Next week, Morgan Hoesterey (pictured) and Jenny Kalmbach of Hawaii, both accomplished standup paddleboarders, will begin a three-week attempt to cross Hawaii's nine legendary open-ocean channels as never before.

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Holy crap that is very cool! What a load of fun that would be

XX angie

PTWoody said...
What time is it on?

Departing the first week of April 2010, they plan to spend one to three days per channel, depending of the level of difficulty and the current conditions of each crossing. Leaving 5th April with the first channel being Big Island to Maui

You can follow their journey on their website destination3.com/
Or become a fan on Facebook for more up to date daily info. Look up Destination 3 (degrees).

G'day Aussie wahine
Read my last sentance I wrote on Morgan Hoesterey that sheila is a weapon.

My final leg of the journey is the Quiksilver Edition Molokai Race. 32 punishing miles!!! So here I am at the starting line. There was 8 of us in my division. Unlimited SUP solo. This Hawaiian paddles up to me & says “hey man you look like a spaceman” all I did was start laughing. I had my full body white skins on for 2 reasons (1). I won’t get sunburnt (2). The skins help pump the blood through your system which helps fight fatigue (footballers train in this gear all the time) + with my 3 litre camel back & extra bottles on the back I guess I did look like a spaceman. The siren sounds & away we go, white water wake going everywhere I’m at the very back (the spaceman’s at the back) I’m just getting ready to mow em down. I’m just ploughing through the water with my 10 inch Quickblade (my body works like a diesel motor, it takes a while to get going but once its up to speed it will maintain that pace) I pass one yellow singlet, I pass two yellow singlets, three, four & so on. My next step is to mow the paddle boarders down. The first 10km was too easy catching these little bumps doing good time. By this time you’re in the middle of the Pacific Ocean - the swell starts coming from the North (spew) it’s 7ft ocean swell going in the wrong direction. Pumping if you’re paddling to the Marshall Islands. So it’s a side chop paddle the rest of the way, you have to use caution due to the swell - you don’t want to end up too far south of Coco Head as you’ll have to contend with an outgoing tide + a 30 knot head wind. You don’t want a North swell when paddling Molokai you want an ENE swell with an incoming tide (that’s pumping conditions). Anyway I’ve hit the halfway mark by this time I saw a couple of support boats go past with Paddleboards or a SUP in the back of the boat I truly felt sorry for whoever they were & by now I’ve mowed a few more paddle boarders down stoked. By this stage I’ve come across Hawaiian Jack Gillan - this bloke’s an axe. He’s won Molokai every year he has entered, he’s paddling a F-16 custom 17fter but with no rudder so he’s usually the only one in his division. (99% of the SUP Unlimited Solo paddle custom F-16 17fters have rudders). For 4 hours I’m having the biggest paddle battle with Jack Gillan he’d be 200 metres in front then vice versa, I love that kind of racing - bulk fun. I’d be talking to him every time I’d paddle past just to try & physic him out. I’m a kilometre out from Coco Head at the 49km mark, my bodies still feeling good, I’m paddling hard with my 10inch blade. I’ve hit the home stretch Maunalua Bay 50 kilometre mark & my bodies all of a sudden wanting to shut down, I’m cramping up big time. I could see the finish line so I’m fighting the cramps (nothing’s going to stop me) I’m hugging the cliff face to keep out of the 30 knot head wind & some swell comes through so I’m riding this swell for bulk (it’s a world class lefthander on it’s day) you could see the exposed reef up ahead so I’ve bailed out, turned my F-16 upside down so I wouldn’t rip the fin out - I’m lying flat like a dead man to let the white water push me over the reef. You could feel the jagged coral heads scratching my back. So I’m paddling hard, the finish line is in sight. I couldn’t workout why I wasn’t going anywhere then I noticed the breather plug on the F-16 was out. My F-16 was filled with water all I could do was hang my head in defeat, I was shattered there goes 3rd Place. I called the support boat over to empty the water out. I’d trained 12 months for this event. Even kept off the beer for 7½ months & trained when the surf was pumping. (That’s a hard thing to do - keep off the beer & turn your back on a surf just to train for Molokai)! Even when training with Mick DiBetta & Shakira I always paddled that extra mile just to make sure my fitness endurance was in form, all I wanted was to finish in the top 3. I wasted over 50 minutes to paddle the final mile just to get to the finish line - shattered!. Kevin Horgan who won Molokai last year was in 2nd place & I was only 10 minutes behind him. This bloke is a machine - doesn’t work - all he does is SUP all day. So I ended up coming last. For 3 days after Molokai my body felt like it had played footy against the All Blacks. I guess I’ll have to go back & try again in 4 years time when I turn 50. Congratulations to Jamie Mitchell winning his 7th Molokai stoked. Morgan Hoesterley the only female to do Unlimited SUP Solo it took her 8 hours 57 minutes. I take my hat off to her what a gun. I tell ya what they breed the sheilas hard over there in Hawaii & good looking as well. I guess if you went out with Morgan you’d better make love to her like a mink & not like a lion or I’d hate to be in your shoes!

any update on the girls yet?

XX angie

What an absolute classic! These girls rock.

I know Chris Owens (from Oahu) paddled a paddleboard from Oahu to Kauai in around 24hrs a few years back. His first attempt was unsuccesful but he came back and had another crack at it. Legend.

He has also paddled all of the major island crossings in Hawaii. Check this out
http://www.surfline.com/surf-news/press-release/chris-owens-connects-the-islands-by-paddleboard_3590/

These girls are about to have a crack at an epic adventure.