SAN DIEGO, Calif. -- Mike Lawson and Mark Borja learned to neversay never when a competitor's "ama" smacked Lawson upside the head,despite the length of their "iakos." That may have been theirbiggest wakeup call since their first "huli."

The two credit union technology veterans are used to technicalterms, but they had to learn a whole new lexicon when they took upthe traditional Hawaiian sport of outrigger canoe racing.

Borja, vice president of operations and consulting for CUTEK,had been racing for a while when he recruited his friend Lawson, aself-employed marketing and public relations consultant fortechnology vendors, to join in on the fun.