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Quetzal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-11-04 07:39 AM
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1. HonoluluAdvertiser
BOE still contemplating school surfing program

Six months after the state Board of Education seemed ready to recommend surfing as a high-school sport, some board members are having reservations, and will now look at whether surfing should be part of a broader ocean-sports policy.

The potential delay is a disappointment to many in the surfing community, who have fought for several years to make surfing — Hawai'i's best-known pastime — equal to football, basketball and other high-school sports.

"It's cool that they're trying to incorporate other water sports. But I think they should just hurry up and do it," said Reis Harney, a Kahuku High & Intermediate School senior who surfs on the school's club team.

The BOE's committee on special programs will discuss a new policy tomorrow. Since the school board last heard testimony on surfing, others have asked to make kayaking a high-school sport, so some board members want to examine whether there should be an ocean or water-sports policy. Kayaking, if it were approved as a sport, would likely take place on the Ala Wai Canal.

http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2004/Apr/11/ln/ln02a.html
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