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Only 10.06% of Hawaii’s population is Native Hawaiian – what is wrong with this picture? Click To Tweet Only 10.06% of Hawaii’s population is Native Hawaiian – what is wrong with this picture? Policies enacted to create a more 'palatable and tourist-friendly' Hawai’i Nei leave Native Hawaiians w/ no choice but to leave sacred land. Policies enacted to create a more “palatable and tourist-friendly” Hawai’i Nei leave Native Hawaiians with no choice but to leave their sacred land. One of the clearest memories from my childhood is the “ Clean Up the Beaches” campaign led by Governor Linda Lingle’s administration that led to several of my family members and friends being forced from their homes. Hawaii has long been seen as a mystical tropical paradise, which has led to a harmful dynamic wherein people go to Hawaii to exploit the land and dehumanize its people. More information on IRONMAN-related events in Penticton can be found at To learn more about the race, visit a recent interview, I was told I am “still American” even though I’m from Hawaii.
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Want to cheer on the athletes? Pick up a free fan kit-complete with signs, sidewalk chalk and more-at the Saturday Farmers' Market on Aug. The competitors will get a boost from the spectators cheering them on before finishing at the historic finish line on Lakeshore Drive. Athletes will begin with an out-and-back section on the rolling and scenic Kettle Valley Rail Trail before starting a two-loop section in town. The run will wind through vineyards, orchards and the spectator-lined streets. New for 2022 will be an out-and-back section on Willowbrook Road and a winding descent down White Lake Road before the ride back to Penticton. The biking part of the event will take athletes through a rolling course and feature scenic views on the climbs up Richter Pass and Yellow Lake. They will start at the Peach at Rotary Beach, swimming a clockwise loop and finishing at Okanagan Lake Park. Thousands of onlookers and volunteers will watch the competitors do a single-loop swim in picturesque Okanagan Lake. The course is one of the best in the world. “There’s so much for people to do in the lead-up to race week, as well as to stick around for a vacation post-race.” “One of the great things about IRONMAN and having an IRONMAN in Penticton is that it really is a place that you can bring your friends and family,” Ernsting says. Okanagan and Skaha lakes, the vibrant downtown, farmers’ market, Kettle Valley Rail Trail, wine and beer tasting, floating the Penticton River Channel and Skaha Bluffs Provincial Park are just a few of the locations and events visitors can experience during their visit to one of Canada’s most scenic places. So that’s pretty cool.”īefore and after the big event, competitors and their families can enjoy everything the South Okanagan has to offer.
Never have we put on a race where we’ve had so many volunteers that are desperate to help out and doing everything they can to support the athletes as they arrive. “Whistler was an amazing venue, but it’s really the community of Penticton that sells it for me.
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“To be involved in bringing the event back to Penticton is definitely full circle and really special,” Ernsting says. Now, more than a decade later, she is in charge of the competition. She watched her first Penticton IRONMAN in 2009 and signed up for the race a year later. Race director Susie Ernsting could not be more excited to have the race back in beautiful wine country. Now the race is back home and will offer 40 qualifying spots to the 2022 world championships in Kona. Penticton in 1983 was the first North American city to host a full-distance Ironman race outside of Kona, Hawaii, and it featured 24 competitors.
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