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THE 21st ANNUAL
LANIKAI COLDPACK CLASSIC
Saturday, December 21, 2013
HISTORY: in 1993 when the Lanikai Cold Pack Classic was formed, there were only a handful of OC-1s around, with Kanaka Ikaika Racing Series dominated by Surfskis. Because of this shortage of canoes, the men and women had to race separately. It only allowed OC-1s because we were trying to get everyone (all the ski paddlers) to try OC-1. It was created to signify the start of training for the following year, and used to be held in November. Nobody was allowed to train between the Molokai Hoe and the Cold Pack Classic as it was the first race in the fall, before the Kanaka Ikaika races started in December. It was also a good excuse to have a great party!
Where: Lanikai Beach at Kailoena Dr. and Mokulua Dr. beach access
COURSES: Subject to change with weather
SHORT – Approximately 3.5 miles inside Lanikai reef and the Mokulua Islands.
LONG – Weather pending: From Lanikai Canoe Club paddling site, the course heads towards Waimanalo to Wailea Point, then rounds the Mokulua Islands and Flat Island, then finish back at LCC paddling site (appx. 5.5 miles).
KEIKI –Ages 12 and under. Approx. ¼ mile. Course will be just off the beach. We will recognize age categories depending on participation.
REGISTRATION: Begins at 7:30 a.m. @ Lanikai Canoe Club halau
PARKING: Inside Lanikai Park
START TIMES: 9:30 a.m. - Keiki races
10:30 a.m. – WOMEN’S LONG AND SHORT COURSE
11:30 p.m. – MEN’S LONG AND SHORT COURSE
immediatly following - Lunch & Awards
DIVISIONS: OC-1, OC-2, SUP, Surfski.
Men and Women race separately. Novice, Juniors, age groups (18-29, 30-39, 40-49, 50-59, 60+), Open. (OC-2 divisions - add ages and divide by two for your category). Mixed OC-2 races with the men.
ENTRY FEE: $20 (Keiki free) and a Cold Pack of your favorite beverage for the canoe cooler
Prizes from MAUI JIM, PLANET SUN HAWAII, ISLAND SNOW, SCOTT HAWAII, HINANO TAHITI AND KIALOA
For more info, call 808 524-6677

WaveChaser Winter Series- Race 2- Half Moon Bay

Annual Deception Pass Dash paddling event near Oak Harbor, Washington at Deception Pass State Park for human-powered craft. 6 mile race includes kayaks, canoes, SUP boards, racing shells, etc. This year's event will be held on Saturday, December 7th, 2013. Registration opens 10/22/13 with an early registration discount!

WaveChaser Winter Series Race #1 this Saturday, November 2nd. Kick off the Winter Series while the weather is still good up here in Northern California.

Register at www.paahawaii.com

30km coast race. Point to point from Maketu to Mount Manganui. Race began to honor the memory of James Moore who was taken by the ocean when paddling the same course in 2008 in rough conditions. The race has grown to now be NZs biggest solo ocean race. Usually brings great downwind conditions and lots of sun.
Great race to do if you wanted a nice holiday in NZ.
Race is open to Outrigger canoe, Surfski and sup paddlers. 1man, 2man and relay
Here is the videos from this years race.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kuojzWRTP74

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fys4tAifjio

O Na Moi Ehukai is an annual heihei waa presented by Naepuni Aloha the parent group of Ke Kula o S.M. Kamakau. The event will benefit Ke Kula o Samuel M. Kamakau, a Hawaiian immersion charter school. This year's race, held on Saturday, October 26, 2013, will start and end at Kailua Beach, an approximately 8 mile route. Divisions include OC1, OC2, OC6, Surf Ski, Stand Up, Paddleboard, V-1. $25 Preregistration by Oct 19. Registration forms can be found at the O Na Moi Ehukai website. You may register and pay online or mail in your form and payment. $30 Onsite registration. Onsite registration is 7:30-9:15 at Kailua Beach. Registration includes race entry, a tshirt, and lunch.

Register at www.paahawaii.com

Saturday October 5th
Save Mokauea Island (across from Sand Island Canoe site) hosted by New Hope Canoe Club.
Format: OC-6 Iron, Mix, Men, Women, Koa, and Adaptive (Pure Light) Divisions
Race Course: From Sand Island canoe site out to the second channel into Honolulu Harbor and back (10 miles).
Race Start Time: 9:30am Coaches Meeting: 9:00am
Pre-registration: Friday, Oct. 4, 2013 from 4:30pm - 6:30pm at Sand Island canoe site
Cost: $180 per crew (pre-registration), $210 day of race (Entry includes lunch, entertainment, door prizes, visor, and medals).
HCRA Waiver required for all participants.
Contact: Lee Kalama (808-741-7647) [email protected] /Lisa Onaga (808-780-3741) [email protected]
Learn about the tiny 10-acre triangular island, Mokauea, which lies only ¼ mile offshore in Ke’ehi Lagoon. It is the last fishing village left on Oahu. Ke’ehi was one of the richest fishing grounds in Hawaii and deemed sacred by King Kamehameha III. Cultural and educational programs for our keiki still continue. Let’s help-- SAVE MOKAUEA!!!

