Primo Beer is proud to announce the first ever Castles Cup Canoe Surfing event to be held this summer in Waikiki. In partnership with Honolulu-based Soljah Productions, the Primo Castles Cup is a completely unique and one-of-a-kind contest featuring canoe teams competing along one of Waikiki’s most historical reefs – Castles.
Utilizing an “Eddie” format, the event will wait for maxed-out conditions to reach the 15-foot mark before the call to run the contest is made. The holding period begins on June 14 and will last until August 31.
“This will be an amazing event for sure,” said Soljah frontman Alika Winter. “We’re super stoked to … Details
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Takapuna Beach was today confirmed as the venue for the National Ocean Water Sports Centre (NOWSC) by the Minister of Sport and Recreation the Hon. Murray McCully and North Shore City Mayor, Andrew Williams. Speaking at the nearby Takapuna Boating Club, the Minister confirmed that the $8 million facility would cater for Sailing, Triathlon and Ocean Kayaking. The area is also used for a myriad of other ocean sports including ocean swimming, kite surfing, surfboats and surfing.
The novel concept for the facility known as ‘The Bunker’ is that it will be located in a large excavation in the adjoining carpark digging a hole 36 metres long by 60 metres wide – which will be covered back to the existing land level and topped with a  .. Details
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Britain’s Rachel Cawthorn won gold in the women’s K1 1,000m at the final World Cup kayaking event in Germany.
Cawthorn, 21, won bronze in Friday’s K1 200m and will go for a third medal in Sunday’s 500m event in Duisburg.
She said: “I had a good start, got caught and then … Details
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The first woman to row solo across the Pacific Ocean completed her journey Thursday, finishing the final leg in Madang, Papua New Guinea.Â
On the other side of the ocean from her Golden Gate starting point, Roz Savage rowed 700 strokes to cover the last mile. “Exhausted, sore, stiff, but will be elated once I’ve got the energy,” she wrote on her Twitter page … Details
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