The sport is fast, it’s furious and it’s physically demanding.
It might not be what you think.
“I owe everything to badminton,” said David Levin, a former two-time champion of the Hilo Open.
Levin went to college on a badminton scholarship, met his wife through the sport and his first business involved importing badminton equipment. Levin, of Manhattan Beach, Calif., was a champion at the ninth annual Hilo Open in the early 1980s, and he credited the sport with helping him stay fit and trim as he competed at the 43rd edition of the tournament, which wrapped up Sunday at Hilo Armory.