J-93 !!

RACE OC1 et OC2

le dimanche 27 mai 2007

dans la baie de St Jean de Luz. (FRANCE)

Cette course se déroulera sous forme de circuit, dans la houle et les vagues avec transition dans le sable pour une durée de 2 heures environ.

Nous organisons aussi une course de PADDLEBOARD et une démonstration de STAND UP SURFING le samedi 26 mai sur la vague de StBarbe.

Peux-tu le faire savoir autour de toi et le faire rentrer le calendrier pour en tenir informés les compétiteurs.

Amicalement

A trés vite

de la part de Jean Xavier TEMPEZ

Toutes les infos ci dessous :

Ludovic Dulou

ludo@oceanoutrigger.com

www.oceanoutrigger.com

+336 80 68 77 43

I've started a collaborative article on my blog about how to do stand up paddle surfing--how to choose gear and what's available, how to get started, and how to surf these big boards. If you have anything to contribute just stick it in the comments section or email it to me. I'll act as editor, integrating and polishing the document as we go.

Commercial stuff is welcome too--I'd like this to be as inclusive as possible. If you supply boards, paddles, or something I'm not thinking about let me know and I'll stick it in. The end result might be very useful to people who want to start into this sport. Personally, I think standup could be as big or bigger than surfing--you can do it anywhere.

the blog is at www.ponohouse.com/ponoblog. Thanks, Bill

I was just wondering what the quickest and most efficient way of flipping your canoe back over after you huli off of it in medium/high surf and hard hitting wind conditions? any input or step by step guides would be great!

Anyone got more info. on the following...

Via KITV News Website:

Off Hanauma Bay a one-man canoe apparently came apart. Visitors watching the waves noticed and called for help.

The Honolulu Fire Department sent search and rescue teams, boats and a jet ski. HFD's helicopter flew overhead. The current and strong wind blew the paddlers around the corner to Portlock.

"It's pretty rough, I guess. If you think you're experienced enough, you're going to go anyway. What helped bring them up was the wind and current pushing them this way," HFD Capt. G.M. Lum said.

A fisherman saw the distressed paddlers coming ashore.

"He asked me to call 911. He said one of this friend's boats broke outside of Hanauma bay 300-400 yards outside the cliffs," Robert Hu said.

The paddlers managed to climb ashore at the area in Portlock known as China Walls. They were OK, but one of the canoes did not make it.

For all paddlers interested in the Tahitian side of va'a there is a great site at http://www.vaatahiti.com

Yeah, its in French so if you're not bilingual (anything & french) go visit and enjoy the ambiance, the photos and the news from our paddling friends in French Polynesia.

Alan

everything is so 21st cetury! fancy like the dickens...

hey, today i raced in my first oc race. i entered in the teen oc-2 division. it was an experience, though not the greatest, still good fun. we started off really strong at the head of the pack then hullied a couple times but remained around the leaders. then we hullied about 2 miles from the finish and my partner drifted at a fast pace away from me so i had to tread water for about 15 min while the escort boat came to pick me up and return me to the canoe. finished about 4th to last. thanks to the escort boat crew and some other caring paddlers i finished the race safely. anyone else have some interesting/embarassing first race experiences?

I left the Ala Moana shopping center Tuesday nite and followed a late model black truck with a one man mounted on the rack as he exited the parking lot structure. The back half of the canoe was crunched downward toward the ground in almost a 90 deg angle, the bend being right at the midway point where the canoe rested on the rear rack. The guy/girl just kept driving like nothing and continued driving like that with the tail nearly dragging on the ground. Looked like the damage was cause by backing into something or hitting the roof. I felt sorry for the guy/girl and can't imagine how upsetting it is. Anybody know what happened? I don't even thinks its worth trying to fix something that major.

I had a close call myself while driving up the Ala Moana parking lot structure ramp on the Mauka side with my canoe strapped above me on the racks. I flew up the ramp thinking the roof was high enough. I clipped my rudder on the top of the parking structure but luckily suffered no major structural damage to the canoe. The only thing you can see is a couple of gel coat chips on the rudder...the kind you'd get from scraping the reef. If the rudder was an inch higher, I could have sheered the back portion of the canoe right off.

I'm writing a paper for school on the 1976 Moloka'i and the impact that the Tahitians sweeping the top four spots had on Outrigger Canoeing. The paper is going to focus on the race itself, and the questions on canoe design that arose because of it and the efforts to keep the sport culturally connected through design regulations, and why Hawai'i imposed such strict regulations while Tahiti seemingly didn't have any problem with advancing their design.
It seems to me that 1976 is the start of modern canoe racing in Hawai'i. And what i want to do with the paper is explore why that is the start, and what is the true impact that that race had... maybe that's a wrong assumption to make, and anyone who thinks so please let me know why.
So...
i was wondering if anyone on here was at the 1976 Moloka'i race... and could let me know anything about it--- even if you weren't in a top crew-- anything that you remember from the race would be awesome.

And.. i'm pretty sure that this has been talked about before, but not for awhile, and I think it's interesting enough to bring up again...
what are peoples thoughts regarding design regulations in Hawai'i? There are plenty of arguments on both sides-- just curious to hear what people think. What is the difference between the cultural links between the sport here and in Tahiti based on our differing design restrictions... ? Why did Hawai'i stop the development of canoes at an arbirtrary point in time while the Tahitians didn't..... they just kept on developing their designs...?

Last time that Tahiti was brought up on the forum--- it brought out a lot of... negativity. I'm not trying to do that again-- just trying to foster discussion....

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My friend gets seasick in longer races.. i.e. the Moloka'i solo. Anyone else have this problem? Any solutions?