Downwind Racing in Hawaii has not been this popular since the great days of SUP. The Maui2Molokai / Molokai Holokai was the opener of a weekend to remember. The SUP Foil Division counted 123 participants that made their way to Maui to be part of this historic event. In fact it was their participation that made it historic.
Besides all the local guys there were athletes from Tahiti, Australia, Japan, New Zealand and France. The race color this year was chosen to be pink to show support for the fire victims of Lahaina.
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The results could not be more interesting as we see many new names on the top or at least names that are not yet that commonly known outside of this still small community of skilled Foil Athletes. Then there is also an arms race in this industry going on as well. The gear is changing fast and there are only a few companies that are at the fore front of producing foils with minimal drag. Inside sources tell us that AXIS is flying in some specialty prototype foils from China just for the M2O. This is how serious things are getting in the channel.