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Stand-up paddling in midst of popular boom

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By Dayton Morinaga
Advertiser Staff Writer
A year ago, there were 40 entries in a stand-up paddle surfing contest at Kuhio Beach, and almost all of them were professional surfers or experienced watermen.
At this week’s C4 Waterman/Honolua Surf Stand-Up Paddle Surfing contest at Kuhio Beach, there were more than 80 entries, [...]

Mitchell Claims 7th QuiksilverEdition Molokai Title; Duncan Claims 6th

QUIKSILVEREDITION MOLOKAI TO OAHU PADDLEBOARD RACE
SUP Division Presented by C4 Waterman

32 MILES

SUNDAY, JULY 27, 2008

MITCHELL STORMS TO 7TH MOLOKAI VICTORY
DESOTO WINS GRUELLING C4 WATERMAN STAND-UP RACE
Duncan Clinches 6th Women’s Title; Cote Claims Solo Stockboard
HONOLULU - (July 27, 2008) — Australian paddling sensation Jamie Mitchell, 31 (Queensland), stormed to his seventh consecutive victory in the QuiksilverEdition [...]

Record field Readies for Rough Molokai

QUIKSILVEREDITION MOLOKAI TO OAHU PADDLEBOARD RACE
SUP Division Presented by C4 Waterman

32 MILES

SUNDAY, JULY 27, 2008

RECORD FIELD READIES FOR ROUGH MOLOKAI
HONOLULU - (July 24, 2008) — In its 12th season, a record field of 180 paddlers will have the waters of the Molokai Channel looking more like a highway this Sunday for the 32-mile QuiksilverEdition Molokai [...]

Quiksilver Edition Molokai Challenge

[ July 27, 2008; ]

QUIKSILVEREDITION MOLOKAI TO OAHU PADDLEBOARD RACE

SUP Division Presented by C4 Waterman

From the desk of Jodi Wilmott–

 

THE CHAMPION: Jamie Mitchell
World and US champion paddleboarder from 2002 to present.
Quiksilver Molokai Champion 2002 through 2007.
Big wave rider:
Finalist, 2007 XXL Big-Wave Contest - paddle-in category

Finalist, 2007 XXL Big-Wave Contest - worst wipe-out [...]

AARON NAPOLEON WINS QUIKSILVEREDITION KU IKAIKA CHALLENGE (Surfline.com)

World’s first big-wave stand-up paddle contest goes off at Makaha
February 15, 2008
CONDITIONS: Pleasant, warm Makaha surf; six to 15 foot Hawaiian. Aloha everywhere.

OUTSTANDING PERFORMERS: Aaron Napoleon surfed through five rounds of the contest, charging hard and getting shacked, posting one of the event’s two ten-point rides in the process. “I set it up, pulled in [...]