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VOLUME 10 · NUMBER 10

Aloha Makai Ohana,

It is with great pleasure that I say MAHALO to all of you. Whether you live here or come from far away, with the Molokai Hoe, it brings us together as one. We all have our experiences of the Kaiwi, that very first time crossing the Kaiwi, or making record breaking finishes or making memorable treks across this great and vast chan-nel. One thing in we all have in common is, we have “heart” and “passion” for what we do. To win or to finish, the heart and the passion, are similar.We hope you all have a great race and enjoy each and every moment out there.

In creating this magazine, but throughout my lifetime in the water, Iʻve met some the greatest people on the planet that surf or swim or paddle. Prior to creating Makai, they would have been the greatest surfers, or swimmers or pad-dlers on the planet, but they not only surf, or surf and paddle, or fish and dive, or what ever they do in the water, they all have one thing in common, they have great character, they give back, they are kind and they all want to better this place, we call home. They all have “heart”.

Finally, Congratulations Team Bradley Winners of the 2012 Na Wahine O Ke Kai, perhaps one of the most challenging races in modern history!

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t is hard to believe what has happened since my unpretetious meeting with Lono in March 2012. We met in the CVS parking lot across the Kamehmeha Shopping Center so I could help Sherpa some boxes of his Makai magazines back to Kauaʻi. During this transaction our conversation drifted to possible neighbor island paddlers to feature in his upcoming issue. Although I have known Lono casually for a few years this was my first time I recall saying anything deeper than “Hi, how was the run?” or “Hi, you going now?” I recommended featuring Maui Kjeldsen from Kaua’i. The problem

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t is hard to believe what has happened since my unpretetious meeting with Lono in March 2012. We met in the CVS parking lot across the Kamehmeha Shopping Center so I could help Sherpa some boxes of his Makai magazines back to Kauaʻi. During this transaction our conversation drifted to possible neighbor island paddlers to feature in his upcoming issue. Although I have known Lono casually for a few years this was my first time I recall saying anything deeper than “Hi, how was the run?” or “Hi, you going now?” I recommended featuring Maui Kjeldsen from Kaua’i. The problem about Maui is not many people feel comfortable contacting him and Maui, being somewhat a recluse, I assumed didn’t feel comfortable with a stranger knocking on his door for an interview. I offered to do the article and Lono not knowing anything of me except the guy who says, “Hi, how was the run?” or “Hi, you going now?” blindly agreed. A few days after our meeting I began writing this article titling it, “Out of the Ashes.” It was a timely

opportunity to knock on Maui’s door and update the paddling community about his life after the fire that destroyed his canoe and paddle business in 2010. Although he lives about two miles

away and I pass his house almost daily, the knock on his door never happened. In July, Lono contacted me again about the article, but it was never quite ready. It is now September, six months has passed since I wrote my first sentence and to my surprise Lono told me he wanted to feature this article with the Molokaʻi Hoe 60th anniversary. I’m not sure what readers are expecting for such an hon-ored event. If it is twisted Ka Iwi, Pailolo on steroids, or a flat regatta, we all know how important timing is. Here are a few timeless lessons from the life of a warrior who has battled with the best of them and has more than

earned the right to be featured in Makai magazine’s Molokaʻiʻs 60th crossing edition. E aloha kakou.Unless you have been there, it is impossible to know how it

