The Future of Outrigger Canoeing?

luke

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ofq_nl366VM&feature=fvwrel

Submitted by luke on Thu, 06/07/2012 - 8:37am

luke

This seems too good to have never been posted before on Ocpaddler... so, forgive me if it has and I'm double posting.
Event number 45 at regattas: Open Interpretive Freestyle. HCRA chooses the music, each crew has to choreograph on the spot. Talk about a way to retain youth and novices... if they could see the best in the sport doing the above, how could they not stick with paddling?

#1 Thu, 06/07/2012 - 8:42am

aukaiNYC

That just made my day. Thanks, Luke.

#2 Thu, 06/07/2012 - 9:16am

onnopaddle

Been up a couple times ... Still on You Tube thread ...
The future is our kids on the water.
aloha,
pog

#3 Thu, 06/07/2012 - 11:09am

koacanoe

Actually, the paddler who started it all, years ago, was actually a Jr. sprint canoeist who use to paddle like this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UEIqJNjlvLI&feature=share

Shouldn't Hawaii be producing dozens of paddlers to take on the Canadians and Europeans who dominate Olympic sprint canoeing?

#4 Thu, 06/14/2012 - 12:56am