Several times a year, Coach Billy Wood leaves his tropical paradise to feed his obsession with coaching the sport he loves. Whether it is the Sunkist Kids International, the Western Regional, the U.S. Nationals or the yearly trek to Fargo, N.D., Coach Wood can be counted on to be a working part of Team Hawaii.      In past years, the Hawaii contingent that would leave the islands was on the thin side.  However, with the dedicated work of many USA Wrestling organizers in the state, the USA Wrestling state association in Hawaii has continued to grow.      "More and more kids are finding the inherent enjoyment of the sport of wrestling," said Coach Wood. "When kids start to wrestle, if the coaches make it fun, then many more kids will get involved."    The positive attitude of the leaders of the Hawaii organization are paying off. This year the team with the longest distance to travel to Fargo will probably outpace some states in size of their delegation.      "We expect to bring a team of about 40 wrestlers to Fargo.  Many will be young or inexperienced but we are always on the lookout for the next Travis Lee," commented Wood, a Silver Certified coach through USA Wrestling's National Coaches Education Program.      Coach Wood obviously marks the emergence of Hawaii native Travis Lee on the national wrestling scene as the rainbow in the sky for wrestling in the Aloha state. When Lee tore through his competition in Fargo at the 2001 Junior Nationals, Wood was proudly supporting him.    Lee wasn't satisfied with his double national title in Fargo that year. He has since followed it up with three All-American campaigns for Cornell University including a 2003 NCAA Championship as a sophomore.      "When I was following the live up-dates on TheMat.com of Travis' NCAA finals match against Chris Fleeger, he was down by a point with about 15 seconds left.  At that point I knew he was going to win it.  I hit refresh on the browser and the computer told me he won it," said Wood.    Lee's success on the national level certainly was good for business, but more and more people in the wrestling community are organizing with USA Wrestling in the state.    "The number of clubs has grown quickly here.  There are many more kids starting at younger ages like four and five years old," noted Wood who did not start wrestling until the seventh grade as a student in Pocatello, Idaho.      Because Wood's high school coach utilized his wrestlers to coach the little kids practice, he received an early taste to the joys of coaching.  Wood is tireless in pursuit of wrestling knowledge and avidly studies all of the wrestling video he can lay his hands on. Rarely will he be seen at tournament without a video camera in tow.      Hawaii is not a difficult place to talk coaches and wrestlers into visiting, so luckily Wood often gets treated to elite clinicians right in his home state.      "We are lucky to live in a state where people actually want to come over and do clinics for us.  We have had people such as Steve Fraser, Terry Steiner, Brandon Slay, Quincey Clark, Patricia Miranda, Stephanie Murata and many others do outstanding clinics in Hawaii," he said.      Billy Wood also shows a strong allegiance to women's wrestling as well and is often warmly greeted in the contiguous states by former Hawaii wrestlers who are now training in Colorado Springs at the U.S. Olympic Training Center or in college programs.      Hawaii has started to make a name for itself in wrestling. The next really big name in Hawaii wrestling may be a female, like USOTC residents Clarissa Chun and Katie Kunimoto, or Missouri Valley's Stephany Lee.      Many dedicated volunteers in Hawaii have dedicated themselves to building stronger wrestling in the state with through USA Wrestling. Recently, John Robinson, the state chairperson, was called to active duty in Iraq. Other organizers like John Schmidtke and Matt Oney stepped into fill the void and keep things moving forward.      "We love the sport of wrestling here in Hawaii and we enjoy providing our athletes with the opportunity to participate against mainland wrestlers in some of USA Wrestling's toughest tournaments," said Wood. "With 40 kids going to Fargo, we know we'll be busy but it is going to be a great experience!"