Tag: Spotlight
Spotlight: Hawaiian Airlines Team Kokua
Hometown: Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaii . USA Established: 2013 Team Name: Hawaiian Airlines Team Kokua Competing in: Mixed Open Division hawaiianairlines.com | Facebook Moea DeFries – Flight Attendant Moea joined Hawaiian in 2012 as a Flight Attendant servicing customers on Hawaiian’s direct flights to and from its 11 gateway cities in North America. She has more than See More
Spotlight: Washington Canoe Club
Hometown: Washington, DC . USA Established: 1904 Team Name: WCC Women, WCC Men, WCC Men Masters, WCC Mixed Competing in: Women’s Open, Men’s Open, Men’s Masters and Mixed Open Division www.washingtoncanoeclub.org | Facebook In 1999/2000, the club acquired two Force 5 outrigger canoes, Ka Pueo (“owl” — a WCC symbol) and Kaikuahine (“little sister”), and a new See More
Spotlight: Waikiki Beach Boys
Hometown: Honolulu, HI . USA Established: Team Name: Waikiki Beach Babes Competing in: Womens Open Division The Beach Boys are honored to paddle on the beautiful waters of Hawaii. They often paddle towards the well-known Diamond Head. Teammates compete in paddling races such as the Na Pali Coast Challenge, Maui Nui and of course Liberty See More
Spotlight: Wai Nui O’Kanaka
Hometown: Oakville, Ontario . CAN Established: Team Name: Wai Nui O’Kanaka Ladies / Wai Nui O’Kanak Men Competing in: Women’s Masters and Men’s Senior Masters Division wainuioutrigger.net | Facebook “There is nothing — absolutely NOTHING — half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats.” – Kenneth Grahame’s The Wind in the Willows The lake See More
Spotlight: UK Combined
Hometown: England . GBR Established: 2013 Team Name: UK Riggers Competing in: Mixed Open Division We’re a group of like minded people who have come together to do the Liberty Challenge. Two of our team are mainly rafters (their team is Patrick’s Gulpers) and they race super rafts, a similar type of paddling to outrigger See More
Spotlight: Royal Outrigger Club
Hometown: Kingston upon Thames, Surrey. GBR Established: 1987 Team Name: Scirocco / iROC Dragons Competing in: Mixed Open Division royalcanoeclub.com Royal Canoe Club first entered an outrigger race in 1987 – when members participated in the Molokai Hoe Outrigger Canoe Race. We made our first canoe in 1988 – a Malia from a boat brought See More
Spotlight: Philadelphia Outrigger Canoe Club
Hometown: Philadelphia, PA . USA Established: 1995 Team Name: POCC Women Competing in: Womens Open www.philadelphiaoutrigger.com Facebook | Twitter: @PhillyOutrigger As a team, we embrace Hawaiian culture and value community.The Vision of Philadelphia Outrigger Canoe Club is to Promote and Encourage the sport of Hawaiian Outrigger Canoeing. This Mission will be accomplished by fostering in Adults See More
Spotlight: Panama Outrigger Club
Hometown: Panama City . PAN Established: 2013 Team Name: Team Balboa, 507 Racing Team, Team ULU, Cayuco Culture Panama, 507 Speed Bate Competing in: Women’s and Men’s Open Divisions Facebook | Twitter @panamaoutrigger | Instagram Panama Outrigger Club’s mission is to promote the sport of Outrigger Canoe paddling in the Isthmus of Panama through education, training, See More
Spotlight: Pacific Reach Paddling Club
Hometown: Vancouver, British Columbia . CAN Established: 2001 Team Name: Pacific Reach Mixed Competing in: Mixed Open Division www.pacificreach.net Pacific Reach Paddling Club is located in Vancouver, BC Canada. Our Training grounds are at the scenic waters of False Creek, English Bay. Our core members have been involved in Marathon Canoe and dragon boating since See More
Spotlight: Outrigger Team California
Hometown: Orange County, California . USA Established: 2000 Team Name: OTC Competing in: Men’s Masters Division A few of our achievements with our team members: Outrigger Team California has eight overall championships and twelve masters championships at the Catalina Crossing US championships, four top three finishes overall at Molokai Hoe. Four overall wins at Kona. See More
