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Resetnikov to move to Denver for rehabilitation after spinal cord injury

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MEDIA RELEASE With registration deadlines looming, Kai Opua Canoe Club is preparing to welcome more than 2,500 outrigger canoe paddlers from around the world to Kona. Crews from Australia, Canada, Hong Kong, Japan, New Zealand, Peru, Tahiti, United Kingdom and an estimated 75 crews from the US are headed to Kona to compete at the […]

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MEDIA RELEASE Summer of 1974: President Nixon resigns, Hawaii elects George Ariyoshi as the nation’s first Japanese-American governor, John Lennon reports seeing a UFO in New York City, Eric Clapton’s “I Shot the Sheriff” is the number one hit song and for the first time ever – wahine (women) compete in a long distance outrigger […]

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World’s largest outrigger canoe race takes off in Kailua Bay (Sept. 1-3)

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MEDIA RELEASEW The Kona Kohala Chamber of Commerce presented its prestigious Visitor Industry Marketing Award to the Kai Opua Canoe Club at the Chamber’s Annual Membership Meeting and Luncheon on Friday, June 29. The Kona Kohala Chamber’s Visitor Industry Marketing Award recognized Kai Opua for its commitment to the sport of Hawaiian outrigger canoe racing […]

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Team Kakio held off a late challenge from Team OC United Kingdom to take the title at the Alii Challenge, which wrapped up a long weekend of long distance canoe racing. Complete results from all the divisions may be found at: www.kaiopua.org/publicdocs/2011-queenliliuokalaniResults.pdf or www.jtltiming.com/outrigger.htm

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