Rio Va’a 2008 - 7th year of the South American venue of the World Va’a Circuit. and 2nd edition of the bi-annual South American Va´a Cup

www.riovaa.com

21st annual Kilohana Klassic, August 10, 2008 in Redwood City California. Iron V-6 and 9-Person Races. Prize money available for all race categories. Pre-registration is recommened. For more information contact, Patrick Campbell, email: pcampbell61@gmail.com or by phone 707 771 9110 or “BASIL” at 707 567 8206 Office: 707 745 8206 or email: mbpappaslaw@comcast.net.

On June 28th and 29th, the first Quiksilver Outrigger Open Water in The Netherlands will be organised. This event is to promote OC6 racing and will take place alongside the “King of the Groms” surfcontest at Hoek van Holland.
This great event will give us, European Outriggerfanatics, the perfect stage to show our joy in Open Ocean Outriggerracing and to introduce our sport to the public and media.
Our main goal is to organize an OC6 racing event with a short distance competition on Saturday afternoon and long distance racing (25 km) on Sunday morning. But OC1 paddlers are more than welcome to join us for this weekend.

See you at the beach!
Rolph Overvliet
rovervli@outrigger.nl

Manu-Ura and Six-Fours Va’a welcome you to the 8th annual Orofero
Challenge competition, which will be in a two day event, the 28th and 29th of June 2008.
The Orofero Challenge perpetuates one of Polynesian most important and historic cultural traditions, while honoring outrigger canoe paddlers around the world.
The 92 km race for experienced paddlers is around the islands of Six-Fours and in Toulon are in two legs.
This race, like any other competition, tests ones physical and mental limits: strength, endurance, courage, determination and teamwork.
Outrigger canoe paddling is deeply rooted in the Polynesian culture. Polynesians travelled to nearby islands and fished in the open sea via an outrigger canoe. Polynesians used voyaging canoes to travel across the Pacific Ocean, exploring and settling in areas like Hawaï, Aotearoa, and Rapa Nui. The Polynesians established the outrigger canoe as a means of transportation in their new homes. Outrigger canoeing is the official team sport in Tahiti.
Orofero Challenge has become one of the most important va’a competition in Europe.

EVENT SCHEDULE:

Friday 28 June 2008 37km 3:00 pm
Saturday 29 June 2008 55km 9:00 am

In the women’s category, a distance of 69 km is proposed in two legs:

Friday 28 June 2008 25km 3:00 pm
Saturday 29 June 2008 44 km 8:30 am

Manu-Ura and Six-Fours Va’a welcome you to the 8th annual Orofero
Challenge competition, which will be in a two day event, the 28th and 29th of June 2008.
The Orofero Challenge perpetuates one of Polynesian most important and historic cultural traditions, while honoring outrigger canoe paddlers around the world.
The 92 km race for experienced paddlers is around the islands of Six-Fours and in Toulon are in two legs.
This race, like any other competition, tests ones physical and mental limits: strength, endurance, courage, determination and teamwork.
Outrigger canoe paddling is deeply rooted in the Polynesian culture. Polynesians travelled to nearby islands and fished in the open sea via an outrigger canoe. Polynesians used voyaging canoes to travel across the Pacific Ocean, exploring and settling in areas like Hawaï, Aotearoa, and Rapa Nui. The Polynesians established the outrigger canoe as a means of transportation in their new homes. Outrigger canoeing is the official team sport in Tahiti.
Orofero Challenge has become one of the most important va’a competition in Europe.

On Sunday June 8th 2008 Open Ocean Outriggers, in conjunction with Think surf skis. Seaward Kayaks and Bowen Island Sea Kayaking present the 2008 Round Bowen Challenge Outrigger Relay. A 32km ocean relay race around Bowen Island, a short 40-minute ferry rides from Vancouver.

This 32 km course has tested the mettle of solo kayakers, Surf-ski and outrigger paddlers since 2000. In a grueling test of mental fitness and paddling skill. Savvy paddlers lamented about the upwind course against the swell. Many paddlers raced it once and never returned

This years Outrigger Relay course will be divided into two legs (14km and 18km) and much like the races in Hawaii and California, will take advantage of race day conditions to ensure a downwind run along the back of Bowen Island.

