Ryan Mechini teaches students how to hold their oars before going out on an outrigger canoe last week. Joshua Bessex jbessex@gateline.com I went kayaking with some friends last summer at Point ...

The Outrigger Canoe Club team includes Natasha Haine, left, Jennifer Lyons, Mary Smolenski, Britta Bourne, Angie Dolan, Jennifer Fratzke, Shannon O’Neill, Traci Phillips, Kahala Schneider and Amy ...

I used to consider myself an accomplished waterman. After all, I once paddled from St. Petersburg to Key Largo in a sea kayak and, a few years later, paddled an outrigger canoe from Key Largo to ...

I slowly lean the kayak sideways past the point of no return letting gravity pull me into the brackish water. Plunging sideways, the water envelopes me and I feel instant relief from the afternoon ...

All the South Shore members of the Kawai'ulu O Tahoe outrigger canoe club have arms rippling with muscle. That muscle shows their dedication to paddling, and not just for kicks. They want to race and ...

Tim Barnes is 49 years old and has two titanium hips, but it's not his age or his protheses that are the biggest obstacles to success in kayak racing. It's his inexperience.Barnes, a Pueblo native, ...

KAILUA-KONA Munching on some post paddle pizza, keiki paddlers Kekoa Kiefer and Nathan Grocholski sat just a few feet away from a canoe they rigged themselves, along with the help of 20 or so friends.