New York Outrigger is excited to announce the 2013 Hawaiian Airlines Liberty Challenge will be held on June 22nd in New York City. This year the race returns to its original home in Manhattan's Hudson River Park. The 2013 Hawaiian Airlines Liberty Challenge is on track to be our biggest regatta to date – with more competition, entertainment and events than ever before.

More information about the race can be found on our website, and you can keep updated on all the latest news on our facebook and twitter pages.

See you in New York on June 22nd!

Website: http://libertychallenge.org
Facebook: http://facebook.com/LibertyChallenge
Twitter: http://twitter.com/NYOLiberty

The Hawaiian Airlines Liberty Challenge - hosted by New York Outrigger will be held in New York City on June 23, 2012. The 15 mile course takes paddlers on an epic crossing of New York Harbor. Participants get a close up view of the Brooklyn Bridge, Ellis Island and the Statue of Liberty from their canoes.

You can also keep up-to-date by following us on facebook and twitter.

www.facebook.com/LibertyChallenge
www.twitter.com/nyoliberty

We hope to see you all in NYC on June 23, 2012!

The 15th annual Liberty World Outrigger Competition will be held on Saturday, June 25, 2011 in New York Harbor. As the biggest outrigger canoe race on the East Coast, Liberty draws teams from across the country and around the world. This year’s race is expected to be the largest yet, with a diverse group of international crews interested in taking on the challenging waters of New York City.

Information about the Liberty World Outrigger Competition is available on the New York Outrigger website.

The 6th annual Toronto International Outrigger Challenge is set to go with two days of competitive racing and fun on July 3 and 4 at the Toronto Sailing and Canoe Club. This event will challenge an international field of outrigger canoe, kayak, and surfski paddlers in a 23km+ course around Toronto Island, returning to Toronto Sailing and Canoe Club (TS&CC).

The event is the largest outrigger canoe race in eastern Canada, and last year had 212 competitors. Truly a world-class competition, the past four years has included current and former Canadian and American National paddling team members, crews from outrigger clubs across Canada, as well as several crews from the United States and Europe.

New York Outrigger is proud to announce the 2010 Liberty World Outrigger Competition to be held on Saturday, July 31st. One of the largest sporting events in New York Harbor and one of the premier outrigger canoe races in the world, the day long competition hosts hundreds of international paddlers and represents the best of the Aloha spirit. Prior Liberty Competitions have brought together men’s, women’s and mixed teams from Tahiti, Sweden, Germany, Canada, Hawaii, Costa Rica, England and the East and West coast of the United States.

A 15 mile ,offshore, downwind, point to point ocean race for kayaks , ocean rowing craft, outriggers and surfkis in Casco Bay on the central Maine coast. Casco Bay is the home turf of some of the current Na Wahine O Ke Kai Jr. Masters world champions. The race start is at East End Beach in Portland , Maine and finishes at the southern tip of Basin Point. This is a perfect tune up for Blackburn which follows in two weeks. Maine in the Summertime is a paddlers paradise , if youve never been here before , its worth the drive or flight up to experience Maine outrigger racing at its best. Heres some history of just one of the several islands you will race past during the race :

http://www.cliffisland.com/tales/

pics from last years race can be viewed here:

http://www.willarts.com/gallery/index.php?cat=9
City of Portland , Maine info:

http://portlandmaine.com/

Sponsors :
Epic
Eastern Outrigger
Mad Gringo
Gillespie Paddles
Kialoa
New England Small Craft
Mayors Cup