Tag: Hawaii
Gilmore clinches back-to-back surfing crowns
Australia's Stephanie Gilmore has clinched her second successive women's world surfing title.[MORE]
Gilmore rebounds to reach quarters
Australian world surfing champion Stephanie Gilmore has rebounded from a first round hammering at the hands of Hawaiian Melanie Bartels to reach the quarter-finals of the Roxy Pro at Sunset Beach in Hawaii.[MORE]
Beachley accepts teen's apology
Layne Beachley has won official praise for her reaction to the controversial incident which cost her a surfing title chance in Hawaii.[MORE]
Bra Boy Abberton jailed in Hawaii
Bra Boy surf gang leader Koby Abberton has been handcuffed and escorted to jail in Hawaii to serve a three day sentence for assaulting an off-duty police officer outside a Honolulu nightclub.[MORE]
Obama to suspend campaign, visit sick grandmother
Barack Obama will suspend campaigning this week to visit his sick grandmother in Hawaii.[MORE]
Aussie Alexander wins Hawaiian Ironman title
Australian Craig Alexander won the Ironman World Championship in Hawaii, improving on his runner-up finish in the 2007 edition of the gruelling event.[MORE]
Santana to quit music for religion
Carlos Santana is on tour and has an album coming out, but in an interview with Rolling Stone posted online at the weekend the rocker said he sees himself one day heading up a church in Hawaii.[MORE]
Rudd, US in regional disaster relief talks
Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has held talks with America's top military commander in the Pacific about his plan to improve disaster relief in the region.[MORE]
Growing fears for man missing in Hawaii
Bendigo man John Parsons has been missing in a mountainous area on the Hawaiian island of Oahu since last Thursday.[MORE]
Elderly Vic man missing in Hawaii
A search has begun in Hawaii for a missing 77-year-old Victorian man who has not been seen since setting out for a hike last Thursday.[MORE]
Humans to live on Mars 'within 25 years'
A professor of planetary science says humans could be living on Mars within 25 years.[MORE]
Frasier star Grammer suffers mild heart attack
Funnyman Kelsey Grammer hospitalised in Hawaii after suffering a mild heart attack.[MORE]
Telstra to lay 9,000km undersea internet cable
Telstra says it has begun the process of laying down 9,000 kilometres of cable from Australia to Hawaii in a bid to improve internet speed.[MORE]
Aussie Wright finishes third in Hawaii
Australian golfer Lindsey Wright carded a final-round 67 to grab third place at the LPGA Fields Open in Kapolei, Hawaii on Sunday afternoon.[MORE]
Popovic hoping for Pan Pacs consolation prize
Sydney FC captain Tony Popovic says his side is hoping to end its season on a high after being eliminated from the A-League finals.[MORE]
Sorenstam wins season-opening Open
Swedish star Annika Sorenstam had plenty of spark in her debut, by posting a three-under 69 to capture the season-opening SBS Open in Hawaii.[MORE]
Scientists investigate ocean 'plastic soup'
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Scientists are planning a study of a giant floating plastic mass in the North Pacific Ocean.[MORE]
Sorenstam seizes share of lead
Swedish superstar Annika Sorenstam fired a second-round 67 on Saturday (Australian time) to seize a share of the lead in the $1.2 million SBS Open in Hawaii alongside Erica Blasberg.[MORE]
Sydney FC booked for Pan-Pacific tournament
Sydney FC was named to complete a four-club field in the inugural Pan-Pacific Championship to be staged later this month in Honolulu with English star David Beckham as the main attraction.[MORE]
Choi holds nerve to triumph at blustery Waialae
South Korea's KJ Choi held his nerve to survive a gruelling day of gusting winds and clinch his seventh US PGA Tour title by three shots in Honolulu today (Australian time).[MORE]
Chopra takes out opening PGA event
Sweden's Daniel Chopra has birdied the fourth hole of a play-off to win the US PGA Tour's season-opening event in Hawaii.[MORE]
Chopra edges out Stricker in Hawaii
Swede Daniel Chopra has held his nerve to beat American Steve Stricker in a play-off for the PGA Tour's season-opening Mercedes-Benz Championship in Hawaii.[MORE]
Baddeley a contender in Hawaii
Australia's Aaron Baddeley shared third place following the opening round of the US PGA Tour event in Kapalua, Hawaii today (Australian time).[MORE]
Aussie Durbidge claims surfing Triple Crown
Australian Bede Durbidge took out the season-ending Pipeline Masters in Hawaii on Tuesday (Australian time), wrapping up his second ASP World Tour victory and bagging the coveted Triple Crown of Surfing series.[MORE]
Japan shoots down missile in milestone test
A Japanese navy destroyer has shot down a ballistic missile in space in a test over the Pacific, a first for a US ally, a witness said.[MORE]
