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This Sunday’s Molokai-2-Oahu Paddleboard World Championship isn’t all about crossing the finish line; the prestigious 32-mile race across the Ka’iwi Channel is anchored in ‘aloha’ and will be giving back to four local charities on Oahu and Moloka’i through their 32::32 initiative.

The concept of 32::32 is a donation of a dollar a mile, or $32 for 32 miles, and donors who pledge 32::32 will receive a limited edition t-shirt and hat. Donations can be made at the official race website of Molokai2Oahu.com and these are the nominated local community and education beneficiaries:

The Moloka’i Community Service Council – provides grants to projects that the Moloka’i community collectively deems important or necessary, such as anti-drug programs, health services, legal services, economic development and environmental initiatives.

Nā Kama Kai – Hawaiian for “Children of the Sea”, Na Kama Kai encourages youngsters by promoting the ocean lifestyle, as opposed to just surfing lessons. The non-profit organization holds free ocean awareness and safety clinics where children are able to interact with prominent members of the waterman community.

Mālama Maunalua – a community-based group that helps care for the Maunalua region of southeast O’ahu, which includes the finish line of the Molokai-2-Oahu race. Malama Maunalua is dedicated to creating a healthy Maunalua region. They are a collaboration of more than a dozen partners including the Polynesian Voyaging Society, Hui Nalu Canoe Club, Mālama Hawai`i, NOAA, the University of Hawai`i and The Nature Conservancy, working together to create a community-based marine education and resource stewardship program.

The Rell Sunn Education Fund is a public benefit, non-profit organization exclusively for charitable, scientific and educational purposes. Their goals are to educate the public about sportsmanship and environment, combat juvenile delinquency, and provide funding to battle breast cancer.

“We are super excited to be a part of the biggest paddle boarding event in the world,” said Alika Winter, Makai Watch Coordinator for Malama Maunalua. “We are greatful for all of the support and we wish every one of the competitors a fast and safe crossing.”

Gerry Lopez featured in New York times on SUP and M2O

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We have room to transport your board to MOLOKAI.     Reservations need to be made direct with LJ Benson at escortboatshawaii2000@yahoo.com.  Fee is $100 and the boards will be delivered to the Kaluakoi Villas which is the race start.  Transport boats are departing both Friday and Saturday.    Please contact LJ – space is limited and  on a first serve basis.   THANKS!

Famous GPS Will Prove that 32-Mile Channel Isn’t Always 32 Miles Across!

Todd Bradley to Host GPS & Finish Line Clinic, Wednesday July 21

With more Molokai Channel crossings to his name than years on Earth, you could be excused for thinking that Todd Bradley could paddle the Molokai2Oahu paddleboard race blind-folded; 2010 will be his 53rd crossing at 50 years of age. But through all his seafaring, Bradley has learned two things when it comes to the ocean: No two days are the same; and the Molokai Channel isn’t always 32 miles across! The course you take, the swells you ride, and currents you battle can make the journey far longer. He knows, because he has logged more than a decade’s worth of crossings on his Garmin GPS, from a trusty yellow eTrex handheld to the waterproof Forerunner 310XT multisport watch.

The Molokai2Oahu Paddleboard Race is a grueling 32-mile test of endurance that crosses one of the world’s most beautiful yet dangerous bodies of water. Each year more than 200 paddlers take it up the channel challenge riding stand-up (SUP) or traditional paddleboards. This year will be the 14th anniversary of the race.

Bradley figures he has spent more than 260 hours racing from Molokai to Oahu, paddled over 20,000 strokes, and clocked over 1,600 miles on the 32-mile channel as he’s paddled canoes, paddleboards and SUPs. This year he will share his accumulated data with all interested participants in a GPS race clinic:

Molokai2Oahu GPS & Final Stage Race Clinic, hosted by Todd Bradley, C4 Waterman

For those looking to make an educated crossing of the channel & gain local knowledge.

Meet at the Maunalua Bay finish line, Wednesday, July 21, 9:00am to 11:00am.

9am-10am: On-land GPS use clinic, sharing of GPS coordinates & course knowledge.

10am-11am: Short paddle-out to practice tricky final stage from Portlock to Maunalua Bay.

Bring your own GPS and paddling gear. Recommended GPS are Garmin 76CX and the Rhino GPS and Radio.

“As they say, motivation can’t be measured, but the Molokai can,” says Bradley, who is also co-founder of C4 Waterman, official sponsor of the Molokai2Oahu Paddleboard Race.

“Every year I’m asked over and over what line to take across the channel.  Each year I look forward to sharing the data I’ve collected on my Garmin, along with notes I’ve taken throughout the many races and conditions, to help competitors prepare. Personally, that’s what keeps me coming back to the channel year after year. I love to combine all my training, my knowledge of the Kaiwi, and my ultimate strategy on race day so that I can have the ultimate crossing.”

