A unique adventure has launched this week from the Big Island of Hawaii. The dynamic duo of –that's us in the photo above!–will our way through the Hawaiian islands. It's a journey that will take us across three degrees of latitude, over 200 nautical miles, and across nine legendary open-ocean channels. As we paddle from one island to the next and explore above and below the waterline, our goal is to help illuminate the impact of plastics contamination on the world’s oceans. This pollution is responsible for killing more than a million seabirds and 100,000 mammals and sea turtles each year.
We call our adventure , and through it, we plan to raise awareness and funds for , which works to identify and understand the impact of plastics contamination in our oceans and on marine life and the human food chain. We're glad to have , an outdoor lifestyle apparel company, as a sponsor because they believe in “doing the right thing” and taking fun seriously–just like us.
The ocean inspires us, and our aim is to protect it. We hope to make you a part of this journey with blog updates, photos, and videos to come as we move with the waves.
–Morgan Hoesterey and Jenny Kalmbach