ABOUT US
a Little About Me...
Aloha,
My name is Keanu Shimaoka
I was born and raised in Hawai`i, and I've been making and cracking whips for about 6 years. My life with whips started when I was quite young after watching films like Indiana Jones and Zorro where the hero faithfully carried and wielded a whip. When I was about 13 years old, I made my first whip from an old vacuum electrical cord. It had some rope and string tied to one end as the fall and cracker and a stick taped to the other as a handle. Although the whip was so poorly built, I couldn't put it down. I was hooked on whips, and I wanted to improve on both crafting and cracking them. In the next year or so, I researched ways to build a better looking and easier to crack whip. It was during this time that I got a great deal of help from master whipmaker, Bernie Wojcicki. With his help, I started to make whips from nylon paracord. After success with selling them to our local cowboys, the Paniolo, I decided to take my interest here to the internet. I thank my `ohana, friends, and online acquaintances for all the support, Mahalo Nui (Thank you very much).
Keanu
My name is Keanu Shimaoka
I was born and raised in Hawai`i, and I've been making and cracking whips for about 6 years. My life with whips started when I was quite young after watching films like Indiana Jones and Zorro where the hero faithfully carried and wielded a whip. When I was about 13 years old, I made my first whip from an old vacuum electrical cord. It had some rope and string tied to one end as the fall and cracker and a stick taped to the other as a handle. Although the whip was so poorly built, I couldn't put it down. I was hooked on whips, and I wanted to improve on both crafting and cracking them. In the next year or so, I researched ways to build a better looking and easier to crack whip. It was during this time that I got a great deal of help from master whipmaker, Bernie Wojcicki. With his help, I started to make whips from nylon paracord. After success with selling them to our local cowboys, the Paniolo, I decided to take my interest here to the internet. I thank my `ohana, friends, and online acquaintances for all the support, Mahalo Nui (Thank you very much).
Keanu