Maybe this one should begin with a spoiler alert for all the serious paddlers out there, because this is a conversation about being in the canoe, out there in the ocean and how that can change your life.
Recounting some of the footsteps Big Island paddler Kim Kimi traveled to become one of the top over-50 women currently competing might have the undesired effect of prompting some to think Kimi’s story is somehow apart from everyone else’s. In the real world, these stories are familiar, if not common to a lot of dedicated paddlers.
There’s something about the water, the work and the teammates, that, when it all flows together, can be an irresistible lure.