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On December 2 at 8:30 am Kalaheo HS Project Grad 2013 will be holding the Second Annual Kalaheo High School Project Grad Paddle Race. This fundraiser, health and wellness celebration and community event invites high school through Masters paddlers to come enjoy a fun race on Kailua Bay. The course will be 5-6 miles inside Kailua Bay (TBD as per conditions). Divisions will include 6-man Junior Varsity (grades 9-10), Varsity (grades 11-12), Open, Masters for Men, Women and Mixed crews as well as OC-1/OC-2 in all categories.
Lunch and medals will be provided along with the fun and adventure for entry fees of $20 per person ($120 per 6-man crews, $20 per paddler OC seats). Great prizes will be raffled off for $1 tickets on site. Registration will be held in person at the Kailua Canoe Club halau Nov. 25 from 9-12 or by e-mail with Barb VanDerKamp (mailto:[email protected]) . Day-of-Race onsite registration will be from 7:00am at a cost of $150 per 6man and $25 per OC paddler.

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If in Maui, come down to Kihei Canoe Club on Thanksgiving morning to do a fun ~3mile race. Entry fee is a donation of any kind to the Maui Food Bank. Raffles to be held after the race. See you there!
When: Thursday November 22 at 8:00 am
Where: Ka Lae Pohaku (Kihei Canoe Club)
Fee: Donations of any kind to the Maui Food Bank
Divisions: None
Race Vehicles: Anything that floats
Any questions call Tyson at 757-1587

Olamau race 2013. BIG Island! BIG 3 day marathon Va'a race, BIG Prize Money! 12 Man/women/person teams...
Kamehemeha Day! June 11th, 2013 Mandatory opening ceremonies and registration
June 12th, 2013 Day 1. Iron Race from Laupahoehoe to Keokea. 38 miles
June 13th, 2013 Day 2. Iron race from Keokea to Kawahae. 27 miles
June 14th, 2013 Final Day. Iron race leg 1 from Kawaihae to Kukio, 18 miles. Then swap out all 6 paddlers if wanted for Iron race leg 2 from Kukio to Kamakahonu, 18 miles.

Olamau race 2013. BIG Island! BIG 3 day marathon Va'a race, BIG Prize Money! 12 Man/women/person teams...
Kamehemeha Day! June 11th, 2013 Mandatory opening ceremonies and registration
June 12th, 2013 Day 1. Iron Race from Laupahoehoe to Keokea. 38 miles
June 13th, 2013 Day 2. Iron race from Keokea to Kawahae. 27 miles
June 14th, 2013 Final Day. Iron race leg 1 from Kawaihae to Kukio, 18 miles. Then swap out all 6 paddlers if wanted for Iron race leg 2 from Kukio to Kamakahonu, 18 miles.

New Zealand most exciting 1man or 2man race along Mount Maunagnui's coastline. Only NZs best compete in this event. 2012 brought our best surf conditions to date with record times.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Niro6qUCv0Y

The race was born after team goodyear team member James Moore was tragically taken on the same race course when conditions got too extreme. 4 years of racing so far with over 90 outrigger and surfski paddlers on the line. we are yet to break 100 and still waiting for our first international . if your interested we can help out and make it happen.

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Aloha,
Come out to support Ke Kula o S.M. Kamakau, a Hawaiian language immersion school in Ha'iku, O'ahu. This is the schools second fundraiser race. Last year the course was from Kailua to Kaneohe. This year, the course is from Maunalua Bay to Kaimana Beach.
The date is November 3rd. Register online or the day of the event. Pre-registration is $25, and $30 after.
Please go to the website https://sites.google.com/site/onamoiehukai to register and pay.
Beside this race being a fundraiser for our new campus, it also serves as a reminder of our important place names along this year's course. The original names of mountains, valleys, streams, heiau, surf spots, rain, wind, etc from Maunalua to Waikiki will be shared. If we don't use these names, they will die forever.
Once again, there is a story that accompanies this race. There are 4 distinct areas that deal with certain mo'i ali'i that we have decided to tell the stories of along the course from Maunalua to Kaimana.
1) Ke'eaumokupa'ihaehae: The father of Queen Ka'ahumanu and general to Kamehameha I passes away in Maunalua. At his funeral is the last time the Kumulipo is chanted in its entirety.
2) Kamehameha I: He lands thousands of double hull canoes on the shores of Waialae to Waikiki, He gets ready for the Battle of Nu'uanu.
3) Kakuhihewa: The famous king of O'ahu. He is in the Battle of Kukaeunahiopueo, "Battle of the Owls" which takes place at Kupalaha Heiau. Which is on the west side of the Waikiki Aquarium.
4) Ulukou: The capital and royal residence of Kakuhihewa, Kahekili, Kamehameha I, and Liliu'okalani, na Moi Ehukai.
Please come out and support our fundraiser canoe race and learn about the places we live and paddle.
Entry fee will include entry, insurance, cap, and ono food.
We will also have raffle and entertainment and shirts to sell.
You can register online at https://sites.google.com/site/onamoiehukai. Early registration is $25 and $30 after.
If you have any questions or would like to donate to our fundraiser or school, please contact me at [email protected].
Mahalo nui,
Dean K. Hirahara
cell:294-9350

