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Although a “dark horse” to the press, Strickland-Lum surfs exceptionally well. She has always had a passion to compete, but more than that, it is in the ocean where she is inspired and feels thankful. These are the feelings that drive her. She has a laid back and mellow demeanor, but don’t let this fool you. Her competitive nature was honed at an early age. She excelled in her free surfing, as well as putting her energy in competition on the soccer field and basketball court. She now assists pro surfers, such as Malia Man-uel, to be successful in surfing competitions.Strickland-Lum’s story began in Anahola, Kauai, where her beautiful, hula dancing mom, Sue (Murayama) Strickland, and Aus-sie father Greg Strickland met. He was a traveling surfer and surfboard shaper at the time. The rest, as they say, is history.

“Growing up with my older sister Kanani and brother Kyle, we practically lived at the beach, surfing some of Kauai’s best waves with Dad.”

“At the age of four, it was soccer and basketball as my two main sports. Surfing was my fun outlet sport. Playing soccer throughout, I eventually I had the oppor-tunity to play soccer in college and take it to the semi-pro level. Growing up with my older sister Kanani and brother Kyle, we practically lived at the beach, surfing some of Kauai’s best waves with Dad.”

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Everyone has a water person they look up to, and when Strickland-Lum was asked who served as an influential source, she re-sponded without hesitation. “Noe Auger! She is originally from Moloka'i, but now resides on Kaua'i. She is an amazing water woman who does it all. She paddles, surfs, sails, dives, etc. Her understanding of the ocean, wind, tides, and surf, as well her abil-ity to steer a canoe is inspiring. She takes on the kuleana of sharing her water knowledge with others because she is so passionate about perpetuating the Wa'a. In my opinion, a true water-woman or waterman is a con-fident individual who does not feel threat-ened to teach others.”

Other water people that inspire her are, “All the underground guys that rip on Kaua'i, who haven’t any sponsors, but do it for the love of the sport.” When asked whether there were any other surfers that inspired her, she responded, “As cliché as it may sound, eleven-time world champion, Kelly Slater would be one. The reason be-ing, is that I have a lot of respect for surfers and just athletes in general, who put princi-ple before money and fame. Plus, he's twice the age of some of the youngest surfers on tour and he is still more fit and one of the best surfers on tour.”

Strickland-Lum discussed the organi-zations that she advocates for, including KORE: Kauai Ocean Recreation Eperience, and the Waipa Foundation. KORE is a program that enables people with disabilities to enjoy the “stoke” of surfing. The Waipa Foundation works with the community to manage the ahupua'a of Waipa (land mass from the mountain to the ocean), which is located on the north shore of Kaua'i. Strickland-Lum explained, “Wai-pa is a place where folks can connect with the ‘aina (that which feeds us: the land and resources), and learn about our local values and lifestyle through laulima (many hands working together).” With all of her travels and adventures, Mariko continues to be a strong athlete, as well as a true champion. She extends an in-vitation and welcomes you to learn about her new business venture.

