Here is a short video that speaks for itself. It advocates only for being conscious with what we do, so that our keki will say our ancestors were wise.

dr.rick

ps Dear Queen please forgive my spelling, never was good at it

A friend of mine owns an airline and has charter flights available for the two Molokai Races. I have flown with them a number of times, and it is a super easy convenient way to go, minimizing security as well as having free parking. The only problem is that the planes are a bit bigger now, so it takes 30 people to fill the flight, which equates to about 3 crews. I am pasting the informaiton he sent to me. If you are interested mention the Molokai event when you call for information:

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http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090906/BR...

Aloha All,
The Big Boy is ON!!! We hope to see alot of men's crews at Kailua Boat Ramp on the 12th. See koakaicanoeclub.com for details. The after party at Kona Brewing in Hawaii Kai is always fun with lots of great food and beer. REMEMBER TO WERE SHIRT AND SHOES TO THE AFTER PARTY....OH, AND BRING AND ID, YOU GOTTA BE 21 to drink beer!

WE NEED 1 more! experienced and trained WOMEN paddler for us to race this weekends Queen Lili'u'okalani race. Contact me asap: pomaikai14@yahoo.com

We need one or two women paddlers to fill in for women who can no longer make it. Please contact me if you are interested. I will need to know asap!
Email me at bbumatay@gmail.com

This year's Hawaii Canoe and Kayak Team (HCKT) team that went to the United States Canoe Kayak Nationals competition was comprised of perhaps the most diverse group of student/athletes that represent the various ILH programs and canoe clubs from around the island.

Has anyone had any run ins with the Kandoo Island operation off Waikiki?

While paddling the triangle course off Waikiki yesterday I encountered the Kandoo Jet Ski platform in the direct line from DH Buoy to Ala Wai Buoy; there were jet ski course marker buoys spreading over a large distance around the “Island” barge. When I entered this area – paddling around would be a 100 yard jog towards the beach – I was immediately “advised” by a Kandoo employee on a jet ski that I was entering the jet ski course and that I might be hit by a jet ski.

In some disbelief that DLNR would allow this operation to have such a large water footprint I stopped at the jet ski platform to ask some questions. My questions were not received well by one of their employees who stated that they had a DLNR permit and that I had better not go grumbling; he followed this up with questions about where I was from and also felt the need to utter a few F…. Y… comments. Yes, he seemed very willing to make this into a physical confrontation.

I don’t have an issue with a new business venture starting up and in fact consider myself very pro-business. However, this operation is apparently going to take up an extremely large footprint in an already crowded water recreation area. We already dodge many obstacles when training off Waikiki. I don’t want another obstacle, especially one this size, taking up even more of our valuable ocean resource.

So back to my original question, anyone else had a run in with these guys?