In that event, racers use small, narrow two-person canoes, called C2 boats. After years of C2 racing, she was invited to go to California and Hawaii to compete in an all-women’s outrigger team ...

In the late 1800s, the boats would be used for competition, a sport enjoyed mostly by royalty. The outrigger, or “ama” as it’s called in Hawaiian, sticks out from a canoe and helps to ...

The art of outrigger canoe surfing is an ancient Polynesian tradition, with British explorer Captain James Cook first encountering Tahitian natives riding waves in boats as early as 1777. In his ...

Each outrigger canoe is paddled by six women at a time. An escort boat follows each team during the race, with more paddlers on board. Team members switch off throughout the crossing in what are ...

The 8th annual Brattle Paddle took place on Sunday, with over 70 people participating in this year’s races on different ...

Canoe is described in U.S. National Museum Bulletin # 127, p. 285: ... Smithsonian Institution. This photo has the caption: "Non-Native Man in Outrigger Canoe (Bought by Lt T. Dix Bolles) and Holding ...

The Kahakai Outrigger Canoe Club will its biggest event of the year this weekend — the Battle of the Breakwater. More than 1,200 paddlers from Santa Barbara to San Diego — who are part of the ...

The modern sport of outrigger canoeing utilises large canoes known as va’a originating from the Polynesian islands. Once used as a method of transport, the va’a, which range from one-man to ...

Among the boats making their way across the Kaiwi Channel is Outrigger Canoe Clubʻs koa canoe, Leilani. The Leilani was built in 1933, along with the Kakina and Malie.

The Vernon Paddling Centre hosted their annual Freshwater Challenge Outrigger Canoe Race on Sunday, June 22. Canoes took over ...