The relay point will be sandy Tunstall Beach on the west side of Bowen Island, easily accessed by car for the relay change over. If you’ve skipped this race previously, this race should be on your calendar!

Join top outrigger Relay teams from BC, AB and WA as they take on this new event!

$39.00 per paddler - all registered racers receives a limited edition race paddling hat, and a delicious post race Salmon BBQ. Medals awarded for top three relay teams in Men’s, Women’s, Mixed OC-1 and OC-2 categories.

More information at www.outrigger.ca

Happy new year to all the paddling community. This is a reminder of the upcoming demo days. Due to heavy wind and rain this has been rescheduled for Sat and Sunday January 12 and 13. Sorry for late schedule change.

Saturday January 12, 2008. The location is set for Santa Barbara. The location is the SBOCC practice site. SBOCC is located at the North end of Main Beach, (closest to the Harbor) The Parking lot is located in Santa Barbara Harbor at Cabrillo Boulevard and Harbor Way. There is also street parking.
Start time will be 9:00 Am and will last until everyone has had a chance to try out all the boats.

Sunday January 13. 9:00 Am. Redondo Beach at the Lanakila and Nahoa Outrigger canoe site. Lanakila is located next to the Harbormaster’s Office in the Marina in Redondo Beach. To get there, just drive to Harbor Drive, and into Marina Way. You can park next to the canoes, or in the parking lot. http://www.lanakila.com/joinlanakila.asp
We will have some of the top OC-6 and OC-1 paddlers on hand to answer any question you may have, We would like to encourage any paddler regardless of experience to come join us and try out a large variety of boats.
Coaches, Club reps, info guru’s please pass this info on to paddlers that need to know. Our available stock may not last long and this is a great opportunity to get into a new boat.

We will have all of the following models of boats to Demo as well as for immediate purchase.

Hurricane OC-1 (5 in stock 2950.00)
Pegasus OC-1 (5 in stock 3100.00)
Fuze OC-1 (2400-3200.00)
Fusion OC-1 (3000-3200.00)
Zephyr OC-1 (2600-3200.00)
Stingray OC-2 (Discounted 3300-3500.00)
Huki S1-x Surfski (Discounted 2800.00)

Prices do not include delivery charges, tax, or processing fee if purchased with a credit card. Call for details.

We will also have paddles from the following manufacture’s available for Demo and purchase
Kialoa
Werner
Quickblade
Mudbrook
Zaveral

If you know you are planning on purchasing a boat please let us know so we can be sure to bring the color you want. Blemished boats from Outrigger connection are still available at reduced pricing. Here is a link to the available boats and prices. http://web.mac.com/chrisok/iWeb/Ocean%20Ohana/Canoes.html If you have any questions feel free to contact me via phone or email anytime.

Please note I made a mistake on the SBOCC race January 19, The race is NOT a point to point race, I had read the race description wrong and thought it was a point to point.
Also the Crissy field race has been changed back to the original date, It is now on January 19, NOT january 12

January is filled with races, Why not race on a brand new boat. No excuses.
January 19 Crissy Field (Nor Cal) This is a great race with awesome water conditions,
January 19, Santa Barbara, Pier back to pier, NOT Pier to pier
January 29 HanoHano Ocean Challenge, This is the largest race of the year.

Contact Chris O’Kieffe 858.337.1190 or Chris@oceanohana.com for more information.

Join Open Ocean Outriggers for the largest one day demo of OC-1s on the west coast

compare 11 different canoes the same day! same conditions, one after another!

Fuse, Zephyr, Fusion, Vantage, Pahoa, Holo Nui (Kaimana), Hoku’ula, Makia, C-Lion, Waveblade 2, Hokulea ( Polaris)

more info at www.outrigger.ca or Facebook

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=19797357736

20th Annual Kilohana Klassic 9-Man and Iron Outrigger Canoe Races

See the details here: http://www.kilohanaocc.org/kk/

Gibsons, B.C.
small boat events for OC-1, 2.
9 mile novice OC-6 course.
Sprints for OC-1 & 6
Surfski, both long and short courses available

Iron Course – It is long enough to challenge the toughest crew and technical enough to challenge the wisest of steerspeople. the coastal B.C. conditions are extremely variable - our waves are not huge open ocean monsters, but renown for their 5m tidal differences and associated currents.The Straight of Georgia provides relentless waves, and the course features upwind and downwind paddling and incredible scenery.

