New training buddy - Garmin 310x

So stoked on my virtual friend!

Check out my paddles - a loop on Feb. 25th (blue line) and today, Sunday Feb. 28th, a screaming downwinder on kauai's east side (red line). Top speed 9.7mph... looks like I should have paddled out off the beach and made a straight run down...

Anyone wanna come play?

The Future is So Bright.... We Gotta Wear Shades!

Thor and I got married on New Year's Eve 2009!

I'm officially in the process of changing my name to Kanesa Duncan Seraphin (Duncan as my middle name, but I will be using both professionally and athletically).
 


Maui Jim sponsored our wedding party! As you can see, we all loved our new MJs! Our super photographers (Kristina and Kepano Kukuewa) of www.leakai.com captured some great moments

 

The theme for 2010:

the future is so bright.. we gotta wear shades!!!

Inspiration TV

Aloha paddleboard fans,

My fiance (and soon to be husband next week Dec. 31st 2009), Thor Seraphin, launched his first episode of the Kauai based TV series Inspiration on OC16! You can watch it archived online at http://www.oc16.tv/shows/67 (scroll to episode 101) or on oceanic cable (archived on demand) if you're in Hawaii.

You can also watch just my segment on YOUTUBE - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hUpDRPK7AjQ

The first episode features Char Revelo, the show's host, paddleboarding with "Molokai channel champion paddleboarder and acclaimed scientist Kanesa Duncan".

Title sponsors for the first episode include Alexander Day Spa and Salon and Kauai Pacific School. Sponsors also appearing in this episode include Kauai Community Federal Credit Union, UPS Kauai, Banzai Betty, Tamba Surf Shop, Guardian Self Storage and a public service announcement from the National Tropical Botanical Garden.

Paddleboard Escape From Alcatraz

It really was an escape...

In true Hennessey Paddleboarding fashion, the San Francisco International race this past weekend was an event to remember... the escape from Alcatraz.

Thanks to my sponsor Maui Jims Sunglasses who flew me in and out of San Francisco in 2 days, I was able to juggle a full work schedule and still race ... I showed up in the dark, and woke up in the morning ready to paddle around Alcatraz and Angel Island. We started off in the fog, but as we paddled the sky cleared. The back side of Angel Island was a site to behold, and the city skyline as we paddled back by Alcatraz was pretty spectacular. Just as the current started to pull at us (the race started at slack tide to minimize tidal currents), the fog lifted off the golden gate bridge and San Francisco showed her colors. It was amazing... I feel fortunate to have had the support of my sponsors and my family, lucky to have won the last race of the season (for an undefeated 2009) and glad to be back home in Hawaii with the warm water!

The pack heading past Alcatraz on the way out

Me approaching the finish

Out of jail: Mikey Cote and Eric Abbott

Paddleboard Tour: Duke's Festival, Haleiwa Joe's, and camping Na Pali

We paddled across Molokai almost two months ago, but the fun still continues...

I raced in the Duke's Paddleboard / Hawaii Paddleboard Championships at the end of August - it was a great downwind run on the new pink beauty, and I think probably the most fun race of the year! I also got to get my photo taken with the Duke statue (along with Maui paddlers Dave Ward and Blaire Thorndike)!

On Labor Day weekend, I paddled the  Haleiwa Joe's race from Waimea to Haleiwa, where I missed the start but found the finish :).

This weekend, I paddleboarded the Na Pali coast again. I went with the owner of Na Pali Kayak Tours, and paddleboarder, Josh Comstock on his end of the season ohana (family) fun run. Thor and his brother kayaked and I paddleboarded. We checked out all the sea caves, waterfalls and beaches, then we camped in Polihale that night. It was epic....

Next weekend I'm off to San Francisco for the Hennessey race around Alcatraz. I'll keep you posted!