TWENTY-EIGHTH ANNUAL WAIMEA BAY CHALLENGE
(BLUE MAKUA'S RACE)
OCTOBER 13, 2012
Haleiwa (Manu O Ke Kai Canoe Club)
Men – 9:30 a.m. (9 miles)
Women/Mixed – 11:00 a.m. or sooner (4 miles)
Entry Fee: $120.00 per crew. Includes awards, Hawaiian
plate, refreshments and entertainment.
Guests: $5.00
BYOB!
Registration from 8:00 a.m.
Divisions:
Men and Women 40
Men and Women 50
Men and Women 60
Men 65
Mixed 40
Mixed 50
Mixed 60
Important! Please contact Randy Sanborn at 621-7240 for
trailer parking information.

*** Maui Nui Canoe Race Committee has limited the 2012 race entries to TEN (10) canoes ***
FIRST COME FIRST SERVE... IN ORDER TO HOLD A SPOT YOU MUST PAY YOUR ENTRY FEE
The Maui Nui Canoe Race is the brainchild of the Kahana Canoe Club. The Maui Nui Canoe Race is an ambitious undertaking that will challenge the skill and endurance of all participants. With over 100 miles of paddling this race will span a length of 3 days. At an affordable price this is not only a great value but will garner interest from ocean enthusiasts around the globe.
The islands of Maui, Moloka'i and Lana'i are prime and the channels that surround it are also some of the most challenging in the world. It is the goal of the Maui Nui Canoe Race Planning Committee to:
• Help keep the traditions of wa'a thriving on the neighbor islands
• Create partnerships within the community
• Share the Hawaiian culture with the visitor and educate the resident
• Help support local businesses and the economy
• Encourage healthy fitness lifestyle alternatives.

Outrigger Canoe Club presents the 2012 Dad Center canoe race on August 26th.
Race begins at Kailua Beach park at 8:30am and ends at Outrigger Canoe Club.
Race info at:
Web: outriggercanoeclub.com OHCRA website
OCC Telephone: 808- 923-1585
Contacts: Paula Crabb: 808-389-6377 email: [email protected]

The Pailolo Challenge hosted by Hawaiian Canoe Club
Saturday, September 13, 2014
D.T. Flemings Beach, Maui to Kaunakakai Pier, Moloka'i----26 miles of FUN!
Open Class and HCRA approved wa'a welcomed. Divisions include open, 40 master, 50 master, 60 master, mixed, and iron. Escort boat not required for iron crews. Entry fee for all $450.

