His Work: George Wilson and his team at Kamanu Composites manufacture lightweight outrigger canoes using modern materials, with the Noio one-person canoe weighing only 16 to 17 pounds. Most of their ...

Salt on your skin, wind in your hair and the sun on your face. Adrenaline coursing through you as you ride up and over the crest of a swelling wave. Dolphins stealthily speeding along on your ...

BERKELEY — East Bay students are diving into nautical history and building a traditional Hawaiian outrigger canoe at the Aquatic Park. Expert outrigger canoe builder Kiko Eklund Johnston-Kitazawa — ...

The whine of the automated tool attracts the attention of pedestrians at Portland State University. But the construction they turn to see isn't of the usual variety. Wood shavings fly off the hull of ...

Solomon Pali, 55, is the outrigger canoe instructor at the Fairmont Kea Lani Hotel on the island of Maui, Hawaii. Q: How long have you been paddling? A: Since I was a child — a keiki, in the Hawaiian ...

NEWPORT BEACH – The Newport Outrigger Canoe Club has more to focus on this year than the racing season. The club, which has been practicing in Newport Harbor for more than 50 years and has about 60 ...

Originally used for fishing, travel, commerce and war, outrigger canoes today are most often used in racing, but the traditions that sustained the Hawaiian culture are still an integral part of the ...

The St. Regis Princeville Resort on Kauai and Kaanapali Beach Hotel on Maui have both recently introduced new outrigger canoe experiences. Photo Credit: Kirk Lee Aeder/Island of Hawaii Visitors Bureau ...

HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. (KABC) -- Surfers pack the waters around Huntington Beach Pier almost everyday, but now, right alongside them, the city has introduced outrigger canoe surfing. "A lot of ...

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” ...