Starting in June, Hawaii residents can visit the state's Department of Motor Vehicles and sign up for a special license plate featuring the shaka hand gesture. The aloha tags will cost $30.50 ...

The gesture is sometimes known outside the islands as the “hang loose” sign associated ... of the hand; the wrist may be rotated back and forth for emphasis.” In practice, the shaka is ...

staking the islands’ claim to the iconic hand sign. Some were worried that if Hawaii did not make it an official designation, other states like California would. Shaka license plates are coming ...

If peace comes from Hawaii through a simple hand gesture, then why not take full advantage of that opportunity.” According to ID8 nonprofit Chairperson, Steve Sue, the shaka is believed to have ...

OZAWA: The shaka is a sign of friendliness ... OZAWA: Well, as with anything that's as pervasive as a simple hand gesture, origin stories are many. And we even changed the name of the film ...

Theresa May has been pictured with a group of young volunteers doing a 'shaka' hand sign, which means 'hang loose'. The Prime Minister made Hawaiian sign as she posed with young people taking ...

After decades as a well-known pop culture touchstone, the Shaka hand gesture — a thumb and pinky extended with the three other fingers down — was named the state’s official hand sign in May ...

For years, the ‘shaka’ hand gesture has been a mainstay of surfer ... has long been known as the ‘hang loose’ sign amongst surfers. But outside of its association with catching waves ...

So much can be said with a hand ... word Shaka isn't even Hawaiian. However, most people agree the name goes back to a local used car salesman, Lippy Espinda, who would throw up the sign at ...

The "hook 'em Horns" sign is not to be confused with the shaka sign — another hand gesture frequently used by Obama. That's when surfers and, especially, people from Hawaii extend their thumb ...

If the bills pass, the iconic two-finger sign of goodwill would become the first state-sanctioned wave in the nation. But where did the shaka come ... accident when his hand was caught in the ...