Posted on 10:14 am, Monday, August 25, 2014. Tags: hannah springer, queen liliuokalani long distance outrigger canoe races
MEDIA RELEASE More than 2,500 outrigger canoe paddlers from around the world gather Aug. 30-Sept. 1 in Kailua Village to compete at the 44th Annual Queen Liliuokalani Long Distance Outrigger Canoe Races. Noted Hawaiian Historian and Artist Herb Kane once said “…the wa‘a [canoe] shaped the Hawaiian people physically, intellectually and spiritually as much as […]
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Posted on 4:53 pm, Thursday, May 15, 2014. Tags: kai opua canue club, paddling, queen liliuokalani long distance outrigger canoe races
MEDIA RELEASE As canoes line up across Kailua Bay for the start of the 43rd Annual Queen Liliuokalani Long Distance Outrigger Canoe Races Saturday, Aug. 30, it will be the tale of the Hawaiian koa canoe that is whispered across the starting line. Last year, after a dry spell longer than most paddlers can remember, […]
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