Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 29, Number 3, 1 Malaki 2012 — Youths heading to World Sprints [ARTICLE]

Youths heading to World Sprints

I n other canoe-related happenings, a I double feature of wa'a-inspired films will highlight a fundraiser to benefit Maui youths who will oli, or chant, at the opening ceremonies of the Va'a World Sprints later this year. The fundraiser will start at 5 p.m. April 11 at the King Kamehameha Golf Club at the top of 2500 Honoapi'ilani Highway in Waikapū. Cost is $50 and includes a buffet dinner, with proceeds defraying travel costs for 28 Maui youths chosen to represent Hawai'i in the opening ceremonies at the International Va'a Federation's World Sprints, set for Aug. 11 to 15 in Calgary, Canada. (See ivfiv.org.) The fundraiser will screen the 31-minute I Just Love to Paddle documentary on Nappy Napoleon's one-person outrigger trip from Hawai'i to Kaua'i, and the 81-minute Family ofthe Wa'a, about six-person outrigger voyages linking the 1,523mile Hawaiian archipelago. For tickets, eall Robyn Cavitt at (808) 298-3307 or email robyn@ kiheicanoeclub.com. The youths, representing Klhei, Lae 'Ula, Nāpili and Wailea eanoe clubs, also will hold a cultural exchange while staying with youths of the Tsuu T'ina Indian nation, according to spokeswoman 'Anela Gutierrez. — Kekoa Enomoio

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