r "OC" stands for "outrigger canoe." The designation "six" means that it seats six paddlers. The fiberglass canoe is about 40 feet long, with two arms, called iakos, that reach out to an outrigger, ...

Filmmaker Dan Brockett became interested in women’s outrigger paddling after his wife took up the sport a few years ago. The more Elisabeth Creighton paddled, the more Brockett noticed how little ...

When you drive around the islands of Samoa, you'll see most families with a little paopao or canoe that they'll use for fishing or to get out to some of the small islands offshore. For many in Samoa, ...

I was 19 years old, fresh off the airplane and so haole I didn’t even know I was haole standing in line for the shuttle to the employee parking lot of the Maui Marriott in Kaanapali, Maui. Tipo, a ...

I’ve always been a water person. During my childhood in San Diego, I spent entire summers at the beach or in swimming pools. As I got older, I progressed into sailing, surfing, kayaking and most ...

WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH, N.C. (WECT) - Members of the Wrightsville Beach Outrigger Canoe Club are preparing to make a 110-mile trip to raise awareness on the need for clean water. The “We the Water” ...

When John Rockwell Holme suggested on his Facebook page last year that people get together for a paddle around the bay (145 miles around the whole thing) and invite everyone they knew to come along ...

KAHULUI — With each stroke in the canoe through the sea, Vietnam veteran and longtime paddler Wendall DeVera finds solace. Saying how much the Hawaiian ocean sport has been a positive and helpful ...

Santa Barbara Outrigger Canoe Club (SBOCC) invites new paddlers in the community to join for the 2022 season. Outrigger canoeing is an ancient paddling sport with origins in Hawaii and Polynesia.

Janet Wu played basketball, softball and ice hockey in college, but admits she let athletics fall to the wayside as she settled into a career as a computer programmer. Yet her competitive instinct ...

SCHOFIELD BARRACKS, Hawaii (Aug. 6, 2014) -- For Soldiers in the U.S. Army, Hawaii can be a very unique place to be stationed. Hawaii's tropical climate allows its residents to experience warm weather ...