A new approach to outrigger canoe paddling is catching up to tradition on a grueling proving ground: the 100-mile, three-day, $50,000 Olamau canoe race.
For decades, paddlers racing six-man canoes in Hawaii have been limited to competing in 400-pound boats for bragging rights and nothing more. The longest race in Hawaii, the annual 42-mile men’s Molokai Hoe and women’s Na Wahine O Ke Kai, is contested by nine-person crews changing out three paddlers at regular intervals  … More
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