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demeanor, that, although he is really both funny and witty, he is not a kidder. Although Maui was on duty in the Koloa Fire Station, all he really knew was that no one had been hurt. However, the cause of the fire was still unknown. Fire trucks that were leaving the neighbor-hood station and heading towards the shop, which was located ten-miles away, first confirmed the fire. As I drove towards the shop, the morn-ing traffic became unusually slow. Next came the smell of smoke, and then, finally, from a distance I could see the entire block coned off, as well as the flashing police cars, which were remi-niscent of a crime scene. The remnants of the warehouse at the shop’s location looked like a structure following a mili-tary aerial-attack. The only thing that concerned me was whether our shop had been responsible for this disaster. If so, I could be liable. My name was on the lease, and, technically, it was my shop. It was this shop that drew Maui and me together. It began in 2004, when Maui moved from Oʻahu to Kauaʻi. Somehow he found out I had a shop. Only a very small group of people knew about my obscure canoe-repair opera-tion. Everyone in the international pad-dling community knew Maui, so you can imagine my surprise when I got an unex-pected call from him. I knew he wasn’t calling me because he was looking for a training partner or needing a repair done on his canoe. So, why would he call me? He needed space to begin making paddles. So began the pattern of surprise and unexpected phone calls from Maui. When I first met Maui, not only his accent, but other traces of his Aotearoa roots greeted me. Although his father Kris was a lifeguard, paddler and sailor, he chose to raise Maui and his older sister, Kapua, in the rugged bush of Pawarenga, a small community further north of the north island. Here was a “bull”, the “salt of the earth,” a bare-footed Kiwi who looked more suited to carrying a football on the All Blacks National Rugby Team, than a paddle. Fortunately for Maui, through a series of serendipitous life-events, the circle of mauka and makai closed. His mother attended an art school in the south island, where Kris packed his family and temporarily settled. While waiting for his mother to finish class, Kris would take Maui to paddle a kayak. As they say, the rest is history. In this location, Kris’ interest in out-rigger racing was also rekindled. In December, 1985, when the Maori built the voyaging canoe Hawaiʻi Nui, and sailed it from Tahiti to land in Okahu Bay, Auckland, Kris was there. Along with the commemoration of this historic event, outrigger canoes were gifted to the people of Aotearoa. The combina-tion of these events, along with a hand-


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ful of kindred-souls, birthed the renais-sance of the waka ama in Aotearoa. Maui was there at ground zero. Being a “quick study,” Maui soon began competing in the outrigger, and in 1988, he competed in the waka ama world sprints, held at Keʻehi, and again in 1990, in New Zealand. In 1992, he traveled to Sacramento, where he won the junior waka ama world sprints title. Following this victory, Maui’s focus shifted towards the 1996 Olympics and the K1 kayak, thus expanding his pad-dling repertoire to include the K1 and surf ski. In 1993, at eighteen years of age, he steered their New Zealand crew to fifth-place in the Molokai Hoe, the same year Faa’a won, busting the door wide for the Tahitians. That same year,

he came in second in Tahiti’s Heiva. In 1995, he place third in, what is consid-ered by many, to be the worldʻs most prestigious paddling race, Tahiti’s Super Aito. To date, this is the highest that any international paddler has ever finished in the Super Aito. In 1996, Mauiʻs New Zealand K1 Olympic crew missed quali-fying by ten one-thousandths’ of a sec-ond, against the strong European teams. In 2001 and 2003, as a crewmember on Team New Zealand/Hawaiʻi, they won the Molokaʻi Hoe. In the Molokaʻi to Oʻahu Kaʻiwi Channel OC1 solo-race, he placed third. As a seven-time waka ama solo-champion, and a member of New Zealand’s National Kayak team, Maui’s success is both raw and disci-plined. It’s another beautiful evening, even at the Koloa fire station, where we are sitting. I can tell that Maui has been uncomfortable talking about himself,

especially about his past accomplish-ments. The sky is turning “National Geographic red,” and as the sky above us changes color, we change topics.

Maui wants to show me something on his phone. It’s a picture of a canoe. His latest, one that came out of the ashes, crafted in a back yard (an environment that both Maui and I prefer). Like a proud father showing me his newborn, he displays his family on a three-man sailing canoe that he built. It is his first canoe since the fire, and I know it won’t be his last. He shows me another picture, this one of the Mahimahi OC6 that is under a tent in the backyard. It was a hull that he built in 2000, in the style of his father’s craftsmanship, of the racing fleet for the 2006 Waka Ama World Sprints, held in Aotearoa. Although he mentions his father’s passing a year ago in June, Maui