The romance of paddling from one island to another is quickly sidelined when athletes are faced with potential swells of 20 feet and 20 mile per hour trade winds. It is the challenge of “the ultimate crossing” that keeps them coming back; taking the training, nutrition, equipment, experience and navigation to turn in the best performance under the conditions.

Jenny Kalmbach can vouch for that; she will be competing in the solo SUP division of the Molokai2Oahu just weeks after completing a historic 72-mile, 16-hour paddle, during the night, between the islands of Oahu and Kauai. Kalmbach and good friend Morgan Hoestery together made the rare crossing of the Kauai Channel. Both paddled the full distance and both relied heavily on their Garmin devices to get them there.

Kalmbach will be an official ambassador of the Molokai-to-Oahu race and will race for another leg of her seven channel quest between the Hawaiian Islands known as ‘Destination 3 Degrees’.

“We are really excited to have Garmin on board”, said Shannon Delaney of the M2O group.  “It’s a natural fit for an event that relies heavily on race day navigation and GPS use for open water training and safety. The Ka’Iwi channel is infamous for its rough conditions.”

Paddle sport competitors join a long list of athletes – from record-holding distance runners to elite professional cyclists – who maximize their training with products from Garmin’s fast-growing fitness division.

“In defining the category of fitness GPS, Garmin has set high standards for technology in training,” said Stan Brajer, director of Garmin Fitness Sales and Marketing. “Now our top-of-the-line Forerunner 310XT introduces innovative features that are ideal for open water sports, cross-training workouts and endurance competitions.”

Using a built-in high-sensitivity GPS receiver to accurately track a wide range of data, Garmin’s rugged and waterproof Forerunner 310XT is completely submersible, boasts up to 20 hours of battery life on one charge of its rechargeable battery, and features vibration alerts for when you can’t hear any beeps. It’s the only all-in-one watch that can accurately track time, distance, speed/pace, elevation, heart rate and power (for cyclists) – and wirelessly send that data to your computer after the workout. Ideal for a variety of activities, it can calculate the distance and average speed of an open-water swim or SUP paddle, and it goes from wrist to bike in seconds with the optional quick-release wrist and bike mounts. The same bike mounts can be used for paddleboards and canoes.   After the workout or competition, athletes can view and share their data (or explore new areas for other people’s activities) at Garmin Connect where you can store, analyze and overlay data on a variety of maps in a free online community of more than 20 million stored activities.

Molokai2Oahu Paddleboard Race Information:

Race Day: Sunday, July 25

Start: Molokai, 7:30am

Finish: Oahu’s Maunalua Bay, around Noon.

The world’s top paddleboard racers, including defending champions Jamie Mitchell (Australia); Kanesa Duncan (Hawaii), Ekolu Kalama on SUP (Hawaii) and Jenny Kalmback on SUP (Hawaii).

About Garmin International Inc. Garmin International Inc. is a subsidiary of Garmin Ltd. (Nasdaq: GRMN), the global leader in satellite navigation. Since 1989, this group of companies has designed, manufactured, marketed and sold navigation, communication and information devices and applications – most of which are enabled by GPS technology. Garmin’s products serve automotive, mobile, wireless, outdoor recreation, marine, aviation, and OEM applications. Garmin Ltd. is incorporated in the Cayman Islands, and its principal subsidiaries are located in the United States, Taiwan and the United Kingdom. For more information, visit Garmin’s virtual pressroom at www.garmin.com/newsroom or contact the Media Relations department at 913-397-8200. Garmin, Forerunner and eTrex are registered trademarks and Garmin Connect is a trademark of Garmin Ltd. or its subsidiaries.

Scott Gamble is a lot like his cousin. “He was an ocean guy … loved surfing, paddling, fishing. Loved Hawaii.”

But two rare sarcoma cancers, angiosarcoma and rhabdomyosarcoma, cut short the life of Scott’s cousin, Dodge Ackerman. Sarcomas occur in connective tissue, including muscle, bone, fat, nerve, cartilage, and blood vessels. Dodge was only 22 when he passed away from sarcoma.

This year, Gamble signed up with the Ocean of Hope team, which raises money for the Sarcoma Alliance. The national nonprofit group has a blog, discussion board, live chat room and peer-to-peer network. It helps start sarcoma support groups and provides financial assistance to patients seeking a second opinion from sarcoma specialists.

“I joined O2H because I wanted to help spread the word about their amazing cause,” says Gamble, 33. “I am sure both my cousin and his family would have benefited greatly from the resources that O2H and the Sarcoma Alliance now provide.”

O2H captain Aimee Spector of Redondo Beach, Calif., announces that the team will have at least six paddlers in the Molokai to Oahu race. The other five are from the Los Angeles area.

Last year, Gamble finished third at Molokai and looks forward to challenging himself again for the top position while building awareness for the Ocean 2 Hope Campaign. Scott also won the 2009 Dukes Hawaii Championships and placed 2^nd at 2010 Battle of the Paddle Distance Race.

