawaiiNewsNow) - A long-time surf competition this weekend is drawing crowds to a shrinking beach. And it’s drawing attention to the growing battle with coastal erosion in the islands.

Always crowded every day, but extremely jammed on weekends. Expect to get dropped in on frequently -- that's just the Makaha culture. Easy. Makaha Beach Park, parking right off the road.

With his impish sense of humor, a happy-go-lucky hula style and boisterous singing, he was the gregarious life of every party — many of them at his house on Makaha Beach. Retired First Hawaiian ...