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Paia Hawaii Vintage Retro Premium Crewneck Sweatshirt - Black Logo

Paia Hawaii Vintage Retro Premium Crewneck Sweatshirt - Black Logo

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The Pāʻia premium crewneck, for the town that is Maui’s bohemian sugar town. A 9.9 oz cotton-rich sweatshirt with a smooth face and the Pāʻia vintage retro logo on the chest in black.

This is the softer, heavier of our two Pāʻia crewnecks, the one that becomes the three-days-a-week sweatshirt from October on. Smooth face, rich print, no scratchy tag. If you want the sweatshirt that feels like a favorite on day one, this is it; order now for cold weather and holiday giving.

This unisex soft cotton sweatshirt is cut true to size from a medium-heavy 9.9 oz fabric — 80% cotton, 20% polyester — that feels substantial without weighing you down. Our retro artwork prints in rich detail on the smooth cotton-rich surface; ribbed-knit cuffs and collar, reinforced side seams, and twill neck tape keep everything crisp wash after wash; and the tear-away label means no scratchy tag. Machine washable, ethically printed on demand, and made to become a favorite.

Pāʻia was founded in the 1880s as an Alexander & Baldwin plantation town, by 1892 among the largest sugar plantations in the world, drawing workers from across the Pacific; the Mantokuji Zen mission was established by the sea in 1906 and the mill ran until 2000. The low false-front wooden storefronts of the main street are still there.

After sugar the town became a hippie haven in the 1960s and 70s, then the Windsurfing Capital of the World when Hoʻokipa’s winds and waves were discovered in the 1980s; Jaws breaks just beyond, and the Hāna Highway begins at the edge of town under Haleakalā. Where the trade winds blow is the mark on this piece.


QUICK FACTS — PĀʻIA HI PREMIUM CREWNECK SWEATSHIRT

Town: Pāʻia, Hawaiʻi

Founded: 1880s

Known for: A 19th-century sugar town turned bohemian surf town; Hoʻokipa, the windsurfing capital; where the Road to Hāna begins

Art: Pāʻia vintage retro logo, black (printed)

Blank: Unisex premium crewneck sweatshirt, true-to-size fit

Fabric: 80% cotton / 20% polyester, 9.9 oz

Details: Ribbed-knit cuffs and collar, reinforced side seams, twill neck tape, tear-away label

Made to order in the USA


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Every item is made to order, so please check the size chart on this page before you buy. Women's fitted tees run small; size up for a looser fit. Caps are one size with an adjustable strap.

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We make each item to order using premium blanks, embroidery and soft-hand prints. Production takes 2-5 business days (weekends and holidays excluded), then 4-10 days in transit via USPS, UPS or FedEx to U.S. addresses; most orders arrive within 6-15 business days. You'll get a tracking link the moment it ships. Any current shipping offer is shown in the bar at the top of every page and applies automatically at checkout, no code needed.

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Apparel: wash cold, inside out, with like colors; no bleach; tumble dry low or hang dry. Embroidered pieces: iron inside out to protect the stitching. Caps: spot clean. Printed glasses and water bottles: hand wash only, no dishwasher, so the artwork lasts. Mugs and engraved glasses are dishwasher safe. Any item-specific care notes are in the description above.

Who makes this?

Merlin Classics is a small Connecticut brand making original retro designs for the towns people love. Every piece is printed, embroidered or engraved to order in the USA, and the business supports hunger relief in the communities our collections celebrate.

Then the wind found it. Just two miles east at Hoʻokipa, the relentless trade winds and reef break combine into some of the most consistent windsurfing conditions on earth, and through the 1980s and 1990s the pioneers of the sport set up shop in town and made Pāʻia known the world over as the "Windsurfing Capital of the World." The same winds now draw kitesurfers and foilers too. The giant winter wave at Jaws (Peʻahi) lies just beyond, and green sea turtles haul out to rest on the sand at Hoʻokipa — watched, by law, from a respectful distance. And all the while Pāʻia kept its oldest job: the last town to gas up, grab food and turn east onto the 64-mile Road to Hāna.

Our Pāʻia logo carries the Hawaiian hibiscus over "Hawaiian Kingdom · Est. 1795," the shared emblem of every Merlin Classics Hawaiʻi place, printed in clean retro black-and-white like an old travel decal. The hibiscus stands for the islands as a whole; what makes this one Pāʻia is everything around it — the pastel plantation storefronts, the wind at Hoʻokipa, the bohemian Baldwin Avenue soul, and the salt smell of the North Shore where the road to Hāna begins.

Why People Visit Pāʻia

Pāʻia offers a whole mood in one small town: bohemian, barefoot charm, world-class wind and surf, and the romance of the open road to Hāna. It is the coolest little town on Maui — and for the artists, surfers and free spirits who live here, simply home, the place where old Maui still feels like itself.

Pāʻia Hawaiʻi Merlin Classics retro vintage logo — Hawaiian hibiscus, Hawaiian Kingdom Est. 1795