Outrigger Duke Kahanamoku Foundation
Hawaii Paddleboard Championships
Saturday, August 29, 2009


Place     No.     State     Country     Name     Div     Time
1     143             SCOTT GAMBLE     STANDUP 14.6 FEET & OVER MALE     1:15:26
2     105             AARON NAPOLEON     STANDUP 14.6 FEET & OVER MALE     1:17:01
3     41     Hawaii     Us     SCOTT TRUDON     STANDUP 14.6 FEET & OVER MALE     1:18:27
4     13             MARK RAAPHORST     STANDUP 14.6 FEET & OVER MALE     1:19:12
5     12     Hawaii     Us     L MENELAU     STANDUP 14.6 FEET & OVER MALE     1:21:01
6     104             MATTHEW DUBRULE     UNLIMITED UNDER 40 MALE     1:22:27
7     11     Hawaii     Us     ROBERT STEHLIK     STANDUP 14.6 FEET & OVER MALE     1:22:39
8     77             TODD BRADLEY     STANDUP 14.6 FEET & UNDER MALE     1:24:10
9     14     Hawaii     Us     CONNOR BAXTER     STANDUP 19 YRS & YOUNGER MALE     1:24:20
10     22     Hawaii     Us     SLATER TROUT     STANDUP 19 YRS & YOUNGER MALE     1:24:27
11     140             KAEO OKALANI ABBEY     UNLIMITED UNDER 40 MALE     1:24:53
12     100     Hawaii     Us     JERRY BESS     STANDUP 14.6 FEET & UNDER MALE     1:25:00
13     122             SEPA NAPOLEON     STANDUP 14.6 FEET & UNDER MALE     1:25:01
14     69     Hawaii     Us     DAVE PARMENTER     STANDUP 14.6 FEET & UNDER MALE     1:25:07
15     1     Hawaii     Us     KIMO MIRANDA     STANDUP 12.6 FEET & UNDER MALE     1:25:32
16     42             JEFF CHANG     STANDUP 14.6 FEET & OVER MALE     1:26:36
17     107             EDMUND PESTANA     STANDUP 14.6 FEET & UNDER MALE     1:26:54
18     26             MICHI SCHWEIGER     STANDUP 14.6 FEET & UNDER MALE     1:27:41
19     99             MATT BARNETT     UNLIMNTED 40 & OVER MALE     1:27:57
20     85     Hawaii     Us     ANDREA MOLLER     STANDUP 14.6 FEET & OVER FEMAL     1:28:29
21     63             JODY RAGSCHLUTZ     STANDUP 14.6 FEET & OVER MALE     1:29:20
22     18             KIMO GREENWELL     PB STOCK 30-39 MALE     1:29:21
23     129             DOLAN EVERSOLE     STANDUP 14.6 FEET & UNDER MALE     1:29:32
24     113         France     LEROY RICO     STANDUP 14.6 FEET & UNDER MALE     1:29:54
25     116             NORM BRADLEY     STANDUP 14.6 FEET & OVER MALE     1:30:05
26     7     Hawaii     Us     ZAME SCHWEITZER     STANDUP 19 YRS & YOUNGER MALE     1:30:12
27     110             BLACK ABRAHAM     STANDUP 14.6 FEET & OVER MALE     1:31:10
28     40     Hawaii     Us     KANESA DUNCAN     UNLIMITED ALL AGES FEMALE     1:31:11
29     29     Hawaii     Us     BERND ROEDIGER     STANDUP 19 YRS & YOUNGER MALE     1:31:52
30     70             JENNY KALMBACH     STANDUP 14.6 FEET & OVER FEMAL     1:32:17
31     103             CHRIS FONG     PB STOCK 1-19 MALE     1:32:24
32     68     Hawaii     Us     ARCHIE KALEPA     STANDUP 14.6 FEET & UNDER MALE     1:32:31
