Here’s something you don’t see every day during the summer: Kai Opua finishing third at a Moku O Hawaii Outrigger Canoe Racing Association event.
The West Hawaii powerhouse finished behind Puna and Kai Ehitu last Saturday at the Kailana regatta.
That hasn’t happened in a long, long time. How long?
Even Kai Opua president Uncle Bo Campos, who’s got a memory like an elephant, wasn’t exactly sure.
But at least, he got half the answer right.
“It’s been quite a while at a Tui Tonga regatta, maybe 11 or 12 years ago,” he said.