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 ...

Note that in 2018, the outrigger float/balance log and two booms that were previously stored as part of this canoe, were found to belong with E307212 instead, and have been so labelled. The Wa'a ...

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 ...

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 ...

Unlike the Olympic Games, which also feature whitewater slalom events, the Paralympic canoe program consists solely of flatwater sprints. Two types of boats are raced — kayaks and outrigger canoes.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...