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PADDLE – CATALINA ISLAND, CA

Team IMUA finished 4th overall out of 58 teams in the U.S. Championship Outrigger Race – staged as long distance paddle across the Catalina Channel = from Catalina Island to Newport Beach on the mainland of California for a total of 36 miles of Outrigger Canoe Racing. Teams from all over, and a few of Hawaii’s best teams showed up. 1st place was the Outrigger Canoe Club from Hawaii, 2nd Lanakila, 3rd Team Livestrong from Hawaii and 4th Imua/Kaenon from California. This year’s U.S. Championship Outrigger Race has had one of the highest levels of competition in years. The IMUA team wears an assortment of Kaenon’s men’s sunglasses, but mainly Hard Kore while on the water.

The pictures with the awards show Team IMUA with some of the remaining/living members of the first outrigger crossing of the channel 50 years ago.

SAILING

Last week we showed you the challenger, BMW ORACLE and their 90’x90’ Trimaran. At the same time, the defender ALINGHI launched their 90’ catamaran on Lake Geneva and put it through its initial test trials.
Incredible! That’s the sentiment felt within the sailing community.

The Cup is still going through its final stage of “land battles“ and disagreements, but a race between these two will occur in February or May next year. On August 8th Alinghi will announce the location. Speculation it will go to the highest bidder – with conducive conditionals suitable to the defender. This game plays under a whole different set of rules – and that’s part of the fascination and heritage. Most notably – the boats and the personalities. Check out Alinghi’s weapon, below.

Skipper and CEO Brad Butterworth in Hard Kore Tobacco C12, last week greeting the media on media day.

GOLF – Omaha, Nebraska
17 year old Hawaiian phenom Tadd Fujikawa made news again over the weekend as he perched himself on the leaderboard of this Nationwide Tour even with his great play, but electrified the fans and sparked TV coverage with his personality…a crowd pleaser and a natural star in the making. Keep your eye on this kid, he’s the real deal! Tadd ended up 15T wearing Hard Kore Tobacco C12 golf sunglasses.

SAILING
The Oldest Trophy in Sport, The America’s Cup will be a one-off match race (one-on-one) between the defender Alinghi from Switzerland (skippered by our Kaenon’s Brad Butterworth) and the American Challenger, BMW Oracle (skipper and CEO, Russell Coutts and owned by Oracle Chairman Larry Ellison), in Giant Multihulls. The race is expected to take place in February and the location will be announced August 8 by the defender.

These boats are insane – gigantic multihulls that have never been designed or built of this size that will reach unheard of speeds on the course. If you’re a sailor – and even if you’re not, the America’s Cup will be a spectacle. The world-wide exposure from this event will likely be unprecedented for many reasons.
Below, BMW Oracle’s 90-foot x 90-foot Trimaran training off San Diego last week in very mild conditions.

Jimmy Spithill driving from the windward helmsman pod in Jetty sunglasses by Kaenon Polarized.

Tactician John Kostecki wearing Hard Kore C12, Helmsman Jimmy Spithill in Jetty Black G12, one of the main designers

Mainsail trimmer Dirk DeRidder in Kore C12

SURF
Matt Meola, young Maui goofy foot sticks an ultra-smooth rotation in this 60 Seconds Surfline TV clip

Matt wears Kaenon’s men’s sunglasses in Calais, Jetty and Kabin

SURF – PANAMA & FLORIDA

Shea Lopez has a surf camp that just started in Daytona Beach.
“No longer facing the tour’s chaotic globetrotting, this 35-year-old is looking to make surfing a better place. And he’s starting at home.

“I’ve lived here for 10, 11 years, but for the first seven I was gone 250 days a year. I didn’t really get to leave an impression with the kids,” Lopez said.

Now Lopez has a 3½-year-old daughter catching her first waves, and he wants to teach others in the next generation of local surfers the things that have given his family a lifelong love of the sport.

Shea just finished a trip to Nicaragua and Panama, with some great exposure and with a bit of fishing on the side.

