
Born and Raised
Once guests started to take their seats at The Modern Honolulu's ballroom, there was a sudden hush within the crowd of nearly 300. Beer and cocktail sips came to a halt for a moment as the lights dimmed low for the premiere of Etienne Aurelius' Born & Raised documentary series. The quiet didn't last for too long as hollers and whistles echoed over shots of big wave surfers gliding through thick and monstrous ocean swells. A particular chicken-skin moment was a shot of a surfe