The Honolulu Hahalua (based in Hawaii) has a pretty clear mascot. There is really not much room for interpretation, a tropical seafaring team must have a tropical sea based mascot, right? And that is exactly why we, the Honolulu Hahalua, have @IceBear32as our mascot. Now you may be asking, a polar bear as a mascot? how does that make any sense, Roquefort Cotswold #1 CB in the ISFL? and my answer is simple. It just does. It is just right. What represents our team more than a denial of the norm, the subversion of expectations? A polar bear in Hawaii is as out of place as the Colorado Yeti winning a game. But that is precisely what makes it special. Our beloved Ice Bear with his goofy little shirt and his dorky sunglasses. That is *our* little guy. How did he end up there? Did he drift on a shard of broken ice? Can he even swim? We may never know. What we do know, is that he's the Bear we'll follow into battle, Sunday after Sunday.
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