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Hundreds of SUP and prone paddleboarders from around the world to compete in 32-mile open ocean race. Website features new race art and new downloadable commemorative video. Honolulu, HI (PRWEB) March 01, 2012 Organizers of the 16th annual Molokai-2-Oahu Paddleboard World Championships (M2O), presented by Kona Longboard Island Lager, today opened online registration on the event’s redesigned website at http://www.molokai2oahu.com. The announcement officially kicks off the countdown to...

Australian Jamie Mitchell claims 10th consecutive title over 32-mile open ocean crossing. Connor Baxter and Jordan Mercer stun the paddling world with strength and poise to become youngest solo champions in both prone and SUP divisions. Honolulu, HI (PRWEB) August 01, 2011 Sunday, July 31, 2011 produced favorable race conditions with 15 to 20-knot winds and eight foot swells. Athletes at the 15th Annual Molokai-2-Oahu Paddleboard World Championship (M2O), presented by Longboard Island...

Jamie Mitchell and Kanesa Duncan lead men's and women's prone paddleboard division en route to record wins - Dave Kalama and Andrea Moller return to defend titles in growing stand-up paddleboard (SUP) division Honolulu, Hawaii (PRWEB) July 26, 2011 In its 15th year, the Molokai-2-Oahu Paddleboard World Championship (M2O), presented by Kona Brewing Co., will host its largest field of international competitors, featuring the sport's most elite athletes. On Sunday, July 31, 2011, an armada...

32-mile ocean crossing tests the endurance and daring of men and women - Race updates and latest event information available thru Facebook and Twitter Honolulu, Hawaii (PRWEB) June 22, 2011 Founded in 1997, the Molokai-2-Oahu (M2O) Paddleboard World Championship, presented by Kona Brewing Co., is set to celebrate its 15th anniversary on Sunday, July 31, 2011. Featuring 250 courageous athletes from more than 10 countries, the annual race will test the endurance of men and women as they...

HONOLULU, March 11, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- At approximately 11:26 a.m. today, the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center cancelled the tsunami advisory for the Hawaiian Islands following the 8.9 earthquake that struck Japan sending a tsunami warning throughout the Pacific. The event passed with no major impact to Hawaii's six major islands - Kauai, Oahu, Molokai, Lanai, Maui and Hawaii Island - and with the exception of a road closure on a small stretch of Alii Drive in Kailua-Kona on Hawaii Island,...

HONOLULU, March 11, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- At approximately 8:05 a.m. today, the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center reduced the tsunami warning to a tsunami advisory for the Hawaiian Islands following the 8.9 earthquake that struck Japan sending a tsunami warning throughout the Pacific. The event passed with no major impact to Hawaii's six major islands - Kauai, Oahu, Molokai, Lanai, Maui and Hawaii Island - and it is rapidly becoming business as usual across the state. Travelers heading to...

Scientists say a baby monk seal named KP2 is getting too big to play with children on the Hawaiian island of Molokai. The endangered Hawaiian Monk Seal has become something of a celebrity since he first showed up earlier this year on Kaunakakai Wharf, where children and local boogie boarders swim and play with the pup, the Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday. Wende Goo, a spokesperson for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, said the 17-month-old seal pup now weighs 175...

Efforts Propel 2009 Total to More Than 35 Tons HONOLULU, June 24 /PRNewswire/ -- Schools in Hawaii showed they know what it takes to recycle more than 16 tons of outdated Hawaiian Telcom Yellow Pages Directories during the "Think Yellow, Go Green" Recycling Contest hosted by HYP Media Finance LLC ("HYP Media"), the official publisher of the Hawaiian Telcom Yellow Pages. This year's recycling program took place on the islands of Hawaii, Kauai, Lanai, Maui, and Molokai. More than 50 schools...

Students Invited to Participate in Hawaiian Telcom Yellow Pages' Annual Recycling Competition HONOLULU, May 8 /PRNewswire/ -- HYP Media LLC, publisher of Hawaiian Telcom Yellow Pages (HTYP) directories are once again going green with help from local schools. On the heels of Oahu's successful program, where more than 90 tons of old directories were recycled, HYP Media is pleased to announce the kickoff of the annual yellow pages recycling competition between public and private schools on...

An unusual Hawaiian vine has been deemed an endangered species, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service reported TuesdayAccording to the Associated Press, President Obama has already classified another species as well as this one since the commencement of his administration.The first was an amphibian indigenous to south Georgia, north Florida and coastal South Carolina, called the reticulated flatwoods salamander.  It was added to the endangered list last month.  The Hawaiian plant is...