focuses on the hulls that were in Krisʻ possession at the time, but have since been shipped to Kauaʻi, and how he would like to “tweak” them. He also talks about the past hulls that he helped shape while at Outrigger Connection, such as the Sting Ray, the Fuze, the Fusion, and the Makaha 4-Man. He talks about the hulls that he has designed and built here on Kauaʻi, the Hiko and the Wainui, which I helped ship to China, just days before the inferno.He talks about the future, with the hope of a craftsman, not only wanting to design, but build with his own hands, another racing hull, another paddle, another steering blade… Although he is passionate to create with fiberglass, carbon fiber and epoxies, it is clear that his focus is on the next generation, the one he picks up and drops off at school. He is living in the present, and not in his stellar past as a paddler and builder. He has not been in a racing canoe since his father passed away. It is all about his family. When I was small, my kupuna told me that fire is cleansing. We grew up burning rubbish: leaves, household rub-bish, hao bushes. It didn’t matter, as fire does not discriminate. Once, I remember our neighbor’s fire burning for a week, and when it started dying down, he threw in tires and diesel fuel. Although Maui and I returned to the shop to sur-vey the fire’s damage at different times, I’m sure we shared the same amazement of how created-things had vaporized, without a trace. This evening, the fire that forced us into different paths, is never mentioned. Neither of us has found space to create, but there remains a silver lining. We understand ourselves better. We see the good, the bad, the things we want to change, as well as the things that have already changed. We return to what we value: relationships, simplicity, life, love, and all those things that are fireproof.

There is a time for everything under the sun . . . “ . . . A time to weep, and a time to laugh, A time to mourn, and a time to dance, A time to search, and a time to give up as lost, A time to keep, and a time to throw away, A time to tear, and a time to mend . . .”

A time to paddle, and a time to stop paddling. A time to paddle on the left, a time to paddle on the right, a time not to pad-dle, to let the canoe release, and enjoy the glide. May we learn to discern what time it is.To all the warriors crossing the beautiful Ka Iwi channel, Imua

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Aloha and welcome to the 60th Crossing of the Kai'wi Channel! In 1952, the first crossing of the Men's Moloka'I Hoe transpired. There were 3 crews; Waikiki Surf Club, Molokai Canoe club and Hale Canoe club which were comprised of some beach boys and paddlers from various clubs. 9 Men, no canvas, and the rules were

simple, first one to Moana Hotel was the winner.They were only allowed to change once and 3 of the men were required to IRON the race.How things have changed, both good and bad. So many rules, lots of paper work, but our focus is SAFETY first, competition, fairness and above all PONO. Mahalo to all those who have come before us and have allowed us this amazing opportunity. To all the volunteers, coaches, committee members and SPONSORS.This race would not be possible without you. Good luck to all the paddlers...welcome to our brothers who have traveled to get here and to our locals.God speed...a hui hou!

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RACE START: 7:30 am

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RACE FINISH:Approx 12:00

Duke Kahanamoku BeachWaikiki, Oahu

Molokai Hoe Facts:Hale O Lono Harbor, Molokai to Duke Kahanamoku Beach - 40.8 mi

The Kaiwi Channel is 22.5 miles (also known as the Molokaʻi Channel) separates the islands of Oʻahu and Molokaʻi, and is 26 miles wide. Maximum depth is 2300 feet (701 m).

There are annual paddleboarding and outrigger canoe paddling contests which traverse this channel.

FIRST CROSSING: 1952

Consecutive Wins: Shell Va‘a 6 2006-2011 Waikiki Surf Club 6 1968-1963 Outrigger Canoe Club 3 1986-1988Most Wins by One club: Outrigger Canoe Club 16 1956,65,67,68,75,77,79,80, 83,84,86,87,88,90,98,99 Waikiki Surf Club 12 1953,55,58,59,60,61,62,63, 66,69,72,73 Lanikai Canoe Club 6 1974, 95, 96, 2000, 04, 05 Youngest Paddler Robert Kaopuiki age 11 Windward Kai 1973Oldest Paddler Bill Monahan age 75 Lanikai 2005

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Race 1: 15 & Under and Adaptive Div Pl.1 0:17:56 David Kaleleiki Male 15 & Under 12 0:20:18 Vincenzo Bizik Male 15 & Under 23 0:21:05 Karl Kahui Male Adaptive 14 0:21:09 Vic Allen Male Adaptive 25 0:22:42 Preston Kaluhiwa Male 15 & Under 36 0:26:31 Mike Nishimoto Male Adaptive 37 0:30:09 Diane Whitcomb Female Adaptive 4

