The Bradah Mel’s Canoe Surfing and Stand-Up Surfing Championships, an event to help raise funds for two Olympic kayak hopefuls from Hawai‘i, will be held this week, according to organizers.

The event, which was originally scheduled to run last week but postponed to Saturday and Sunday. will help the Dolan brothers — Patrick, 21, and Ryan, 19, members of the U.S. Olympic Kayak team — in their quest to reach the 2012 Olympics in London.
The surfing event, which attracts some of the best paddlers and surfers from Tahiti, Brazil, France and Hawai‘i and other states, will be held at Mäkaha Beach.

Bradah Mel Pu‘u, an avid waterman and Wai‘anae Coast lifeguard, has been holding the surf contest for the past four years as a fundraiser for his friend Leighton Look, who was paralyzed in a diving accident and passed away last September. This year’s event will be held in Look’s memory.
For information, call Bradah Mel Pu‘u at 478-9086.