My name is Sean West, and I am a 21 year old Kayaker, Lifeguard, Snowboarder, Sailor, Raft Guide and Scuba Diver from Asheville, North Carolina and the founder of this company. I`ve been wearing one of the Hei Matau fish hooks for four years now, and I really love to see people enjoying this jewelry. (This is also a big effort to avoid traditional 9-5 employment and keep adventuring after I graduate college :-) ). I really appreciate you taking the time to stop by and look around, and please let me know if I can help in any way.

Right now, we are a small company dedicated to providing our valued customers with great necklaces at an unbeatable price ($15.50 a piece, with free shipping on orders over 2 pieces). We import them from highly skilled bone carvers in Bali, Payments are processed through Paypal (though we accept Visa, Mastercard or any major credit card), shipping is handled through a very reliable fulfillment company (they`re great to work with, and have been in business for a very long time) and we have a 120% satisfaction guarantee for everyone.

We have three main types of symbols, all based on traditional Maori Taonga. The Hei Matau is most famous as a symbol for safe passage over water. The Koru spiral is based on an unfurling baby fern, and is both part of the Maori tribal flag and a symbol for new life, growth and peace. The Twist is typically used to symbolize an eternal bond between two people or two groups of people. Please click on any of the "Buy Hei-Matau" "Buy Koru" or "Buy Twist" links to get more info about the jewelry.

I wrote an account of one of the craziest things I`ve ever done in a kayak for a writing class, and thought you guys might enjoy it. If you are a young boater, be advised that this is one of the dumber things I`ve done, I am much more safety conscious now, and you should be too. This also happened before I started wearing the Hei Matau and was part of the reason I bought them for my friends and I. Enjoy :-).