33     30     Nsw     Australia     SIMON DODD     STANDUP 14.6 FEET & UNDER MALE     1:32:35
34     78             BRENDAN BRADLEY     PB STOCK 1-19 MALE     1:32:39
35     98             DOUG LOCK     STANDUP 12.6 FEET & UNDER MALE     1:32:48
36     112             KAIPO GUERRERO     STANDUP 14.6 FEET & UNDER MALE     1:32:52
37     133             MARC HAINE     UNLIMNTED 40 & OVER MALE     1:33:04
38     106             RIGGS NAPOLEON     STANDUP 19 YRS & YOUNGER MALE     1:33:16
39     23             BLAIR THORNDIKE     PB STOCK 40-49 MALE     1:33:24
40     39             SCOT MCPHAIL     STANDUP 14.6 FEET & UNDER MALE     1:33:27
41     24     Hawaii     Us     DAVE WARD     PB STOCK 40-49 MALE     1:33:41
42     87     Hawaii     Us     EVAN LEONG     STANDUP 14.6 FEET & OVER MALE     1:33:53
43     126             JUSTIN LANGLAIS     UNLIMITED UNDER 40 MALE     1:35:10
44     51     Hawaii     Us     CARLOS GILLIS     STANDUP 14.6 FEET & UNDER MALE     1:35:47
45     56     Hawaii     Us     ROSS KOIZUMI     STANDUP 14.6 FEET & UNDER MALE     1:35:49
46     138             CLARK ABBEY     UNLIMNTED 40 & OVER MALE     1:35:56
47     20     Hawaii     Us     RAY SHIRAISHI     STANDUP 14.6 FEET & UNDER MALE     1:36:03
48     84     Hawaii     Us     KEVIN SEID     STANDUP 14.6 FEET & OVER MALE     1:36:11
49     32     Hawaii     Us     MICHAEL CHEAPE     PB STOCK 40-49 MALE     1:36:24
50     124             BODO VAN DER LEEDEN     STANDUP 14.6 FEET & UNDER MALE     1:36:45
51     135             BILLY BALDING     PB STOCK 40-49 MALE     1:37:00
52     4             DARIN KOHARA     STANDUP 14.6 FEET & UNDER MALE     1:37:04
53     37             JOHN DEMARCO     STANDUP 14.6 FEET & UNDER MALE     1:38:10
54     47             RUA TAFT     PB STOCK 30-39 MALE     1:38:22
55     128             GREGORY QUINN     PB STOCK 40-49 MALE     1:38:27
56     111             HEATHER JEPPESEN     STANDUP 14.6 FEET & UNDER FEMA     1:39:21
57     91     Hawaii     Us     BRAD FELDMAN     STANDUP 14.6 FEET & UNDER MALE     1:39:36
58     109             KEONE MACARTHUR     PB STOCK 30-39 MALE     1:39:37
59     142             ERIC OLSEN     STANDUP 12.6 FEET & UNDER MALE     1:39:47
60     46     Hawaii     Us     REBECCA JAKEWAY     STANDUP 14.6 FEET & UNDER FEMA     1:39:50
61     108             JON PIPER     PB STOCK 40-49 MALE     1:39:52
62     36             JOHN ABRAMSON     UNLIMNTED 40 & OVER MALE     1:40:08
63     66     Hawaii     Us     HILTON ALVES     STANDUP 14.6 FEET & OVER MALE     1:40:12
64     35     Hawaii     Us     GEORGE RAMOS JR.     PB STOCK 50-59 MALE     1:40:42
65     15             ANDREW ESTES     PB STOCK 20-29 MALE     1:40:50
66     95             NOA GINELLE     PB STOCK 1-19 MALE     1:41:27
67     123             DONNA BABOME     STANDUP 14.6 FEET & UNDER FEMA     1:41:35
68     117             JOHNNY COMSTOCK     PB STOCK 30-39 MALE     1:41:41
