August 6, 2014 The 2014 U.S. National Spearfishing Competition was held at Kohanaiki Beach Park, Kona, Hawaii on August 6, 2014. Ali’i Holo Kai was well represented with 12 of the 42 divers in the competition. The meet was originally scheduled for August 7th, but the call was made to advance it one day to avoid Hurricane Iselle that was supposed to hit. On meet day, the weather was nice and sunny, and paddling and diving conditions were prime. When the starting horn sounded at 8:30 a.m., most divers headed south toward Honokohau Harbor, but a few headed north toward OTEC. Divers were allowed 30 minutes of travel time, and could not jump off their kayaks until 9 a.m. The meet ended at 3 p.m. sharp, and divers had another 30 minutes to make their way back through the buoys fronting the staging area. As competitors brought their kayaks to shore, spectators began lining the beach to check out the catches. A number of divers had impressive stringers, and there was speculation as to who would come out on top. The weigh-ins went smoothly. In the end, the scoreboard showed that the National Individual Champion was Ali’i Holo Kai’s own Shay Motonaga. Shay and his teammates David Sakoda and Chris Paglinawan took second place overall as a team. The first place team consisted of Hanalei Adric, Calvin Lai, and Bruce Ayau from the Kona Coast Spearfishing Club.
| Place | Team | Points | Team Members |
| 1 | KCSC1 | 182.3 | Hanalei Adric, Bruce Ayau, Calvin Lai |
| 2 | AHK3 | 142.6 | Shay Motonaga, Chris Paglinawan, David Sakoda |
| 3 | KCSC2 | 140.4 | Marnie Casem, Justin Lee, Kapono Zukevich |
| 4 | KCSC3 | 138.5 | Spencer Haskins, Barron Kepoo, Brad Kepoo |
| 5 | AHK4 | 135.4 | Kalei Fernandez, Wayde Hayashi, Lance Otsubo |
| 6 | PBF2 | 130.4 | Alex Bristol, Julian Cruz, Mikhail Kuznetsov |
| 7 | AHK2 | 111.7 | Hans Buetzer, Kurt Chambers, Derek LeVault |
| 8 | PBF1 | 100.5 | Andrew Geist, Ryan Myers, Scott Turgeon |
| 9 | Cencal | 69.6 | Mark Barville, David Fifer, Kevin Sakuda |
| 10 | TriState | 61.0 | Dell Agricula, Mike Hatcher, Shawn Tavares |
| 11 | AHK1 | 46.1 | Jon Barretto, Woody Brown, Mike Jutt |
| 12 | MA | 31.0 | Jonathan Lata, Alvare Ordonez, Frank Wisneski |