As of 2014 the Race Around the Hat will no longer take place in September. The event has grown and generated enough interest that we have decided to move RATH so it is in alignment with the V1 racing calendar used throughout the pacific. The next Race Around the Hat is scheduled for Sunday July 6th, 2014. Traditionally the July 4th weekend is an open weekend on the paddling calendar since the Mcfarlane regatta takes place on July 4th itself. This date avoids conflicts with long distance season and the high school athletic calendar altogether. Additionally this new date will allow us to qualify paddlers to race in the Aito races of Tahiti, generally considered the long distance world championships of V1 paddling. For 2014 the HVA will send a minimum of three paddlers from Hawaii to compete in Te Aito of Tahiti. HVA will sponsor as many paddlers as possible.
EDIT: due to our inability to find sponsorship for everyone's airfare we will not be giving away tickets to Te Aito. BUT, we did get part way to our goal so all the money we've raised thus far will be put into a super fun race, tons of prizes, AND for the first time we will offer cash prizes for the adult categories. Due to Hawai'i state amateur athletic rules we are not allowed to give away money to high schoolers as it could jeopardize your amateur athlete status. That said you'll still get lots of cool stuff if you're under 19 and you can still race for FREE!

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You can check the website on the race details page for all of the race info. Deposit $500 due Sept 1. Balance entry fee $1,000 due by October 10.

Presented by Kailua Canoe Club
Saturday August 24, 2013
Registration from 7 to 8:30 AM
Race starting at 9:00 AM
Register by visiting the website.
Short Course: 9.5 miles
Long Course: 13.5 miles
Awards & entertainment will follow with lunch by Kailua Canoe Club.

Hinano-Kialoa Coastal Relay - Sunday May 04, 2014
Divisions & Crafts
All crafts and divisions as per Kanaka Ikaika standards. Age division is based on the youngest member of team:
• Long Course: OC-1, Surfski, V-1 (2 or 4 person relay division), OC-2, SS-2 (4 or 8 person relay division), OC-6 (12 persons)
• Short Course:OC-1, Surfski, V-1, SUP (open board class), Prone (open board class), OC-2 and SS-2,
OC-6 (12 persons)
• Categories for OC-1, Surfski-1, V-1, SUP and Prone:
o Male: Open (top 3), Junior, 19-39, 40-54, 55-64, 65+)
o Female: Open (top 3), 44 and under, 45 and older
o Mixed: Open
• Categories for OC-6, OC-2 and Surfski-2
o Male, Female and Mixed: No age groups. Open division only
Course
• Long Course: Castle Point, Kailua Bay to Magic Island (course is broken into four legs)
• Short Course: Makapuu to Magic Island (course is broken into two legs)
The legs of the race are as follows:
• Leg 1:
o Male 19-39 and 40-54: The start will be outside the Pinky’s canal for long course. and will go out around Bird Island, to Sandbags in Lanikai via the Mokulua Islands -6 miles.
o All other divisions will go straight through Kailua Bay to transition point at Sandbags in Lanikai.
• Leg 2:
o Male 19-39 and 40-54: From Lanikai, around the Mokulua Islands to Makai Pier (AROUND THE JETTY)- 7 miles
o All other divisions will go straight through Kailua Bay
• Leg 3 (Start of Short Course): Maikai Pier to Hawaii Kai Bath House - 9.5 miles
• Leg 4: From Hawaii Kai Bath House to Magic Island (AROUND BLIKER BUOY)- 11 miles
Cost, Registration and Start time:
• Pre-registration cost per paddler: $40.00 ($360.00 for OC-6 teams) at www.flpregister.com until midnight Thursday May 01, or $36.00 ($324.00 for OC-6) at Foti’s Paddle shop in Kapaa Quarry.
• Late registration per paddler: $50.00 ($396.00 for OC-6)
• 7:00-8:30 a.m. Registration at Pinky’s in Aikahi.
• 9:30 a.m. Long Course start for Male 19-39 and 40 – 54
• 9:00 a.m. Long Course start for all other divisions
• 10:30 a.m. Short Course start
The first 156 paddlers to register get an event T shirt. Lunch and awards will be immediately following at Magic Island. Visit www.kanakaikaika.com.

