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An intrepid sportswoman is limbering up for an epic paddle around Ireland.

Elaine Alexander hopes to become the first woman from Northern Ireland to complete the exhausting 1,000-mile circuit in a kayak.

Setting off from Whitehead on the shores of Belfast Lough she will turn right when she hits the Irish Sea and  …  More

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The 1st Annual University of Hawaiʻi Maui College Outrigger Canoe Regatta on April 9, 2011 at Kahului Harbor brought close to 200 students, faculty and staff out to paddle. The event held at the Hawaiian Canoe Club Hale was full of excitement and team spirit as everyone prepared to race.

UH Maui College teams were formed from Allied Health Services, Sustainable Construction, The Maui Language Institute and student government, as well as groups of students that formed teams independently   …  Details

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Mt. Shasta, Calif. — The 1st annual Slide, Ride, Run & glide Mobility Challenge kicked off this Sunday Mt. Shasta Ski Park.

The thirty bike race ran from the Marmont run at the park through Mt. Shasta City to Lake Siskiyou.

About thirty participants had to ski or snowboard, bike, run, and choose between canoeing or kayaking their way to the finish line  …  More

Five vakas, traditional double hulled canoes, are planning to leave New Zealand next week on an incredible journey. The crews will be sailing west, first to French Polynesia, then to Hawaii, where a few brave souls will be breaking from the rest to take their voyage even further across the Pacific, all the way to San Francisco. If all goes well, we can expect to see these colorful boats sail under the Golden Gate Bridge in the summer of 2012. “This is a dream come true,” Magnus Danbolt, skipper of one of the boats, told   …  Pictures & More

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