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Wing-foil instructor conquers Koa Kai Triple Crown

Paradise Cay resident Josh Waldman competed in the foil edition of the 40-mile Molokai 2 Oahu Paddleboard World Championships on July 20, his third race in eight days as part of the Koa Kai Triple Crown in Hawaii. (via Josh Waldman)
Paradise Cay resident Josh Waldman competed in the foil edition of the 40-mile Molokai 2 Oahu Paddleboard World Championships on July 20, his third race in eight days as part of the Koa Kai Triple Crown in Hawaii. (via Josh Waldman)

When hydrofoiler Josh Waldman hit rough, treacherous waves midway through the 40-mile Molokai to Oahu endurance race, he wasn’t sure he’d make it.

 

“All of a sudden I hit this phantom chop that took me out, and I fell,” he said.

 

It was the Paradise Cay resident’s third stand-up paddle foilboard event in eight days, the final race of the Koa Kai Triple Crown that took him across 75 miles of open ocean in the Hawaiian islands.


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