Sarento's Season Opener Results
January 13, 2007
OK – Where did everyone come from???? With a record number of racers (almost 150 boats and over 170 participants) this was by far our largest race ever. Thanks to Sharon, Ricky and all of the past board members and officers who have worked so hard to grow this sport. Thanks too to Blair Thorndike for the extra publicity in the Maui Bulletin. You all did so well, it overwhelmed our new crew and registration system.
The day started with light winds, beautiful sunshine and Baldwin hosting the first MIL preseason race at Ka Lae Pohaku Beach. Thanks go to the MIL folks for working with MCKC to get the races off to a great start. It also gave the MCKC folks a chance to watch the upcoming paddlers as they did a mile plus triangle sprints in preparation for their own season.
While the water was less than cooperative – with winds from the southwest and stagnant water – there were many hard fought battles between paddlers as the race progressed toward Sarento’s. A new division that has taken off is the stand-up paddlers with almost 10 participants. This is exciting to see because it lends a new element to the paddling/surfing/paddleboard groups. After about an hour (depending on where you finished), the paddlers arrived to Tahitian drumming at Sarento’s on Keawakapu Beach. Thanks to those paddlers that listened to the race briefing and finished inside of the buoy – while our finish line crew is amazing, they don’t have x-ray vision yet. We are working on it!!
Once again, thanks go out to our awesome water officials (Cary, Jeff and Mary) who make the entire race possible. We even made them work for their money today as they did have to assist a couple of people with technical difficulties. (As an aside – it is distracting to the paddlers to try and chase Mary around because she got an Ulua right before the race and we all wanted sashimi.) We also want to thank our officials (Gail as a non-paddler and many year supporter, Joey and Katrina, as our new crew and trophy girls), who helped for over 5.5 hours to get you registered and recorded at the finish. They get no medals and no awards but volunteer their time and work their butts off, with smiles on their faces – give them a big MAHALO next time you see them!!
Our season opener has been hosted by Aaron Placourakis for the past couple of years and he didn’t let us down this year! The food at Sarento’s was amazing and the staff was more than helpful in making sure we were well fed and primed with good libations. We were even treated to live entertainment with music and some impromptu hula performed by several paddlers and officials. Manoli (Aaron’s mini-me) provided some good laughs while we tried to iron out the race results.
Due to the high volume of new paddlers, there is no way we can continue to do the results in a non-automated format. What this means to you is a few growing pains. We apologize for not being able to immediately distribute medals at the race but will do so at the next race. As officials, we learned some valuable lessons – make sure everyone fills out all of the forms; make sure all paddlers put the correct number on their boat; make sure the numbers are clearly visible; and remind everyone to finish inside of the buoy. With the new system, the boat number is like a social security number and cannot be changed race to race so we ask for your assistance in making sure you have the correct number on the boat you race.
Mostly, we appreciate your patience and willingness to participate in this rapidly growing sport with smiles on your faces, goodwill toward your fellow paddlers and tolerance as the new folks learn new roles. We look forward to the next race on January 27, 2007 hosted by Leilani’s Island Steak House (Buff) and Tri-Paddle (Wendell) and can’t wait to see all of you there.
