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Q: Why would someone choose to live on a WaveRunner?
a) Because of S.D.'s high cost of housing.
b) To get in the Guinness Book of Records.
c) To help starving children.
d) Because someone has gotten a little too much sun.
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If you answered (c), perhaps coupled with a dash of (d),
you might get a free ride on Mission Bay.
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Hoby Paulk, a 43-year-old father of four, is living aboard a WaveRunner on the bay to benefit Feed the Children, a group that fights world hunger. Paulk, a Texan, vows he is not leaving his WaveRunner for 14 days – not to eat, sleep or perform the necessary functions of life. And, since his 2 p.m. launch on Monday, employees at Seaforth Rentals on Quivera Road swear he has stuck to his guns, err, ski. Paulk has even slept in the saddle. He is coming in to the marina dock occasionally – to gas up, accept food and water, as well as pledges, and even to give rides.
Paulk says he has dreamed of aiding kids in crisis since growing up in El Paso, where he witnessed hunger first-hand along the Mexican border. And he is training for a nonstop WaveRunner ride from Hawaii to California.
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Hoby hopped on a ski today at Mission Bay in San Diego, California. He will by eating, sleeping and breathing ocean for 14 days non-stop on the WaveRunner. He is doing this to bring more awareness to our cause. Please stop by if you are in the area and say hello to Hoby.
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WE WOULD LIKE TO THANK:
San Diego's House of Motorcycles San Diego, California
for their generous donation of Hoby's Watercraft, Gas & Cellular Phone
Seaforth Boat Rentals & Staff
for providing a place to anchor the Ski and for all of their generous help
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Will ride for food; Wave rider helps starving children
By Chad Hunter
Branson Daily News
A man determined to feed hungry children one wave at a time dropped his anchor in Branson this week before embarking on a 3,000-mile, nonstop journey across the Pacific Ocean.
Hoby Paulk, 43, who grew up in El Paso, Texas, plans to travel from Waikiki, Hawaii, to California on a personal watercraft this summer to raise money for Feed the Children. He estimates the excursion will take 14 days.
"I think what he's doing is tremendous and I just hope he makes it," said Surrey Resorts sales director Jim Palmieri, who has known Paulk since 1988, and who plans to travel 40 miles behind Paulk in a 110-foot missionary boat dubbed "The Messenger of Peace."
Paulk, with roots sewn in the Branson job market since 1993, said a journey like his has never been attempted.
"This is not about a guy riding a WaveRunner across the world," Paulk said. "We're doing this to save the 32,000 kids a day worldwide who are dying from starvation."
Through a Web site, www.comejointheride.com, Paulk hopes to garner $1 million in donations for Feed the Children as he crosses the ocean. Riding alongside Paulk will be 20-year-old companion Brett Banfe, who saw the light and "joined the ride." Banfe, who is riding in support of the early-childhood program Head Start, is described by Paulk as an activist with his own way of making a statement about teen issues — by not making any.
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Come Join The Ride is featured in news articles across the US including the Destin Log (Destin, FL), Branson Daily News (Branson, MO) and The North West Daily News (NW Florida)
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Here are the pictures from the Benefit Party @ The Hayloft!
That Ryan Hudson Peralta put together in Michigan, Thanks Ryan for everything you're doing to help make this charity ride possible. You're an inspiration and example for everyone. It's been a great ride so far, I'm looking forward to making
the rest of it with you. —Hoby Paulk
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Our Mission
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