Shea Lopez in Jetty Black G12, and dinner. Shea also wears Kaenon’s Lewi Black G12 Men’s Sunglasses

MOUNTAIN BIKE – CALIFORNIA
Tragedy strikes even the best of riders. Yuri Hauswald one of Kaenon’s beloved went down hard breaking his hand and thumb during a training ride on Whittier Bluff Road near Tomales. As a world class mountain biking competitor, Hauswald was preparing for the upcoming B.C. Bike Run when he hit a bump traveling between 25 and 30 miles per hour. Bouncing his hands off the handlebars, Yuri flipped to the ground. hitting his head, bruising his ribs and breaking his hand. Luckily, Yuri was wearing a helmet – however the hand injury required surgery that left him with with no choice but to cancel his planned trip to Canada and participation in the rugged B.C. Bike Run, a seven-stage race of some 250 miles that includes more than 30,000 feet of climbing. Read the full article here.

Yuri – pre-break – in Kore Silver clear sport sunglasses.

Yuri – in and out of the hospital, wearing Calais Matte Black Men’s Sunglasses.

FATHER’S DAY

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A special recognition to the following Kaenon Pro Dads!
SAILING
Russell Coutts
Brad Butterworth
Kevin Burnham
Cam Lewis
Flavio Marrazi
Freddy Loof
Guillermo Altadill
John Kostecki
Pete Melvin
Peter Isler
Mark Reynolds
Santiago Lange
Terry Hutchinson

BASEBALL
Andre Ethier
Aaron Cooke
Brad Hawpe
Bruce Bochy
Bud Black
Cliff Lee
Duaner Sanchez
Edwin Encarnacion
Eric Wedge
Guillermo Mota
Hiroke Kuroda
Jayson Werth
Raul Ibanez
Jeff Baker
Joe Maddon
Kevin Youkilis
Manny Acta
Mike Lowell
Milton Bradley

SURF
Shea Lopez
Jason Reagan
Zack Howard
Kapono Nahina
Paul Pence

WATERMAN
Guy Pere
Darrick Doerner

STAND UP PADDLE (SUP)
Kainoa McGee

PADDLE
Kai and Lauren Bartlett
Ryan Addison

KITEBOARD
Mauricio Abreu

WINDSURF
Matt Pritchard (soon to be Dad)

FISHING
Aaron Martens
Steve Lassley
Marlin Parker
Kevin Nakamaru
Curt Hamby
Martin Carranza

- From our Kaenon Dads to Yours – Happy Father’s Day, from all of us at Kaenon Polarized!

SAILING

Race Takes a New Turn as Seb Josse Endures Day 37 in the Vendee Globe – Solo Around the World Race.

In a race that redefines the term ‘seaworthy’ – Kaenon Polarized sailor Sébastien Josse (Hard Kore G12), continues to make up time in the Vendee Globe Solo Around the World Race today and is currently only 78 miles behind the leader JP Dick (who just collided with an iceberg in the Southern Ocean this morning), and sailing at 19 knots when he reported to the Vendée Globe organizers today. The past week has seen the Vendee fleet dodging small icebergs while encountering strong storms that bring big breeze and huge waves in the treacherous Southern Ocean. The fleet is expecting very rough weather in the next 48 hours, and this morning’s quiet conditions will be a short-lived respite. To get the latest on Seb’s position and condition – visit www.btsebjosse.com.

WINTER SPORTS

Full steam ahead

The best Speed skaters in the world took to the ice this month in Berlin. Look for Canadians Jeremy Wotherspoon, wearing Kaenon Polarized Kore C50 sunglasses, and Denny Morrison (Kore G12) to skate hard in defense of their World Cup Championships and record-setting season last year. On the slopes, American Julia Mancuso (Leila, Calais, Eden) rejoins the powerful U.S. squad led by last season’s overall champions Bode Miller and Lindsay Vonn plus Mancuso’s 8 podium finishes.