If you want to save time at the next race, be sure to pre-print your forms off of the website and check for race schedule changes there. Until next time, happy paddling…
FiniBoat # Time Name Boat Make Division Place 1 121 0:41:56.60 Barry Franks Huki Surfski Male 18-39 Elite 1 2 352 0:42:54.26 Felipe Gomes Huki Surfski Male 18-39 Elite 2 3 306 0:43:01.55 Jim "Kimo" Knutson V-10 Surfski Male 40-54 Elite 3 4 21 0:43:27.73 Geoff Bogar V-10 Surfski Male 40-54 1st 5 137 0:43:50.01 Eric Mitchell/Alan Duarte Waveblade OC-2 Male Team 1st 6 33 0:44:13.99 Eric Rohozinski Fenn Surfski Male 40-54 2nd 7 153 0:44:16.63 Megan Quale Huki Surfski Female 18-39 Elite 1 8 22 0:44:18.59 Wally Bouchard Huki Surfski Male 55+ 1st 9 7 0:45:24.86 Tony Calderon Hurricane OC-1 Male 30-39 Elite 1 10 150 0:46:24.84 Svar Hartman Huki Surfski Male 18-39 1st 11 00 0:46:29.81 Tyson Kubo Hurricane OC-1 Male 30-39 Elite 2 12 81 0:47:14.18 Daryl Smith Hurricane OC-1 Male 40-49 Elite 3 13 1115 0:47:39.98 Cameron Jacome Hurricane OC-1 Male 30-39 Elite 4 14 20 0:47:57.21 Keona Dang Hurricane OC-1 Male 18-29 Elite 5 15 104 0:48:09.36 Kawika Williams Hurricane OC-1 Male 40-49 1st 16 420 0:48:11.07 Ramone Mullen Hurricane OC-1 Male 18-29 1st 17 138 0:48:16.93 Rob Phillips/Patty Phillips Waveblade OC-2 Co-ed Team 1st 18 67 0:48:18.47 Sol Pali/Ani Alfaro Waveblade OC-2 Male Team 2nd 19 130 0:48:19.57 Carter Evans Hurricane OC-1 Male Novice A 1st 20 480 0:48:35.87 Kawika Dang Hurricane OC-1 Male Novice B 1st 21 184 0:48:41.18 Robert Olson Hurricane OC-1 Male 18-29 2nd 22 4 0:48:43.67 Spud Lenhardt Huki OC-1 Male Novice A 2nd 23 162 0:49:12.18 Toni Beltran Hurricane OC-1 Male 18-29 3rd 24 46 0:49:17.03 Roger Crouse Hurricane OC-1 Male 50-59 1st 25 22K 0:49:32.63 Dave Mello Unknown Surfski Male 18-39 2nd 26 8 0:49:40.60 Jack/Casey Dyson Waveblade OC-2 Male Team 3rd 27 105 0:49:42.68 Hiro Takahashi Pegasus OC-1 Male 30-39 1st 28 305 0:49:44.56 Kekoa Panis Hurricane OC-1 Male Novice B 2nd 29 12 0:49:51.87 Strider Kerrick Polaris OC-1 Male Novice B 3rd 30 28 0:50:11.70 Vince Robinson Hurricane OC-1 Male 40-49 2nd 31 132 0:50:18.34 Biggie Lara Pegasus OC-1 Male 50-59 2nd 32 51 0:50:31.44 Cody Vares Hurricane OC-1 Male Novice B 4th 33 90 0:50:35.99 Don Abernathy Pegasus OC-1 Male 30-39 2nd 34 61 0:50:52.46 Keith Keahi Hurricane OC-1 Male Novice A 3rd 35 106 0:50:59.10 David Shields Hurricane OC-1 Male Novice A 4th 36 102 0:51:05.32 Darrell Belen Hurricane OC-1 Male 40-49 3rd 37 156 0:51:07.94 Mike Newbro Pegasus OC-1 Male 40-49 4th 38 173 0:51:12.02 Virgil Ramos Fusion OC-1 Male 18-29 4th 39 164 0:51:14.35 Alan Kuiper Hurricane OC-1 Male 30-39 3rd 40 148 0:51:22.19 Bear Keahi Hurricane OC-1 Male 40-49 5th 41 2 0:51:23.42 Aaron Placourakis Fusion OC-1 Male 40-49 6th 42 3777 0:51:34.97 Kawika Ting Hurricane OC-1 Male 30-39 4th 43 64 0:51:42.41 Reggie Balidoy Pahoa OC-1 Male 40-49 7th 44 77 0:51:43.60 Joe Ferguson Hurricane OC-1 Male Novice B 5th 45 136 0:51:50.49 Kevin Sarich Eclipse OC-1 Male Novice B 6th 46 146 0:51:59.68 Kaleo Evangelista Hurricane OC-1 Male Novice B 7th 47 111 0:52:09.19 Chuck Barrett Hurricane OC-1 Male 40-49 8th 48 80 0:52:10.61 