Feb 8 - Kaua'i Paddle-Off in Windless West-Side Race
by Kimberlee Stuart
Once again David Beck blew away all the competition in the Kaua'i Hoe Wa'a Port Allen to Waimea Plantation Cottages Race this Sunday, February 8th. Despite waveless and windless conditions Beck flew past paddlers at a steady clip, finishing the 11 mile race nearly 5 minutes ahead of second place Hipo Princena .
Although Beck has maintained winner's status by a respectful lead for the men, a relative newcomer, Erin Struxness cleaned up in theWomen's division. "It was a long hot race," quipped Erin, who battled Margie Goodno, finally beating her by less than a minute. Kai Bartlett's Mom, Mary Bartlett placed a close third in the women's long distance, (Kai is in contention for state (world?) champion)... it must run in the blood!
First place Short course was taken by Donny Jones with Mark Ishiki and Steve Baker close behind. Laura Anderson again took first short course for the women, with Katy Otsugi seconds behind her.
Waimea Plantation Cottages hosted a nice finisher's meal and awards with white linen-covered tables under the big tent oceanside. Although the conditions weren't a paddler's dream, participation for Kauai Hoe Wa'a races are at an all-time high with nearly every division showing full representation.
The next Kaua'i OC1 Race will be held on Sunday, February 15th, and run from the Waiohai to Port Allen as competitors begin jostling position for the Kaua'i World Challenge coming up in about 8 weeks. This year's Kauai World Challenge is expecting competitors from as far away as Austrailia and Europe and is being touted as the OC 1 race of the season with the highest purse offered in the sport.
Again, both recreational and competitive paddlers are welcome this Sunday. This includes OC1s, paddleboards, Surfski, and OC2s. Come down and participate or simply spectate, all are invited. For more information call Tom Bartlett at 826-5503
YMCA
Kaua'i Hoe Wa'a
Steinlager Series
Race Results for February 8th, 2004
Sponsored by: Aston Waimea Plantation Cottages
Long Course - Port Allen to buoy to Aston Waimea Plantation Cottages (approx.11miles)
Name Overall Time Division Beck, David 1st 1:16:33 1st Open Men Carter, Brian/Sharpe, Beth 2nd 1:19:40 1st Mixed OC-2 Princena, Hipo 3rd 1:19:50 2nd Men Open Keahiolalo, Butch 4th 1:20:16 3rd Men Open Tenbruggencate, Jan/Yee, Steve 5th 1:20:38 1st Men OC-2 Moomaw, Don/Kegle, Jon 6th 1:20:40 2nd Men OC-2 DaSilva, Wes 7th 1:21:23 SURFSKI Cole, Steve 8th 1:22:46 1st Men 40-49 Deblin, Bret 9th 1:24:00 1st Men 30-39 Jumper, Leroy 10th 1:24:08 2nd Men 30-39 Rafter, Eric 11th 1:26:50 1st Men 20-29 Acoba, Chris 12th 1:27:22 2nd Men 40-49 Goodale, Kawika 13th 1:28:24 1st Men 50-59 MacCready, Marshall 14th 1:28:30 3rd Men 30-39 Lett, Gordon 15th 1:29:20 3rd Men 40-49 Fujita, Chris 16th 1:29:40 4th Men 30-39 Baird, Mark/Perry, Tom 17th 1:29:50 3rd Men OC-2 Amo, Jacques 18th 1:31:01 5th Men 30-39 Struxness, Erin 19th 1:32:35 1st Women Open Goodno, Margie 20th 1:33:03 2nd Women Open Bartlett, Mary 21st 1:34:37 3rd Women Open Acoba, Fran 22nd 1:42:11 1st Women 40-49 Deblin, Sara 23rd 1:42:21 1st Women 30-39
Short Course - Port Allen to Aston Waimea Plantation Cottages (approx. 8 miles)
Name Overall Time Division Jones, Don 1st 1:15:00 1st Men Open Ishiki, Mark 2nd 1:15:46 2nd Men Open Baker, Steve 3rd 1:16:49 3rd Men Open Hudson, Devon 4th 1:16:52 1st Men 30-39 Pettigrew, Richard 5th 1:17:32 1st Men 50-59 Chow, Arthur 6th 1:18:46 2nd Men 50-59 Celestino, Marshall 7th 1:20:00 3rd Men 50-59 Simpson, Earl 8th 1:20:29 4th Men 50-59 Scott, Basil 9th 1:20:56 1st Men 40-49 Ward, Joe 10th 1:22:22 5th Men 50-59 Spanski, David 11th 1:22:42 2nd Men 40-49 Reich, Andy 12th 1:22:50 6th Men 50-59 Bartlett, Tom 13th 1:23:09 7th Men 50-59 Kekuawela, Herbert & Kahala * 14th 1:24:05 OC-2 Mixed * Anderson, Laura 15th 1:24:15 1st Women Open Otsuji, Katy 16th 1:24:50 2nd Women Open Stuart, Kimberlee 17th 1:25:00 3rd Women Open Evslin, Bill 18th 1:27:09 8th Men 50-59 Chow, Arthur Jr. 19th 1:27:45 2nd Men 30-39 Millington, Pete 20th 1:27:49 9th Men 50-59 Cohen, Mike 21st 1:28:20 1st Men 60+ Horwood, Midge 22nd 1:30:49 1st Women 40-49 Curammeng, Joe 23rd 1:31:26 3rd Men 40-49 Lake, Laola 24th 1:31:51 1st Women 50-59 Chow, Joy 25th 1:32:25 2nd Women 50-59 Wolford, Ray 26th 1:32:30 10th Men 50-59 Graf, Nancy 27th 1:34:00 3rd Women 50-59 Scott, Sue 28th 1:34:41 4th Women 50-59 Stokes, Doneen 29th 1:37:55 2nd Women 40-49 Miller, Peter 30th 1:38:34 2nd Men 60+ Faye, Alan 31st 1:39:16 3rd Men 60+ Pixler, Mary 32nd 1:40:36 5th Women 50-59 Wolff, Janette/Woltman, Joanne 33rd 1:40:40 OC-2 Women Kanealii, Julie 34th 1:47:40 3rd Women 40-49