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small boats getting
Winter in Canada hardly seems like the
time for racing OC1 or OC2, much less surf ski
and SUP, but in fact the CORA/ PNWORA
racing series runs from January to April. Then the
summer series take over: Big Chop, Comox by
the Sea and Deep Cove Tuesday night races, and
Sunday CORA races.
There is definitely more interest in what
we call "small boats" in Canada these days.
According to Don Irvine of Hana Hou, a paddlesports business selling Outrigger Zone canoes
and offering coaching services, the popularity of
OC1s and OC2s has been steadily growing since PhoTo bY roger PiMenTa
a handful of Canadians started getting serious
about World Sprints in 1990 and bought a fleet
of V1s. Irvine and his wife, Annie Boulding, went
to the Sacremento event in 1992 and won the big
draw prize, an OC1! Heather Taylor, another
long-time V1 sprinter, remembers that after the
1994 World Sprints she and some other paddlers
purchased four Naia OC1s for training purposes.
Besides the sprint/ V1 connection, there are
other reasons for the growth in the sport. The
level of competition in OC6 and dragonboat
racing in Canada has reached a critical point:
paddlers must often do time controls in OC1s in
order to make crews. If you don't have access to
an OC1 to train outside of "big boat" practices,
you are likely to miss out on making that boat's
crew.
Irvine notes that getting on an OC1 is an
opportunity to paddle a performance-designed
craft without a lot of initial skill required. It's to the big boat. Paddling such a lightweight,
got "training wheels" - the ama- and feedback responsive solo craft is exhilarating, according to
on what works and what doesn't is much more Lauren Douglas, a new outrigger paddler in our
immediate than in a larger craft paddled by club. Being a dragonboater, to suddenly experimultiple people. It's just you on the canoe and ence being the steerer, stroker and the engine
what you discover is completely transferable back room all at one time was incredibly instructive.
PhoToS bY bob anDerSon
Most people I interviewed said they bought
an OC1 to get faster. Improving technique,
learning to connect with and read the water, and
being able to train more were cited as important
benefits. Michele Genge, of Comox, bought an
OC1 for her 40th birthday to challenge herself
PhoTo bY anDrea Keenan
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Kanaka ikaika maui Jim waterman's series
Waikiki Surf Club juniors
Sean Monahan on technique
fishing from an oC1
Koa Nui
Manny Kulukulualani talks story
HSCA 2015 schedule
Outrigger canoe making waves in the desert
Small boats getting big
Stretches for paddling
Hawaii Island
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