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Raiarii Fadier second overall at the Molokai 2 Oahu 2026
Second across the Ka'iwi Channel in a year when 37 of 123 starters did not finish.
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Dave Kissane wins the Maui to Molokai over-50s, 2026
Second in 2024, first in 2026: Dave Kissane tops the over-50s in the Pailolo Channel.
Kaiwi Loui second in the Maui to Molokai under-18s, 2026
A youth podium in the Pailolo Channel for one of the next generation of AXIS downwind racers.
Trent Gordon wins the Maui to Molokai over-40s, 2026
A division win in the fierce conditions of the 2026 Pailolo Channel crossing.
Kai Thompson second overall in the Koa Kai Triple Crown 2026
Fourth at the Molokai 2 Oahu, second overall across the three races, and a Maliko run record on stock gear.
Livio Menelau takes the Molokai 2 Oahu 2026
Something Livio has chased for years: the win in the Channel of Bones, in a glassy year where line choice was everything.
Kai Thompson third in the Maui to Molokai 2026
Race one of the Triple Crown: an awesome battle through the Pailolo Channel and a podium to start the journey to Oahu.
Michael Scholes wins the wing foil division at the Paddle Imua 2026
First place in wing foil on the Maliko run for the New Zealander, on AXIS foils.
Kai Thompson third at the Paddle Imua 2026
Another podium on the Maliko run, the short, intense opener of Maui race week.
Brian Tallarico wins the Oahu Foil race series over-40s
Nineteen races, best six counting, and a division win in the longest of them: Turtle Bay to Mokuleia, roughly 20 miles.
Kai Thompson second at the Voyager-Wetfeet downwind challenge 2026
A violent first half in big south swell, wind and current, and a podium to open the Hawaiian season on Oahu.
Kai Thompson third at the Molokai 2 Oahu 2025
A podium in the Ka'iwi Channel for Kai Thompson in his first season with AXIS, told in his own words.
Kai Thompson second overall in the Koa Kai Triple Crown 2025
Podiums in three of four races, a sub-two-hour Molokai 2 Oahu, and second in the world.