Thai Stick Quotes

“Brotherhood-inspired surfer scammers were captured for posterity in a pseudo documentary film produced by Warner Brothers called Rainbow Bridge. Shot in Maui and featuring one of Jimi Hendrix’s final concerts, the film is a remarkable snapshot of the counterculture’s elite grappling with the death of the 1960s. In the most relevant scene, surfers Les Potts and Mike Hynson are sitting inside their surfboard-strewn house in Maui when a bearded friend carrying a Pan Am flight bag and an elaborately airbrushed”
― Peter Maguire, Thai Stick: Surfers, Scammers, and the Untold Story of the Marijuana Trade

“In Hawaii, many were especially helpful and supportive of this project, but nobody more than Mary Kennedy and Frank “Bamboo” Opperman. My landlords became close friends, and their Mokuleia compound will always hold a special place in my heart. Mokuleia equestrian Michael Daly was also extremely helpful to both Mike Ritter and myself. Another special thanks goes to Duc Nguyen and Minh Nga Vu, the proprietors of Duc’s Bistro. The restaurant provided a safe harbor at a very tumultuous time in the project. Their generosity, grace, and delicious”
― Peter Maguire, Thai Stick: Surfers, Scammers, and the Untold Story of the Marijuana Trade