We are again working on much smaller one man.

Would like to see how the REAL paddlers react.

Thanks and Arigato.

TAIKI

Hello and ??????to all Outrigger Paddlers here in Japan! I am from Vancouver, BC CANADA and live in Kochi Prefecture on the Island of Shikoku. ?????????????????????????????????????

How would you like to come to Kochi to Paddle together?????????????????We can paddle on the Niyodo or Shimanto River OR out on the Open Ocean!

I`m a Canadian from Vancouver, BC Canada currently living in Kochi, Shikoku. I am considering moving to a small town called Kanonji in Kagawa Prefecture, Shikoku. Does anyone have experience paddling OC-1/OC-6 in the Inland Sea between Honshu and Shikoku, Japan? I hear this is a very beautiful area.

I want to live somewhere that offers great local paddling. Which place is better for Outrigger Canoeing -- the South coast of Shikoku OR the Inland Sea? Is paddling safe and allowed in the Inland Sea considering I believe it is used as a main shipping route with lots of ship traffic.

I recently arrived in Kochi, Shikoku, Japan. I moved here from Vancouver, BC Canada this Spring 1 day before the big Earthquake and Tsunami hit Northern Japan. I am a former member of the False Creek Racing Canoe Club and really miss paddling out on the open ocean. I would love to start paddling again soon.

Hi, I broke the rear i'ako on my Pahoa. They are the aluminum kind. Does anybody have one I can buy?
Please let me know. I would like to buy the whole set if you have them
Ian

Hi guys, I ship-wrecked my Pahoa yesterday, when the rear I'ako broke. I had to leave hidden on a small rocky island off the coast of Lantau. Need to buy a set of i'ako's (I also want to replace the front one) for the Pahoa before somebody finds it and turns it into a bonfire. Any sujestions?
Thanks
Ian

I just returned from a Dragon Boat festival in Boracay, Philippines (http://www.boracaydragonboat.ph/) this week and after 3 years of having raced against the locals and making good friends with many of them it occured to me that they are hugely strong paddlers who know the oceans but they lack Outrigger Culture as a means of connecting with the seas. Those who have been there know the place is a beautiful 3rd world country where the people are friendly but fairly poor.