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Waikiki Beachboys

Waikiki Beachboys, originally uploaded by Stephen Downes.

Outrigger Canoe News - Week in Review

HCC rules at home regatta
Maui News - Wailuku,HI,USA
Hawaiian 14:05.77 (Barbara Querry, Kaimana Lee, Lauren Bartlett, Michelle Cerizo, ....Hawaiian 4:01.93 (Kawena Cramer, Barbara Querry, Lauren Bartlett, ...

Anderson leaves field in his wake Daily Breeze - Torrance,CA,USA I just wanted to compete head-to-head with the top paddlers and just tried to ... Ching, who is the No.1outrigger canoe champion in the US and No.2 in the ... The Owasco Lake Challenge canoe/kayak races set for Aug. 2 The Post-Standard - Syracuse.com - Syracuse,NY,USA In addition, the event features a 12-mile course for all USCA/NYMCRA canoe classes, K2s C4s, voyageur and outrigger canoes. Cost is $12 to short course; ... Hekili Regatta 2009 By miocc  Magnetic Island Outrigger Canoe Club. Hut Hoe Maggie Island! Hut Hoe Maggie Island! Home · Training · History of Outrigging · Calendar · Newsletter · Latest News · Outrigger Tips · Forms ... Hawaiian Outrigger Canoe - Families at the heart of Napili Canoe Club by: admin LAHAINA — Along side of Hawaiian immersion language programs and hula, there is perhaps no more ... Valley Isle Sports in Brief Maui News - Wailuku,HI,USA The association is an informal group of 16 private owners of four-person outrigger canoes, and the event is "an opportunity once a year to get together and ... Couple brings love of outrigger canoeing to area Daily News - Galveston County - TX,USA Outrigger canoes are long, slender canoes that have an ama (or outrigger float) attached to one side to provide stability in open waters. Paddlers sit in ... Polynesian Paddling on Flathead Waters Flathead Beacon - Kalispell,MT,USA That's where Jennifer Vilar first started paddling outrigger canoes in 1996. Vilar is the president and co-founder of the Bigfork Outrigger Club, ... Hawaiian-style paddlers ply the waters of Emigrant Lake in an ... Mail Tribune - Medford,OR,USA Built for ocean voyages, their outrigger canoe can easily handle the small waves, which makes the evening's paddling more realistic, says the group's leader ... A different stroke Big Bear Grizzly - Big Bear Lake,CA,USA Big Bear resident Mindy Clark competes in outrigger canoe events across the globe. When she takes a break from competition, she often finds relaxation on a ...

Va'a Alo Outrigger

Va'a Alo Outrigger, Photo by Lorn Cramer.

Setting Your Focus

SCRIPTURE

"Therefore if you have been raised up with Christ, keep seeking the things above where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. Set your mind on the things above, not on the things that are on earth." (Colossians 3:1-2)

OBSERVATION

Paul's warning to the Colossians was clear: "Keep seeking the things above;" don't give up, never stop pursuing the things of God. In other words, "Don't get distracted." It's a warning that was probably triggered by the same factors that affect us today – not just in the material things of the world, but also the internal spiritual distractions such as anger, envy, immoral thoughts and emotions. To keep ourselves from distractions, we must make an intentional choice daily in order to move ourselves into a Christ-like lifestyle. 

His admonition assumes our natural default: that we're wired to follow our flesh to seek the immediate things of the world. It's a spirit and a flesh that must be conditioned and trained, disciplined and taught how to re-focus not on what we see around us, not to react to the immediate present, but to seek what is unseen, expecting the eternal. The greatest hurdle, it seems, is our natural desire for immediate gratification. Whether it has to do with finances, hunger, physical desires, goals or agendas, our inclination craves satisfaction NOW. But, while the immediate experience may satisfy us, in the long run we suffer and lose. It's probably the primary reason underlying today's high rate of divorce, foreclosures and bankruptcies. We see it and we want it NOW. But, just as Paul admonished the Colossians, so must we discipline ourselves against the immediate, but to fix our eyes on the things above.

APPLICATION

I need to guard my heart and my mind against distractions. I'm no different from others where I allow the need for immediate gratification to shift my focus away from the things that God desires for my family, for my ministry. Whether it has to do with my family or ministry, I must take the words of Paul to heart. Like others, I have a tendency to judge myself, and my success, based upon what I see and achieve in the physical realm. In many respects, I can't help it; that's what I've been taught, that "success" is measured by what is produced, by what can be seen on earth. While that might be true in the world's eyes, it's not so with the Lord. There are areas of my life that I must commit to and pursue with a passion, with my family, with my ministry, even if the results aren't immediately visible. I cannot allow myself to be defeated by false expectations that are set on worldly standards. But, if I trust and seek to obediently follow what the Lord has asked of me and re-focus my sights daily, the eternal results will follow.

