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The Chicago Bulls and the Los Angeles Lakers have done it in basketball, and the New York Yankees the same in baseball: three-peat as world champions.
Tomorrow, can the women of Kailua-Kona's Kai Opua Canoe Club do the same in outrigger canoe paddling?
There are expected to be 64 other crews hoping the answer is no at the 24th annual Hawaii Modular Space Na Wahine O Ke Kai, a 41-mile crossing of the Kaiwi Channel that concludes the local paddling season and is considered the wor...
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Kai Opua succeeds in Na Wahine 3-peat
Honolulu Star - Bulletin
; face=+2; [ PADDLING ]face=-2; Three-peat. Trifecta. Back-to-back-to-back champions. Any way you call it, a dynasty was officially born yesterday as the women of Kailua-Kona's Kai Opua Canoe Club made their dream of posting three straight Na Wahine O Ke Kai wins a reality at the race's 24th annual
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Hawaiian tops in state
Honolulu Star - Bulletin
; HILO >> The movie "Blue Crush" hasn't been released yet, but the paddling version took Hilo Bay by storm yesterday. Hawaiian Canoe Club, its colors blue and white, crushed the competition yesterday to win the overall title of the 50th Hawaiian Canoe Racing Association's state regatta. The
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Looking out for No. 1
Honolulu Star - Bulletin
; HILO >> For those who believe in omens, consider the number '50.' Tomorrow is the 50th Hawaii Canoe Racing Association state championship. The club designation for Kai Opua is '50,' and Hawaii is the 50th state. Kai Opua also has the No. 30 on its side -- 30 crews out of a possible 37 -- that
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Maui's Hawaiian goesafter a 4-peat
Honolulu Star - Bulletin
; [ STATE PADDLING CHAMPIONSHIPS ] CINDY ELLEN RUSSELL / Lanikai has only 28 crews entered in tomorrow's state championships, so they need the OHCRA champion senior men and other crews to earn points. By Paul Honda Special to the Star-Bulletin No need to dust off the abacus, paddling fans. When the
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Ayau race turns into no contest
Honolulu Star - Bulletin
; Almost from the start it was a race for second place. That's how well Team New ZealandHawaii was paddling in yesterday's 2nd Steinlager Henry Ayau Men's International Outrigger Canoe Race. Despite flat conditions, the defending champions broke their own course record by more than three minutes,
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