Clear your calendar, make the trip to Canada’s beautiful Sunshine Coast, you’ll be glad you did.

Manu ura va’a welcome you to the 7th annual Orofero Challenge, which will be in a two-day event, the 29th and 30th of June 2007. Race length for the open OC6 men is 92 kilometers and 69 kilometers for the OC6 women and mixed.

Please see our website for complete details.

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OC-6 Races | Saturday, June 30

The 2007
Lotus Iron Race will take place on Saturday, June 30th. This popular OC6 iron race takes paddlers up scenic Indian Arm. There are a few mandatory portions of the race
course, but it is up to individual teams to decide on the best routes to take advantage of tides, currents, water depth, and winds. Race length for the Open and Mixed Divisions is approximately 17 kilometers, Novice Division is approximately 11 kilometers, and the Junior Division course depends on the number and experience of teams as well as the water conditions on race day.

Lotus Iron race weekend is officially part of the 2007
CORA Cup race series.
Schedule:
Novice & Junior OC-6
– 10:00 a.m.

Women’s Open OC-6 -
noon

Men’s
Open and Mixed
OC-6 – 2:00 p.m.

Registration: $20 per paddler ($120 per
team). All paddlers must be paid 2007 CORA members.

Pre-registration is strongly recommended. Race day registration table will be open 1 hr prior
to race start.

Divisions:

1) Junior (minimum of 3
females per team)

2) Novice (less than 2
years of outrigger paddling experience, minimum of 3 women per team)

3) Age Class (a minimum
of three teams must be registered to make a class)

Age Class Categories:
women / men / mixed (at least 3 women per team)

Age Classes: Open (all
ages) / Masters (35+) /Senior Masters
(45+) / Golden Masters (55+)
Small Boat
Races| Sunday, July 1

Open Division is approximately 11
km. Junior/Novice Division is approximately 5 km.

Schedule:

Novice/Junior – 8:00
am start

Women - 9:30 am start

Men
/ Mixed – 11:30 am start

Registration:
$10.00 per paddlers. Register
morning of race. Arrive early, times are approximate

Classes:
OC-1, OC-2, K-1, Surf-ski.
We will recognize all classes with a minimum of 3 entries in that class. All paddlers are to supply their own boats. Lifejackets and boat leashes mandatory.

Race Contact: Doug
Mancell at dukling@shaw.ca

Tide
Chart: Race
Day Tide (you must have Adobe Acrobat to view this file)

Click on the following link to download the race packages:
2007 Lotus Iron/Small Boats Race Package

Eastern Outrigger is bringing lots of Outrigger Connection canoes to test ride and race at this years Treasure Island Classic.
There will be Fuzes, Fusions and a Stingray2 will be available for a team to race and afterwards to test ride.
Please contact Eastern Outrigger if you have a tandem team and would like to give the Stingray 2 a try.
Speed is important but fun is mandatory.
See you at Treasure Island , Florida Oct. 28-29

The Hoewa’a Dallas Outrigger Canoe Club will be hosting it’s 2nd annual Sprint Showdown.
Teams from Houston,Austin and Wichita Falls will be racing at this event. All clubs are invited to come out and race.
The event will be held on (Saturday) June 17th on Lake Ray Hubbard. A early canoe blessing as well as Hula performances will be included during the event. For more information please see the web site.
*Fundraising tickets are available for $5 each. The Grand Prize is 2 tickets on American Airlines to either Hawaii, Mexico or and location American flies on the Continental U.S.

We welcome you to the 6th annual Orofero Challenge race wich will take place the 23th 24th and 25th of June 2006 in Toulon . For the first time in France, Tahitian expected since a long time now are coming for this beautiful and hard race with Polynesian musicians and folk dancers right from Tahiti. Please let’s know about your participate in this event.

Aloha