Kakahu Wai

GISBORNE | NEW ZEALAND

Kia Ora!

My son sent me a robe from Australia for a birthday present a few years ago Made in China with a Ripcurl logo. I thought it was a great idea, but used terrible material, polyester, thin, didn't dry you at all, and attracted grass seeds like Velcro!

I THOUGHT NZ COULD DO BETTER.

I asked a dressmaker to make up one from some towels which I wore at a Waka Ama race event I was in. A lot of paddlers were really interested.

I luckily managed to find and contract a retired seamstress to help me make them, so I took a gamble & invested in 50 heavy duty 600gsm towels. I designed a logo and found a printer who had a heat press machine.

Nek Minit "Kakahu Wai Water Clothing" was launched.

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