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Short HopsTuesday, June 29, 2010 @ 2:15PMSkateboarding workshop Saturday The Kona Skateboard Association will conduct a beginning skateboarding workshop from 8 to 10 a.m. Saturday at the temporary skatepark next to the Old Kona Airport Park pavilion.

Short HopsTuesday, June 22, 2010 @ 2:59PMFree football camps in Kailua-Kona, Hilo Hawaii County's Department of Parks and Recreation, University of Hawaii Football, Wyndham Pacific, and Hawaii, Speed and Quickness will conduct a free football camp for children in grades 1-12 at Kailua-Kona's Old Kona Airport Park on Wednesday and at Hilo's Wong Stadium on Thursday.

Short HopsTuesday, June 8, 2010 @ 2:35PMYoshimoto hits hole-in-one Wally Yoshimoto hit a hole-in-one Sunday at Big Island Country Club with a 7-iron from 144 yards out on the par-3 13th hole. John Crocker, Kent Kahanu and Brian Hirata witnessed the shot.

Short HopsTuesday, June 1, 2010 @ 2:24PMRainbows to play in Tempe Regional The University of Hawaii baseball team (33-26) will play San Diego (36-20) at 11 a.m. HST Friday in the first round of the NCAA tournament's four-team Tempe Regional at Packard Stadium in Tempe, Ariz.

In Brief - Big IslandThursday, May 27, 2010 @ 5:23PMNot guilty plea in traffic death case A 25-year-old Kailua-Kona woman pleaded not guilty Wednesday to charges stemming from a November Alii Drive traffic fatality.

Short HopsTuesday, April 27, 2010 @ 1:26PMHawaii to host qualifiers for golf majors Hawaii will host a U.S. Open local qualifier and a U.S. Women's Open sectional qualifier in May.

2 die in crash of ultralightThursday, April 22, 2010 @ 6:48AMCaptain Zodiac Rafting First Mate Kamalu Hawelu said she saw a light sport aircraft with two people get caught in an updraft at about 400 feet at Kealakekua Bay yesterday morning. "It went straight up and flipped over," she said. "The wings on the ultralight snapped shut like a butterfly landing on a flower. ... They came crashing down."

UPDATE: Two Killed in Powered Hang Glider Crash Off KonaWednesday, April 21, 2010 @ 11:06PMA glider flight over the Kona coastline ended in tragedy this morning when the pilot and passenger crashed 20-minutes after take-off. The micro-light aircraft left Kona airport around 9:15 a.m. and was touring Kealakekua Bay .

Owner, passenger die in Big Island crash of motorized gliderWednesday, April 21, 2010 @ 9:18PMThe owner of a Big Island motorized glider touring company and a female passenger died this morning when their aircraft crashed and sank in Kealakekua Bay about 15 miles south of Kailua-Kona.