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2015 Halloween Race Time Name Vessel Division Model1 0:54:30 Angie/Pat Dolan SS2 SS2 Mix 2 0:55:57 Mario Mausio OC1 M 18-39 3 0:56:51 Gavin Hanoa OC1 M 18-39 4 0:59:08 Igor Sobreira OC1 M 18-39 5 0:59:18 Raven Aipa OC1 M 50-59 aukai6 1:00:15 Manny Kulukulualani V1 M 18-39 Fai 3x7 1:00:28 Keizo Gates OC1 M 18-39 8 1:00:32 Alfred Horner OC1 M 50-59 9 1:01:08 Sean Kaawa V1 Aukahi10 1:01:22 Vance Hashimoto V1 M 18-39 Healani11 1:01:26 Kendal Tanigawa OC1 M 18-39 batmobile12 1:02:23 Cory Nakamura OC1 M 18-39 13 1:02:25 Kekoa Kau V1 M 18-39 Aukahi14 1:03:00 Greydon Viloria OC1 M 40-49 15 1:03:33 Pauahi Shien Liu OC2 OC2 F 16 1:03:57 Trey Cox V1 M 18-39 Venom17 1:04:08 Kana’i Kauhane OC1 M 50-59 Pueo18 1:04:32 Jeff Cummings OC1 M 50-59 19 1:04:54 Tim Dougherty OC1 M 50-59 20 1:05:06 Bill Oliver V1 M 50-59 Fai 3x21 1:05:17 Glenn Williams V1 M 40-49 Aukahi22 1:05:17 Dave Fuga OC1 M 18-39 23 1:05:18 John Kilpatrick OC1 M 40-49 24 1:05:34 Chauncey Cody V1 M 18-39 Venom25 1:05:44 Jason LaBranch OC1 M 40-49 Pueo 226 1:05:51 Jordan Wong V1 M 18-39 Aukahi27 1:06:06 Beau Beair OC1 M 18-39 Pueo28 1:06:15 Dennis Sallas OC1 M 60+ pueo29 1:06:50 Team LA OC6 400lb OC6 F 30 1:06:57 Jared Washkowitz OC1 M 40-49 Ehukai31 1:07:10 Alex Arasawa V1 M 18-39 Aukahi32 1:07:34 Keola Wright V1 M 18-39 33 1:07:43 Deon Canyon OC1 M 50-59 Hurricane34 1:07:45 Joe Giovannini OC1 M 18-39 35 1:07:48 Kip Mizushima OC1 M 50-59 36 1:07:51 Sean Kinimaka OC1 M 50-59 37 1:07:54 Kaleihoku Aweau OC1 M Jr 38 1:07:57 Brandon Ili OC1 M 40-49 39 1:08:00 Kamoa & Sandy Kalama OC2 OC2 Mix Tempest40 1:08:32 Robert McOwen OC1 M 50-59 41 1:08:35 Todd Finlayson OC1 M 50-59 42 1:09:11 Twain Newhart OC1 M 50-59 43 1:09:29 Galen Chee OC1 M 50-59 44 1:09:44 Nikki Radford OC1 F 40-49 45 1:09:51 Albert & Rosela Santos OC2 OC2 Mix Wave Blade46 1:10:19 Kawika Mahelona OC1 M 40-49 Scorpius47 1:10:21 Joel Olegario OC1 M 40-49 Kainalu48 1:10:32 Anella Borges OC1 F 18-39 Ehukai49 1:10:41 Lauren McDowell OC1 F 18-39 Pueo50 1:11:14 Raymond Koki OC1 M 50-59 51 1:11:20 Greg Edwards OC2 OC2 Mix 52 1:11:35 Kanakas OC6 400lb OC6 Mix 53 1:11:38 Village People OC6 400lb OC6 Mix 54 1:12:10 Sarah Jane Larkin OC1 F 40-49 55 1:12:13 gabe foreman OC1 M 40-49 Ehukai56 1:12:22 Linda Krieger Christie Gibson OC2 OC2 F 57 1:12:29 Jennifer FISHER OC1 F 50-59 Pueo58 1:12:31 Tako Lono Soares OC1 M 40-49 Pu’eo59 1:13:00 Jamie Mato-Grimm OC1 F 50-59 60 1:14:29 Patrick Aweau OC1 M 50-59 61 1:14:38 Charlie Banfield OC1 M50-59 Scorpius62 1:15:46 Deborah Clark OC1 F 50-59 Naia iki63 1:16:09 Al Kawaiaea OC1 M 40-49 64 1:16:13 Damon Sweazy OC1 M 50-59 65 1:16:27 Aulani Hall OC1 F 18-39 Pueo66 1:16:30 Kerri Cummins OC2 OC2 Mix Honu Kai67 1:16:37 Lopaka Biondine OC1 M 40-49 XS68 1:16:53 Davin Kaaihue OC1 M 40-49 69 1:17:03 Eulogio Mangasar OC1 M 40-49 70 1:17:34 Darrell Poole OC1 M 18-39 71 1:17:39 Darren/Kaiana Orr OC2 OC2 Mix 72 1:17:48 Elyse NakamaTasha Firestone OC2 F 18-39 73 1:18:09 Omar Gonzalez OC1 M 40-49 Pueo74 1:19:01 Peter Strickland OC1 M 50-59 Naia75 1:19:05 Diana Kim OC1 F 18-39 76 1:19:09 Leighton Kapana OC1 M 50-59 77 1:19:25 Steve Kux OC1 M 60+ 78 1:20:43 Mike Nishimoto V1 M 50-59 FAI 3X79 1:20:45 MichelleCampillo-Peters OC1 F 50-59 Pueo80 1:21:05 Scott Mcintire OC1 M 50-59 81 1:21:24 KathleenMcGovern-HopkinsOC1 F 50-59 Pueo82 1:22:25 Lady Bees OC6 400lb OC6 F 83 1:22:57 David Pence OC1 M 50-59 Pueo84 1:23:20 Haunani Haia OC2 OC2 F 85 1:25:11 Eric Lentz OC1 M 40-49 Pueo86 1:25:27 Luana Baker OC6 400lb OC6 F Bradley87 1:27:27 Marie Feldberg OC1 M 50-59 88 1:28:54 Leah/Sydnie Miller OC2 OC2 F 89 1:28:57 Gwenn Daley OC1 F 40-49 Pueo90 1:29:01 Jade Lee OC1 F 50-59 Scorpius xm91 1:29:04 Melita KalamaBrigitta osterholtOC2 F 50-59 OC2 F92 1:30:26 Lono Goo OC1 M 50-59 93 1:30:30 Skeleton On a Stick OC1 M 50-59 94 1:33:14 Super Mario OC6 400lb OC6 Mix 95 1:34:46 Dwayne Kaaihue OC1 M 40-49 96 1:34:51 jacob bell OC1 M 18-39 scorpious xm97 1:34:54 Lavern Cummins OC6 400lb OC6 F

