Pacific Paddler magazine - April 2012 - (Page 3)

Aloha Contents Kanaka ikaika 4 9 14 16 18 19 20 21 olamau - a 3 day race HHsaa Champs a new canoe design maui Canoe & Kayak Club a voyage to promote poi march madness in vancouver stretching is bad for you? april 2012 vol 17.1 What a ride to go on John Foti's boat to take It was wild! I really didn't want photos, but the opportunity to get spectacular images for the magazine overrode my anxiety. The seas looked nasty and without a water housing, I feared I would lose my camera gear to a wave splashing over the boat. It wouldn't take much to wreck my digital camera. I looked at my driver, Kalani Irvine. A paddler for Lanikai he was confident we would make it. So full of anticipation, I Canoe Club, he knew these waters and wouldn't go out unless secured my cameras under towels and waited for the action to Contributors puBlisHer: ropati Hebenstreit writers: Jennifer Kelii, pt , Cheryl skribe, Blair and stacie thorlakson, steve Blyth, anna mathisen pHotos: leathal weapon photography, deb pozsar photography, scott murray, Cory nakamura, Cliff tillotson, richard J Brock, Katie stephens, peter Caldwell, ropati Hebenstreit proofreader: amy Hebenstreit unfold. Right from the start as the paddlers made there way out and over the reef, canoes were flipping and dodging mountains of water. Paddlers were disappearing in the troughs only to pop up on a wave and then disappear again. At Kahekili's Leap, (Mokapu Peninsula) where Ulupa'u crater meets the sea, there of pounding surf. There, backwash mixed with side-wash creare sheer smooth cliffs worn down from the thousands of years ated a zone of froth and heaving ocean. Trying to stay centered and upright, I tried to get some shots off and hoped they'd be in focus. I tried to prepare for where I thought a paddler would aged to keep the boat in harmony with the pitching, rolling, momentarily appear and fire off a round of photos. Kalani manheaving seas, and I came away with some spectacular images, split seconds in time capturing paddlers and the raw beauty of nature. The photo shoot came to an end when we were asked to assist in a rescue. A paddler had been pitched off his canoe and my camera stayed dry. and onto his ama, breaking it and ending his race — he was safe I have spent 16 years covering our Polynesian sport for the magazine. We have seen the evolution of the canoe and paddle morph from wood and fiberglass, to carbon fiber and ultralight hulls and blades. New races have appeared and prize money offered. The sport has expanded outside of the Polynesian tri- ON THE COVER: Paddlers had to go around Mokapu Peninsula during Kanaka Ikaika's race from Kailua to Kualoa Beach Park. Photo by Ropati Hebenstreit angle and introduced far from our shores to countries abroad. I often wonder how I came to this moment in time. It seems like it all happened in the blink of an eye, like the cover photo, an instant in time. I have enjoyed being a witness to the growth of our sport, sharing what I have witnessed and keeping a record the skill, techniques and technology of outrigger paddling has come. To our advertisers, thank you for letting me cover the for future generations who can look back and marvel at how far paCifiC paddler po Box 300345, Ka‘a‘awa, Hi 96730 (808) 351-2398 pacificpaddler.com info@pacificpaddler.com Our cover two years ago was taken at the same place the current cover was shot. sport for all these years. To our subscribers, thank you for your support, and to my family, thanks for helping me through the tough times, life's troughs - the ride has been spectacular and worth the effort. Mahalo, printed at trade puBlisHing Co. Honolulu, Hawaii Why advertise with us? • We get your business out in front of the paddling community. • You get a free ad in our digital magazine, with option for a YouTube or video link. • If I take a nice photo with your logo on it, you'll also see it in the magazine. • You support our mission to spread paddling and our culture to distant shores. A small ad for $250 makes a big difference to our bottom line and insures the paddling community can keep it's own magazine. N mission statement: to bring the excitement of outrigger paddling to a larger audience. we feel that pacific paddler’s hui of supporters, contributors, subscribers and advertisers is helping the sport grow, not only here in Hawaii, but around the world. thanks for your contribution to the sport. 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Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Pacific Paddler magazine - April 2012

Contents April 2012 - 16th Anniversary edition
Kanaka Ikaika - around Mokapu Peninsula
Olamau - a 3 day race
HHSAA Champs - photos by Peter Caldwell
A new canoe design - Steve Blyth
Maui Canoe & Kayak Club
A voyage to promote poi
March Madness in Vancouver
Stretching is bad for you?

Pacific Paddler magazine - April 2012