Because he lives in Honolulu, he says, “the Molokai crossing means a lot to me. It is both a mental and physical test …very grueling, yet rewarding at the same time. It is a great opportunity to not only cross one of the most prestigious channels in paddling, but also meet all the great watermen and women that enjoy the sport of standup paddling as much as I do.

“I got into standup about two years ago and I have been hooked ever since. I really enjoy downwind distance paddling because it combines two activities that I love: paddling and surfing. Standing on a board versus sitting in a canoe gives a whole different perspective to understanding the water.” This year, crossing the Channel will have even more meaning for Scott as he raises money for the Ocean of Hope.

For more information about sarcoma, or to meet other paddlers on the team, go to www.sarcomaalliance.org/oceanofhope

Scott Gamble, team member

808-349-4352

Aimee Spector, Ocean of Hope Team Captain

310-374-0084

paddlesurfer@verizon.net

www.active.com/donate/outriggerO2H2010/aimeespector

Sarcoma Alliance media kit:

http://www.sarcomaalliance.org/News/news.shtml

Amputee Jeff Denholm, from California, & Hawaii’s Mark Matheson, Paralyzed from the Chest Down, will Race 32-mile Molokai to Oahu World Paddleboard Championship

California’s Jeff Denholm and Hawaii’s Mark Matheson fell victim to two very different, life-changing accidents back in the ’90s. Denholm lost an arm aboard a fishing vessel off the coast of Alaska, and Matheson fell four stories off the balcony of a hotel on Kauai and crushed his back, becoming paralyzed from the chest down. On Sunday, July 25, both will take on one of the most infamous ocean channels – the Ka’iwi, or Molokai Channel – to show that extreme adversity can be overcome to enjoy a fulfilled and athletic life. They will race in the 32-mile Molokai-2-Oahu World Championship of Paddleboarding in the same division and age category.

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Above: Denholm, freedom on the ocean. Courtesy, Tim Davis

Denholm, 43, who is a surf ambassador for Patagonia, entered and completed his first Molokai-2-Oahu in 2009. It was an unbelievable feat, given that he paddled the last 17 miles essentially with one arm after the glue that attached his prosthetic failed. His mission, as he puts it, is “less about me and winning and more about inspiring those who need it most, simply by not giving up.” He crossed 32 miles after eight hours of paddling on the channel last year, but his inspirational efforts traveled across oceans and around the world, seen in this video.

“The end of the race was just overwhelming,” said Jeff. “I was brought to tears, partly because of fatigue but just completely humbled to be not necessarily standing shoulder to shoulder with my idols but at least on the same playing field.” Jeff completed the course in 8:9:46.

“I have an immense amount of respect for any race of the Molokai’s distance,” says Denholm, a surfer, skier, mountain biker and paddleboarder. “Anything can happen. The weather and sea conditions are always up in the air and play a huge factor. However for me the biggest ‘x’ factor is my paddling device. I glue it to what is left of my arm and both the glue and device have proven to fail over long course races. If it stays on I am confident in my physical ability and feel that I can perform quite well. If it fails it will be all about survival at that point. With this said I have a better device and improved adhesive this year so my hopes are high.”

Jeff knows all about survival on the Molokai Channel. “I learned a lot about myself in those painful miles,” he said after reaching the finish line last year.

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Above: Mark Matheson, back on the water. Courtesy, Easter Seals Hawaii

For Matheson, 49, this will be his first Molokai Channel crossing and he’s doing it to raise funds for the organizations that helped get him back on the water: Easter Seals Hawaii and AccesSurf Hawaii. Watch his video here.

“Since I don’t have the use of my core (abdominal) and leg muscles, one of the challenges I have is keeping my legs on the board and from tipping over,” says Matheson. “Special upper body strengthening exercises, paddling technique and adaptive devices on my board have helped.  The other challenge is getting my equipment and myself in and out of the water.

“My training buddies Mike Cote and friends in Wailupe have helped along with specially designed wheelchairs and beach mats. For race day, I have the support of my family and friends, paddle buddies, folks at Easter Seals Hawaii and AccesSurf Hawaii, my film crew from Freedom Riders who have been documenting my incredible journey, as well as a wonderful celebration dinner planned for my team courtesy of Roy Yamaguchi and his restaurant!”
Donations can be made to Easter Seals Hawaii and AccesSurf Hawaii.

The 14th annual Molokai-2-Oahu World Paddleboard Championship takes place on Sunday, July 25. The race starts around 7am at Kaluakoi, Molokai, with the first finishers expected around midday. Denholm is hoping to break the 7-hour mark this year, which would bring him in at around 2pm. Matheson will also be working towards an early afternoon finish.

Media Contact:

Jodi Wilmott, Ocean Promotion

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