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Twenty years ago, while on vacation from my advertising job, I had time to pass after I dropped my daughter off at school every day. Often, I would take a drive out to Sandy Beach and look across the blue Kaiwi Channel, towards the island of Molokai. I would sit on the rocky shoreline and day-dream about the people who crossed one of our islands most treacherous channels. The name “Kaiwi” means “the bones,” and the ocean there has so many different hues of blue. The deeper it gets, the more beautiful it gets, adding to the assortment of blues that is uncommon in our daily lives. As I sat there, I wondered about the swim-mers that have conquered her, and about those who have been conquered by her. I thought about Eddie Aikau, who swam to save his fellow crew members during the infant stages of the Hokule’a. I wondered about the men and women who annually make the trek in the Na Wahine O Ke Kai or Molokai Hoe, across this great channel. I would sit there in awe of the accomplish-ment of crossing from one island to an-other. During that vacation week, I made it a daily ritual to start the day at Sandy Beach, sip-ping my coffee, while I enjoyed watching the ocean at the Kaiwi Channel. I sat and enjoyed the salty breeze for hours. For me, canoe paddling was just a dream back then. At the time, I was more into surfing, and had very limited experience in an outrigger canoe. It seems like only yesterday, and since then, a lot has changed. In 2004, after leaving the job and taking a chance on a dream, I started this magazine. I did the photogra-phy, attended surf meets, grand openings, and yes, took photos of people that would grace our covers. Often I noted that it was the canoe paddling regattas and channel crossings that looked appealing. Everyone on the shore would be having a great time, and I wondered if I were missing all of the fun. I began canoe paddling with a club, and even started one-man canoe paddling, as well. I learned that, with the one-man, there wouldn’t be any crowd outside the surf line. That was ten years ago, and I haven't stopped until the most recent Molokai Hoe. This season, I started again as a member of the Healani Canoe Club, competing dur-ing the regatta season last year, and missing the distance season, due to a shoulder in-jury. From the start of our season, our crew worked hard and even harder being the el-der “uncles” of the club. We trained even harder at every practice. I’ve observed that, as you age, you need to work three times as hard as the younger men, who are half our ages. I’ve discovered that one needs to work harder, because even when merely walking, knees crack and pop! At each practice, your body aches. You’ve seen it, when the older guys grunt or struggle to get from a sitting position to standing! Then there’s the re-

covery period. “The kids” are able shake it off by the time they wake up the next morning. The same cannot be said of “the uncles.” For the “geezers,” as we were af-fectionately called by the young’uns, it can take a few days. At the next practice, we would just remain stoic and say, “I’m good.” We’re men, and that’s what you're supposed to say! We trained hard, and al-though during regatta our crew placed a few times, many times we came up short. We didn't get discouraged, but kept it to-gether and did the work.The hard work paid off when we made it to the Hawaii State Canoe Champion-

looking forward to the long-distance season. Long distance crews need nine paddlers, so we continued to assure each other that we would come up with three more paddlers for the distance races. As we searched, we asked our friends to join us. Many were busy with regatta and needed to get back to their already hectic lives, so we needed to search harder. In the Duke Kahanamoku Race, the first long-distance race of the season, we competed in the open division (all ages), because we were short one paddler needed to meet the age requirement of forty plus! Our “AARP” crew, promised to work hard-er at finding a “master’s-age” paddler.

