Ma hope o ʻumikumamākahi mau kau e hoʻopau ai i ka Dakar ma nā kaʻa kaʻa, ke kū nei ʻo ia i kāna makahiki ʻelua i ke kaʻa. Manaʻo ʻo Laia Sanz (Corbera, 1985) e lanakila i ke kūlana 23 o ka mea hou i hala a hoʻāʻo iā ia me kahi loiloi maikaʻi loa, ʻo ka Century of the Astara team. Dakar helu ʻumikūmākolu a ʻumikūmālua me hoʻokahi…? Nīnau paʻakikī. ʻO ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, ʻaʻole nui kaʻu mau leʻaleʻa akā nui ka poʻe e haʻi mai iaʻu a loaʻa iaʻu kahi paranoid liʻiliʻi ... ʻO ka ʻoiaʻiʻo ua hiki mai ia. ʻAʻole wau he manaʻo kupua. He ʻoiaʻiʻo ke ʻaʻahu nei au i kaʻu mekala akā ʻaʻole nui kaʻu mau leʻaleʻa. Ua maikaʻi ka hoʻomākaukau a ua loaʻa iā ia kahi kaʻa i ʻoi aku ka hoʻokūkū ma ka pepa. Hauʻoli? He mau kau wale nō ka mea i helu ʻia ka hopena, akā aia kekahi mau kau e like me kēia, ke aʻo piha. Ma keia manao ua ikaika. ʻO wau iho, hauʻoli loa wau i ka evolution i loaʻa iā ia. ʻO wau kekahi o nā kaikamahine wikiwiki loa i kēlā me kēia heihei a ʻo Carlos Sainz, he hoa hui ma Extreme-E, ua kōkua nui iaʻu. ʻO nā mea a pau i hui pū ʻia ua hoʻohui nui ʻia a ke manaʻo nei au e hoʻokō i kēia makahiki ma Dakar. A me ka māka ua hele au i mua. ʻO ka makahiki i hala aku nei he mea kūpono ia e hoʻopau a aʻo, akā maopopo ka hoʻololi ʻana i nā lula e hiki ai iā mākou ke hele me kahi kaʻa hoʻokūkū. ʻOi aku ka hoʻokūkū o ka hui, me Carlos Checa lāua ʻo Óscar Fuentes. He aha ka uhi o kēia pahu? Hauʻoli wau i ka hoʻonohonoho, maikaʻi loa. A maikaʻi ka hana o ke kaʻa, hilinaʻi, paʻakikī a hiki iā mākou ke mālama i kahi kikoʻī i ʻoi aku ka wikiwiki, ʻoi aku ma nā ʻāpana wikiwiki, me nā pōhaku, me ka huila nui, ʻoi aku ka hoʻokuʻu ʻana a me ka mīkini maikaʻi. Ma nā wahi dune e hele nui mākou i ka hoki a ʻoi aku ke koʻikoʻi no ka mea ʻaʻole ʻae ka huila hope i nā hewa he nui akā e hoʻololi mākou. ʻAʻole mākou i hana i nā mile he nui a ʻike mākou i kēlā i nā lā mua, akā he mea ia e loaʻa ai ka hilinaʻi. E huhū ʻia me lākou ... ʻOiaʻiʻo, akā ma ka Dakar ʻaʻole ʻo nā hoa hakakā mua kāu mau hoa. ʻO kou hoʻokūkū nui ʻo ʻoe iho. Manaʻo wau hiki iā mākou ʻekolu ke hana maikaʻi no ka mea hiki iā mākou ke kōkua kekahi i kekahi. ʻAʻole au i ʻike iā lākou he mau hoʻokūkū akā he mau hoa hui, ʻoiai ua maopopo iaʻu ma hope o ke ala e loaʻa ai nā pitfalls. ʻAʻole ʻoe e hoʻokaʻawale i waena o nā kāne ke hele mai i ka hoʻokūkū, akā aia nā wahine 54 ma kēia Dakar. ʻO ka lua ia. I nā kaʻa kaʻa inā ua lanakila ʻoe i ka helu wahine no nā makahiki he nui akā ʻo kaʻu pahuhopu ka hana maikaʻi ma ka laulā. ʻAʻole oʻu manaʻo no ia mea. Mai ka mokikala a i ke kaa “Aole au e like me ka Laia o na kaa; He nui kaʻu i koe e hōʻoiaʻiʻo ai no ka mea i loko o nā kaʻa ʻaʻole wau he kanaka» A he nui nā wahine e hoʻokūkū nei? He hauʻoli ia. Hoʻomanaʻo wau i hoʻokahi makahiki i ko mākou mau makahiki he 17 a ua ʻōlelo ʻia he album