Hokuloa Outrigger Canoe Club

2012 Race Season Practices

OC6 race season practices will start Tuesday February 28th. Practice will be, until the time change, Tuesday and Thursday at 5pm (warm up in the harbor, and check for paddlers at 5:30pm), Saturday at 8am, and Sunday at 9am. With the time change Tuesday and Thursday will be at 5:30pm.

Fall/Winter Practice Schedule

With the time change we've switched to our Fall/Winter practice schedule. Hokuloa will be practicing at the following times until Spring:

Mondays/Wednesdays - 6:30am & 10:30am
Tuesdays/Thursdays - 5:30am & 4:30pm
Saturdays - 8:00am
Sundays - 9:00am

The above practices will be a mix of OC1/OC2 sessions and OC6 sessions depending on attendance.

New Paddler Practice

Saturdays - 8:00am  

New paddlers are welcome every Saturday during the Fall/Winter schedule.

No Sunday Practice 4/24

There will NOT be a Sunday practice on April 24, 2011 (Easter). Sunday practices will resume on May 1st @ 9am.

Sunday Practices

Sunday practices are now underway. These practices will consist of stroke technique drills and medium distance paddles. They run from 9:00AM - 11:00AM.

OC-6 Reservations

In order to make it easier to track how many people have signed up to paddle an OC-6 at the Thursday 5:30AM practices we've created a reservation sheet. If you plan to paddle the OC-6 on any given Thursday please click the link below and sign up:

OC-6 Reservation Sheet

It should go without saying but if you sign up, show up. Mahalo!

Thursday AM Practices - OC6

Just a quick point, if you are planing on paddling in an OC-6 for the Thursday morning practices. Make sure you RSVP to Vaughn and then show up! You don't want to leave your teammates hanging.

Fall/Winter Practice Changes

With the time change this weekend our practice schedule will be changing for the fall/winter.

This week practices will be as follows:

Tuesday Nov. 2nd @ 5:30 PM

Thursday Nov. 4th @5:30PM

Saturday Nov. 6th @ 8AM

Then after the time change on Sunday November 7th:

Thursdays @ 5:30 AM

Saturdays @ 8 AM

Off Season Practices

We've enjoyed a great season with many highlights and would like to keep things rolling along. We'll keep the same practice schedule until the time change on November 7th. Then we'll have one mid-week practice (day TBD) and our Saturday practice through winter/spring.

Catalina Long Practice 9/4

Hokuloa paddlers participating in Catalina,

Vaughn, Ona, and I are planning a long-distance run on Saturday morning (9/4). We will tow three canoes (18 available seats) to Carpinteria State Beach and paddle them down to Vta Harbor.

If you plan to race in Catalina, please plan to participate in this practice. If you are unable to attend, let your coach know (you don't have to email the entire club) before this week's practice on Thursday. Vaughn and Ona will need to find a replacement for your seat before Saturday morning.

This is going to be a fun, hard, workout on Saturday and we need 18 people to do it.

Practice Saturday, May 29th

This Saturday, May 29th, practice will be paddling hard the Ventura race course. Please be ready to do this by getting enough rest on Friday night, hydrate and eat well the day or 2 before. Bring your hydration pack to practice and come prepared to work hard. We will also go over the race course and possible current and conditions during our race. See you all at 8AM sharp!

Vaughn & Ona