In Hawai’i, the art of carving outrigger canoes has traditionally been a male pursuit. Many women have captained and paddled the canoes, but few have learned to build them—an undertaking that ...

You should count on it taking about 150-175 hours to finish the canoe. A garage is the best place for building, because you need 12-16 ft. of clearance in front of and behind your saw for cutting ...

WAILUA — New Yorkers were treated to outrigger canoe racing recently when crews from Hanalei, Kaiola, and Wailua Kayak and Canoes descended on the Big Apple for three days of rigging ...

The two main boats are the kayak and va’a boats. Whilst the kayaks are the main Para canoe boats and are propelled by a double-blade paddle, the latter are outrigger canoes propelled by a single-blade ...

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.

Other bai served as clubhouses - gathering places for the men of the village where the traditional skills of fishing, hunting, building and ... has replaced the outrigger canoe, much of the ...

warriors traveled together via outrigger canoes to battle, perhaps experiences that veterans can relate to their combat service. Thus, working together and building trust to cross the open ocean ...

Kihei paddlers Raul Pacheco (left) and Ryan Kinnie talk Saturday afternoon after being rescued off the north shore from their broken canoe. -- The Maui News / CHRIS SUGIDONO photo KANAHA ...

"At the backbone of the maritime tradition lies the outrigger canoe," explains Jo Anne Van Tilburg "the quintessential symbol of Polynesian mastery of the sea. The outrigger canoe is today part of ...

Five months ago Keala Kai started drawing outrigger canoes as a way to fend off depression. “I thought depression — no way. I drink one beer and I’ll be fine,” recalled Kai. On the day ...

Hawaii's Big Island is wilder and more rugged than its neighbors, making it the ideal destination for an adventurous trip ...