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Riding Life’s Swells Kanesa Duncan Seraphin and Chris Duplanty’s Path H awaii Waterman H all of F ame to the
By Rachel Wagenman
For Kanesa Duncan Seraphin, the water has always been more than a place to compete—it’s where she first found community. She fondly remembers neighborhood swim lessons at around six years old: the smell of hot dogs lingering in the air and the promise of ice cream sandwiches afterward. Her instructor, a firm believer in equality, saw no difference between boys and girls. “So we all wore only trunks,” Seraphin recalls with a laugh. Those early lessons didn’t just teach her how to swim—they sparked a lifelong connection to the water, one that carried her from triathlons to canoe racing and eventually to paddleboarding. “I paddled anything I could paddle,” she adds.
MARCH / APRIL 2025 | AMA 17
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