Hokuloa Outrigger Canoe Club

Family of the Wa'a

The documentary Family of the Wa'a will be showing at the Topanga Film Festival on 7/28 at 11am at the Main Stage. The address is 22075 Topanga School Road, Topanga Ca. 90290. You can buy tickets at www.topangafilmfestival.com.

 

Ventura Channel Challenge

On Saturday June 4th Hokuloa Outrigger Canoe Club will host our annual Ventura Channel challenge race.

Highlights

• Coffee, bagels and Spencer Makenzie’s breakfast burritos available at 7:00 am
• Breakfast burritos and lunch available from Spencer Makenzie’s Fish Company
• Silent auction/raffle, awards ceremony, beer garden by Ventura's Surf Brewery (open 1:00-4:00PM, ID required) & Hawaiian entertainers
• After Race Gathering with live music at Blackbeard’s BBQ, Ventura Harbor Village
• BBQ’s and dogs on leashes allowed on the beach. Alcohol not allowed.
• T-shirts, shopping and kid friendly activities available at the race.

Visit the Ventura Channel Challenge page for more details!

WSJ on Outrigger Canoeing

The Wall Street Journal has a great article about the fitness benefits out outrigger canoe paddling:

Canoe racing sounds more like a summer camp activity than an athletic endeavor. But outrigger canoe racing requires serious technical skills, strength and stamina.

"You use every muscle in your body at some point during each stroke," says Charlene Reed. "Core strength is especially important, as is leg strength."

Paddling in an outrigger canoe provides not only an intense workout and feelings of euphoria when the boat glides. It also provides some good lessons in teambuilding, says Charlene Reed, founder of Reed and Associates Executive Search.

Read the rest here: online.wsj.com

Hokuloa in the VC Reporter

The VC Reporter's Alex Wilson join's Hokuloa and finds out what outrigger canoe paddling is all about!

Help Out MDROCC

Marina Outrigger and the other rowing/paddling groups on Mother's Beach in Marina Del Rey are threatened by encroaching development.

The beach where our club Marina del Rey Outrigger in Los Angeles launches from is being surrounded by development. One particular development across the street will take over the existing parking with condos. Their proposal is to have additional parking a 1/4 mile away. This will affect not only our club, but many other rowers, kayakers, SUP's, and other recreational boaters, since this beach is the primary launch site for most of Los Angeles.

Margo Pellegrino in Ventura

The Ventura County Star reports on Margo Pellegrino's stop in Ventura during her paddle down to the Pacific coast to promote ocean protection:

After a rough, cold day at sea, Margo Pellegrino of Medford Lakes, N.J., received a warm welcome from the Hokuloa Outrigger Canoe Club in Ventura Thursday afternoon.

Club members accompanied Pellegrino as she made her way through the heavy fog to Ventura Harbor, where she landed for the night.

Pellegrino is making her way down the coast in an outrigger canoe trying to call attention to the plight of the oceans. She started July 3 in Seattle, and plans to end up in San Diego by Sept. 12.

Read more: http://www.vcstar.com/news/2010/sep/02/woman-taking-canoe-down-west-coast-stops-in/#ixzz0yTssYoN6 - vcstar.com

Margo's progress down the coast is updated frequently via GPS. You can follow it here: http://www.seattle2sandiego.com.

Paddler Makes Rough 200km Channel Crossing in Two Days

Japanese Paddler Duke Kaneko (47) made a 200km paddle in two days on his OC-1 from Hachijojima, an island off the coast of Japan to mainland Japan over the weekend. This crossing was made in 23 hours across the Kuroshio Current which is the 2nd fastest current in the world. Waters between Hachijojima and mainland Japan are rough due to currents moving in all directions at a maximum speed of 5 knots and at times creating whirlpools and choppy conditions due to the current moving in all directions as seen in the video below.

This crossing was made to revive the seafaring ways of the ancient Japanese and to raise awareness of current social issues in Japan.

The third stage of this crossing will be a OC-6 paddle from Mainland Japan to Bonin island (1000km) which will take place next summer.

For more info visit www.oceanlegend.net (in Japanese).

Novice Women In Pacific Paddler Magazine

Check out Hokuloa's novice women in the June 2010 issue of Pacific Paddler magazine! You can view the entire issue online in their "Archives" section.

 

Ventura Channel Challenge in the Ventura County Star

"More than 160 boats competed in the Hokuloa Ventura Channel Challenge on Saturday, an annual outrigger canoe race that got off to a late start because of morning fog."

» Read the entire article here

2010 Summer Keiki Program

Hokuloa's popular summer keiki (kids) paddling program returns in June. The program runs from 6/22-7/24 and is open to keikis from 12-19 years old. Paddlers will have a great time learning the fundamentals of outrigger canoe paddling and competing in three sprint races. Visit our keiki paddling page for more info.