Aloha!

Welcome to the Hawai'i Island Paddlesports Association Website! Please check the schedule for updates, announcements or recent changes and additions.

What to do when your arms are too tired to paddle

For Current or Past Season Race Results, follow the Results link in the upper left.

If you see a mistake - e-mail hipa@hawaiipaddling.com

Kawaihae Pre-Season L.D. Race Results (Adobe Acrobat)

HIPA Halau canoe storage Grid

Names in red are shown as not paid according to our records

If you did pay please provied payemnt info to hipa@hawaiipaddling.com

H.I.P.A.'s 10th Anniversary Season is pau

Mahalo to the race sponsors and volunteer officials.

If you need and Artist for just about anything, Mele McPherson did H.I.P.A.'s logos and also our 10th anniversary artwork- you can find her here

Announcements

Hawaii Island Paddlesports Association received this National award from the American Canoe Association

The ACA Stroke of Achievement Award - presented to one ACA Affiliated Club each year for superior performance and program development.

Mahalo to all of our volunteers that made this possible.

The 2008 Schedule is now available here.

Fees and other cost schedule with explaination of where it goes - click here.

(note: entery fees go to $20 in 2008)

Pay for your Halau storage space online now !!

Credit - Debit - Check

Curious about how it all began? This article was written for Kanu Culture in 2001

"A New Assocation is Born"

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A Hui Hou

Mahalo - Randy hipa@kaikahoe.org

Hawai`i Island Paddlesports Association (H.I.P.A.) is the solo and duo Paddlesports Association for the Island of Hawai`i. This includes solo and duo outrigger canoes (OC-1 / OC-2), Solo and Duo Surfski/Kayaks and paddleboards. Our season runs January thru May with 10 regular season races and a championship race as well as various off-season and pre-season events.

2008 will be our 10th season after breaking off from Kanaka I Kai Ka (the O`ahu association). We have over 200 active members from all adult age groups and a growing youth program. H.I.P.A. in partnership with the State Department of Land and Natural Resources completed a first-of-its-kind dedicated OC-1 storage facility at Honokohau harbor along with a Halau where we can have post-race lunches and from where we run some of our West-Hawai`i events.

For more information on H.I.P.A. OC-1 Storage facility and Halau at Honokohau Harbor in Kona call Sue LaLanne at Polynesian Paddling Products 329-3100

Sue LaLanne

Any comments and suggestions can be e-mailed to hipa@kaikahoe.org or leave a message!!

H.I.P.A. information and Race line: 969-6695.

Mahalo, See you on the water! Randy Botti President, Hawaii Island Paddlesports Assn.