[Medal Counts & Results] at worldsprints.wakaama.co.nz
[Searchable results]
[Photos] at Picture NZ

[Official Results (pdf file)] at http://worldsprints.wakaama.co.nz

‘Read more’ for text results if you don’t like pdf.

[Official Results (pdf file)] at http://worldsprints.wakaama.co.nz

Text results below if you don’t like pdf, but you don’t get the pretty layout.

These are some words from Danny Ching, via Josh Crayton. Danny is traveling with an emerging paddler named Tyson Poppler (Dana Outrigger). Got stories to add? feel free to email me (keizo@ocpaddler.com) for posting.

Brief updates of day 1 from Danny Ching

Had the 1st day of racing. Today started out foggy, then got sunny and hot, then windy, then thunder stormed. Luckily Tyson and I got to race in the windy conditions right as a thunder storm passed over and dumped on us.

[Hawaii] Girls4Sport Sponsors Record-Holding Women’s Team
[Honolulu Advertiser] Hawaii’s best at World Sprints
[Fiji] Paddlers tackle the world
[Aotearoa] WAKA AMA: Lippy teen makes her parents proud

Got more stories? Please add in the comments or let me know: keizo@ocpaddler.com

[Pacific Expeditions - The Hawaii Show] at OutdoorAction.com
Keep in mind this show was aimed at mainland viewers, but it’s still a good watch and it’s nice to see the sport get some exposure. (you will need Windows Media Player and high speed internet)

“Pacific Expeditions - The HAWAII Show” airing on the Outdoor Life Network (OLN) this week.

The show will air on the following dates and times:

With Hilo 2004 over, preparation is underway for the 2006 World Sprints at Lake Karapiro, New Zealand.

A website has been set up and more information will be added to the website as it becomes available.

Be the first to know what is happening, join the 2006 sprints mailing list.

Website: http://www.wakaama.co.nz/2006

[Sunday’s Photos] (partially labeled)
[Honolulu Advertiser Article]

[Sunday, Aug 15th]
[Saturday, Aug 14th]
[Friday, Aug 13th]
[Wednesday & Thursday, Aug 11-12]

A bit more excitement and cheers in the Hilo World Sprints for the V12 Final races today.

[Saturday’s Photos] (partially labeled, more later)

V12 Results nicely Summarized from Randy Botti:

[New York Times “No Rings, No Torch at These Anti-Olympics”]

More racing today under the overcast Hilo Bay. Paddlers battled to make it to finals in many of today’s repechage races. Finals for the double hull begin tomorrow with most other finals on Sunday. See today’s photos.
[Friday’s Photos]

Day two of racing finished up with 19 races pushed to the following day.
At 7pm, the cultural exchange was held with many impressive performances from all over Polynesia and the world. Be sure to check out the photos.

[Thursday, Photos]

Eighty-five of the 95 scheduled events were held today. Events included all divisions for V12 and V1, with Open Women and Men racing the 1500m V6 at the end of the day. OCPaddler will publish results as soon as available.

[Wednesday Photos]