The Challenge
The Challenge: Water Quality
“Since the passage of the Clean Water Act, water quality has improved dramatically and over the past several decades, citizen activism has made it increasingly unacceptable for government and industry to treat our rivers as dumping grounds.” – Riverkeeper Will my skin peel off? Will I grow a third eye? Just how nasty IS the See More
The Challenge: Boat Traffic
“We’re used to back home in Hawaii the canoes having priority. Here, it’s like a like a flea on a dog. Everybody else is the big boss.” – Kekoa Cramer . Team Primo New York Harbor is one of the largest natural harbors in the world. It is the busiest port on the East Coast See More
The Challenge: Tides and Currents
“We were seeing this morning a women’s crew paddling up current and getting swept back. They were just stuck in the middle of the river…fighting as hard as they can.” – Luke Evslin . Team Kamanu The Hawaiian Airlines Liberty Challenge is perhaps best known for its exceptionally strong and shifting currents. Conditions change dramatically See More
The Challenge: Seawalls
What aspects of urban outrigger canoe paddling are unique to New York City? One that always seems to throw paddlers and steerspeople off is the affect of the city’s seawalls, which line practically every bit of coastline in New York Harbor. As in most urban areas, the shorelines of New York Harbor have been reshaped, See More
The Challenge: Staten Island Ferry
Do you know what signals the start of each race of the Hawaiian Airlines Liberty Challenge? That would be the Staten Island Ferry! The Ferry stops for no one so we have a spotter at Whitehall Terminal over a mile away that radios to us as soon as the Staten Island-bound ferry moves away from See More