PRAYER

Lord, keep my eyes set on You. You lead, I will follow.

Pastor Elwin Ahu

Kia Kaha Paddles Stock Take Sale

We are having a end of Financial Year Stock Take Sale.   

Get in quick to get a great bargin   

• Tahitian Blades
• Kahuna Steers Blades
• Iti Steers Blades
• MK Hybrid Blades

Contact me direct for photos

Web: http://kiakahacanoespaddlesoz.blogspot.com/
Email: kiakahapaddles@optusnet.com.au

Outrigger Canoe News

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Outrigger Canoe Club made its first victory of the season an impressive one, scoring 100 points to win the Walter J. Macfarlane Regatta today at Waikiki Beach. Outrigger won 13 of the 39 races in the regatta, including the prestigious ...

Quick hits
27east.com - Southampton,NY,USA
Paddlers For Humanity will hold its inaugural Wahine (Women's Only) 5-mile Paddle this ... Kayaks, paddleboards and outrigger canoes are all allowed; ...

Beach Boys win third straight
Honolulu Star-Bulletin - Honolulu,HI,USA
The six-person outrigger canoe event featured more than 1500 paddlers representing 18 canoe clubs in age divisions ranging from 12-and-under to 60-and-above ...

Outrigger wins in Waikiki Honolulu Advertiser - Honolulu,HI,USA It was the club's first victory of the 2009 O'ahu Hawaiian Canoe Racing Association season. It was a surprising victory in that Outrigger had never scored ...

Outrigger Canoe Club captures Macfarlane Regatta Honolulu Advertiser - Honolulu,HI,USA Outrigger Canoe Club made its first victory of the season an impressive one, scoring 100 points to win the Walter J. Macfarlane Regatta today at Waikiki ...

Life is Good | Changing Times blog, honoluluadvertiser.com ...
By elee 
PacificNetwork.tv has been involved in documenting the activites of outrigger canoe paddlers who are adaptive athletes. This video is part of the greater story and we are proud to be associated in assisting them. ...

Rambos Locker Outrigger Canoe Blog: Big Hit on Outrigger canoe ... By Rambo  Extracted from my full video - One of the Outriggers canoes takes a big hit on the Crossing for Cancer paddle. If you want better quality go to Youtube hit HQ and the full screen button and watch in LARGE....

Outrigger rules in Waikiki surf
Honolulu Star-Bulletin - Honolulu,HI,USA
Host club Outrigger claimed the Oahu Hawaiian Canoe Racing Association's 67th ..... thousands ofpaddlers and throngs of onlookers shelved any preoccupation ...

Outside Roundup: Jamie Stamps wins CCCX Pro/Expert cross country title
San Jose Mercury News - San Jose,CA,USA
For the first time in more than a decade, Santa Cruz's Akau Hana Outrigger Canoe Club fielded keiki [children] racers at a large sprint regatta held in ...

Outriggers record blitz
Fraser Coast Chronicle - Australia
The Fraser Coast Outriggers Canoe Club took home gold medals, and set new records, in the OC6 races and OC1 sprints. The outriggers also won a huge array of ...

Sports Announcements
Lihue Garden Island - Lihue,HI,USA
Events will include the Community Outrigger Canoe Races with 1/4-mile sprints, which is open to novice and experienced paddlers, Standup Paddle Board ...

Outrigger team takes to the water London Informer - London,England,UK An unusual 'outrigger' canoe team which practices on the Thames near Hammersmith ... The OCUK team, who are taking part in the Paddle round the Pier event, ... LITTLE WARRIOR GETS IRONMAN PADDLING Hanson Sports Media - Brisbane,QLD,Australia ... even more challenging he'll be doing it using four different craft - the traditional paddleboard, OC1 outrigger, surf ski and stand-up racing board. ... Havasu Outrigger wins third place on ocean Today's News-Herald - Lake Havasu City,AZ,USA The Lake Havasu City Outrigger Canoe Club welcomes new paddlers to come try the sport, which is open to all levels and ages. The club meets at Rotary Swim ... Kayaker touched friends' lives San Luis Obispo Tribune - San Luis Obispo,CA,USA ... a supreme waterman who surfed, free-dived, fished, kayaked and paddled outriggers. Born March 14, 1981, to Christopher and Diana King of Susanville, ...

Havin' Fun

IMG_2944.JPG, originally uploaded by aliciamalia.

Here I am. Send Me.

