NEWS & EVENTS DETAIL

• Course / Divisions - 
•         Short Course - 6 Mile Course | Novice, Jr's, 60+, 65+ 70+ (Men / Women / Mix)
•         Long Course - 8 Mile Course | Open, 40+, 50+, Unlimited (Men / Women / Mix)
  
• Date and Time - Saturday, March 15th Race Start: 8:30am / Coaches Meeting: 8:00am
• Fees - $180 per crew
• Payment - Payment can be made the day of via cash or check made payable to Kaioni Canoe Club.
• Online Registration - 
•         To register a crews, please use the RD LD Crew Registration link.
•         All paddlers MUST be validated in the HCRA System or will need to pay an additional day-of registration rate of $35.
•         Crews need NOT belong to the same club to participate in OHCRA preseason races together.
• In-person Registration - Check in w/ TEAM KOKUA for canoe assignments and last minute registration. | Registration opens at 730am.
• Race Flier

GENERAL INFORMATION:

• OHCRA rules will apply. You must be a registered member of HCRA.
• Out of State clubs must provide COI with club name and OHCRA as additional insured (Paddlers names must be listed as club members)
• Crews affiliated with an out-of-state club are subject to approval
• Canoes must have their racing number displayed on the right front of canoe
• Your club is responsible for removing all tires and rubbish from rigging site to avoid a fine

CREW REQUIREMENTS:

• All crews will consist of 6 paddlers of the same gender except for mixed crews which shall have 3 male and 3 female.
• An Open crew (non-age limiting) can include up to 3 Jrs paddlers ages (15-17yo).

Race Background: This race is being held in honor of well-known canoeist Joseph Stew Kalama, coach too many canoe paddlers past and present and founder of Kai Oni Athletic & Canoe Club. In recognition of his lifes dedication to the art of Hawaiian canoe building, designing and paddling, this race will attempt to hopefully acknowledge.

Joseph "Stew" Kalama was born on October 5, 1920, in Honolulu and was raised in Honokua, South Kona by his grandparents. Uncle Stew used to watch his grandfather Joseph Kekuanoni and his uncle Charles Mokuohai work on building canoes. Their canoes were mostly for fishing. He was taught what to look for in a log, and what part of the log to use for the hull. He watched his grandfather and uncle work, never thinking he too would become a canoe builder. After losing the koa canoe "Uwila" in the Molokai channel in 1966, he was inspired to build a koa canoe. He acquired a log and in 1969, finished building the "Kanaiaumoana" built around the dimensions of the Uwila. He is one of the founders of the formally called Hui Waa & Surfing Association and introduced fiberglass canoes into canoe "regatta" racing in 1972 in an effort to accommodate canoe clubs being formed in the association. Uncle Stew is the "piko" of any paddlers, coaches, and canoe clubs which fed off his wealth of knowledge. He won the first Molokai Hoe in 1957. Uncle Stew passed in 1994 of a stroke but will be forever remembered. Mahalo Uncle Stew for being the person you were...