Clad in lavender-and-pink-flowered leis, Hawaiian shirts and jeans, a group of about 100 people held hands, chanting, “E Ho Mai,” as they encircled six bright red, 45-foot-long outrigger canoes in the parking lot of 101 Surf Sport in San Rafael on Sunday morning.
“There’s a lot of power in a circle,” Hawaiian chantress Dale Hamakawa told the members of San Rafael’s He’e Nalu Outrigger Canoe Club as they participated in the blessing of the canoes ceremony. A total of eight canoes were   … More
Building a six-person koa outrigger canoe requires a lot of time and money: about $20,000 for the log and $60,000 to turn it into a canoe.
“It’s not an overnight procedure,†says Bobby Puakea, 72, a canoe builder, educator and founder of the Puakea Foundation, a nonprofit dedicated to perpetuating Hawaiian canoe traditions. “Once the log is cured, it takes about two to three years to build. I carve the boats by   … More
Paddling Big Creek in NC from Action Alley down. The level was around 2.2317 on the bridge. Be sure to watch in HD!
In late February, a New York Supreme Court judge renewed a 1998 decision saying that private landowners aren’t allowed to prohibit canoeists from using waterways on their properties after the Brandreth Park Association and Friends of Thayer Lake sued paddler Phil Brown for crossing a small stream connecting two popular Adirondack lakes. The judge pointed the to 1998 ruling that decided the Sierra Club had the right to paddle on a stretch of the Moose River that crossed over private land. Outdoorsmen: 2, Landowners: 0.   … More