LAHAINA — It was a golden year for Napili Canoe Club’s age 12 paddlers.Â
Led by the charge of the youth paddlers on their roster, Napili raced to a fifth place finish in the AA Division (7-12 entries) of the Hawaiian Canoe Racing Association (HCRA) State Championship Regatta held at Keehi Lagoon in Honolulu on Aug. 7.Â
Kahana Canoe Club finished three slots behind in eighth place, and Lahaina CC placed 16th in the A Division for seven crews or less.Â
Napili was actually in first place throughout the day and into the final races before falling back as the upper division events closed out the competition … Details
PESCADERO, Calif. — A man says he survived an uncomfortably close encounter with a great white shark off the Northern California coast that left 18-inch bite marks on his kayak.
Adam Coca says he was fishing in his 13-foot kayak near Pigeon Point, about 45 miles south of San Francisco, on Saturday when something bumped his boat and flipped him over.
The 45-year-old says he was halfway in the water when … Details
Many wave riders have already witnessed this new sport in our oceans. It’s called Surfski.
Basically, it is an open kayak specially designed to get the most of wind and waves. It can reach 25 km/h.
The IC Surfski World Cup 2010 – Nelo Summer Challenge will be held in Azurara, Vila do Conde, Portugal, between 27th and 28th August  … Details
Regular readers of my YachtPals column will already know that before getting involved in ocean rowing and sailing, I started out in water sports as a paddler, when kayaks and canoes led on to a longstanding ‘career’ in dragon boat racing. For those who haven’t heard of dragon boat racing before, it’s a traditional Chinese sport and over 2,000 years old. Which kind of gives the Chinese a bit of a head start! I started paddling aged 16 in school and later qualified for the Great Britain team on every attempt over a 10-year period, winning 25 world and European medals and setting two world records. Â
Dragon boat racing is quite simply an awesome team sport, with up to 20 paddlers sitting side by side, a drummer at … Details