paddlers and spectators alike at Hanakao’o or “Canoe Beach” on Maui Feb. 7.
The 8th Annual High School Athletic Association Canoe Paddling Championships were battled out by dedicated high school athletes at this paddling haven…. More info
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You’re never really alone on Santa Barbara Island. I soon found that out while rounding the southern end of the one-square-mile islet in my kayak. From utter silence to a raucous cacophony of yelps and bellows, my solo journey around the smallest of California’s eight Channel Islands was interrupted by thousands of California sea lions — some just curious, others territorial. … More info
The hill that started it all is in the Arbor Heights neighborhood in West Seattle.
Each day, young twins Lou and Jim Whittaker made their way down that hill between their home and Fauntleroy School, where they went to grade school, or Lincoln Park, where they paddled around Puget Sound in canoes and rafts they cobbled together. Each trip home meant a hike up the hill.
“We were up and down that hill all the time, so maybe that’s where it all began,” Jim Whittaker said. “That’s how we came to be in such good shape.”…Â More info
Months of training have ended for Christchurch schoolgirls Chloe Thompson and Beth Vanderhaven, who will create history in the 2009 Speights Coast to Coast at the weekend.
They are the first schoolgirl team to enter the two-day race and have just enjoyed a two-week respite from their tough training regime.
Their training diary follows: … More info