The first outrigger race held in California was on September 20, 1959. This first race was a long distance race from Avalon on Catalina Island to the Newport Dunes inside the California Coast. The famous Duke Kahanamoku served as the Grand Marshall of the first California Outrigger event and founded the Catalina to Newport Dunes race – the original California Outrigger Classic. The subsequent races were underwritten by the Balboa Improvement Association and Ira Dowd, part owner of the Newport Dunes.
The first race involved two canoes shipped to California from Hawaii through the efforts of Albert Edward “Toots” Minvielle. Both of them were koa wood canoes with the names Malia meaning calm waters and Niuhe, meaning shark.
The malia team was composed of Hawaiian All Star outrigger paddlers organized by Toots. Some of the members of that first Hawaiian team to paddle the Catalina Channel in 1959 were Chris Bodie, Blu Makua, Archie Kuana, Joe Gilman, Sonny Heniques, and Dougie Carr. The California team paddled the Niuhe. This first mainland team included George Kopa, Tom Johnson, Dan Uadis, Frank Saddler, Mike Johnson, Dave Arne, Doug Wood, Ron Druman, Lorrin Harrison and others.
The Hawaiian team won the race in a time of 5 hours. The newly formed California team in the Niuhe finished closed behind in a time of 5 hours, 11 minutes.
Lorrin Harrison, the steersman and original member of the first California team had the following remembrances of the early beginnings and that first race, “when I first heard about canoe racing here, I had a dugout canoe that I built in 1950. We were surfing it down in Doheny. Noah Kalama came by, he knew my sister from Hawaii, and I knew him from body surfing. He said, “Lorrin can you get a team together of guys down here you think would like to paddle? We’ll have a race with a Hawaiian team.”
“I said, ‘Yeah, we can do that!’ So we started coming here to the Dunes, paddling here till 9 o clock every night. There was about 15 guys all paddling. Other guys would build a fire and we’d stay here and paddle when the wind was howling. We worked for two months. We were so sick of paddling there. I thought we would never get out and see the ocean. Finally Noah let us go out and it was rough outside, too. That’s the way it all started, right here in these Newport Dunes.”
Then they brought the Hawaiian team over so we all hooked behind some big boat, towed all the people and the two boats over to Avalon. The race started the next morning after we were there. It was just two boats in the race form Avalon. Coming across we were making changes. We had about 25 people to draw from. About half-way across, the escort boat ran ahead to drop people in the water and made a big wake. The wake flipped the boat straight up on edge with the ama (outrigger) straight out of the water. I stayed – stuck in, but my number one man was about 20 feet off the stern and it threw all the other men out too. So Noah put a whole new 5 guys in and we kept going. At that time we were right even with Blu Makua and the Hawaiian team. When we came into the south end of the Newport Dunes, they finished 11 minutes ahead of us. I had been in the boat for 5 hours and 11 minutes with no drink of water and I thought I’d just die when we hit the beach ’cause of the paddle Noah gave me, he said ‘You gotta have a big paddle for this race’. That sucker weighed 10 pounds at least. I still got the paddle, I got the proof, if any one wants to paddle 30 miles with it, they can have it.”
While the first Catalina to Newport Dunes Race was a culmination of efforts and farsightedness on the part of several outstanding persons in canoe paddling, the spirit behind the spread and development of outrigger canoe paddling as a sport, both in Hawaii and California, is the famous Albert “Toots” Minvielle.
Toots Minvielle and 1958 were pivotal points in the history of outrigger canoeing, especially for California. In 1958 Toots met Tommy Zahn from Santa Monica, shortly after Tommy had paddled the Molokai Channel on a surfboard.Tommy Zahn responded immediately – there was sufficient interest. He arranged a luncheon meeting in early 1959 with Ira Dowd, the owner of the Newport Dunes, Sam Miller, (then commodore of the Balboa Bay Club), and Al Oberg, Harbor Master of Newport Beach in 1959. All the right people were there and California’s Outrigger racing history had begun.
Noah Kalama, sent to California by Toots Minvielle to coach the first California Outrigger team, and Tom Johnson, an original member of the first California outrigger racing team, were the first to perceive the need for California-based canoes. The boats used for that first Catalina race were scheduled to be shipped back to Hawaii after the competition was completed. Noah Kalama and Tom Johnson realizing the development of California outrigger racing would hinge upon a local boat supply, were quick to act. They made a mold of the Malia hull – and California outrigger boat building was born.
Although Toots Minveille initiated efforts to bring Hawaiian Canoe Paddling to the mainland in 1958, 1959 was the year paddling arrived – the same year that Hawaii joined the United States of America. What may have been initially seen as merely a gesture – sharing a facet of Hawaiian culture with the mainland through the Aloha Celebration and the aloha spirit of Toots Minveille- has given mainlanders, especially Californians, a tease, a feel and a love for Hawaiian traditions.
Mahalo Hawaii, Mahalo Toots Minveille for outrigger canoe paddling – a wonderful slice of Hawaiian life.

A 10.5 mile down river race on the Colorado River from Parker Dam to the Blue Water Resort & Casino in Parker, AZ. Divisions for OC1, OC2, OC6, surfski, paddle boards, & SUP.
Great trophies, tons of schwag, post race liquid carbs by Mudshark Brewing, and absolutely the best grinds and party in the desert.

The Whitey Harrison Canoe Classic is hosted by the Dana Outrigger Canoe Club and is a 20-mile 9-man outrigger canoe race. The race begins just outside of Dana Point harbor, where paddlers head North past Dana Point thru scenic Laguna Beach to the turnaround point at Main Beach, Laguna. The canoes then set their sights on historic Dana Point and head home towards the finish line at Doheny Beach, Orange County's most popular longboard surfing beach.
Named after Lorrin "Whitey" Harrison, this race originally started in Newport Beach and was established in 1971 as part of the Dana Point Harbors opening ceremonies. Besides the prestigious Catalina crossing race, The Whitey Harrison Classic is KOA's (Kalifornia Outrigger Association) most popular and well-attended 9-Man race.

