[3] Just after the birth of his sister Kamalama, Kawelo moved to Wailua with his grandparents and was raised with ʻAikanaka, son of the ruling monarch of Kauai at the time, and Kauahoe of Hanalei.
His competitiveness would develop while playing games and other activities with Kauahoe, who Kawelo began to see as inferior to himself in many ways.
[4] ʻAikanaka, also known as Kaweloaikanaka, was one of two twin sons who had become monarch of the Island of Kauai after the death of his father, Kawelomakualua.
[2] The first known oral reference to Waianae begin with Kū a Nuʻuanu an aliʻi ʻaimoku (ruler of a district) and his son Naʻili during the 18th century.
So the next day he snuck off without permission and joined his older brothers surfing and wrestling on the beach with the stronger master.