Heath got 23rd in the male SUP I think.
Great effort from him!!

Records were set and a few comments from paddlers saying it was epic conditions out there. Was this the best race yet?? Awesome coverage from Chris at supracer! We need to buy him a bigger server though

3 Man SUP Relay
Open Mens
Second Place
5 hours 4 minutes 51 seconds
Team - Australia/Hawaii
Chris Pagdilao, Mark Raaphorst, Phil Gregory






M2O Story & youtube video coming soon it's BULK fun doing 3 man team going to do it all again next year

I'm happy with my Maui tour got 3 second place finishes in all 3 races. M2M, Maliko, M2O
Now I'm hangin on Oahu for 10 day just surfing Ala Moana & catching up with some friends

I'm Sooo Hungover "Help Me Please Mr Wizard I need a new liver"

PeterP said..
Well done Phil - how would you rate the conditions? - we're getting mixed reports, times were good but some say it was tough (guess it always is..) ????

The first hour was ugly with a lot of North in the wind and swell then conditions went very good for the Ka'iwi Channel with east winds and a ENE swell we were surfing and gliding all the way. Like catching bumps to the north then surfing South we took a very good line our boat crew where very good and onto it. The scariest part is after the change over is when your floundering around in the ocean waiting for the support boat to pick you up, remember the Ka'iwi Channel is a caf'e for tiger sharks. It got really hard about 5 miles out from China walls the ocean went very sloppy your board felt like it was sticking. The closer you got to China Walls say 20ft from the cliffs the current would just suck you along with ease.
I truly think 3 man teams is harder than going solo but thats a full page essay of a story. "story coming soon I'll write it when I get back home" But a 3 man team is THE BEST FUN you will ever have when racing in the M2O thats for shore. Can't wait for next years M2O already.

G'day Breezes if your ever stuck on Molokai or need a place to stay for M2O contact Clare Mawae

Molokai Outdoors
9 Hio Place, Kaunakakai, HI 96748
Ph: 1-858-227-4507 * Fax: 808-553-3000
Email: clare@molokai-outdoors.com

Ye ol Neptune!!

Downwinder said...
4 weeks to go before I become brave and shave (The Old Man Of The Sea)

How long have you been growing it Phil?

Phil well done on the M2O, looks like a fantastic event and I would love to do it myself

Just a point of clarification:
TRIVIA FACTS:- every month there is a fatal shark attack in Hawaiian waters.


sharkattackfile.info

2012 = 1 fatal in USA in California 0 in Hawaii

2000-2009 = 6 in Hawaii

sharkattackfile.info/shark_attack_country_totals/USA_shark_attacks/2000 2009_shark_attack_figures_for_USA/shark_attacks_usa_stat_totals_location_during_2000-2009.asp

1990-1999 = 10 in Hawaii

1980-1989 = 9 in Hawaii

Averaging about 1 a year which is no more than Australia's long term average (not in the last few years though) but please don't change this into another boring shark thread.

dralyagmas said..
Phil well done on the M2O, looks like a fantastic event and I would love to do it myself

Just a point of clarification:
TRIVIA FACTS:- every month there is a fatal shark attack in Hawaiian waters.


sharkattackfile.info

2012 = 1 fatal in USA in California 0 in Hawaii

2000-2009 = 6 in Hawaii

sharkattackfile.info/shark_attack_country_totals/USA_shark_attacks/2000 2009_shark_attack_figures_for_USA/shark_attacks_usa_stat_totals_location_during_2000-2009.asp

1990-1999 = 10 in Hawaii

1980-1989 = 9 in Hawaii

Averaging about 1 a year which is no more than Australia's long term average (not in the last few years though) but please don't change this into another boring shark thread.

From August to November last year 2013 there was 5 Tiger shark fatals on Maui
A teenage girl lost her life on Maui the other week
in 2012 I nearly ran over a big 8ft Tiger while paddling Maliko, I s##t.
My friends saw some big ones on Maliko the other day while paddling
Maliko , Molokai is a caf'e for Tigers

M2O 2014 Ed Wheeler “The Gentle Giant” on a SIC STANDAMARAN

PTWoody said..

Downwinder said..

From August to November last year 2013 there was 5 Tiger shark fatals on Maui

National Geographic says 2 shark fatals in 2013 in all of Hawaii and none from 2004 - 2012.

http://news.nationalgeographic.com.au/news/2013/12/131203-science-shark-attack-hawaii-maui-fisherman-surfer-tiger-australia-bite-ocean/

"Two shark attack fatalities this year are Hawaii's first since 2004."


However there was a spike in the number of shark attacks in Hawaii.

"The attack was the eighth near Maui and the thirteenth in Hawaiian waters this year—more than triple the 20-year average of about four unprovoked shark incidents each year."

I'm only going on what my close friends on Maui tell me that paddle Mailko everyday and are a very reliable source. There hasn't been a shark attack on Oahu for a long time.

2nd Place M2O 3 Man SUP Team L to R Phil Gregory, Mark Raaphorst, Chris Pagdilao

It's BULK FUN doing teams, Low Pressure Production video coming soon