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Hours earlier Ho's family held a private memorial service, boarded canoes and scattered the singer's ashes in the waters of Waikiki ... Just after Ho's family placed Ho's ashes into the ocean, a large swell rose up, prompting a cheer from the 300 to 400 people bobbing in catamarans, canoes and on surfboards. (Honolulu Advertiser)
Crowd wasn't as large as expected May 7, 2007
Still others took to the sea on boats, catamarans, canoes and surfboards, as Ho's family scattered his ashes a half-mile off Waikiki ... About two dozen outrigger canoes launched from the beach and met catamarans, one-man canoes, surf skis and surfers waiting about a half-mile offshore from the Sheraton Waikiki. (Honolulu Advertiser)
The things we savor the most are the hardest earned. May 7, 2007
The store combines the visual iconography of its origins--a moosehead mounted over the cashier's counter, wooden canoes, and racks of ancient shotguns--with the dark lighting and amped-to-the-max soundtrack of an after-hours dance club. "This place mixes the old and new in a really delightful way," Thinktopia's Hanlon shouted above the din, when we visited on a recent Monday afternoon. (FastCompany)
Tribute concert among handful of Waikiki events May 6, 2007
Large weddings also are planned at the Sheraton Waikiki and Royal Hawaiian hotels, where a flotilla of canoes and catamarans will launch to scatter Ho's ashes ... " For its 6 p.m. newscast, KHNL will return to live coverage of the service. KITV plans live updates for its 5 p.m. broadcast; KHON will do the same for its 6 p.m. newscast. Radio stations Krater 96 FM, KINE FM "Hawaiian 105" and KCCN FM 100 also plan live updates from the events. AM-940 will broadcast the Sunset on the Beach show... (Honolulu Advertiser)
Mega memorial set for Don Ho farewell tomorrow May 5, 2007
His family and close friends will gather and scatter his ashes off Waikiki, with a flotilla of between 30 and 50 canoes. Video images from the scattering procession will be shown later during a segment of the musical salute. (Honolulu Advertiser)
Schedule of events for Don Ho celebration, tribute May 5, 2007
5:30-6 p.m.: Scattering of ashes offshore, with between 30 and 50 canoes participating. PUBLIC EVENTS AT QUEEN'S SURF BEACH. (Honolulu Advertiser)
East Coast Canoe & Kayak Festival Apr 26, 2007
There were canoe and kayak paddles executed in gleaming wood with inlaid designs in exotic woods, and wood and canvas canoes. The wood kayaks were sleek and fast with deep varnished finishes that felt like satin and looked like mirrors. (Suite101.com)
* Relief efforts start in Solomons Apr 6, 2007
Most of the local fleet of canoes and other vessels was destroyed by tsunami waves that crashed ashore within minutes of the offshore quake Monday morning. "We have a problem with water, and sanitation is a big issue that needs to be addressed urgently," said Allen Alepio, one of a team of six doctors and 15 nurses who rushed to Gizo on Wednesday after the hospital was washed out. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Rescue efforts all at sea Apr 6, 2007
On Simbo, where a volcano spews sulfur fumes, the village of Tapurai was washed into the sea and the 700 former occupants - who lost all their canoes and small boats for fishing - are fast exhausting their hillside gardens. On Ranongga, huge sections of coral reef have been forced up above the water's surface by seismic activity, there have been landslides and a survey team said in the worst affected village 90 per cent of the homes were destroyed. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
Plea for help comes from a paradise lost to tsunami Apr 5, 2007
In any event, all the canoes and small boats had been destroyed. The elders are now talking about resettling on higher land. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
Humanitarian crisis feared in Solomons Apr 3, 2007
Last Update: Tuesday, April 3, 2007. Emergency: The death toll stands at 24 but there are fears it will rise significantly. (ABC News Online, Australia -- Top Stories)
Humanitarian crisis threatens tsunami-hit Solomons Apr 3, 2007
Kennedy said villagers were too traumatised to search homes to find who might be buried under the rubble of their houses and villages, or to use traditional canoes to assess damage. Most people in the low-lying town of 20,000 rely on fishing or logging for jobs. (Reuters AlertNet)
Sea turns traitor on island paradise Apr 3, 2007
Our daily staples were fish and rice, the fish hand-picked from canoes that would return from the reefs each afternoon ... Among my enduring memories are the families with young children who used to set off in tiny canoes, completely unprotected, across miles of ocean. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
Perilous rite lures Senegalese Mar 30, 2007
Thousands of the would-be immigrants die each year when their "pirogues," open fishing boats that resemble giant canoes, go down. But as they prepare for the greatest journey of their lives, the mood is jubilant, optimistic, exhilarating. (Boston Globe -- World)
Surfer rides waves and the screen Mar 8, 2007
He drew from ancient Polynesian double-hull canoes, to make them faster and lighter. But he refused to accept money for that, David Brown said, leaving that to Hobie Arlen, inventor of the Hobie Cat. (Half Moon Bay Review, CA)
New cure for cabin fever Mar 3, 2007
Organisers are expecting that this year's centenary event will attract hundreds of watercraft, from historic skiffs and sailing dinghies to kayaks, outrigger canoes, and as many as 70 surfboats, yachts, cruisers and lots more ... Ten Canoes director returned to slapstick era for latest 'wacky' challenge. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Sport)
Hokule'a requires tows in doldrums Feb 27, 2007
And on top of that, the canoes have hit the doldrums, forcing the two vessels to accept tows to keep them on time to get to Pohnpei ... At least half of the crew has paddled canoes and is familiar with the techniques of steering in ocean conditions. (Honolulu Star-Bulletin)
Orange or Cunene? Feb 3, 2007
From base camp, youll head off in two-man canoes for three or four days of floating, drifting and occasionally paddling down South Africas greatest river. Every now and then, a few rapids get in the way, just to liven things up a bit. (iAfrica.com)
On the turtle trailIn search of the Congo's endangered giant leatherbacks Feb 3, 2007
They use hooks from the shore or in dugout canoes, which are no match for the catch-all trawlers. Need for conservation. (BBC News -- Africa)
Newswatch, Police/Fire Jan 15, 2007 The struggle for existence prevailed as the top theme in outdoors stories Jan 1, 2007
A departure ceremony for the voyaging canoes Hokule'a and Alingano Maisu will be held at 4 p.m. today at Mahukona on the Big Island ... However, high winds have pushed back the canoes' departure for Micronesia until at least Tuesday, said Kathy Thompson, Polynesian Voyaging Society representative. (Honolulu Star-Bulletin)
Sun, sand and insanity: as a sport, beach cricket's beyond the pail Jan 10, 2007
Boats plunge into waves, lifesavers perform drills, swimmers rush in raging seas, ankle-biters charge for pegs, surfers stand on boards or try to catch the wind, canoes and other small crafts race back and forth. And it all works because it is in harmony with the facilities. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Sport)
They tried to float the Kenai Peninsula's Sixmile Creek canyon in small, one-man canoes ... Both were knocked out of their canoes. (Anchorage Daily News)
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