For the Sanborn family, canoe paddling is more than just a recreational activity — it’s their next of kin.<\/p>\n
Twenty-five years ago, Randy Sanborn, his wife, Aloha, and their son Moku helped found the Manu O Ke Kai Canoe Club along with charter members Chuck Meade and Donna Machado. The group set up its headquarters by clearing a throng of kiawe trees near the point where the Anahulu Stream meets Waialua Bay, and has kept the organization alive for a quarter century.<\/p>\n
In what are essentially home waters fronting Haleiwa Beach Park, Manu O Ke Kai was victorious in claiming a divisional title at its own Na ‘Ohana O Na Hui Wa’a regatta yesterday. The club captured the AAA Division (25-plus crews entered) with 58 points to finish ahead of Na Keiki O Ka Mo’i (32 points). Manu O Ke Kai racked up four victories and added eight second-place finishes en route to claiming the AAA class for the second consecutive week…\u00c2\u00a0 Details<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" For the Sanborn family, canoe paddling is more than just a recreational activity — it’s their next of kin. Twenty-five years ago, Randy Sanborn, his wife, Aloha, and their son Moku helped found the Manu O Ke Kai Canoe Club along with charter members Chuck Meade and Donna Machado. The group set up its headquarters […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13560","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-boating","category-kayak-canoe-rafting"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.stokednews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13560","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.stokednews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.stokednews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.stokednews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.stokednews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13560"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.stokednews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13560\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13561,"href":"http:\/\/www.stokednews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13560\/revisions\/13561"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.stokednews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13560"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.stokednews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13560"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.stokednews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13560"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}