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First time poster, long time reader. Here is a scenario I would like to put to the paddling gurus for your comment/input on the matter. A club team made up of highly competitive guys within the group are starting to make inroads into their regional competitive. However, they are faced with the unusual scenario of having to pick the best team to be competitive. This applies in particular to the steerer position, where the team can pick from either someone whom has heaps of experience but is the weakest paddler of the team or someone whom is heavier, not as experienced but is as strong as everyone else in the team. So who would you guys choose and why? Lighter but weaker or stronger but heavier?

This should be a good one speak your mind and dont be scared or biast for your homies . Who would be the # 1 pick of all open men paddlers to build a world champ ? I would make a case for Danny Ching , lets face it California isnt known for spitting out world class paddlers . All the while Danny has these cross over atheletes and not the youngest guys smashing most of the field in some big races . Danny you are my fist pick you are the Kobe of paddling the best all around paddler in the US . Karel and Kai dont want none in a sprint or in the flat and to be honest if he spent as much time in the surf as those two we might be looking at that "elite" group differently . What about Manutea Owens or Luis Laughlin or Kea Pai'aina shall we draft ? Outrigger should be able to pay the most or maybe Tui Tonga could offer a major contract offer LOL !!!

Anybody know some Fabricators in hawaii who make custom truck racks for Toyota tacoma 2005 model??? Dont want like the look of the trac-rac. Having a hard time because of the bed rail system. Any help would be greatly appreciated....

Wouldn't it be cool for an OC6 canoe race from Flemmings Beach on Maui to Kaunakakai? I think there will be a race before the Na Wahine O Ke Kai. It would be the first race of its kind and would be a lot of surfing.I know the some crews would might be afraid of racing outside of there comfort coarses . It is becoming one of the premiere race courses in all of paddling and potentually could become a major pre-curser to the Molokai Hoe .Plus bringing all the boats to Molokai a week before the Wahine race could be the making of an awesome event . What do you guys think ?

CAN ANYONE HELP ME OUT WITH SOME DRILLS? I WANT TO BE ABLE TO HELP COACH MY HIGHSCHOOL PADDLING TEAM. I HAVENT PADDLED IN 2 YEARs NOW CUZ IM STUCK HERE IN IRAQ AND WONT BE COMMING HOME UNTILL OCTOBER. IM 21 YEARS OLD AND MY DREAM WAS ALWAYS TO BE A COACH FOR A PADDLING TEAM.

Im a paddler from California and I was interested in doing the North Sea Outrigger Canoe and Surfski Championships. Is there anyone from over seas that could lend me some input on how to get a boat and where to stay and what not?

Which kinds of the lotion do you use chaps and gallons out there? Well sunscreen? Well after sun? Best lubricant?

Welche Arten der Lotion verwendest du Kerle und Gallonen heraus dort? Gut sunscreen? Gut nach Sonne? Bestes Schmiermittel?

What kinds of lotion do you guys and gals use out there? Best sunscreen? Best after sun? Best lubricant?

My girlfriend recently came into contact with an executive at NBC sports. She was telling him about the Molokai solo and he was interested in learning more about it. Basically, he let her give him a 30 second pitch on why NBC should cover it. What would you say?

It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself in a worthy cause, who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails while daring greatly, SO THAT HIS PLACE SHALL NEVER BE WITH THOSE COLD AND TIMID SOULS WHO KNOW NEITHER VICTORY NOR DEFEAT.

Theodore Roosevelt - 23rd April 1910

On yahoo-outrigger is an interesting discussion about cash prize money, there about the men/women thing. It got me thinking about cash prizes in general.

Hawaiian outrigger paddling is competetive, but mostly about tradition, ohana, luau, all generations on the beach together during regatta days etc..

The winners get a present and the recognition, the traditional T-shirt, the meal is the recognition for all participants.

Cash prizes - yes or no, good or bad, refuse or accept ... ?