July-August 2016

Locally grown Hawaiian chili pepper spikes up these icy, spicy drinks.

This protection bullfighter isn’t focused on the dangers to himself; he’s more concerned about riders’ safety.

At Maui Raceway Park, life’s a drag — and that’s a good thing.

Our theme this issue is “hot stuff” — and what could be hotter than a sexy, champagne-gold Jag . . . in flames?

Maui’s beaches are certainly perfect for doing “nothing,” and they also give us the world’s most stunning settings for doing something.

Beat the heat with these Maui offerings.

How could we dedicate an issue to all things hot about Hawai‘i and not include Pele? The volcano goddess is as renowned for her fiery passions as for the molten lava with which she creates new land.

The Indigenous Crop Biodiversity Festival takes its theme from a Hawaiian proverb, I ulu no ka lālā i ke kumu, “The branches grow because of the trunk,” a reminder that, without our ancestors, we would not exist.

Like these islands, glass begins in a hot, fluid state. The art is in what happens next.

From dousing flames, to diving underwater, to scaling mountains, rescuers must be prepared for anything—so they train for everything.

Sharing our favorite ways to revel in or beat the heat.