Tanas wins Molokai-2-Oahu Foil World Championships for third straight year

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) – For the third year in a row, Edo Tanas was the first to cross the finish line at Kaimana Beach in the third annual Molokaʻi-2-Oʻahu Foil World Championships Monday.

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He completed the 40-plus-mile Kaiwi Channel crossing in 2 hours and 13 minutes, about 17 minutes off his own world record.

“It was a real emotional one. I never cried at a finish line, and this is the first time that ever happened for me,” Tanas said. “It really means the world to me to be able to do it again, and just to prove that everyone that supported me and put in the work with me, it was all worth it.”

The women’s winner was Annie Reickert of Maui, who finished in 2 hours and 52 minutes.

“Probably one of the harder physical things I’ve done in a really, really long time,” Reickert said.

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Reickert said she was adjusting her equipment shortly before the start.

“I was changing my front wing 10 minutes before the race, because I was looking out there thinking this is not gonna be what we think it is,” she said.

Reickert was one of three women who finished.

Race organizers said 65 men finished the course, and dozens more did not make it.

Light wind made it difficult for riders to catch open-ocean swells, organizers said.

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The Molokaʻi-2-Oʻahu Paddleboard World Championships will be held July 26.