Molokai 2007: WAR STORIES Rob Mousley of www.surfski.info has compiled a few racer war stories from this years Molokai World Championships. He interviewed Brandon for a blurb about my race, as well as our neighbors Alan Carlsson from Canada and Dave Jensen from California… and a handful of others. Thanks Rob, great job on the [...]

Two Views of the Molokai World Championships Heather, race ready! May 20, 2007, MOLOKAI ISLAND HEATHER: By 7:30 AM race day I had eaten breakfast, rigged my hydration system, and done a warm-up paddle. With an hour and fifteen minutes until the race start, Brandon and I decided to give Wesley, our escort boat driver, [...]

Stories From the Molokai World Championships: Final Logistics, Weather Predictions and Heading to Molokai!!! Escort Boat: We met my escort boat driver, Wesley and his 24-foot, custom, deep sea fishing boat, the ‘Chloe Y’, yesterday and we are stoked! Wesley takes great pride in being an escort boat driver, “I took Jasmin Cohen to top [...]

Stories from the Molokai World Championships: Surfski Transportation From Oahu to Molokai The “official” surfski-hauling barge was scheduled to depart for Molokai on Monday — the day we arrived in Hawaii. Not only would the timing not work out, but to ship that early would’ve left us empty-handed for the killer surf sessions and rough-water [...]

Stories from the Molokai World Championships Downwind Clinic with 11-Time World Champion Oscar Chulupsky!!! Q: Quick, name a sport that, for a hundred bucks, you can get five close friends together in a world class, tropical destination, and take a private, 3-hour lesson from that sport’s 11-time World Champion! A: Surfskiing, Baby!!! In Hawaii, on [...]

Molokai Training 2007 The Kaiwi Channel is known to be one of the most volatile ocean channels in the world. It is also home to the Molokai World Championship Surf Ski and Outrigger Race. For 31 years, the best paddlers in the world have gathered for their chance to claim the most prestigious title in [...]