Monday, April 25, 2011

PNW ORCA Winter Series Novice Winners

"Dave, Meg and KIALOA,
Mahalo for KIALOA's prize donation of the 2011 PNW ORCA Winter Series Novice championships. By some miracle I was able to win this award for the Novice Men's OC-1 this season.
This has been my first year racing OC-1 and I've learned a lot about training, racing and and my own physical/mental capabilities.
Most of my paddling has been done with KIALOA products. I just want to let you know that this prize means a lot to me. Thank you."

Jasen Kaya
(Pictured below)


KIALOA Novice winners
"I wanted to say thanks again, on behalf of everyone who participated in the
winter series races, for the donation of two KIALOA paddles to the
end-of-season prize cache. They were the most coveted awards, as they are
every year.

This year, as I talked with Meg about, I awarded the paddles to the
points-totals winners of the Novice division. Jasen Kaya won for the men,
and Tanja Kroeger won for the women. Here is a link to a photo of Jasen with
his girlfriend Jackie, and the second place novice male, Vance Hashimoto.

Thank you all so much again for supporting paddling in the Pacific NW! Mahalo."

Alan Goto

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