WAIKIKI (HawaiiNewsNow) – The Outrigger Duke Kahanamoku Foundation has created the Hawaii Waterman Hall of Fame. Three of the nine members of the inaugural class were on hand for the announcement at the Hilton Hawaiian Village this morning. The Hall of Fame honors Hawaii’s legendary kane and wahine o ke kai.. men and women of the ocean who have helped to establish Hawaii as the center of the watersports world. Seven men and one woman join Duke Kahanamoku on the initial list of honorees.
Surfing legend Fred Hemmings is … Details
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Three guys, a cause, a canoe and a river.
That pretty much sums up the summer for Dave Kolck, Justin Dworak and Matt Bergmann, who have surrendered their personal lives for two months to raise both awareness and funds toward the historic oil spill along the Gulf Coast.
Kolck, 25, a resident of Dubuque, Iowa, is teaming with Bergmann, 26, and Dworak, 24, both of Galena, Ill., in navigating the Mississippi River from its headwaters through Wisconsin, Iowa and Illinois to New Orleans. The three, who stopped in Quincy last week, are working in conjunction with the Louisiana-based, nonprofit Lower Mississippi Riverkeeper organization to draw as much attention as possible to one of the nation’s worst natural disasters  … Details
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Kayaking certainly has its interesting stories, such as in the case of Sam Dawson’s wayward 19′ Fenn Mako XT kayak. While kayaking off the coast of the Cayman Islands, Dawson encountered rough surf and was flipped into the water where he was separated from his vessel. For the next few hours Dawson’s singular focus was on getting back to the shore. Meanwhile, the kayak began a six week, 600 hundred mile journey through the Gulf of Mexico before being discovered by boat captain Michael Brooks in Key Largo, Fl.
What happened next is almost as amazing as the journey itself … Details
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WINCHESTER BAY, Ore. (AP) — ‘‘I’m in the bar,’’ a voice said behind the static of a radio. Another voice replied, ‘‘Did the Coast Guard come to greet you?’’ Â
‘‘They almost ran me over!’’
After a week of bad weather kept her in Newport, Margo Pellegrino finally reached Winchester Bay on Thursday afternoon.
She’s paddling from Seattle to San Diego in a 21-foot outrigger canoe at about 5 mph to raise awareness about ocean problems, but the 43-year-old mother from New Jersey has had some problems of her own … Details
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