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"Houston greeted with luau at Hawaii Bowl" (Hawaii) "The University of Houston will be all business Sunday night when it faces Fresno State in the Hawaii Bowl. The Cougars experienced Hawaiian culture first-hand Wednesday on their first night in the Aloha State. The Most Valuable Player of the Hawaii Bowl receives a canoe paddle. (See images #8 & #10)..." Complete story: Houston Chronicle "Woman Sentenced to Prison n for Fraudulently Obtaining Workers' Compensation Benefits" (Idaho) "The United States Attorney’s Office announced today that Deborah Durand, a 55-year-old resident of Idaho, was sentenced to 15 months in prison, and ordered to pay $903,316.48 in restitution. Durand obtained total disability status. Special Agents from the U.S. Postal Service Office of Inspector General obtained evidence that Durand was participating in many physically challenging activities including a lengthy three-day kayaking trip where she paddled approximately 30 miles in open ocean water..." Complete story: Dept. of Justice "Traci Lynn Martin’s record chase, down to the wire on the Great Lakes" "December 11 looked to be a good day of paddling for Traci Lynn Martin, the 50-year-old kayaker who is attempting a record-setting journey on the Great Lakes. Having already circumnavigated lakes Michigan, Superior and Huron, Martin had got within 250 miles of her goal of setting a world record for distance paddled on a surfski in a single season. On two separate occasions she was forced to issue distress calls when she was unable to get to land through thick swaths of pack ice on Lake Huron. The local Sheriff's Office indicated that a third rescue would result in the confiscation of her kayak..." Complete story: Canoe & Kayak "Building aboriginal canoes and kayaks a labor of love" (Maine) "Rob Macks uses his artistic background and eye for beauty and detail to build high-end wooden-strip vessels in his workshop. His designs are inspired by aboriginal Aleut and Greenland hunters and fishermen who earned their livelihood from the sea. “There is no greater motivation to perfect a design than to stake one’s life upon it, ”Macks said. “The Inuit and Aleut staked their lives on their boats every day. They acquired great knowledge of the sea through a lifetime of experience and generation after generation of that experience infused their kayak designs, which evolved to perfection..." Complete story: Bangor Daily News . "Canoe paddler lucky to be alive after whale smacks him into ocean" (Hawaii) "A Hawaii island man is thankful to be alive following a terrifying encounter with a whale off the coast of Kona. Hayward and three friends paddled out on the water and saw a whale breaching in the distance at one point. Minutes later, that excitement turned to fear. “I got in a nice swell and I was just having fun, and all of a sudden I just noticed a dark shadow coming from beneath, and then all I saw was a pectoral fin coming like a dagger..." Complete story: KHON2 "Saltwater Santa arrives by canoe" (Hawaii) "Hundreds of people followed the sound of the pu announcing the arrival of Santa on a double-hulled canoe to Kalapaki Beach fronting the Kauai Marriott Resort and Beach Club Sunday. Santa was greeted by the throng, which surged to the water’s edge even before the canoes touched sand, the jolly North Pole visitor overpowering the pu with his “Merry Christmas!” greetings...." Complete story: The Garden Island "Insurance snag could keep canoe clubs statewide on land" (Hawaii) "Next year's regatta season for local canoe clubs may be in jeopardy because the parent association is having trouble finding an insurance company to cover them. The Hawaiian Canoe Racing Association's current insurance policy is set to expire in two weeks, and paddlers say the group is having trouble getting coverage because of lawsuits from past accidents involving escort boats..." Complete story: Hawaii News Now "Autopsy reveals details in drowning, canoe passengers speak" (New York) "It was Camilla, Saige and myself in the canoe,” Springer said. “I was in the front. Saige was in the middle. Camilla was in the back. We went out there to get a better view of the sunrise.” There were no life jackets in the canoe. “We paddled out, I’d say, probably 50, 60 feet.” Springer added. “We were heading toward Whiteface on Lake Placid in the canoe. The canoe flipped. Whatever the cause was — I don’t know if it was Camilla or Saige falling over, or if it was me and Camilla both paddled and leaned on the right side — I’m not really sure what it was..." Complete story: Adirondack Daily Enterprise "Native American Museum Teaches About Traditional Transportation" (Connecticut) "Boarding the long dugout canoe and resting on their knees, paddlers from a Native American museum in Connecticut joined together in prayer led by a spiritual leader, sang a traditional song, and launched a retrospective into the roots of New England transportation. The paddlers were part of the Mission Muhshoon Project, one of many initiatives by the Mashantucket Pequot Museum and Research Center that invites a journey through 20,000 years of Native and natural history..." Complete story: Clean Technica "Jamaican among two charged after canoe intercepted in Cayman waters" (Cayman Islands) "The Joint Marine and Air Operations Units on Saturday intercepted a blue-and-white canoe within Cayman waters. Two men who were on board the vessel were arrested and a quantity of ganja seized..." Complete story: Loop
"The University of Houston will be all business Sunday night when it faces Fresno State in the Hawaii Bowl. The Cougars experienced Hawaiian culture first-hand Wednesday on their first night in the Aloha State. The Most Valuable Player of the Hawaii Bowl receives a canoe paddle. (See images #8 & #10)..."