The Seattle Outrigger Canoe Club invites you to compete in this beautiful, fun and challenging race at Alki Beach, West Seattle on Saturday, August 3, 2013. Once again we’ll paddle a course that runs along Alki Beach, around Alki Point and west to and around Blake Island, returning across Puget Sound and back to Alki Beach.
DaGrind 2013 will include a long course and a short course:
-The Long Course, open to OC6 Women/Mixed/Men’s crews, will be approximately 12 miles long and run from Alki Beach, west to Blake Island, circling the island counter-clockwise, and returning to Alki Beach.
-The Short Course, open to OC6 Novice and Junior crews, and to OC1/OC2/SUP racers, will be approximately 4 miles long and run along Alki Beach, circling buoys at both ends.

Aloha! Come on out to our annual fundraiser party at Gordon Biersch the weekend after states! Saturday August 10th from 6pm - 12:30am! Our party is always a blast with great live music, free food, drink specials and tons of prizes and give-a-ways! We have the whole patio at Gordon Biersch at Aloha Tower reserved for our party!
You must purchase $10 tickets ahead of time. You can purchase at the Waikiki Beach Boy tent at the Hui Wa'a champs on Saturday August 20 at Keehi Lagoon or by calling/texting 808-253-9522.

Come down for an awesome day at the North Shore!
Announcing the 8th Annual Manu Ocean Challenge, put on by Manu O Ke Kai Canoe Club, will be held on Saturday, July 27th (weekend between Oahus and States). OC-1s, OC-2s, Rudderless, Surfskis and SUPs welcome. See the attached flyer for more details.

Competitors are invited to camp and rig at the fairgrounds in Stevenson, just a short walk or paddle from the race site, with everything you may need nearby in terms of restaurants, fuel, groceries, hardware, etc. Camping is included in registration fees, yet further services are available at www.skamania.org to meet your needs.
Please be prepared for changing weather conditions, a damp night and cloudy morning may very well lead to sunny skies with winds to 25 mph and 3 foot swells! Skirts are required on all OC6 canoes and leashes are mandatory on OC1, OC2, SUPs and Surfskis. PNWORCA rules apply. Safety boats will patrol the courses but crews are responsible for themselves – please be efficient at righting your canoes swiftly!
Spectators will be able to view the entire course from the waterfront.
Contact JD for any information you cannot find here. We look forward to another excellent event and we hope to see you soon!
2013 Schedule
Friday, July 19
1:00pm - Downwind “Social Paddle”. Stevenson – Home Valley. Meet at the Fairgrounds to set up a shuttle. Everyone is responsible for shuttling their own canoe, ski or SUP.
5:00-8:00pm - Fairgrounds: Registration for both Saturday and Sunday races.
Saturday, July 20 - OC6 Race
10:00am - Sternwheeler Pier: Mandatory OC6 Steersmen meeting (Men, Women, Mixed.)
11:00am - OC6 Women/Mixed race start, 10 mile course.
OC6 Men will start 1/2 hr. after the final women’s/mixed canoe finishes.
Canoes return to the fairgrounds.
5:00pm
Awards at the fairgrounds picnic shelter.
Sunday, July 21 - OC1, OC2, SUP & Surfski Downwind Race
8:00-9:30am - Race Site: Late Registration for OC1, OC2, SUPs and Surfskis. (PLEASE TRY TO REGISTER FRIDAY)
Rigging at “Bob’s Beach” next to the log cabins.
9:30am - Sternwheeler Pier: Mandatory paddlers meeting.
10:00am - One start – Everyone together. Short upwind to Gold Dust Rock followed by downwinder to Home Valley Park. Course is 6.75 miles. Please setup your shuttle ahead of time. Limited space on a trailer is available for those who can’t find a ride for their canoe, ski or SUP.

May 25, 2014

Olamau race 2016
www.olamaurace.com

May 25, 2014

May 11. 2014

Kanaka Ikaika, Foti Bros., Scott Hawaii and Riviera Paddlesurf, along with Kokua Hawaii Foundation's Plastic Free Hawaii, Ocean Devotion Hawaii, Kailua Sailboards and Kayaks and Pacific Wahine
PRESENTS:
The Kailua Beach Cleanup Race
With a mission to clean up micro plastics on Kailua Beach
Saturday July 06, 2013
Kanaka Ikaika has decided that the Kailua Beach Cleanup race should be a community service event, hence, we have changed the race to be a FREE keiki/Junior race starting at 9:00am followed by a group paddle for adults (no fee) in Kailua Bay lead by Jim Foti. We will have a short and a long kids race (longer than the posted course - weather pending the actual route).
Our mission is to clean Kailua Beaches and particularly bring awareness to the micro-plastic problem. Don’t forget this is a waste free event so bring your cups and/or mugs for coffee, lemonade and water. We will also provide all kid racer participants with a snack pack and medals following the race. We will still have registration for keiki and the beach cleanup (and free coffee) at Kalama Beach. If you already registered, we will refund your money. Sorry for any inconvenience this may have caused but please still come join us for a fun day at the beach!

