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Hokuloa, a Ventura Outrigger Canoe Club, is sponsoring a premier outrigger canoe race for hundreds of Southern California paddlers on Saturday June 9, 2012, from 8:00 am to 3:00 p.m. at Harbor Cove Beach in Ventura.

The Ventura Outrigger Challenge event is a great way for friends and families to celebrate World Oceans Day and see a race featuring traditional Polynesian outrigger canoes. There will be displays, vendors, food, and Hawaiian dancers will perform at   …  More

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A new daredevil added his name to the history books after being the second person to kayak over a waterfall even higher than Niagra Falls.

Rafael ‘Rafa’ Ortiz took the plunge at Palouse Falls in Washington State, and paddled himself down the 189-foot fall.

The 24-year-old Mexican extreme kayaker followed in the footsteps, or wake, of the original record breaker, Tyler Bradt, who   …  Pictures and more

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“Where do the world’s best ocean paddlers gather every Labor Day Weekend? In Kona, Hawai’i at the Queen Lili’uokalani Long Distance Outrigger Canoe Races.

The world’s largest outrigger canoe races, hosted by Kai ‘Opua Canoe Club, launch on Saturday, September 1 and continue through    …  More

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Doug Pace had wanted some adventure in his life.

“I’d always wanted to do something big,” the North Bay, Ontario, native said.

Kayaking the Mississippi River solo certainly qualifies. Especially considering he’s legally blind.

Pace, who was diagnosed with retinitis pigmentosa in 2000, isn’t totally blind. He has 5 degrees of central vision — something he describes as   …  More

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