Makawao resident Yancey Meyer shows off his invention, the WaveSkate, an amphibious skateboard. The 39-year-old is hoping the invention will help him get a bigger home and better life for his family.

In the early ’90s, as an eighth grader in summer school, Andrew “Ando” Caulfield discovered the San Francisco skate shop For The City (FTC) purely by chance. His school was near the shop, and as a ...