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 ...

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 ...

Although the exact origin of outrigger canoes is lost in the mists of Polynesian history, they've been around for about 3,000 years. Whether shaped from wood or fibreglass, outrigger canoes are hefty.

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 ...

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 ...