Chris Smith Pegasus OC-1 Male 18-29 5th 49 174 0:52:14.26 Alex Hoehn Viper OC-1 Male 30-39 5th 50 354 0:52:15.23 Ryan Gazmen Hurricane OC-1 Male 30-39 6th 51 66 0:52:21.54 Sharon Balidoy Hurricane OC-1 Female 40-49 Elite 1 52 1 0:52:29.89 Margie Kawaiaea Hurricane OC-1 Female 40-49 Elite 2 53 112 0:52:33.57 Mike DeLima Pegasus OC-1 Male 18-29 6th 54 123 0:52:54.21 Andrea Moller Pegasus OC-1 Female 18-29 Elite 3 55 139 0:53:02.00 Theresa Felgate Hurricane OC-1 Female 40-49 1st 56 19 0:53:07.44 Cheryl Dang Hurricane OC-1 Female 18-29 1st 57 35 0:53:12.44 Beth/Grant Senner Honukai OC-2 Co-ed Team 2nd 58 96 0:53:17.31 Ed Begley/Mark Kasbergen Waveblade OC-2 Male Team 4th 59 257 0:53:23.35 Tony Ancog/Bonnie Ancog Waveblade OC-2 Co-ed Team 3rd 60 82 0:53:26.90 Deb Robison Hurricane OC-1 Female 50-59 1st 61 55 0:53:29.74 Jono Fadriquela Hurricane OC-1 Male 50-59 3rd 62 700 0:53:30.85 Diego Panza Pegasus OC-1 Male 18-29 7th 63 144 0:53:42.44 Tom Guerin Hurricane OC-1 Male 50-59 4th 64 555 0:53:44.39 Wendall DeVera Hurricane OC-1 Male 50-59 5th 65 177 0:53:47.64 Howard Benson Polaris OC-1 Male Novice B 8th 66 176 0:53:51.06 Kalai Ancog Pahoa OC-1 Male Novice A 5th 67 000 0:53:55.76 Christopher Harper Kaptain OC-1 Male 50-59 6th 68 351 0:53:56.99 Hunter Eggers Unknown OC-1 Male 30-39 7th 69 65 0:53:59.59 Ricky Balidoy Pegasus OC-1 Male 40-49 9th 70 070 0:54:00.23 Keahi Bustamente Waveblade OC-1 Male 18-29 8th 71 165 0:54:13.72 Henry Lee Pegasus OC-1 Male Novice A 6th 72 808 0:54:20.53 Blair Thorndike Hurricane OC-1 Male Novice A 7th 73 381 0:54:24.32 Frank Snow Hurricane OC-1 Male 50-59 7th 74 42 0:54:29.89 Patrick Cahill Pegasus OC-1 Male 40-49 10th 75 56 0:54:50.47 Carla Fadriquela Hurricane OC-1 Female 40-49 2nd 76 172 0:55:05.09 Aaron Brummel Makani OC-1 Male Novice A 8th 77 307 0:55:07.86 Pedro Gapero Pegasus OC-1 Male Novice B 9th 78 179 0:55:14.14 Emili Janchevis Hurricane OC-1 Female 18-29 2nd 79 214 0:55:33.21 Doug Hope Stingray OC-1 Male Novice B 10th 80 73 0:55:35.55 Tom Wright Hurricane OC-1 Male 60+ 1st 81 178 0:55:36.07 George Rosenbaum Hurricane OC-1 Male Novice B 11th 82 38 0:56:05.92 Marti Traver Pahoa OC-1 Male 50-59 8th 83 115 0:56:30.98 Dudley Smith Hurricane OC-1 Male 50-59 9th 84 355 0:56:34.58 Denise Guerin/Lea Giddens Stingray OC-2 Female Team 1st 85 503 0:56:50.97 Shaina Kalama/Jen McGurn Stingray OC-2 Female Team 2nd 86 145 0:56:57.89 Pete Gapero Pegasus OC-1 Male 50-59 10th 87 14 0:57:07.62 Bill Gearon Hurricane OC-1 Male 60+ 2nd 88 36 0:57:28.13 Bob Getzen Hurricane OC-1 Male 60+ 3rd 89 27 0:57:47.19 Trez Harrisson Hurricane OC-1 Female 40-49 3rd 90 216 0:57:53.17 Iris Mountcaslte/Doreen Dagan Waveblade OC-2 Female Team 3rd 91 110 0:58:54.26 Emilou Alves/Alice Luther Waveblade OC-2 Female Team 4th 92 98 0:59:07.97 Robin Bolos Hurricane OC-1 Male 40-49 11th 93 301 0:59:29.85 Michelle Kennedy Huki Surfski Female 18-39 Elite 2 94 31 0:59:40.61 Keri Mehling Hurricane OC-1 Female 30-39 1st 95 707 0:59:48.19 Barry Chang Hyper OC-1 Male 50-59 11th 96 29 1:00:00.04 Beth Moyers Hurricane OC-1 Female 50-59 2nd 97 113 1:00:04.76 Michael Garvin Hurricane OC-1 Male 40-49 12th 98 308 1:00:16.06 