maikaʻi loa ia a i kēia manawa ua ʻoi aku ka nui o mākou. He mea hoʻomāinoino a ʻoluʻolu no ka mea i loko o nā hui ʻike ʻoe i nā mea ʻenekinia hou aʻe, nā mechanics. Maikaʻi a maikaʻi. Ma mua o mākou ka mea ʻino a i kēia manawa ua ʻoi aku ka maʻamau. He kūpono loa ia iaʻu no ka mea ʻo ia ka mea i ʻike ʻia e nā hanauna hou. Pehea ʻoe i ʻike ai i ka ʻike i loaʻa iā ʻoe i kēia makahiki? Hoʻomaha ia iaʻu, ʻaʻole hiki hou mai nā mea a pau iaʻu pēlā. ʻO ka loaʻa ʻana o ka ʻike ma nā huila ʻehā a ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o koʻu ʻoluʻolu a mākaukau. ʻO Maurizio Gerini hoʻi, ka hapalua o ka mea hoʻokele, he makahiki o ka ʻike. Ua mālie mākou. Manaʻo ʻoe ua hoʻokō ʻoe i kēlā kūlana ma nā kaʻa i loaʻa iā ʻoe ma nā kaʻa kaʻa? ʻAʻole, he nui kaʻu i koe. Inā ʻo wau kekahi o nā mea hoʻokele holomua loa ma Extreme-E a ua ʻike ʻia ma Chile. Hiki iaʻu ke hana no ka mea he nui koʻu lumi no ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana akā no ka hoʻokō ʻana i kaʻu mea i loaʻa ma nā kaʻa kaʻa… ʻAʻole wau i like me ka Laia o nā kaʻa kaʻa, he nui kaʻu e hōʻoia ai no ka mea ma nā kaʻa ʻaʻole wau he kanaka. Pehea ka nui o ko Carlos Sainz i mea nui? Ua kamaʻilio nui ʻoe e pili ana i ka Dakar? ʻAe, kamaʻilio nui mākou. ʻO kaʻoiaʻiʻo, pono wau e hoʻomaikaʻi aku iā ia ʻaʻole wale no ka hana ma ke ʻano he hoa ma Extreme-E, akā no ka makemake e hana ma ke ʻano he alakaʻi. Ua kōkua nui ʻo ia iaʻu a hāʻawi mai iaʻu i ka ʻōlelo aʻo. ʻO ia kekahi e hiki iaʻu ke kelepona i kēlā me kēia manawa me nā nīnau. Ua kōkua nui ʻo ia iaʻu e hoʻoikaika i kēia kaʻina aʻo a me ka hoʻomaka ʻana i kēia ala ma nā huila ʻehā me ka mea e like me ia ma koʻu ʻaoʻao he mea kupanaha. Ma ka nānā ʻana a ma ka ʻōlelo aʻo paha aʻu i hāʻawi aku ai iā ʻoe? No nā mea a pau. E ʻike i kāna hana… A laila maopopo iā ʻoe ke kumu o kona noho ʻana i kona mau makahiki a hoʻomau i ka hoʻokūkū. Mālamaʻo ia i nā kiko'ī a pau, ua nānāʻo ia i ka hoʻonohonohoʻana i ke kaʻa. No ka hoʻokele hoʻokele hoʻi? Hana. Ke nānā nei mākou i ka telemetry a maikaʻi loa ka hiki ke hoʻohālikelike iā ʻoe iho me ka nānā like a ma ke kaapuni like a ʻike i kahi āu e haki ai, kahi āu e wikiwiki ai ... Eia kekahi, ʻo ka ʻōlelo aʻo e hāʻawi iā ʻoe. ʻO kēlā me kēia pule pule me Carlos Sainz he masterclass. ʻO ke kiʻekiʻe o ke kaʻa "Ma nā wahi dune e hele nui mākou i ka hoki a ʻoi aku ke koʻikoʻi no ka mea ʻaʻole ʻae ka huila hope iā ʻoe e hana hewa" Ke manaʻo nei ʻoe i ke kaomi e loaʻa kahi hopena maikaʻi i ka Dakar? Hoʻokomo wau i ke koʻikoʻi iaʻu iho a ʻo kaʻu pahuhopu hoʻokahi lā e hoʻopau i kahi kaʻa kūhelu. ʻO ka pahuhopu i ka makahiki i hala e hoʻopau akā ʻaʻole lawelawe kēia iā mākou. I ka makahiki i hala ua pau au i ka 23. Makemake ʻoe e hoʻomaikaʻi? Pono mākou e ʻike maoli. Me ke kaʻa kaʻa he nīnau no ka holo ʻana, me nā kaʻa he awelika a ua hala nā kilomika.
