Feb 8 - Kaua'i Paddle-Off in Windless West-Side Race
by Kimberlee Stuart
Once again David Beck blew away all the competition in the Kaua'i Hoe Wa'a Port Allen to Waimea Plantation Cottages Race this Sunday, February 8th. Despite waveless and windless conditions Beck flew past paddlers at a steady clip, finishing the 11 mile race nearly 5 minutes ahead of second place Hipo Princena .
Although Beck has maintained winner's status by a respectful lead for the men, a relative newcomer, Erin Struxness cleaned up in theWomen's division. "It was a long hot race," quipped Erin, who battled Margie Goodno, finally beating her by less than a minute. Kai Bartlett's Mom, Mary Bartlett placed a close third in the women's long distance, (Kai is in contention for state (world?) champion)... it must run in the blood!
First place Short course was taken by Donny Jones with Mark Ishiki and Steve Baker close behind. Laura Anderson again took first short course for the women, with Katy Otsugi seconds behind her.
Waimea Plantation Cottages hosted a nice finisher's meal and awards with white linen-covered tables under the big tent oceanside. Although the conditions weren't a paddler's dream, participation for Kauai Hoe Wa'a races are at an all-time high with nearly every division showing full representation.
The next Kaua'i OC1 Race will be held on Sunday, February 15th, and run from the Waiohai to Port Allen as competitors begin jostling position for the Kaua'i World Challenge coming up in about 8 weeks. This year's Kauai World Challenge is expecting competitors from as far away as Austrailia and Europe and is being touted as the OC 1 race of the season with the highest purse offered in the sport.
Again, both recreational and competitive paddlers are welcome this Sunday. This includes OC1s, paddleboards, Surfski, and OC2s. Come down and participate or simply spectate, all are invited. For more information call Tom Bartlett at 826-5503
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Kaua'i Hoe Wa'a
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Race Results for February 8th, 2004
Sponsored by: Aston Waimea Plantation Cottages
Long Course - Port Allen to buoy to Aston Waimea Plantation Cottages (approx.11miles)
Name Overall Time Division Beck, David 1st 1:16:33 1st Open Men Carter, Brian/Sharpe, Beth 2nd 1:19:40 1st Mixed OC-2 Princena, Hipo 3rd 1:19:50 2nd Men Open Keahiolalo, Butch 4th 1:20:16 3rd Men Open Tenbruggencate, Jan/Yee, Steve 5th 1:20:38 1st Men OC-2 Moomaw, Don/Kegle, Jon 6th 1:20:40 2nd Men OC-2 DaSilva, Wes 7th 1:21:23 SURFSKI Cole, Steve 8th 1:22:46 1st Men 40-49 Deblin, Bret 9th 1:24:00 1st Men 30-39 Jumper, Leroy 10th 1:24:08 2nd Men 30-39 Rafter, Eric 11th 1:26:50 1st Men 20-29 Acoba, Chris 12th 1:27:22 2nd Men 40-49 Goodale, Kawika 13th 1:28:24 1st Men 50-59 MacCready, Marshall 14th 1:28:30 3rd Men 30-39 Lett, Gordon 15th 1:29:20 3rd Men 40-49 Fujita, Chris 16th 1:29:40 4th Men 30-39 Baird, Mark/Perry, Tom 17th 1:29:50 3rd Men OC-2 Amo, Jacques 18th 1:31:01 5th Men 30-39 Struxness, Erin 19th 1:32:35 1st Women Open Goodno, Margie 20th 1:33:03 2nd Women Open Bartlett, Mary 21st 1:34:37 3rd Women Open Acoba, Fran 22nd 1:42:11 1st Women 40-49 Deblin, Sara 23rd 1:42:21 1st Women 30-39
Short Course - Port Allen to Aston Waimea Plantation Cottages (approx. 8 miles)
Name Overall Time Division Jones, Don 1st 1:15:00 1st Men Open Ishiki, Mark 2nd 1:15:46 2nd Men Open Baker, Steve 3rd 1:16:49 3rd Men Open Hudson, Devon 4th 1:16:52 1st Men 30-39 Pettigrew, Richard 5th 1:17:32 1st Men 50-59 Chow, Arthur 6th 1:18:46 2nd Men 50-59 Celestino, Marshall 7th 1:20:00 3rd Men 50-59 Simpson, Earl 8th 1:20:29 4th Men 50-59 Scott, Basil 9th 1:20:56 1st Men 40-49 Ward, Joe 10th 1:22:22 5th Men 50-59 Spanski, David 11th 1:22:42 2nd Men 40-49 Reich, Andy 12th 1:22:50 6th Men 50-59 Bartlett, Tom 13th 1:23:09 7th Men 50-59 Kekuawela, Herbert & Kahala * 14th 1:24:05 OC-2 Mixed * Anderson, Laura 15th 1:24:15 1st Women Open Otsuji, Katy 16th 1:24:50 2nd Women Open Stuart, Kimberlee 17th 1:25:00 3rd Women Open Evslin, Bill 18th 1:27:09 8th Men 50-59 Chow, Arthur Jr. 19th 1:27:45 2nd Men 30-39 Millington, Pete 20th 1:27:49 9th Men 50-59 Cohen, Mike 21st 1:28:20 1st Men 60+ Horwood, Midge 22nd 1:30:49 1st Women 40-49 Curammeng, Joe 23rd 1:31:26 3rd Men 40-49 Lake, Laola 24th 1:31:51 1st Women 50-59 Chow, Joy 25th 1:32:25 2nd Women 50-59 Wolford, Ray 26th 1:32:30 10th Men 50-59 Graf, Nancy 27th 1:34:00 3rd Women 50-59 Scott, Sue 28th 1:34:41 4th Women 50-59 Stokes, Doneen 29th 1:37:55 2nd Women 40-49 Miller, Peter 30th 1:38:34 2nd Men 60+ Faye, Alan 31st 1:39:16 3rd Men 60+ Pixler, Mary 32nd 1:40:36 5th Women 50-59 Wolff, Janette/Woltman, Joanne 33rd 1:40:40 OC-2 Women Kanealii, Julie 34th 1:47:40 3rd Women 40-49
Posted by keizo on Tue, 02/10/2004 - 4:45am
