” May 2011, 2nd annual Pa’a ‘Eono ironman outrigger canoe race, allowing unlimited designs. Two legs, two days in a row… Maui to Moloka’i, and then Moloka’i to O’ahu. This is the winning canoe of both days, Kamanu Composites’ Ka’apahu, designed and built by my son for the race, and crewed by Team Kamanu. ”
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This week, 26-year-old British adventurer Sarah Outen completed the first in a five-stage attempt to row, bike and kayak around the globe.
“My journey is all about human power,†she writes on her website. “It is simple in theory, but in practice it will be monumentally challenging. The distance, the logistics, the unknowns, extreme climates –- it will be huge in all respects. But  … MoreÂ
A crew of four seriously wounded servicemen, including a double amputee, and two able-bodied team members are setting off on a rowing race from La Gomera to Barbados.
In December 2011, the six man crew will cross the Atlantic from the coast of Africa to Barbados, a journey of about 3,000 miles.
Among them will be Corporal Neil Heritage. Neil was a member of the Royal Signals bomb disposal team in Iraq when … More
A woman on a surfboard and two people aboard a kayak were nearly engulfed by a humpback whale that charged out of the water, its mouth agape, just a few feet away. Barb Roettger’s video of the amazing encounter, which occurred near Santa Cruz, Calif., was posted Wednesday. The incident is one of several recent close calls in the area, where a small pod of humpback whales has been surface lunge-feeding on anchovies unusually close to shore  … More