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By Jane Bockus | Special to Hawaii 24/7 Overall results of Saturday (April 6) 2019 HIPA (Hawaii Island Paddlesports Association) Championships – the Yamagata Challenge. Starting and finishing at Honokohau Harbor, and held in West Hawaii waters, the short course was 10 miles and long course 14 miles. The Yamagata Ohana provided a challenging race […]

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Results of the HIPA Keoua Canoe Race held in Honaunau, Kona on Saturday, March 2, 2019.

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Results of the 2018 HIPA Long Course Championships race held Saturday (April 7) from Keokea Park to Kapaa Park, in North Kohala. Conditions presented a following sea for most of the 14 miles, which made for some good finish times. After all, canoes had come ashore at Kapaa, lunch was served (catered by Big Island […]

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Due to the high wind and waves, the course was changed to a down winder from Keauhou Bay to the Kona Pier for the first leg and from the Kona Pier to Honokohau Harbor for the second leg. The course was approximately 11 miles total.

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Both courses started at Richardson’s Park in Keaukaha with the 6 mile short course racers paddling straight to Hilo Bayfront with a turn under the Wailuku River Bridge. The competitors on the 10 mile long course headed southeast 1.5 miles to the “Big Rock” then turned to follow the same route to the finish line […]

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Results of the 16th Annual Abbott Galaher SeaMan Race, sponsored by Keauhou Canoe Club, which took place on Saturday, December 13, 2014. This pre-season HIPA (Hawaii Island Paddlesports Association) event is held as an annual fund raiser and food raiser for the Hawaii Island Food Basket and offers courses that serve as an introduction to […]

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The 12 mile long course started at Keokea Park in North Kohala and finished at Kapaa Beach Park, 3.5 miles south of Upolu Point. The 7 mile short course started at Kapaa Beach Park, ran north to Upolu Point and turned to finish back at Kapaa. Challenging conditions brought many off-island paddlers to North Kohala […]

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Tiger’s Big Island Challenge HIPA race for OC-1, OC-2, V-1 Rudderless canoes and added on the short course, Standup Paddleboards. Held in North Kohala, the 12 mile long course started at Keokea Beach Park and finished at Kapaa Beach Park. The 7 mile short course participants launched at Kapaa, paddled north to Upolu Point, and […]

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MEDIA RELEASE The final race of the HIPA (Hawaii Island Paddlesports Association) season, Tiger’s Big Island Challenge, a race for OC-1, OC-2 and Surfskis will take place Saturday, April 20 at Kapaa Beach Park in North Kohala. All registration will take place at Kapaa Beach Park off Akoni Pule Highway, just north of Mahukona. Registration […]

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High surf and gusty winds made for a thrilling race for the 77 paddlers who braved the conditions to take part in today’s inaugural event. The first paddlers (or team of 2 paddlers on two-man canoes) started outside Keauhou Bay at 9 a.m. and raced 6 miles to the transition area on Kamakahonu Beach at […]

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The 2009 Hawaii Island championship race was held at Pohoiki in Lower Puna Saturday, March 28. The course race ran from the recently expanded Isaac Hale Beach park to Kehena Beach. With fresh trade winds and favorable currents, conditions were described as “epic” and the best ever at for a race a this venue. Times […]

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OC-1 paddler Sheila Cadaoas powers through the surf at Keokea Bay, where several canoes were damaged and paddlers were forced to drop out. Cadaoas finished with a time of 1:32:41.5.

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Results of the Keauhou Kuuipo Race, held on the traditional Kauikeaouli Kamehameha III, birthday weekend, in memory of the late Eda Hinchcliff, a longtime Keauhou and HIPA paddler. Held at Keauhou Bay today in cool, cloudy and very windy conditions, the paddlers were faced with challenging conditions, not typical for West Hawaii. All courses started […]

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— Find out more: Hawaii Island Paddlesports Association: www.kaikahoe.org

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