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Archive Home > 2005 > February > 08 > Growing with the flow

Growing with the flow

Bend company builds equipment for new generation of hybrid watersports

By Cathy Carroll / The Bulletin
February 8, 2005

Dave Chun began building KIALOA paddles on his parents' lanai, or patio, in Oahu, in 1990. He built them for himself and his local community of outrigger canoe racers.

Chun invented a revolutionary, lightweight "hybrid" paddle that still met the sport's rules requiring the paddles to....

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