Big changes for OHCRA reggtas this year!!!
no disrespect but this means all masters 40 50 55 60 65 open 4 novice A 16 18 and mixes race longer than freshmen? and same distance as sophmore? if they make all those 1/4 miles too we can finish really early.. this just doesnt make that much sense.
#3 Wed, 01/09/2013 - 8:21am
Unklekahi, if word on the street is true, all those events are shortened also. Bs and 15s cut to 1/4. 18 boys, A men, and 40s cut to 1/2.
#4 Wed, 01/09/2013 - 8:34am
Sorry Mr. OHCRA Official. Didn't mean to get you all riled up. With all those CAPITAL LETTERS you flying around its like you snapping at us. =)
#8 Wed, 01/09/2013 - 10:07am
so we can race short races all year then change up the distance @ states? i understand to make the day shorter, but to cut the highest level of racing in regatta? both men/woman freshman-senior for the most part are the best level of talent.sounds like people are just lazy to me. Whats next the Hoe is gonna finish at Hawaiikai?
#11 Wed, 01/09/2013 - 1:10pm
Ps... on all those "outer islands" u cannot go back to freshman every week. As a matter of fact as soon as an open paddler races a higher classification they cannot go back down til end of the year before states. So as soon as a Maui paddler races sophomore they can never race freshman again for the season. Once you race junior you can no longer race freshman or sophomore... Just sayin. Way to stack the cards in your favor for freshman at states OHCRA.
#12 Wed, 01/09/2013 - 5:20pm
1/4 mile race??? shooots. I usually beat everyone to the 1/4 mile flag first and die out the last 3/4. Get chance to win now. Mahalo OHCRA
#13 Wed, 01/09/2013 - 5:38pm
give us a good training program so we can do 1/4 mile sprint with no turns all season to qualify for states and do a 1 mile sprint with three turns. Then do a 26 mile race a couple weeks after that!!
#16 Thu, 01/10/2013 - 12:02pm
Allow me to rewrite this in terms i hope everyone is able to comprehend. In my last post i put freshman-senior that dash mark means through, so FRESHMAN, SOPHOMORE, JUNIOR, AND SENIOR. just to clear things up.
#17 Thu, 01/10/2013 - 3:44pm
regattas are good for the kids and novices. for the rest, regattas are just plain stupid waste of a sunday. i welcome the change. bah humbug
#18 Thu, 01/10/2013 - 4:03pm
To all, you still need to train like we have in the past for regattas, being able to move guys around week to week you need to prepare everyone for 4 different courses. When I train my guys we go long and short distances, we sprint 2 min. 4 min. 8 min. When you train you break down your races into sections. In Waimanalo we do a 1/4, 1/2, then 1/4 for our mile race, to me not much difference. And mr. Mauitim ohcra has alway open the freshmen race to anyone, soph and jun. could always come down to fresh for states so I don't where you're going with your statement. Prior to this year in ohcra once you go to soph. you were stuck there for life, if you were a jun. You were stuck there for the season, then back to soph. for the next. Ohcra is trying it out, if it doesnt work out theyll change it back, its always good to be open-minded. Better racing and a shorter day!
#19 Fri, 01/11/2013 - 10:51am
@Mauitim: for MCHCA paddlers, the slate in wipe clean for States. So if you raced junior during the regular season, you can still race freshman or sophomore at States.
#20 Mon, 01/14/2013 - 2:24pm
Doesn't this make it more fair to OHCRA actually? In the past it seemed like outer island crews could put their best guys in frosh whereas OHCRA could not.
#21 Thu, 01/24/2013 - 5:48am
@ shurl0ck - initially I was thinking the same thing - 1/4 mile - yeah - that is as long as we hang in the front too ...then I considered that a whole lot of us are on the same page. This will be a game changer for sure. Paddlers who excel at sprints will be able to move to the front of the canoe and shine. Very different strategy at play. Being a coach, steerswoman & previous water official, I can't help but ponder the change in the turn situations we will need to prepare for. If the spread of crews is minimal for shorter length races 1/2 miles in particular, which used to be 1 miles, we will need to be cleaner on all our turns because it will be more crowded like in the open mixed races. This could potentially be a hazardous situation in the making. Respect each other and all equipment. Safety first, avoiding any Koa accidents. We will need to work on this with all our teams. Play fair, have sportsmanship as a priority at all times. Makes life very exciting for water officials and paddlers alike, the finishes are going to be more "photo finish" -ish because of the possibilities of the tight spacings. Hope all our officials are up for that, I don't envy them. We don't need more stalls in the results due to protests and rebuttals of results - that in it's self could cause any race to last long into the evening. Do we know what the State course will be?????? Strange if we have to train for a different course just for that race now. Personally, I think this is all interesting and am optimistic and grateful OHCRA is trying 'something' to make things more progressive for all of us. Change is always difficult - we all must keep our wits about us and stay focused on perpetuating our beautiful culture and why we all love paddling so much. I love turns and am really looking forward to working with my crews and team mates to optimize this new course! See you all on the water. Good luck to all and Hoe Pa'a!!!
#22 Thu, 03/21/2013 - 3:17pm
Now that you've experienced the new format; howzit? Better worse, ending sooner?
Hui Nalu seemed to really do well this past week.
#25 Tue, 06/25/2013 - 10:54am
Freshman 1/4 mile
Sophomore 1/2 mile
Junior 1 mile
Senior 1 1/2 miles
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