Na Kama Kai Ocean Clinic for Kids
Na Kama Kai is the brain child of Hawaii waterman Duane DeSoto. Duane is a professional longboarder and also competes in SUP stand up paddle competitions. He is the solo winner for the 2008 Molokai to Oahu race. Duane started Na Kama Kai and you can get more info at www.nakamakai.com. I finally got a chance to attend one of their ocean clinics and my kids had a blast. If you have kids, you should definitely take them to one or more of these, especially since they’re free. The clinics are held once a month and you can see the schedule on their site. Here are some pictures and a video I shot from the clinic we attended.
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Kari, Koko and Buddy
Ryder and Braedon Miguel
Shaping a wooden surf board
Buddy finishing the wood with a sandpaper
Braedon’s turn to do some sanding
Chris and Koko
Tandem SUP lesson
Buddy and Surftech Bark Expedition
Duane DeSoto doing water patrol
Don’t mess with Alayna
Ryder didn’t want to go and is being held by a Na Kama Kai volunteer
She ends up getting Ryder to participate and enjoy himself
Stand up and paddle
Traffic jam
Braedon checking out the conditions
Start with the knee paddle technique
Standing up
Stand up paddle jet skiing
Catching a ride
Learning to paddle a canoe
[..YouTube..] so sweet for the kiddies