69     102             HERBIE TITCOMB     STANDUP 14.6 FEET & OVER MALE     1:41:46
70     80     Hawaii     Us     REID INOUYE     STANDUP 14.6 FEET & OVER MALE     1:42:21
71     72     Hawaii     Us     STUART NAKATA     STANDUP 14.6 FEET & UNDER MALE     1:42:33
72     75             ERROL KANEZ     STANDUP 14.6 FEET & UNDER MALE     1:43:09
73     62             HAROLD IGGY     STANDUP 14.6 FEET & UNDER MALE     1:43:39
74     76     Ca     Us     TED RUTHERFORD     STANDUP 14.6 FEET & UNDER MALE     1:44:01
75     55     Hawaii     Us     JEREMIAH WOZNICK     STANDUP 12.6 FEET & UNDER MALE     1:44:04
76     82     Hawaii     Us     MATT GATELY     PB STOCK 20-29 MALE     1:44:08
77     48     Hawaii     Us     BYRON VALDEZ     STANDUP 14.6 FEET & UNDER MALE     1:44:37
78     79     Hawaii     Us     MARK EUGENIO     PB STOCK 40-49 MALE     1:44:51
79     58             ALIKA WILLIS     STANDUP 14.6 FEET & OVER MALE     1:45:37
80     86             ROBERTO LOPES     STANDUP 12.6 FEET & UNDER MALE     1:45:46
81     93     Hawaii     Us     SCOTT SAITO     PB STOCK 20-29 MALE     1:46:50
82     17     Hawaii     Us     LAYNE OWEN     PB STOCK 40-49 MALE     1:46:57
83     121             DESMOND BARBADILLO     UNLIMNTED 40 & OVER MALE     1:47:06
84     49             DAMON ANCHETA     STANDUP 14.6 FEET & UNDER MALE     1:47:07
85     50     Hawaii     Us     SCOTT NAGASAWA     STANDUP 14.6 FEET & UNDER MALE     1:47:35
86     141             BRAD BARNESON     PB STOCK 20-29 MALE     1:47:37
87     114             KATIE SLOCUMB     STANDUP 14.6 FEET & OVER FEMAL     1:48:05
88     132             KARIM CHAIBAI     PB STOCK 40-49 MALE     1:48:50
89     134             MARK CUNNINGHAM     PB STOCK 50-59 MALE     1:48:55
90     90             RANDAL LUI-KWAN     STANDUP 14.6 FEET & OVER MALE     1:48:57
91     53     Hawaii     Us     KALANI KAHALIOUMI     STANDUP 14.6 FEET & UNDER MALE     1:49:20
92     31     Hawaii     Us     JOANNA BILANCIERI     PB STOCK 20-39 FEMAL     1:49:25
93     65             TONY MONIZ     STANDUP 14.6 FEET & UNDER MALE     1:49:45
94     34     Hawaii     Us     HENRY LEE     PB STOCK 40-49 MALE     1:49:54
95     45     Hawaii     Us     MARY JO GUMBERT     STANDUP 14.6 FEET & OVER FEMAL     1:50:03
96     130             KRISTEN JOHNS     PB STOCK 20-39 FEMAL     1:50:37
97     2         Us     TIM FERNANDEZ     PB STOCK 60-99 MALE     1:51:04
98     83         Puerto Rico     JAIME TORRES     STANDUP 14.6 FEET & UNDER MALE     1:51:23
99     33     Hawaii     Us     CHAD SEYMOUR     PB STOCK 20-29 MALE     1:51:50
100     137             ALAN PFLUEGER     UNLIMNTED 40 & OVER MALE     1:51:53
101     67         Australia     RICHARD FINLAY-JONES     STANDUP 14.6 FEET & OVER MALE     1:51:55
102     38             TIM BRANDON     STANDUP 14.6 FEET & UNDER MALE     1:52:18
103     59             SAM PAE     STANDUP 12.6 FEET & UNDER MALE     1:52:18
