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Kai Opua succeeds in Na Wahine 3-peat
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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 edition.
A 41-mile trek from Molokai to Oahu across the Kaiwi Channel, the event is considered the world championship of long-distance outrigger canoe paddling.
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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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'Flat water queens' ride the waves to O Ke Kai title
Honolulu Star - Bulletin
; Back-to-back champions. Well-rounded champions. Those were the goals that defending titleholder and prerace favorite Kai Opua Canoe Club had entering the 23rd annual Bank of Hawaii Na Wahine O Ke Kai, and those were the goals the Big Island club from Kailua-Kona accomplished yesterday. In winning
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Honolulu Star - Bulletin
; 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
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Kai Opua wins Skippy
Honolulu Star - Bulletin
; If there is anything to be learned from yesterday's Skippy Kamakawiwo'ole paddling race from Maunalua Bay to Ko Olina, it is that you can't give a crew as strong as Kai Opua a head start. Kai Opua took the title by more than two minutes on the overcast day, holding off challenges from New
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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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Big Isle paddlers prevail in channel race
Honolulu Star - Bulletin
; Calm seas and light winds made the Bank of Hawaii Na Wahine O Ke Kai a grueling test of endurance and desire this year.x While the desire to win was evident among all 62 crews, Kona's Kai Opua team showed its strength in flat ocean conditions, winning the 22nd annual crossing from Molokai to Oahu
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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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Australian team cruises to win Na Wahine O Ke Kai
Honolulu Star - Bulletin
; The poet Robert Browning had it right when discussing an adventure. Those embarking on the journey begin empty-handed but are so much richer upon reaching the destination. So it has been for the 25 years of Na Wahine O Ke Kai. The women's Molokai-to-Oahu outrigger canoe race has always been more
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Na Wahine O Ke Kai traverses channel for 25th time tomorrow
Honolulu Star - Bulletin
; Na Wahine O Ke Kai -- a canoe race from Molokai to Oahu -- will celebrate its 25th anniversary tomorrow with a record-breaking 71 crews expected to compete. But race director Hannie Anderson and some other paddlers will not celebrate the memory of the first race as much as a date four years prior,
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Mother, daughter combo thrives on paddling
Honolulu Star - Bulletin
; WHEN over 650 women gather on Molokai to start the 22nd annual Bank of Hawaii Na Wahine O Ke Kai this Sunday, Jessie Eames won't have to worry if her mom will be waiting at the finish line. At some point, 51-year old Patty Eames is likely to join her daughter in the canoe during Kai Opua's bid to
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