One of Honolulu's quirkier festivals, the International Bed Race , sees some offbeat four-wheeling in late April. All Hawaiians get leid on 1 May, Lei Day , and again on 11 June, King Kamehameha Day - the latter is a state holiday. Sports nuts get an eyeful with the Bankoh Kayak Challenge in May, the Transpacific Yacht Race in July, and major women's and men's outrigger canoe races in September and October, respectively. The Honolulu Marathon is run in mid-December, and the Aloha Bowl , a nationally televised collegiate football game, takes place on Christmas Day. Several big surf-related blowouts take place every year, drawing the world's top wave riders to the beaches across the island.
Exact dates depend on when and where the surf's up.
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