[Short Course Photos] by Marjie Santos
HIPA's second event of the 2006 season, the 20th running of Keoua Canoe Club's race, dedicated to the memory of Uncle Louie Kumukahi Kelekolio, took place today at Honaunau. The day started with a special 2 mile kids' event, won by the two man team of Chase Von Nordheim and Sayer Palakilo.

[Photos] by Keizo
Results of the first HIPA race of the 2006 season, the 19th running of the Stan Cann Classic. The day began with a Juniors race, followed by the 4 mile short course which ran up the coast from Hilo Bay and returned to Bayfront and Kamehameha Canoe Club's halau.

The Third Annual Tui Tonga Canoe Festival was held today (Saturday, Dec. 10) at Keauhou Bay. This event features some of the world's top Elite paddlers sharing their knowledge and experience with those in attendance, and then joining the race, with some of the elite paddlers pairing up with a junior racer on the ocean. Both races started and finished at Keauhou Bay; the short course was 4 miles, with the long course participants paddling 6 miles.

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Results of JJ's Masters Wa'a Kaukahi Relay race held today. The first leg of the relay was 6 miles, from Keauhou Bay to Kailua Pier (Kamakahonu Beach) and second leg was 5-1/2 miles from Kamakahonu, around the Coast Guard buoy to finish at Honokohau Harbor. Surf (especially at the mouth of the harbor) made for interesting results.

[Photos] by Scott Wilson
Pre-season HIPA "introductory" race which took place at Keauhou Bay.
Begun in 1998 as a pre-season warmup by the late Abbott Galaher, entry fees have always included canned goods for the Hawaii Island Food Bank.

[Photos] by Marjie Santos

[Photos] by Marjie Santos
In the final event of the 2005 HIPA race series, on a hot, calm day, 69 paddlers raced 31 miles from the ramp at Puako to Honokohau Harbor in Kona. No records were set this year as there was no help from either ocean or winds. A number of solo paddlers did several modified courses from Puako to Kaupulehu or Mahaiula, so no times were given for these folks, but three solo paddlers went the entire distance.

[Photos] by Marjie Santos
Mother Nature and her howling winds changed the long course today - instead of a start at Keokea and finish at Mahukona, the canoes put in at Mahukona and finished their 14 miles at Kawaihae. Short course 5-1/2 miles started and finished at Kawaihae. The paddleboards started south of Mahukona and finished their 8 miles at Kawaihae.

[Photos] by Marjie Santos
Results of the 11th Annual Keauhou Canoe Club OC-1/OC-2/Surfski/Paddleboard race, which is now held in the memory of Eda Kuuipo Hinchcliff, a long time Keauhou paddler and coach, who passed away two years ago.

[Photos] by Marjie Santos