104     74     Hawaii     Us     JOAN FUKUMOTO     PB STOCK 40-99 FEMAL     1:52:32
105     61     Hawaii     Us     SHANE SAKAI     STANDUP 12.6 FEET & UNDER MALE     1:52:35
106     52             SHANE OYAMA     STANDUP 12.6 FEET & UNDER MALE     1:52:50
107     101             MARJ TAKABAYASHI     STANDUP 14.6 FEET & UNDER FEMA     1:52:58
108     27             KAEO KEALEOALOHA     UNLIMNTED 40 & OVER MALE     1:53:02
109     97             JOHN GINELLA     PB STOCK 1-19 MALE     1:53:18
110     115             J. STEPHENS     PB STOCK 40-49 MALE     1:53:22
111     73     Hawaii     Us     TROE HERLONG     UNLIMNTED 40 & OVER MALE     1:53:58
112     8             MARTY SANTOS     STANDUP 12.6 FEET & UNDER MALE     1:54:20
113     94             TIM JOHNS     PB STOCK 50-59 MALE     1:54:32
114     88             DARIN LEONG     STANDUP 14.6 FEET & UNDER MALE     1:55:10
115     57     Hawaii     Us     JUSTIN BEYERS     STANDUP 12.6 FEET & UNDER MALE     1:55:37
116     120             CAROLYN ANNERUD     STANDUP 14.6 FEET & UNDER FEMA     1:56:59
117     81             ANGELA GIANCATERINO     PB STOCK 20-39 FEMAL     1:57:14
118     54     Hawaii     Us     CHAD BURGHER     STANDUP 12.6 FEET & UNDER MALE     1:57:21
119     96             SEAN GINELLA     PB STOCK 50-59 MALE     1:58:17
120     19     Hawaii     Us     MICHAEL KUAKINI     STANDUP 12.6 FEET & UNDER MALE     1:58:28
121     89             HARRIS CHANG     STANDUP 14.6 FEET & OVER MALE     1:58:41
122     131             JORDAN ABBEY     PB STOCK 1-19 MALE     2:00:16
123     9             JEFF THOMAS     STANDUP 12.6 FEET & UNDER MALE     2:01:21
124     118             COLLEEN TESSLER     PB STOCK 20-39 FEMAL     2:02:17
125     43     Hawaii     Us     JEFF PETERSON     UNLIMNTED 40 & OVER MALE     2:02:28
126     125             JEFF HARRIS     STANDUP 14.6 FEET & UNDER MALE     2:03:12
127     10             MICHAEL LORNE     PB STOCK 50-59 MALE     2:03:31
128     21             LYNDA LIM     STANDUP 14.6 FEET & UNDER FEMA     2:03:33
129     127             ERIN WASCHER     PB STOCK 20-39 FEMAL     2:05:55
130     136             AARON BROWN     UNLIMITED UNDER 40 MALE     2:05:58
131     71     Hawaii     Us     ALIKA COSNER     STANDUP 12.6 FEET & UNDER MALE     2:06:55
132     119             CURTIS MILLER     STANDUP 12.6 FEET & UNDER MALE     2:13:29
133     25     Hawaii     Us     MARCIANO WHITFORD     STANDUP 19 YRS & YOUNGER MALE     2:16:30
134     6     Hawaii     Us     SHARON STEHLIK     STANDUP 14.6 FEET & UNDER FEMA     2:20:00
135     139             CARLTON HELM     PB STOCK 20-29 MALE     2:20:45
136     64     Hawaii     Us     ROBERT NORTON JR.     STANDUP 12.6 FEET & UNDER MALE     2:21:12
137     3     Hawaii     Us     MARK MATHESON     UNLIMNTED 40 & OVER MALE     2:30:56
138     60             MICAH LIANA     STANDUP 12.6 FEET & UNDER MALE     2:33:03