Race 2: Men’s Open Heat 11 0:17:32 Makana Denton Male Open2 0:18:28 Bill Oliver Male Open3 0:18:41 Kekoa Kau Male Open4 0:18:48 Sean Kaawa Male Open5 0:18:58 Ron Cotteen Male Open6 0:19:06 Dayne Van Gieson Male Open7 0:19:06 Vance Hashimoto Male Open8 0:19:06 Lara Timothy Male Open9 0:19:18 Jasen Kaya Male Open10 0:20:18 Anthony Ortiz Male Open11 0:20:42 Cole Jeremy Male Open12 0:21:01 Kulani Ryan Male Open13 0:21:33 Kendal Tanigawa Male Open14 0:21:59 Anthony Laglia Male Open15 0:22:24 James Hanley Male Open16 0:22:53 John Kekauoha Male Open

Race 3: Men’s Open Heat 21 0:17:37 Kalei Kahookele Male Open2 0:17:38 Will Reichenstein Male Open3 0:17:41 Luke Evslin Male Open4 0:18:38 Heinere Itchner Male Open5 0:18:40 Mario Mausio Male Open6 0:18:52 Jason Ignacio Male Open7 0:19:02 Kamu Lau Male Open8 0:19:39 Alan Goto Male Open9 0:20:19 jeff metzger Male Open10 0:20:41 Tom Aukai Male Open11 0:22:55 Troy Palencia Male Open12 0:23:15 Ernie Wong Male Open13 0:29:03 Ian Baker Male Open

Race 4: 18 & Under and Women’s Open Div Pl.1 0:19:05 Nick Herrera Male 18 & Under 12 0:19:27 Maleko Lorenzo Male 18 & Under 23 0:20:30 kalani kaaa Male 18 & Under 34 0:21:36 Roydon Yim Male 18 & Under 45 0:21:38 Chelsea Bizik Female Open 16 0:22:24 Coburn Hopkins Male 18 & Under 57 0:23:16 Seth Holck Male 18 & Under 68 0:24:16 Nana Kairua Female Open 29 0:25:30 Minnie Fontenelle Female Open 310 0:26:24 JonathanYoshikawaMale 18 & Under 711 0:26:32 Leanne Jayce Female Open 412 0:28:11 Annie Lovell Female Open 513 0:44:02 Cheryl Zurbano Female Open 6

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Kona, Hawaii–The world’s largest outrigger canoe race, hosted by Kai ‘Opua Canoe Club, welcomed more than 2,500 paddlers to this year’s Queen Lili‘uokalani Long Distance Outrigger Canoe Races held over Labor Day holi-day weekend in Historic Kailua Village. Oahu’s Hui Nalu Canoe Club #142 captured the win in the overall women’s race. Only about four minutes ahead of second place, Hui Nalu finished the 2012 Queen Lili‘uokalani Long Distance Outrigger Canoe Race from Kailua to Honaunau in 2:20:55. Kai ‘Opua Canoe Club 1 finished a strong second with a time of 2:24:25. Kai ‘Opua’s crew included Melanie Kelekolio, Tia Ulufaleilupe, Cheryl Villegas, Grace Emanuel, Maile Leslie and Nicki Lacey-Enos. Kawaihae Canoe Club finished third with a time of 2:25:11. All three women’s winning crews paddled as Iron crews, going the entire 18-mile course without making any crew changes. It was Team Livestrong #1 who crossed the finish line first and captured the win in the overall men’s division. This powerhouse of paddlers stroked from Honaunau to Kailua with a finish time of 1:37:08. Crew members includ-ed Jeff Silva, Daniel Chun, Earl Cox, Kua Nolan, Ikaika Hauanio and Mesepa Tanaoai. In this highly competitive Iron Division, the crews of 6 paddle the entire 18-mile course without making any crew changes. Second place went to Kai ‘Opua Canoe Club’s own Puni #217 team finishing with an impressive time of 1:42:29. Paddlers in the Puni crew included Ina Ynigues, Keola Dudiot, Theron Ogata, Nate Grocholski, Kawiki Leicher and Eddie Hayward. Wa‘a Kapaemua Canoe Club team #1 fin-ished third just behind Puni #217 with a time of 1:42:54. Perhaps the star of Saturday’s canoe race start was the Hawaiian monk seal that made its appearance at Kamakahonu Bay. The seal seemed to be very interested in the women as they launched their canoes and headed to the starting line. The weekend races continued on Sunday with Wa‘a Kaulua (races for double hull canoes) OC1 (one person) & OC2 Races (two person) Stand-up Paddleboard races and Teen (single hull canoes) races. The exciting Ali‘i Challenge which is a blend of Survivor and Amazing Race with single hull canoes - 12 person crew started their race from Kailua Bay on Monday.

