Harold Sung Wa Aiu
Year Inducted: 1999
Kaua`i
Harold Aiu was born and raised on Kauai in 1920. He learned the paniolo ways from two uncles who raised cattle on the Garden Isle. These were the legendary days when paniolo roped mostly dangerous wild bulls and tied them to trees in the mountains of Popai and Papalai in Kokee. They were paid $15.00 for each animal roped. Harold started his own ranch in Wailua in the 1960's on the slopes of the Nonou Sleeping Giant mountain, and raised cattle for more than 25 years. Harold was the president of the Khokai Rodeo Club in Wailua and won the All-Around Cowboy title for Kauai 8 times. He later competed and won in California and Oregon and entered the U.S. Team Roping Championship Finals in Oklahoma.In 1995 he won the Century Team Roping at the makawao rodeo and in 1998 won his third trophy saddle at the age of 78. Harold is a gentle and humble man and credits his partners - horse and human - as his greatest assets.