This year’s Duke Kahanamoku Long Distance Race is Sunday 8/19/12 and registration will be held the DAY BEFOREon Saturday 8/18/12

Hosted by the Waikiki Beachboys Canoe Club at Gordon Biersch following the HCRA States Championships. Free pupu from 6:00-8:00. Music by the Alliez, The White Jacket, and Mozo.

Iron OC-6 Men, Women and Mixed. $240/crew pre-registration or $350/crew race day. Staggered starts by age starting at 9:30 am. First crew to finish in each category (men, women, mixed regardless of age) wins trophy. Medals to first three finishers in each category. Cost includes Hawaiian or Vegetarian lunch options, entertainment, beer garden (must be over 21), smoothies, non-alcoholic drinks, medals and trophies. T-shirts guaranteed to first 50 crews. HCRA waiver required for all participants. Go to www.kamamalahoecanoeclub.com for details and Letter of Intent. Contact: Sheila Sanford (808-222-0158) or Eli Nakahara (808-352-7906). For canoes, contact Daniel Sanford (808-852-8686).

Sunset to Haleiwa (8 miles)
OC-1, OC-2, Surfski, SUP divisions
Entry: $30 per person
T-shirt, Food, Refreshments, and Entertainment to follow, including the "Manulympics" OC1/SUP/Swim relay!
Registration is from 7:30am to 10am at the Manu halau (behind Surf N Sea in Haleiwa): http://goo.gl/maps/Fq40
SUP race starts at 11am, everyone else at 11:10am.
We will have a shuttle to take your board/canoe up to Sunset beach, if needed.
Call Moku Sanborn (386-6277) if you need any more info.

OC6, SUP, Pdlbrd, OC1, and SS1 Race
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This year marks the 27th Southern California Outrigger Iron Championship Race in San Diego’s Mission Bay. Once again, Kai Elua Outrigger Canoe Club is proud to host the Iron Championships. We welcome you to our home. Every year we set a higher standard for ourselves to make this not only a race, but an unforgettable experience. Please enjoy this event, which is our tribute to all of the great relationships that we have created with our teammates, clubs and communities.

KA NAI’A OUTRIGGER CANOE CLUB
RIG RUN RACE
MAY 19th, 2012
SANTA BARBARA’S EAST BEACH

Smiles, everyone, Smiles! Kids in Canoes!
LANIKAI CANOE CLUB hosts 18th annual Keiki Race.
Please see www.lanikaicanoeclub.org/keiki-race/ for details and registration forms.
Aloha

One of the world’s toughest outrigger canoe racing events, the annual Hamilton Cup is expanding and has changed its name in 2012. The inaugural Gatorade Battle of the Paddles will be held on Hamilton Island from June 14-18, in partnership with the Australian Outrigging Canoe Association (AOCRA) and more recently, Surf Life Saving Australia. Run over four exciting days, competitive outriggers will be joined by athletes from three other popular paddle disciplines; Surf Ski, Stand-Up Paddle Paddling and Board Paddling. Races include:
Downwind surf ski races for junior, open and masters categories, including a special long-distance course from Lindeman Island to Hamilton Island’s Catseye Bay;
Sprint Stand-Up (SUP) courses for junior, open and masters categories;
Board paddling races for both junior, open and masters categories;
Sprint, medium-distance and marathon outrigger races; and
the infamous 42km outrigger marathon.

Waikiki Beach Boys' Canoe Club's Pre-Season Race
Saturday, May 12, 2012
Registration starting at 7:00am at Magic Island
Lunch from Gina's Korean BBQ & Awards from Corona to follow each race
$120 per crew
Course: Magic Island to Black Point and back (conditions permitting)

Relay race in south west of FRANCE
30 miles 4 legs
OC1,OC2

It's that time of year again
HEALANI CANOE CLUB KANIKAPILA FUNDRAISER<
Sunday May 27, 2012
Monday is Memorial Day
5:30 - 10:30pm @ Gordon Biersch, Aloha Tower Marketplace
Live Music, Drink Specials, Pupus, Door Prizes, Raffels and Good Times
Tickets $12 pre-sale and $15 at the door
Contact: 808.554.9226
Come down and support Healani Canoe Club!
Go Healani Go!
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D.T. Flemings Beach, West Side Maui to Kaunakakai Harbor, Molokai 26 Miles.
Go to mauicanoeandkayak.org for more inform

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