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

By Myriam DiGiovanni | Updated on July 01, 2008

SAN DIEGO, Calif. — Mike Lawson and Mark Borja learned to never say never when a competitor’s “ama” smacked Lawson upside the head, despite the length of their “iakos.” That may have been their biggest wakeup call since their first “huli.”

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

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