Post #208783 by KuKuAhu on Thu, Jan 19, 2006 1:10 PM

On 2006-01-19 11:12, tikiskip wrote:
Part two.. Bill sapp creator of the kahiki was at a tiki event. no one sat and listen to his stories! His stories would blow you away! But why would you? He dosen't even belong to TC.

Yes, we were blessed with a visit from Mr. Sapp and his family at the Hot Rod Hula Hop in 2005. I felt truly lucky to get a chance to chat with him, and the picture Tipsy McStagger took of the Sapp clan and myself was the highlight of my tiki summer. I asked him if when he started all those years ago if he could have imagined a bunch of kids would worship the Kahiki like we do. He said never in a million years.

My two great regrets are that I was so busy with the event that I didn't have the chance to spend more time chatting with him, and that while we tried to let tikiphiles know he was there, we must not have tried hard enough. Perhaps we will be two times lucky and he will come back to see us this year. Should that happen I encourage anyone who makes it out to take the time to speak to him and his family.

John, I agree with you on much of what you have said here.

See you Saturday.

Ahu