Waimea Pier and Waimea Canyon

Waimea Pier

Dan, Erin, Andrew and Ron at Waimea Canyon

Waimea Canyon

Trail to Pihea Lookout 

Pihea Lookout

Waimea Canyon waterfall

Na Pali Challenge Crew Practice (Eric's / Paul's crew) - Thurs, August 7...

Kalalau Trail (Na Pali coast)

Several team members hiked the Kalalua Trail along the Na Pali Coast today.

Ron, Marianne, Paul, Erin, Tina, Emma, Dan and Colin at the trail head.

Typical view of Na Pali Coast

Looking towards Hanakapia

Erin and Paul continued 2 miles to Hanakapia Falls

Erin after finishing hike to Hanakapia Falls

Harvest moon over Hanalei

Race Day - Iselle Blows Na Pali 8/9/2014

Met to purchase race shirts and listen to Luke Evslin provide a paddle clinic.




Team shirt with special addition

Na Pali Team




Luke Evslin and Keoni



Luke Evslin



Kealia Beach body surfing



Kealia Beach body surfing



A lot of candles for Julie's Birthday



Julie. Blowing out the towering inferno of candles

Na Pali Challenge Crew (Cindy's / Marianne's crew) - Aug 7, 2014 Practice

Some more time exploring Kauai while waiting for the hurricane

Some more fun checking out the sites of Kauai.  It is possible we may still be doing a fun race of some sort tomorrow (Saturday) out of Hanalei Bay.  We will keep you posted.

Heading down to Queen's Bath



Tina enjoying the Queen's Bath



Paul airborne at the Queen's Bath



Getting some good surf



Bathing suits optional?



Hurricane Iselle starting to show its power along the Na Pali coast




Some beautiful orchids



Na Pali trail closed due to Hurricane Iselle




Surf height:  Go Home - Hurricane

Na Pali Crews practice - Thursday, August 7th, 2014

Unfortunately the Na Pali Challenge race has been cancelled  because of two pending hurricanes,  Iselle and Julio that are expected to hit the Hawaiian island on Friday August 8th and Sunday August 10.   Luckily we have been able to get several practices in at the Kaiola Canoe Club in Lihue  (same place where we did the mangrove clean-up).  With the race off we have been able to spend more time enjoying the island.

 

Na Pali crew

Crews returning from practice



Erin and Tina preparing for trip down an irrigation canal and through a tunnel.



Through the tunnel to stair-step falls



Erin in a scene reminiscent of Avatar




Marianne, Dan, Erin and Tina after hiking Kailau Ridge Trail.

Na Pali Challenge crews practice - Wed., August 6th, 2014

Volunteering for the Malama Hule ia Project

Today the Na Pali crews participated in a cultural activity which involved removing invasive red mangrove from the area near the Kaiola Canoe Club. 

Pre-clean up crew



Steve Yee of the Kaiola Canoe Club



Work horses Susan, Julie, Ron and Erin



Post clean-up crew

@ YYJ

At YYJ early for flights to Lihue, Kauai.


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Hawaii keeps a watchful eye on Hurricane Iselle

In addition to exciting racing it looks like we will be experiencing some exciting weather in Kauai as well. Hurricane Iselle, currently category 4 status, is expected to be downgraded to tropical storm status before it reaches the Hawaiian Islands on Friday. You can find out more about the storm here.

Paddling Perfection

Excellent Ocean Paddler TV special about the Na Pali Challenge race, considered the most scenic outrigger canoe event in the world - enjoy!

One week countdown to Kauai !

We'll be racing along this beautiful stretch of Kauai coastline

The combined Na Pali crews from ORPC and VOS are in our final week of pre-race training before heading to Kauai next week.  While in Kauai, we will be training at the Kukui'ula Outrigger Canoe Club, located on the south shore near famous Poipu Beach.

This blog will be updated more frequently once we leave BC next week so don't forget to check back regularly to monitor our progress.