Punana Leo o Kawaiaha'o Heihei Wa'a Fundraiser
Sat. May 14th- Come out and Support our Hawaiian Language Preschool
"E Malama I Ke Kai" Ocean Awareness Festival at Kapi'olani Park Bandstand

Another awesome close finish.

Someone left a nice one man ama bag, purplish/blueish (kala mai, I kala blind) left on the lawn at Kalua Koi. It was left here during the one man relay race. I have it here on Molokai. PM me if it is yours. It is a very nice, quilted, padded bag. Let me know.

JawsOut.

Found 4 man outrigger canoe. Brown with yellow trim. Floating off Kauai headed towards Niihau. No damage. If yours please call Bryan Miayke 808-651 3713.

So I just completed a tour of the Uffizi Gallery in Florence Italy. I looked down on the river below and saw a six man outrigger canoe. As charlie sheen says "kind of amazing"

Picture to follow...

Sorry, I don't want to take away or interfere with mother's day at all.. but I do want to recognize the awesome work of all the race directors out there. This year I gained some perspective by being more of a spectator than a participant. And it's pretty unreal what awesome races we have nowadays and what equally awesome people we have working behind the scenes. Unfortunately, I know that I've definitely taken it for granted in the past.

Sorry it's late gang....hope you enjoyed the day though!!

Starting this in anticipation of someone who takes pitty on those of us who have to work or otherwise can't make it to Kauai. Updates Please. Mahalo

Hi guys
I've been asked to join my outrigger activities to a multi-sports week-end for the disabled.
Although I'm looking forward to the event,I'm a bit nervous and was wondering if some of you could give me their insights ?

What are the limitations, and how to handle them ?
Is there a kind of disability radically unmanageable in an outrigger ?
I clearly see how a paraplegic would paddle, maybe harder than I do actually ! easy cake.
I assume blind people would follow the "hut" sign easily.
What about deaf people ? How can I help them keep in rythm ?

We're shipping a trailer to the 'Olukai Ho'olaule'a for next weekend. We'll be loading at Kamanu Composites on Wednesday afternoon to make the Thursday barge. 'Olukai is covering half of the shipping, so it will only cost $50 roundtrip. Please contact me at luke@kamanucomposites.com if you're interested in getting your canoe on the trailer.