In 1985 Paris represented CANADA in Bed Racing! Continued…

March 1985: The Paris bed race team is in Hawaii to represent Canada In a world-wide field in the annual Carole Kai Bed Race Team captain Darren Jack is filing regular reports by telephone to The Newspaper on events leading up to the March 9 race.

Last week we reported that on March 1, 1985 - the Paris Bed Race team had arrived in Hawaii but their bed had not

March 2, 1985 - Bed team reunited

The Paris bed race team and its bed are back together again. The bed arrived in Hawaii Friday afternoon, one day after the AllCanadian team touched down to get ready for the Carole Kai Bed Race one week from today. The bed was held up in Dallas, Texas, a stop the team made enroute to Hawaii. American Airlines, which agreed to ship the bed for no charge, put a tracer on the missing bed. The 15-member team now has one week to prepare for the big race, held in Kapiolani Park at Waikiki. Ninety-three teams are competing. Two beds will race at a time with a loss meaning elimination.

Carole Kai, a prominent Hawaiian entertainer, was the organizer and namesake of the first bed race in Hawaii in 1974, (later named the Honolulu International Bed Race)

It became an annual event benefiting the Variety Schools, a local school for children with special needs. In 1985, Carole launched The Great Aloha Run and brought together nearly 12,000 participants who made their way along an 8.15-mile path from Aloha Tower to Aloha Stadium, making it the largest first-time running event in the world. The Great Aloha Run was held the week before the Bed Race and two members of the 1985 Paris Bed Race Team were running in this first ever Great Aloha Run of 1985.

(Aloha Run is still happening, in fact 2023 was the last year that Carole Kai herself ran in the race.)

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