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ships in Hilo. That was in August, and it was the second year that we qualified in the 40’s Master’s division. Yes, we worked our butts off, and did an okay job! Our most recent journey started in Janu-ary of this year. We planned on making a 40’s crew for the Molokai Hoe. We had seven paddlers for regatta, and made sure that everyone was coming to “every” race. It worked out perfectly, as some paddlers had family commitments, as well as business trips during the summer, so it worked out, and everyone was happy. As the long distance season started, one of our paddlers needed to take care of con-cerns in his own busy life, and everyone understood.We were now down to six paddlers and

We completed our crew with a paddler that had zero experience, had never been part of a team in a 6 man canoe, and had not even paddled in regatta. He had experience com-ing to regattas and helping set up and break-down, but zero paddling! We took a chance at his “tryout” during the Henry Ayau Race (from Hawaii Kai to Nanakuli). Gerald Hong (59) was brought into the crew, and he became the elder of the crew with the least experience. He trained with us prior to the race and held up just fine, and didn't tire, as one would’ve expected. He never did a water change, and he learned really quickly during the race! With his newly won skills, fighting to the finish, we placed third in our division!We finally had our crew! Our main steers-

HealaniWomenformatunnelforthefinishofthemenscrew.PhotoCourtesyMichelleHongman, Scotty Del Ray (who can keep up with many of the “teeny-boppers” in the open crew), was over fifty-five, and our other crew-member who we imported, was Kip Mizushima, another silver anniversary pad-dler. Our crew’s younger members included our heavy-hitter, Joe Kanana, along with Brandon Ili, Marcus Edayan, Jacob Riveira, Jay Uyehara, from our Novice men, and myself, as the last of the silver anniversary members! We trained with the open crew, sometimes keeping up and sometimes still trying, but we did the same mileage as the younger pad-dlers, and worked hard as a team. Our focus was on Molokai and we all wanted to fare well. Although we had a crew with five forty-year olds, and four fifty-year olds, we took this crew, with over 400 years of life experi-ence, and paddled to compete. We worked through the Kaiwi Channel, and when it came to relying on each other, our paddling brothers came through, and finished in the time we projected. At the Ala Wai docks, our crew met once more to celebrate, remove our belongings

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from the escort boat, and to congratulate each other on a job well done. After all of that hard work, there was one last surprise to conclude one of our finest hours. We were called to the medal stand to join in with our age group champions - 40 Masters Champions Na Koa Kona of Hawaii, and the second place team, Kailua Canoe Club. The Healani Canoe Club 40 Masters, had placed third, earning a bronze medal! At the presentation, we acted as though we had won the gold, because in our minds, we knew we had worked for it. The whole experience brought me back twenty years earlier, to those days of sitting on the edge of the Kaiwi Channel. This time, with the joy of what it took, and what the hundreds, even thousands before me have experienced. Working together through the struggles and coming together for a single goal, doing the best you can, and being the best you could be. Both in the channel and out of it! It doesn’t get much better!

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Big islAnd – Hilo Subaru | 1 keaa St. | Hilo | 808.961.4411 kona Subaru | 75-5793 kuakini Hwy. | kailua-kona | 808.329.5274

MAUi – Servco Subaru maui | 445 kele Street | 808.877.0031

KAUAi – Servco Subaru kauai | 4337 rice Street | lihue | 808.245.6978

1applies only to specific models and only for specific model years. aPr offers subject to credit approval; not all applicants will qualify. must purchase/take delivery between 11/1/15 and 12/31/15. aPr offers limited to stock on the lot and will not be applied to backorders. vehicle selection is subject to availability. Down payment may be required on certain models. not combinable with any other special financing rates, discounts, rebates, employee prices or other offers. restrictions apply. See a Subaru Hawaii dealer for details. offer ends 12/31/15. 2$1,000 discount offer good with purchase and delivery of any new 2015 Xv crosstrek or 2015 impreza (nT). $500 discount offer good with purchase and delivery of any new 2016 Forester, 2016 outback or 2016 legacy between 11/1/15 and 12/31/15. in stock; no backorders. not combinable with any other special financing rates, discounts, rebates, employee prices or other offers. restrictions apply. See a Subaru Hawaii dealer for details. offer ends 12/31/15. 3Subaru Hawaii will donate $250 for each new 2015 or 2016 Subaru vehicle purchased and delivered between 11/1/15 and 12/31/15 to a pre-determined list of nonprofit organizations up to $30,000. See a participating Subaru Hawaii dealer for details. offer ends 12/31/15. 4 For more information on iiHS, go to iiHS. org.

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Big Brothers Big sisters hawaii • hawaii island humane societyhawaii wildlife fund • hawaiian humane societyKauai humane society • maui humane society

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a 2015 top safety pick+ with optional eyesight®4

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