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| | The Crossing :: Honolulu Weekly (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23) |
 | | Owens, his face intent, says little as he begins to paddle in sets of four to five strokes, digging his hands into the water while on his knees. |
 | | Owens had read in the Legendary Surfers article that in the 1960s, Duke Kahanamoku had said of Smith’s crossing, “[he] alone set a record that will be long in being beaten. |
 | | Owens gets by as a housepainter on the North Shore, where he still surfs—sometimes with his son, C.J., a 12-year-old up and comer—but paddleboarding, which he took up in 1999, is where he’s finally making a lasting mark. |
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