What is meant by (quote) 'State (World) Champion in this story above? As far as I know, there is no official 'World Champion'. There are several major races held throughout the Pacific, e.g. Hamilton Is. Cup, Super Aito (most gruelling), in Tahiti, the World Sprints, and various 'other' national competitions of a very high level. As I see it, if you can win or at least place in the top three of, say, the World Sprints, Super Aito, Molokai Channel - then you could lay claim to the title 'World Champion'. To me, Louis Laughlin is a world champ - although he is not much of a sprinter - he is a six or seven time Super Aito Champion, which is easily the toughest OC1/V1 competition there is, and it is rudderless!
I guess it is a bit like the 'World Baseball champs' with you guys, eh?!
Kia kaha.
#1 Tue, 02/10/2004 - 8:32am
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Hey Kia kaha,
I think Kimberlee was generally referring to the Hawaii State championship and by 'world?' (I would take the question mark as meaning it's not definitive) I think she meant the Molokai to Oahu solo race, which is often referred to the as the world championship of open ocean racing.
What do you mean by "I guess it is a bit like the 'World Baseball champs' with you guys, eh?!" I was a bit confused by this. I am by all means trying to be a world resource for outrigger canoe paddling and I try to follow everything I am able to find and promote it via this site. For some reason or another have not been able to find much information on the Super Aito, or many of the other races that go on in Tahiti. Maybe it's because I don't speak french, or maybe there simply isn't that online presence that we have around Hawaii and elsewhere. If you can help me get more material from those races please do; I would be more than happy to post it on this site. My email is at the top of the page. If you would like to continue with this discussion, I might suggest posting a new topic in the forums as this will get pushed off the end of the homepage after a week or so.
Aloha,
Keizo Gates
http://www.ocpaddler.com
#2 Tue, 02/10/2004 - 9:52am
Hi Keizo,
Who refers to the Molokai Solo Channel Race as the world championship of open ocean racing?
The analogy I made with reference to the World Baseball series was just a gentle ribbing about the fact that there is really only one country in the 'World Baseball Series' - the US. It was just the 'Americentric' viewpoint of what defines a world championship that I was poking a little fun at.
I did not mean any offense, I was only pointing out that there are other comopetitions in the Pacific which may rate as highly as those in Hawaii, although some are under slightly different rules.
You are right of course that there is very little information on the internet regarding some of the other competitions, particularly in Tahiti - I guess they have yet to catch up with the rest of the world in terms of an internet presence.
I have found some information realting to some races in Tahiti on the internet which I can forward to you, and national competitions in NZ and Australia are easily found at www.wakaama.co.nz, and aocra.com.au respectively.
Anyway, can I take this opportunity to congratulate you on a very good website, and keep up the great work.
Kia Kaha
#3 Tue, 02/10/2004 - 12:37pm
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I can't say I can find that in writing, but I am sure that the Moloka'i solo is considered my many to be the world championship even though it is certainly an unofficial one at that. In regatta paddling for high school and other seasons we always used to compare our local results to a nationwide scale to make us sound better. :) Kind of the same idea as what you say about baseball. Regardless, I wouldn't consider paddling an American sport like baseball so I see no real relation to the whole 'Americentric' viewpoint idea, I think it's more about where you are, and what you know. No offense taken for poking fun though, I think anyone who saw the SuperBowl knows there is a certain amount of poking thats deserved. All in good fun. I totally agree the races around the pacific may rate as high or sometimes higher than those in Hawaii and I don't think Kimberlee was implying otherwise in her article.
I am aware of those two websites, both which I try to follow and have linked to in the past. I had something from the AOCRA nationals a while back and I did just notice the NZ sprint nationals, so that will be linked up. Thanks for the kind comments on the site and mahalos for visiting.
Keizo Gates
#4 Tue, 02/10/2004 - 1:20pm
by they way Kia, be sure to register and join in on the discussion forums sometime if you already haven't done so. Alohas, keizo
#5 Tue, 02/10/2004 - 1:23pm
the jersey's given out for the molokai solo say "Molokai World Championship" across the bottom
#6 Wed, 02/11/2004 - 8:57am