 
20th Annual Haleiwa Joe's Labor Day Paddleboard Race 9/06/09
Paddleboard Division
Overall
Place FirstName LastName Time Division Division Place
1 Chris Owens 45:13 Unlimited 40 + 1
2 Matt Barnett 46:24 Unlimited 40 + 2
3 Kai Hall 47:06 Men 30 - 39 1
4 Marc Haine 48:06 Unlimited 40 + 3
5 Travis DesRoches 48:24 Men 20 - 29 1
6 Jon Piper 49:57 Unlimited 40 + 4
7 David Ward 50:16 Men 40 - 49 1
8 Gregory Quinn 50:38 Men 40 - 49 2
9 Blair Thorndike 50:45 Men 40 - 49 3
10 Mark Rigg 50:52 Men 50 - 59 1
11 John Abramson 50:53 Unlimited 40 + 5
12 Holden Takahashi 51:11 15 - 19 1
13 Noa Ginella 51:34 15 - 19 2
14 Clark Abbey 51:37 Unlimited 40 + 6
15 Kanesa Duncan 51:53 Stock Paddleboard Women 39 & Under 1
16 George Ramos Jr. 52:05 Men 50 - 59 2
17 Michael Cheape 52:21 Men 40 - 49 4
18 Rua Taft 52:44 Men 30 - 39 2
19 Kendall Rust 53:18 Men 40 - 49 5
20 Desmond Barbadillo 53:32 Unlimited 40 + 7
21 Matt Gately 54:19 Men 20 - 29 2
22 Jeffrey Peterson 54:42 Unlimited 40 + 8
23 Charlie Walker 54:58 Unlimited 40 + 9
24 Alan Pflueger 54:59 Unlimited 40 + 10
25 Rick Williams 55:05 Men 50 - 59 3
26 Lane Saito 55:11 Unlimited 39 & Under 1
27 Buttons Kaluhiokalani 55:32 Men 50 - 59 4
28 John Hoogsteden 55:43 Men 40 - 49 6
29 T. Pohaku Fernandez 55:46 60 + 1
30 Mark Eugenio 55:54 Men 40 - 49 7
31 Mike Coté 55:56 Men 50 - 59 5
32 Joshua Ewing 55:58 Men 30 - 39 3
33 Akila Barnett 55:59 Unlimited 39 & Under 2
34 Sean Ginella 56:07 Men 50 - 59 6
35 Layne Owen 56:20 Men 40 - 49 8
36 John Ginella 56:27 15 - 19 3
37 Carl Kim 56:29 Men 50 - 59 7
38 Joanna Bilancieri 56:40 Women 39 & Under 2
39 Troe Herlong 56:44 Unlimited 40 + 11
40 Joan Fukumoto 57:23 Women 40 + 1
41 Scott Saito 57:16 Men 20 - 29 3
42 Karim Abdil 57:23 Unlimited 40 + 12
43 Aaron Brown 59:43 Unlimited 39 & Under 3
44 Kukunaokala Mendonca 1:00:18 Men 40 - 49 9
45 Bill Lim 1:01:05 Men 40 - 49 10
46 Keoni Limahai 1:01:30 Men 50 - 59 8
47 Shonn Kim 1:01:41 Men 30 - 39 4
48 Michael Lorne 1:01:52 Men 50 - 59 9
49 Peter Takahashi 1:01:54 14 & Under 1
50 Scott Cummins 1:02:12 Men 30 - 39 5
51 Jeremiah Brown 1:02:37 Men 20 - 29 4
52 Kathryn Stanaway 1:04:03 Women 39 & Under 3
53 Andrew Ozimec 1:04:30 Unlimited 40 + 13
54 Daniel Kauai 1:04:46 Men 40 - 49 11
55 Mark Matheson 1:14:09 Unlimited 40 + 14
56 Marco Barbosa 1:37:02 Men 40 - 49 12

XCEL Online

XCEL wetsuits has added a link to my paddleboard race and the Kainalu Project website!

Kainalu Project: Spreading the Aloha

Kainalu Project website built to spread the aloha nominated me for athlete of the month!
 

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