"The United States Attorney’s Office announced today that Deborah Durand, a 55-year-old resident of Idaho, was sentenced to 15 months in prison, and ordered to pay $903,316.48 in restitution. Durand obtained total disability status. Special Agents from the U.S. Postal Service Office of Inspector General obtained evidence that Durand was participating in many physically challenging activities including a lengthy three-day kayaking trip where she paddled approximately 30 miles in open ocean water..."
"December 11 looked to be a good day of paddling for Traci Lynn Martin, the 50-year-old kayaker who is attempting a record-setting journey on the Great Lakes. Having already circumnavigated lakes Michigan, Superior and Huron, Martin had got within 250 miles of her goal of setting a world record for distance paddled on a surfski in a single season. On two separate occasions she was forced to issue distress calls when she was unable to get to land through thick swaths of pack ice on Lake Huron. The local Sheriff's Office indicated that a third rescue would result in the confiscation of her kayak..."
"Rob Macks uses his artistic background and eye for beauty and detail to build high-end wooden-strip vessels in his workshop. His designs are inspired by aboriginal Aleut and Greenland hunters and fishermen who earned their livelihood from the sea. “There is no greater motivation to perfect a design than to stake one’s life upon it, ”Macks said. “The Inuit and Aleut staked their lives on their boats every day. They acquired great knowledge of the sea through a lifetime of experience and generation after generation of that experience infused their kayak designs, which evolved to perfection..."
"A Hawaii island man is thankful to be alive following a terrifying encounter with a whale off the coast of Kona. Hayward and three friends paddled out on the water and saw a whale breaching in the distance at one point. Minutes later, that excitement turned to fear. “I got in a nice swell and I was just having fun, and all of a sudden I just noticed a dark shadow coming from beneath, and then all I saw was a pectoral fin coming like a dagger..."
"Hundreds of people followed the sound of the pu announcing the arrival of Santa on a double-hulled canoe to Kalapaki Beach fronting the Kauai Marriott Resort and Beach Club Sunday. Santa was greeted by the throng, which surged to the water’s edge even before the canoes touched sand, the jolly North Pole visitor overpowering the pu with his “Merry Christmas!” greetings...."
"Next year's regatta season for local canoe clubs may be in jeopardy because the parent association is having trouble finding an insurance company to cover them. The Hawaiian Canoe Racing Association's current insurance policy is set to expire in two weeks, and paddlers say the group is having trouble getting coverage because of lawsuits from past accidents involving escort boats..."
"It was Camilla, Saige and myself in the canoe,” Springer said. “I was in the front. Saige was in the middle. Camilla was in the back. We went out there to get a better view of the sunrise.” There were no life jackets in the canoe. “We paddled out, I’d say, probably 50, 60 feet.” Springer added. “We were heading toward Whiteface on Lake Placid in the canoe. The canoe flipped. Whatever the cause was — I don’t know if it was Camilla or Saige falling over, or if it was me and Camilla both paddled and leaned on the right side — I’m not really sure what it was..."
"Boarding the long dugout canoe and resting on their knees, paddlers from a Native American museum in Connecticut joined together in prayer led by a spiritual leader, sang a traditional song, and launched a retrospective into the roots of New England transportation. The paddlers were part of the Mission Muhshoon Project, one of many initiatives by the Mashantucket Pequot Museum and Research Center that invites a journey through 20,000 years of Native and natural history..."
"The Joint Marine and Air Operations Units on Saturday intercepted a blue-and-white canoe within Cayman waters. Two men who were on board the vessel were arrested and a quantity of ganja seized..."