Video Kayak – Whale vs. Kayak – whale jumps out of water, and onto near by kayaker! The quality of the video is low, so it looks a little fake, but the sound of the person recording the video makes it real… watch and see for yo…
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KAHULUI – The animated “Kung Fu Panda,” the premiere of a film about a voyage to Lanai by young paddlers and live music by Na Hoku award winner Brother Noland will be offered Saturday night at Maui Community College.
The MauiFEST Hawai’i-MCC Drive-in Movie Theater series also will benefit the focus of the premiere movie, Hawaiian Canoe Club, which will receive a portion of pre-sold tickets.
Six movies will be shown:
* “Kung Fu Panda,” an Academy Award nominee for best animation of the year, features the voices of Jack Black, Jackie Chan and Angelina Jolie. The movie is about Po, a lazy, irreverent slacker panda who is a fan of kung fu. He is chosen to fulfill an ancient prophecy under the leadership of kung fu guru Shifu.
* “Children of the Long Canoes…Â Details
Chris Vecsey did something on July 24 that few fishermen anywhere, let alone off the Alabama coast, will ever achieve.
He hooked, fought, landed and successfully released an estimated 125- to 130-pound tarpon while fishing from a kayak.
“While she’s not quite the biggest tarpon I’ve caught, I’m more proud of this one than any other,” the 25-year-old Foley resident said of his first such catch from his kayak.
Coming off 13 straight days of work, Vecsey eagerly slid his 12½-foot Ocean Kayak Prowler Big Game boat off the beach near Little Lagoon Pass (West Pass) and paddled alone onto the Gulf’s warm waters around 7 a.m. that Friday… Details
A 24 year old woman made history this week, when she arrived in Mauritius to become the first female ever to row across the Indian Ocean solo. Sarah Outen spent over 124 days at sea in her quest to enter the records books, battling high winds, huge waves, and total isolation from any human contact save electronic forms. However, ‘Sarah the Stubborn’ didn’t make this treacherous journey simply for the glory; she did it for far loftier goals. She did it for those, like her late father, for whom just getting through the day can be a constant battle against nature.
Sarah is an Oxford University graduate, and was rowing to raise awareness and money for Arthritis Care, a charity close to her heart. She dedicated her voyage to her father, who had suffered terribly with rheumatoid arthritis before passing away in June 2006. Sarah said …Â Details & Pictures