The race course will be held on the Columbia River in the Gorge and is 10.5 miles long looping around full circle to the start. The water poses different conditions based on direction of course, wind, current, and water level via the Bonneville Dam. Seventy-five percent of the course will be visible from the park bank depending on conditions. From the bank’s edge you can see all the way down the river in both directions as the bank slopes down 20 feet to the shore. This poses great viewing for family and friends who come out for the day. The course will start heading up river for 4 miles then turn counter clockwise around Phoca Rock and head downriver against the wind with the current then turn one last time counter clockwise back upriver to the finish.
Event Schedule
8:00 am – 11:00 – Race Registration
10:00 am - Steers Meeting
Directly following Steers Meeting - Hands on for Group Launch
10:30 - Women's/Mixed OC6 Race Start
Men’s Race Start – 15 minutes after last
1:00 pm - Approximate Start of Men's OC6 Race
2:30 pm - Approximate time for Awards and Raffle
Directions to Rooster Rock State Park
Located 22 miles East of Portland off I-84, Exit 25 off I84
I-5 North or South to 84 East/30 East 22miles to Rooster Rock State Park.
The EXIT 25 will be on your right. It will cross back over 84 into the park.
Take a LEFT after passing through the parking attendant’s booth.
PASSENGER CARS pull into the lot before the Race Registration tent.
TRIALERS PULL THROUGH TO THE PARKING LOT.

The Xcel Challenge is a Relay race in the south ouest of FRANCE (Basque country)
More information and contact on the web site xcelchallenge.fr or you can contact me [email protected]

Sunday, July 28, 2013. 14-16 mile OC-6 iron from Hawaii Kai to Keehi Lagoon. $240/crew includes race fees, prizes, food, beer garden, entertainment at Veteran's Hall after. Staggered starts based on age. First to finish, wins. Google Ka MamalahoeCanoe Club or Keehi Iron Man Challenge

Registration will be up soon. Keep checking mauipaddlinghui.org for more info. This is one of Hawaii's most premier down wind races! Thanks to our big races sponsors, Kai Wa'a and Ozone with Maui Paddling Hui, we are keeping entry fee cost down to $50, why not make this your must do race! If you are going solo, no escort boat is needed. For help with shipping canoes, contact Ricky Balidoy 276-4869

www.paahawaii.com

A 10.5 mile race down the Colorado River starting below Parker Dam and ending off the beach at the Blue Water Resort and Casino in Parker, AZ. Classes for OC-1, OC-2, OC-6, surfski, paddle boards, and SUP. Tons of schwag, awesome racers' raffle, sunny Arizona weather, and the best awards/after race party you've ever been to.

Maui Jim Stagger Start Regatta
NANAKULI BEACH
Saturday April 20, 2013
Divisions: OC-6, OC-3, OC-2, OC-1, Surfski, SUP, Prone paddleboard, V-1
Standard Kanaka Ikaika age group divisions for all small crafts. OC-3 has male and female category only (no age divisions). OC-6: Junior, Open, 40 – 49, 50 – 59, 60+
Course: Nanakuli Beach to Koolina and back (c. 6 miles)
Cost: RACE DAY - $35.00 per head small crafts. $180.00 OC-6 and $96.00 OC-3 or
PRE-REGISTER ONLINE: $30.00 per head small crafts. $150.00 OC-6 and $81.00 OC-3
Register Online at: www.flpregister.com/41
START TIMES:
? 9:30 Prone Paddleboard female
? 9:35 Prone Paddleboard male
? 9:40 SUP female
? 9:45 SUP male
? 9:50 OC-1, V-1 female
? 9:55 OC-1 male, V-1 male, OC-2 female, OC-3 female, Surfski female,
? 10:00 OC-2 male, Surfski male, OC-3 male, OC-6 female
? 10:05 OC-6 mixed
? 10:10 OC-6 male
First OC-6 (or OC-3) AND first small craft (Prone, SUP, OC-1, V-1, OC-2 or Surfski) to the finish line wins Maui Jim Sunglasses!!!
Ono food provided by Leeward Kai Canoe Club and LIVE ENTERTAINMENT by BRADA MEL AND THE STRAIGHT UP BAND immediately following the race at Nanakuli beach. Small kine Bud Light Lime provisions will be present. Free entry with registration for Maui Jim Sunglasses raffle.
www.kanakaikaika.com