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The First Annual Mokoli’i Paddle Classic kicked off without a hitch on Saturday, Sept. 15, at Kualoa Regional Park. While heavy clouds loomed ominously along the Koolau mountains, sunny skies prevailed over the first ever “Paddling for Possibilities” event presented by Assistive Technology Resources of Hawaii (ATRC Hawaii) and co-sponsored by the University of Hawai’i Center on Disability Studies. Well over 200 people were in attendance and 76 participants competed in three separate races to raise funds for assistive technology equipment like software and peripherals. ATRC Hawaii assists persons with limited mobility, hearing or sight challenges to access computers and other information technologies, and all the money stays in Hawai’i. The competition included a Novice Division, where participants paddled once-around Mokoli’i Island; an Expert Division, where paddlers went around the island twice and an OC canoe relay that consisted of teams of 4, each going around the island once on a single-person canoe. Kim Celebre placed first in the Overall Female SUP, Expert Division with a time of 34:46, paddling twice around Mokoli’i island. She moved here in 2003 and paddled canoe for Kalihi Kai for a year and now paddles for Manu O Ke Kai for the past six years. “I got into standup maybe six years ago and have done races every summer,

especially around the North Shore, but never on this side,” she said. “There was a challenging upwind section on the backside of the island, but it was fun hugging the coastline and there were some swells. The second time it seemed like the wind might have picked up a little but by then your body is warmed up and comfortable. I had a good time.” “Overall it was a really beautiful day. It was nice to paddle around such a monumental spot and paddle for a cause. It was cool that they had a novice and an expert division. It was a well-run event, especially for it’s first year.” When asked if she plans to participate again next year she said, “Absolutely! It was a lot of fun, great prizes, food vendors. It was a great day for my family to have a lot fun and make a day of it.” Jordan Gomes, is a newbie. At 23, he never competed in the water before. This was his first race yet he managed to complete one lap around Mokoli’i with a time of 16:58, placing him first in the men’s (20-49) Novice Division. “I didn’t even have my own board, I had to borrow a friend’s Star Board for the race, he said. “Going out was all right but going around the island was tricky. I fell off a couple times. You get more swell out there and it puts the ocean into it.” As for how he felt after completing the race he said, “It kinda got me hooked. I was really there for the experience, it was real fun.” “The race was easy, everything went smoothly, it was well organized and everyone was really nice.” He said he’ll definitely compete again next year. Trish Bratton, 28, has lived in Hawaii

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Oahu, September 19, 2012 - On Septem-ber 15th, artist Hilton Alves completedtwo murals during U.S. Vets Pai’olu Kai-aulu Homeless Shelter Awareness Daycelebrations in Waianae. As part of Bra-zilian Day celebrations in the UniteStates, this mural project featured special guest tattoo and graffiti artist from SãoPaulo, Markone. Two murals were com-pleted in less than 8 hours beautifyingtwo structures at the shelter which houses families and individuals experi-encing financial difficulties on the Lee-ward coast. Speaking about the project artist Hilton Alves said, “The goal was to introduce community art in the life of these children and encourage them to use art as a source of inspiration for life.” U.S. Vets Pai’olu Kaiaulu staff and Surf Art Kids volunteers involved over 200 children and community mem-bers in the mural process. Inspired by Hilton’s live art exhibition, children par-ticipated in drawing activities and were asked to record why they love art. The children also volunteered to help the art-ist in the mural process and painted their own sea life on the second community mural. These murals were the 12th and 13th Surf Art Kids murals on the island. The first mural featured a perfect wave 9 x 30 feet in size and was complet-ed in less than three hours. The second mural featured an under water theme and included the work of Markone and the children artists. Marcelo Caverna, Operations Manager of the Brazilian Chamber of Commerce of Hawaii and Susie Turner, of Aloha Private Tours, were special volunteers also assisting in the mural process. Hilton Alves created surf Art Kids in 2003, in Sao Paulo, where the artist gavepainting lessons as a volunteer in a com-munity center in the city. In 2007, Surf Art Kids completed it’s its first Hawaii mural in Waialua on Oahu. Since then, over 4,000 children have been reached through the project. To learn more about the Surf Art Kids Project, visit: http://surfartkids.org/

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