Madeline Jordan Pegasus OC-1 Female Novice A 1st 99 131 1:00:25.68 Kristina Dougherty Hurricane OC-1 Female Novice B 1st 100 135 1:00:40.04 Lisa Olmos Hurricane OC-1 Female Novice B 2nd 101 109 1:00:47.62 Billy Brown Huki OC-1 Male Novice A 9th 102 167 1:00:58.23 Joanna Garcia Eclipse OC-1 Female Novice A 2nd 103 50 1:01:44.95 Lani Gomes Hurricane OC-1 Female 30-39 2nd 104 263 1:02:57.23 Robert Brooks Stingray OC-1 Male Novice B 12th 105 41 1:02:57.72 Bob "Haiku" Fulkerson Hurricane OC-1 Male 60+ 4th 106 356 1:02:58.46 Kiwi Jackson Angelo Stand-up Male 1st 107 44 1:03:10.63 Faith Mori Hurricane OC-1 Female 50-59 3rd 108 600 1:03:14.12 Ellen Federoff Hurricane OC-1 Female Novice A 3rd 109 175 1:03:34.08 Michael Montoya Naia Iki OC-1 Female Novice B 3rd 110 126 1:03:49.47 Gail Falkenbury Naia Iki OC-1 Female Novice B 4th 111 314 1:03:53.32 Brandis Sarich Eclipse OC-1 Female Novice B 5th 112 32 1:03:53.76 Noa/Rick Herrera Keokea OC-2 Co-ed Team 4th 113 1692 1:03:57.74 Susie Richter Hurricane OC-1 Female 40-49 4th 114 Unknown1:03:58.18 #N/A #N/A #N/A 115 30 1:04:10.57 Derek Barona Stingray OC-1 Male 50-59 12th 116 101 1:04:11.88 Charles Hattaway Karel Paddle Board Male 1st 117 141 1:04:14.08 Deb Hedani Hurricane OC-1 Female 50-59 4th 118 59 1:04:37.74 Kawika Medeiros Vantage OC-1 Male Novice B 13th 119 180 1:04:59.23 Nancy Plenty Naia Iki OC-1 Female Novice B 6th 120 16 1:05:37.52 Joyce Roark Hurricane OC-1 Female 40-49 5th 121 3 1:06:12.39 Heather Steiner Hurricane OC-1 Female 30-39 3rd 122 157 1:07:13.14 Florida Town Hurricane OC-1 Female 60+ 1st 123 209 1:07:23.82 Ned Kanekoa Pahoa OC-1 Male Novice B 14th 124 182 1:07:43.65 Jonica Hall Pegasus OC-1 Female Novice B 7th 125 183 1:08:10.25 Steve Wapner Pahoa OC-1 Male Novice B 15th 126 142 1:08:36.27 Walter Vierra Hihimanu OC-1 Male 30-39 8th 127 154 1:10:37.48 Maria Linz Hurricane OC-1 Female Novice A 4th 128 Unknown1:10:42.88 #N/A #N/A #N/A 129 222 1:12:30.52 Jennifer Konohia Unknown Stand-up Female 1st 130 332 1:13:51.02 Helen Milne Stingray OC-1 Female Novice B 8th 131 185 1:14:43.38 Donna Raaphorst Ku Nalu Stand-up Female 2nd 132 86 1:16:51.12 Peter Konohia Tiger Rudderless (Long Cours1st 133 210 1:17:13.76 Randall Morikawa Jimmy Lewis Stand-up Male 2nd 134 353 1:18:09.36 Gilles Gerling Jimmy Lewis Stand-up Male 3rd 135 103 1:18:10.13 Rob Graham Sos Stand-up Male 4th 136 349 1:18:10.65 Nadine Camabou Jimmy Lewis Stand-up Female 3rd 137 3352 1:24:56.57 Foster Radford Jimmy Lewis Stand-up Male 5th 138 007 1:32:29.42 Ken Burgmaier Hurricane OC-1 Male 40-49 13th 139 006 1:35:45.54 Mark Schuster Hurricane OC-1 Male Novice B 16th 140 350 No Time Loch Eggers Jimmy Lewis Stand-up Male 6th 141 25 No Time Tina DelDotto Hurricane OC-1 Female 50-59 DNF 142 89 No Time Jeanette Ka'auamo Hurricane OC-1 Female 50-59 DNF 143 190 No Time Cliff Libed Hurricane OC-1 Male Novice A DNF
Posted by keizo on Mon, 01/15/2007 - 4:39pm
Maui, right on, looks like you guys had a fun race, and looks like you guys have people in charge who care about the sport, not like Kauai??? Poor organization, makes me not want to show up to races, especially when I see your guys set-up & and alll the fun you guys have after races. Big Mahalo to all your volunteers, keep up the good work maui, maybe I'll move there some day...
