The wood was trash. The reason albizia were dangerous, the reason the trees were being felled in the first place, was because of their weak wood. You’d be insane to build a house out of the stuff.

The business is called Bizia Surf and Coffee Bar because the boards it makes and sells are all crafted from albizia wood. By Jim Mendoza Published : Apr. 23, 2024 at 4:45 PM HST | Updated : Apr ...

Photo: Aaron Yoshino. Bizia Surf in Wahiawā offers surfboards made entirely of albizia, an invasive tree that’s common in Hawai‘i.. When co-owner Joey Valenti was going to school at UH Mānoa, he ...

UH architecture students helped to build the first arch for the full-scale prototype, which will be constructed almost entirely out of Albizia wood. The two-story structure will have nearly 400 ...

GEORGE F. LEE / [email protected] Jeff Gomes makes bookmarks from the wood of albizia trees. He raised the price of the bookmarks from $10 to $15 in order to donate half the profits to Aloha ...

Two other albizia-related bills would have established incentives for businesses to develop ways to use albizia wood for commercial products, but have since died.

Albizia trees create beautiful canopies across Hawaii’s scenery — but the introduced species is responsible for millions and millions of dollars in damage. A new law will allow property owners ...

Among the collection is a remarkable dining table made with artist-designers Mauro Mori and Pierre Bonnefille, featuring sculpted Albizia-wood legs that punctuate a softly-coloured top with a ...

University of Hawaii architecture graduate Joey Valenti — with help from Christine Johnson — worked earlier this month on the framework for the home he designed out of albizia on the ...

HONOLULU (KHON2) — Hawaii has already seen how much damage albizia trees can cause on the Big Island during a storm. Experts said the invasive trees can also bring significant destruction on Oahu.

In May, he opened the Bizia Surf shop in Wahiawa, a town in central Oahu, offering longboard and fish models made entirely out of albizia. Each board showcases the light wood grain, some speckled ...