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Ozone News / 2019 / By Naim Ferguson INTRO “How can we improve?” is a question that often comes up in our discussions at Ozone HQ in Maui. From improving products to customer service, it is a daily pursuit. One idea that surfaced was to improve our product offering. The Paddle is a natural partner to a canoe, so we decided to explore. After some years dabbling in paddle design, a relationship with a Maui based paddling business developed. Cameron Jacome (Ja-co-me pronounced Ha-Koh-Meh) has been building handcrafted paddles in Lahaina for almost 20 years and finally committed to it full time about...

Vega – Kai Wa’a Surfski  In 2017 Kai Bartlett and Mike Giblin got together to discuss a new project, to build something new, but not a canoe. The idea was to take the lessons learned from canoe building and apply to a new vessel, a different sport entirely. Hand Shaped Vega Prototype by Kai Bartlett Kai Bartlett is known for his canoe designs and paddling accomplishments, with 5 Kaiwi Solo World Championship titles as well as 9 Molokai World Championship Relay titles, but he also loves the sport of Surfski paddling. The Surfski, a sleek single hull that requires finesse, technique...

THE DEEPER MEANING OF ALOHAby Curby Rule For those who follow the path of Huna, or are fortunate enough to live in Hawai'i, it is common for us to use the word Aloha. We use it in greetings and farewells and in expressing love. But the word means even more, it is a way of life. Besides these common meanings, the word Aloha holds within itself all one needs to know to interact rightfully in the natural world. These insights describe an attitude or way of life sometimes called "The Aloha Spirit" or "The Way of Aloha". The spirit of...

Published December 04, 2019 on the Kialoa Website Someone recently sent us a link to this article written by Eric Stinton - a great writer  and one of the first articles we have seen on this topic.   He writes this about himself:   WRITER. ONE OF MY MOM’S TOP 4 SONS. WEEKLY COLUMN AT SHERDOG.COM, ESSAYS AND JOURNALISM ALL OVER THE WORLD WIDE WEB BUT CONVENIENTLY LOCATED AT ERICSTINTON.COM CLIMATE CHANGE IS SABOTAGING THE WORLD’S MOST DANGEROUS CANOE RACE HURRICANES, EROSION, AND HOT, WINDLESS DOLDRUMS THREATEN TO UPEND ONE OF HAWAII’S MOST REVERED ATHLETIC EVENTS Only three canoes dared to put in for the...