#1 Mon, 01/15/2007 - 11:25pm
Maui does have awesome people in charge who care a lot about the sport-- i've only done one race over there, and it was great----
not like Kaua'i though? Are you sure about that? I've never run a race or an association, so i honestly have no idea how much work it takes to pull it off succesfully... But, from what i hear, it is more work than all of us who don't organize can imagine.
Kaua'i races cost $15... and you get food (almost always), prizes at the end of the season, sometimes a good raffle, accurate results-----------
I'm not even sure if $15 covers the cost of insurance for the race.
The people throwing the races are all volunteers-- they don't get anything out of it... they do it because they like to race.
Anyways-- i was just a little shocked at seeing your post because it is far from accurate.
#2 Tue, 01/16/2007 - 12:56am
MCKC does it's best to keep costs low and provide fun, safe, yet challenging events. MCKC has had a change of command this year and the new team is doing its best to maintain the great environment established by Ricky and Sharon Balidoy (Sharicky, as they are known to us, stepped down this year; much to everyone's chagrin... now I know why).
We did a lot of things right at the first race of the season, but we messed up the results. We have so many paddlers participating now (30% growth this year alone) that we just can't do the results manually anymore, so we tested out some new race software. Anytime you experience explosive growth like we have, some growing pains come with it. Our software didn't work as well as anticipated, primarily due to lack of bodies on the beach at the finish to catch boat numbers as they crossed the finish line, and some data entry issues in the database. We apologize to anyone who's results were not accurately recorded. The problem is, if we can't catch the numbers as they cross the line, it doesn't matter what system is used, the results will not be accurate. Any paddlers unable to paddle for whatever reason are welcome to volunteer to help at the finish. Since paddlers know most of the other paddlers by sight (or stroke), they can make the results tabulation process much smoother.
We are working diligenty to work out the "bugs" in our process and anticipate a much cleaner/accurate results posting process at Leilani's Triangle on January 27th. As bad as the results were, that was the only area that was a major problem. Everything else was handled properly and the event was great and everyone had a fantastic time! We had the permits, the insurance, the season jerseys, the sponsors lined up, the event shirts, the registration forms, the clipboards and pens, a new logo, advertising, appropriate petty cash, sufficient registration help, the starting horn, the bouys, timers, the radios to communicate, the water officials, the payment options, the food and beverage, the entertainment, the medals, almost everything. Almost. And what we messed up this time will be fixed the next time.
