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Ahonui
USA
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 Posted - 10/08/2010 : 12:27:11 AM
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Definition from wehewehe.org
Hoe: 1. nvt. Paddle, oar; to paddle, row. Fig., to travel, get to work, continue working. Kāna hoe (FS 21), his paddle. Hoe aku i ka wāʻa, paddle ahead the canoe [do your share; continue; keep going]. hoʻo.hoe Caus/sim.; to have a canoe paddled. (PPN fohe)
On October 12, 1952, three Koa outrigger canoes launch through the surf at Kawakiu Bay on Molokai's west side. Powered by six paddlers, each of the canoes was bound for Oahu across 38+ miles of open ocean in the Ka'iwi Channel. Eight hours and 55 minutes later, the Molokai canoe, Kukui O Lanikaula landed on the beach at Waikiki in front of the Moana Hotel. Thus began the world's most prestigious outrigger canoe race, the Molokai Hoe.
The Molokai Hoe has become one of the longest running annual team sporting events in Hawaii, second only to football. The Moloka'i Hoe perpetuates one of Hawaii's and Polynesia's most important and historic cultural traditions, while honoring outrigger canoe paddlers around the world. The Molokai Hoe tests the limits of physical and mental strength and endurance, courage, determination and teamwork, and paddlers must also battle nature's most extreme elements.
Each year over 1000+ paddlers from around the world compete in the Molokai Hoe, the men's world championship in outrigger canoe racing. This year marks the Molokai Hoe's 58th crossing of the treacherous Ka'iwi Channel.
For more information, visit their web site at: http://www.molokaihoe.com/
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Me ke aloha
Malama pono,
Wanda |
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Moloka`i Hoe will be web cast
