General Info -- Kaua'i World Challenge

News, Updates, & Notices:

April 5th, 2009 - Only online PAYMENT is closed. You can still fill out online registration without payment until 8pm Hawaii time Thursday April 9th. Late registration will take place on Friday April 10 at Lydgate Pavillion where last years race dinner and registration was held. All paddlers need to plan to attend to sign race waivers and receive your race packets/numbers and final instructions. If you are planning on racing and have not preregistered, please grant us the courtesy of emailing us your intent to register on Friday April 10 @Lydgate which will be FINAL. No registration will take place on Saturday morning. Email laolalake@yahoo.com as soon as possible. Anyone wishing to sell used paddling equipment, boats, boards, accessories etc. welcome to bring for display at either registration or at the end of the race.

April 4th, 2009 - For the 4 legged 4 person teams the entry fee is only $50 per person not $100. We want to encourage as much participation as possible and each of those people would only be doing one leg each. Each one will still be allowed to participate in the Thursday prerace Kalihiwai to Hanalei course and each receive a race shirt and the Friday night dinner and Saturday afterparty.

Mar 30th, 2009 - There is room for a few boats onto a trailer headed to Kauai for the KWC. You must be ready to load your boat onto the trailer at Kaimana Beach immediately after the State race on this Sunday April 5th. There is NO charge for the one way ride. Boats NOT going onto the solo after the KWC will need to go onto a mixed pallet for shipping from Kauai back to Honolulu on Monday April 13th - you would just pay for your boat to go Kauai to Honolulu. For more info call Luke Evslin at 6356623.

Mar 7th, 2009 - Race information updated.

 
Relay Divisions

OC1 – 2 people
–Men (Open & Age Groups)–
–Women (Open & Age Groups)–
–Mixed (Open, 40-49, 50-59) –

Tentative Age Groups: 15-19, 20-29, 30-39, 40-49, 50-54,55-59, 60+

OC1 – 4 people
(each person does 1 leg of the relay)
–Open Men–
–Open Women–
–Mixed Open–

OC2 – 4 people
–Open Men–
–Open Women–
–Mixed Open–

Surf Ski– 2 people
–Open Men–
–Open Women–
–Mixed Open–

Schedule:

Individual warm up races

Thurs. April 9th
Kalihiwai-Haena
12n Meeting at Wailua
1pm Registration at Kalihiwai Bay
2pm Start

 

Relay Race Main Event (approx 34 miles total)

Fri. Night April 10th
at Lydgate Pavilion
4pm Final Registration
5pm Tradeshow
6pm Paddlers' Race Meeting/Spagetti Dinner

Sat. April 11th
9 A.M. Race Start
Wailua Beach to Salt Pond (Hanapepe)
Change at Hanama'ulu – 5 miles
Change at Kalapaki (Dukes’s) – 5 miles
Change at Poi'pu (Sheraton Beach) – 12 miles
Finish at Salt Pond – 12 miles
Lunch, Beverages, Entertainment at Finish

Cash Prizes

Amount based on number of entrants in each division. Minimum of 5 entrants to establish a division.

*IN OBSERVANCE OF EASTER SUNDAY THERE WILL BE NO SCHEDULED oc6 RACES

Cash Prizes

3 boats make a division, 5 entries get that division in the money prize line up. Prize money is equitably dispursed based on the number of competitors in a divison and the level of competition in that division at the discretion of the race organizers.

Individual Warm Up Race Details:

The event on April 9th is not a team race. There will be money prizes for each warm-up race. No addtional entry fee! These prelim races are to encourage participants to become comfortable with the conditions of the course and warm up for the main event as well as recognize/reward individuals for their performance.

Relay Race Details:

Entry Fee: $100 per paddler. Includes entry for warm-up race on April 9th, paddlers meeting spaghetti dinner April 10, race T-shirt, lunch after the race on April 11th, beverages and entertainment.

Canoe/Ski Shipping: Due to liability and damages in the past, people are responsible for coordinating shipping of their canoes/skis.

Contacts for trailers:
Kaua'i:Mark Frazier 808.651.2509 or Jon Kegle 808.652.0015 jmkegle@hotmail.com

No individual escort boat needed; changes are done on shore. Teams must use the same boat. Surf ski competitiors can use their own skis because of the seating arrangement.

For further information, contact Laola Lake Aea: laolalake@yahoo.com 808-639-6696 or Butch Keahiolalo keahiolalo@aol.com 808.635.0388

Distances are approximate. Dates and events are subject to change depending on weather conditions, participation and the direction of the organizing committee.