Over 600 paddlers from around the world gathered for the inaugural Rainbow Sandals Gerry Lopez Battle of the Paddle Hawaii and thousands turned out to watch. Surf Realization Fellowship was well represented. ELITE RACE - MEN'S TOP 4:
 1st DANNY CHING (Redondo Beach, CA)1 hour 22 minutes 42.3 seconds. 2nd TRAVIS GRANT (Queensland, Australia) 1:22:55. 
3rd AARON NAPOLEON (Waianae, HI) 1:26:30.8. 4th JAMIE MITCHELL (Queensland, Australia) 1:27:00.6. ELITE RACE - WOMEN'S TOP 3: 
1st CANDICE APPLEBY (San Clemente, CA/Honolulu, HI)
 1:35:25.3. 2nd SHAKIRA WESTDORP (Queensland, Australia)1:36:35.2. 3rd BRANDI BAKSIC (San Clemente, CA) 1:37:51.6 
 HAWAII KAI DISTANCE RACE. 1st male: DANNY CHING (Redondo Beach, CA). 
1st female: ANDREA MOLLER (Maui). Photo - P.Hubert/JKodama