hooking
I hook in Waikiki. I got more class than goto.
P.S. Is that like a chinese firedrill?
#4 Thu, 11/29/2007 - 4:31pm
not sure i understand what is being written or what the hell the guys in that picture are doing.
#5 Thu, 11/29/2007 - 4:37pm
Get with it you guys' ... they're "hookin' round a turn buoy, it's a turning technique ... might help ya on da street, but I'm too old for that. hahaa
Rambo
#6 Thu, 11/29/2007 - 5:13pm
This is an example of how not to do a regatta turn. Mulu...what is your first language....it might help everyone to translate.
#7 Thu, 11/29/2007 - 6:07pm
i swear it's the google translator, but without the original text included. i might have to return to my roots.
#10 Thu, 11/29/2007 - 7:33pm
That just looks like WAY to much work. Everyone's faces look like they're giving birth! Seriously...turning a canoe should be easy. During the World Sprints in Aotearoa last year I experienced the kind of turn that these guys in the pictures are doing. Those canoes in NZ don't turn like the Hawai'i wa'a so maybe that is why these guys look like they are in pain...the canoes are built for straight-away speed and not turning.
Why are the guys in the middle kahi-ing? They should be paddling forward and only 1,2 and 6 (sometimes 5) turn the boat. There should be as little white water coming off the blade and the uni and kahi should be deep and powerful...not scratching the surface of the water.
Uni= poking, 1 and 6 do this on opposite sides of the canoe
kahi= taking a stroke at an angle from the canoe, 90-45 degrees, 2 and sometimes 5 does this.
Does anyone have video of a regatta turn that you could post for these guys...they need some help!
Mikala
#14 Fri, 11/30/2007 - 6:55am
No...won't be going to WS in Cali. Too expensive to TRYOUT for us Hawaiian paddlers.
Great picture of your niece.
And yeah...which one are you in the pictures of the turn?
Mikala
#17 Fri, 11/30/2007 - 8:00am
Are you talking about Uni or Kahi?
If you interested in turning techniques, get the book "Art of Steering" from Kanu Culture.
I don't think any true Hawaiians would appreciate the word "hooking" used in paddling.
#18 Fri, 11/30/2007 - 11:38am
Nem0,
Mulus (Mike Billy) and his crew paddle native dugout and longboats ( sometimes against OC-1s and OC-6s! )
Mulus is referring to a "hook" stroke or J stroke, a common term in Canadian canoe. I'm confident he meant no disrespect.
BTW, he's the sturdy fella in stroke.
cheers,
#19 Fri, 11/30/2007 - 12:58pm
mulus,
Have you tried both techniques? And if so, have you noticed any difference at all between them with respect to times?
#20 Fri, 11/30/2007 - 2:42pm
I think the proper spelling for a poke in seat 1 is UNE, not UNI. Une means “to lever, or to pryâ€, which is what the stroke does in the turn. The word “uni†does not appear in my Hawaiian dictionary. This mispelling is common on club websites and the new Kanukulture books. Source, Hawaiian Dictionary, Mary Kawena Pukui, University Press of Hawaii, 1973. However, if someone has better information, it would be helpful.
#21 Fri, 11/30/2007 - 4:38pm
While Mikala's Hawaiian may not be spot on, believe me, she knows what she is talking about. She's got serious credentials. There is more to a regatta turn than her brief explanation but maybe if you are nice she'll give you a more detailed explanation of how to do a turn correctly. (Popping the ama is not part of it).
#24 Fri, 11/30/2007 - 8:08pm
Seriously, set up the turn so seat one unes(pokes) while seat two kahis(pulls) for only two or three strokes. Everyone else keep paddling, but not super hard, as the boat slides around that buoy. Start your uni/kahi just as the front of the ama gets to the buoy. The key is letting the boat slide. Uni too long-come to a complete stop almost. Of course it helps to have a Foti steering! It's all in the approach to the turn- never too sharp! Go easy weasy...
#25 Fri, 11/30/2007 - 8:15pm
do you hook across the bowe or under the canoe on the 6 man
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