"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 ...

as part of the annual Merrie Monarch Festival celebrating Hawaiian culture. Abigail Pocasangre & Julia Ross In Hawai'i, the art of carving outrigger canoes has traditionally been a male pursuit.

A Hawaiian team hasn’t won the men ... Ironically, Sumi has shipped many of the unlimited canoes he’s built to places where outrigger paddling is centuries newer than in Hawaii.

Polynesian societies combined a strong authority structure based on genealogical ranking that was useful for mounting long expeditions and founding island colonies. The Voyaging Canoe View from ...

Wendall DeVera, Vietnam veteran, longtime paddler and president of Pu‘ali Koa Kahiko, listens to opening speeches and a blessing of a Hawaiian outrigger canoe on Friday morning in South Maui.

The Bold As Love, aka “The first ever outrigger surf canoe program introduced to Huntington Beach allowing the public free access to this Hawaiian tradition,” made their first foray to Esther ...

Two types of boats are raced — kayaks and outrigger canoes. Outrigger canoes are known as “va’a” which is the Samoan and Hawaiian word for boat or canoe. A single-blade paddle is used in outrigger ...

Developed by Hawaiian Nick Beck in the early 1980s ... Veronique shows tourists how to navigate the outrigger canoe through the lagoon, while Galax unfurls the sail, lowers the sloping boom ...