By dtam on Skatehive
The bikes were Kona mountain e-bikes... not inexpensive, but an amazing way to get to parts of the island that are less traveled. Today I wanted to take guests to an island that not many tourists ever get a chance to see. Known as the 'private isle', or the 'pineapple isle', the island of Lana'i is one of Hawaii's best kept secrets. It is hard to secure a place to stay here since the two resorts at very expensive, but a few airbnbs can be found. The Lana'i Adventure Park provides a few options for exploring the parts of the island that are less traveled, and this is what we wanted. One of my favorite ways to get off the beaten path here in Lana'i is to rent e-bikes and head out across what used to be the biggest pineapple plantation in the world. The pineapples are all gone now, but the network of old red dirt roads give you access to almost the entire island. And with the help of some pretty rad Kona off-road mountain e-bikes, that was just what we were going to do. I took a group of