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One week after the Hilo World Sprints is an opportunity for kane (men) & wahine (women) to come together for a race down the enchanting Na Pali Coast of Kaua'i. Teams consist of 6 kane and 6 wahine taking turns in the canoe, making water changes every 30 minutes.
It's a great fun race, for more info see http://www.napalichallenge.com/

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[Photos] by Marjie Santos

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Race Recap from Colin Bartley

Well the canoes are all gone, we’ve packed up all the gear, washed it down and put it away for another year. What a great weekend. Day 1 Friday was a classic Whitsunday brochure day, blue skys, light winds and flat water for the OC1 races. A few highlights came out of the day the biggest one was in the OC1 500m sprint for Open Men where Grant Shapcott of Ikaika finally broke the oldest standing record in the event set back in 1992 by John Foti of Hawaii. Grant took 3 seconds off the old record setting a new record of 2:09:78.

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The fourth Orofero Challenge, organised by Manu-Ura Club of Toulon was held from 29 to 31 of May. The race is staged in three days on the total distance of 116 km, around the islands located off the Hyeres Peninsula, on the French Riviera. Being previously a single-day 45 km race, from 2002 the race is now a three-days race with respectively 37km, 55km and a final 24km. Starting from Toulon the first leg arrive to Porquerolle Island. The second day, from Porquerolle, the leg is a big loop around Port Cross and Levant Islands and then back to Porquerolle. The third day a quasi-sprint from Porquerolle back to Toulon.

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
KOA KAI PROGRAM STEADY
WAIKIKI BEACH BOYS MAKING A COMEBACK

HONOLULU (June 6, 2004) – Kane’ohe Canoe Club, not content to rest on its laurels from 2003 and out to prove its win last week was no fluke, raced an error free regatta today and scored an impressive 92 points, closing in on the elusive 100 point mark not seen in Hui Wa’a since the early 1990s. Manu O Ke Kai, this week’s host using its home field advantage, also showed its performance from last week was the ‘real deal’ as the club once again finished in second place for large clubs with 55 points, winning both Golden Master Men and Women’s races and all the open men’s races (Freshman, Sophomore, and Senior). Lokahi, still reeling from a shaky start last week, improved its performance to edge closer to Manu O Ke Kai and round out the large club division with 52 points. Race infractions resulting in disqualification once again robbed Lokahi of crucial points.