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Post #347847 by PrimoDakine on Wed, Dec 5, 2007 1:16 AM

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I hope it succeeds. I have never had any.
I love the motiff of the Hawaiian royalty.
I remember they had a logo of a cartoon surfer dude on t-shirts and posters everywhere - he had a painters hat pulled down over his eyes and was doing the "hang loose" gesture. I just tried to find a photo of it on the net to post here, but could not find it.

locals don't do
"hang loose."
it's da shaka.
Here's a pic. he is showing numbah one and skaka.

http://cgi.ebay.com/hawaiian-primo-beer-yellow-shirt-vintage-hawaii_W0QQitemZ260183204036QQihZ016QQcategoryZ2001QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

and sad to report, Chris; Primo may not make it. Here are some very good points brought up by a local columnist:

http://starbulletin.com/2007/12/04/features/memminger.html

we will miss da Red Stripe style stubbie bottles.