Molokai Challenge 2016
Arriving a week earlier has not only allowed me to adapt to the time zone change but also to the different climate. With the temperature on the Sunshine Coast starting to drop as the season changes to winter, the Hawaiian summer is only just starting. The first couple of days were hard on the hands with the water heating them up and gripping them a little more than usual creating some small blisters. Unfortunately though for the last three years, the wind has been cranking the week leading into the race and then has lost its steam for race day, in saying this I did get a couple of great downwind paddles before the race. Saturday morning came around pretty quick, it was time to start loading skis and getting ready for a 1:00 departure to Molokai. We loaded our skis onto LJ’s boat and they were ready to go, now it was just time for myself and my room mates to get our gear ready for the race and Island. Whenever I’m packing for a race I like to work from my toes up to my head with