For those who do not know what it takes to coordinate an event like this, all you need to do is volunteer for one race and your appreciation level will skyrocket. When the event is over, your volunteers still have to put in many hours dealing with insurance company reports, waiver submissions, payments to officials and vendors, updating websites, and thanking/building relationships with sponsors. Your volunteers are human and are not perfect. It's no easy task and without them you don't race, so please smile at your volunteers, appreciate their efforts, and have patience with their mistakes.
Hope to see you at Leilani's on the Beach in Ka'anapali on January 27th for our next amazing race in the series.
Aloha!
#3 Tue, 01/16/2007 - 3:44pm
Just want the best for the sport that I love most besides surfing
#4 Thu, 02/08/2007 - 10:37pm
Things can always be better-- but i really think that we (or you... since i'm not really there) have it pretty good on Kaua'i.. I was really dissapointed for the first race when there was no food or anything afterwards-- but that got worked out by the second one yeah? There are 8 Kaua'i races this year--- and they cover every downwind run on the island and they are $15 apiece... from a pure racing perspective, that's pretty unbeatable.. and i'm fine if every once in-awhile there isn't any lunch afterwards because of a miscommunication or whatever was the reason...
I'm all for giving opinions-- i was just disagreeing with you.. i guess i should have said "I think that is far from accurate" instead of "that is far from accurate".... my bad. Anyway-- other than no lunch at the last race, i've never had a bad experience at any Kaua'i race, so, from my perspective, i didn't (and don't) see where you're coming from.
#5 Tue, 01/16/2007 - 1:40pm
Not organized meaning, they did not submit a race schedule to the Port. Allen boat club untill later, that's why the end part was changed form the usual spot which ends at the boat club. Lots of parking in there, water to rinse, tables to sit on etc... You've been there. They expected the boat club would be ok with the late notice, but they have other people who reserve the club for parties, etc... And I don't think the organization donates any time or money back to the club. I know they have harbour clean & maintance days and only 1 or 2 people show up for the clean up. And then they turn around and talk crap about the guys who run the boat club, and In turn the boat club guys talk bad about paddlers (in general). Not sure what I am talking about, but that's were I was coming from.
#6 Tue, 01/16/2007 - 2:01pm
MCKC is fortunate in that we have generous sponsors who provide food and beverages, prizes, awards and a great atmosphere after each of our races. We love our sponsors!!
Insurance is the killer expense. For "event only" participation, we charge $20/race, of which $10 goes to insurance. The other $10 helps offset expenses such as water officials, porta-potties, tools and equipment, numbers for boats, race jerseys, etc. If we did not have the sponsorship support we have on Maui, there would not be any F&B after the races, or medals, or prizes.
I did the math and if we had to pay for everything out of pocket each race, it would total $107/paddler per race with an average of 120 paddlers per race. Not a bad value for $20.
Please support our sponsors and let them know how much it means to you that they support paddling events. It's the only way to demonstrate value to our sponsors and encourage them to continue sponsorship of our events. That, in turn, is the only way we are able to keep the entry fees affordable.
Check out our sponsors at www.mauicanoeandkayak.org
#7 Tue, 01/16/2007 - 3:45pm
The MCKC is a result of paddlers who care about the sport and the desire to do things right. The commitments made by all who have been and who currently are in charge of this organization want the best for the paddling community of Maui. Last year I enjoyed two races and hope to do as many as possible this year. I am really pleased with the organization and camaraderie of the officers and paddlers alike. Showing up at the beach this past weekend(1/13) and seeing all the boats, people, cars and paddlers and the ease that it was handled(appeared really smooth) makes me feel grateful for the past and present volunteers of the MCKC. Keep up the great work. Maui and MCKC are truly No Ka Oi!
There will probably be more paddlers at the next race in Lahaina!!!
KICBACMAUI
Have Fun...Kicbacmaui!
#8 Thu, 01/18/2007 - 10:21am