SCRIPTURE

"Then I heard the Lord asking, "Whom should I send as a messenger to this people? Who will go for us?" I said, "Here I am. Send me." (Isaiah 6:8)

OBSERVATION

his is one of my life verses. God's love is so amazing, almost incomprehensible to me, as He is all-knowing and all-powerful, yet He asks us, He ASKS us, if we are willing to partner with Him. He could so easily just make it happen without our involvement, clean and simple, with none of the drama that surrounds us humans. Instead, He chooses to give us free will, allowing us to have a choice.

Why does He do that? I guess our love for Him means so much more when we choose to give it, rather than Him demand it. And I also love Isaiah's answer to God's question. "Here I am. Send me." I don't count the sacrifice or the consequence. I might not know exactly how I'll do it or what my future holds, but I know who holds my future. He's like the soldier who steps forward to volunteer for the impossible mission. God is looking for those willing to serve Him and take His message to the world. What will our answer be?

APPLICATION

I must continually offer my heart to God, this is a daily sacrifice. This is a constant reminder of who I serve, not man, not money, not the world, but Jesus Christ and our Heavenly Father. Am I willing to step out in faith and accept the mission that God has planned for me? Sometimes, He wants our sacrifice, but sometimes all He wants is a willing heart. I want to be able to say, with no hesitation, "Here I am. Send me."

PRAYER

Dear Heavenly Father,

I give You my heart and my soul. I know that Your plans for me are greater than my own. I want to have an unshakable faith and hear Your voice, so that I may follow Your direction for my life. Thank You for all the wonderful blessings You give to me and my family.

In Jesus name,

Amen

Tim Savage

Adirondack Regatta

On Saturday, August 8th, 2009, there will be a regatta on Lake George with classes for 3 kayak classes, including unlimited and OC1. There is also a class for a two person stock canoe and war canoe.

The race will start at Ti beach on Lake George, and head south to Anthony's Nose. Most classes will do 2 laps for 8 miles.

Details can be found on the Ticonderoga Area Chamber of Commerce site: http://www.ticonderogany.com/adirondackregatta.html

Makai Photo Contest is Back

A message to all members of makai ohana

Start taking those award winning photos! Its digital and can be entered via email! Send your entry to info@makaihawaii.com for your chance to win a Fujifilm Underwater digital camera! its easy!It ends July 31, 2009

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Malolo Outrigger Club ASCRA

Malolo Outrigger Club ASCRA, originally uploaded by telemal.

Live By Choice, Not Chance

Scripture
"But it came about that in the twenty-third year of King Jehoash the priests had not repaired the damages of the house. Then King Jehoash called for Jehoiada the priest, and for the other priests and said to them, "Why do you not repair the damages of the house? Now therefore take no ore money from your acquaintances, but paid it for the damages of the house." (2 Kings 12:6-7)

Observation
The priests were given specific instructions to repair the damages to the house of the Lord "wherever any damage may be found." (2 Kings 12:5). Yet, twenty-three years had passed and no a single hole was patched, nor were there any repairs performed to the house. What were the priests doing for twenty-three years? What was it that so preoccupied their time that it took so long? They were leaders, but they failed to lead. They were in positions of leadership, but without accomplishing their responsibilities, they failed in their roles.

Application
Our lives can be lived the same as the priests. Whether it applies to our marriages and families, or ministry, are we accomplishing what we are responsible to do? We may find ourselves cast in the role of being a father or mother, but are we doing what responsible fathers and mothers do for their families? We may have stood at the altar of marriage as a husband and wife, but are we fulfilling our duties of faithfulness, love and support to one another, or simply floating along the currents of life.

Whatever role we play, to fulfill our responsibilities, there are certain principles we must learn to live by:

Live by Choice, Not Chance;

Live Intentionally, not apathetically;

Focused, not distracted;

Each day comes with a choice as to how we will live out that day. Whether we set goals for the day, "to do" or checklists, there must be a means by which we can assess our progress for the day. And each day then becomes a stepping-stone along life's journey and provides intentionality in the way which we live, to keep us focused, not distracted, involved, not apathetic.

There is just one life that I get to live, for my wife, for my family, for the Lord and I must choose to make each day worth living. It will start with the choices I make, what I choose to accomplish. Life is too precious to allow twenty-three years to pass by without any progress being made. I choose to live by choice, not by chance. Each day I will set out 5 things that I need to accomplish that I might be faithful to what the Lord has given me.

Prayer
Thank you, Jesus, for the gift of a new day. I don't want to squander Your precious gift, but to steward my time today. Enlighten the eyes of my heart that I might see what You would want me to accomplish today, for my family, my marriage, for the ministry, then give me the wisdom, discernment and courage to finish Your assignment, not tomorrow, but TODAY.

Pastor Elwin Ahu

2009 Paddle Round the Pier

In co-operation with OCUK, The UK’s Premier Outrigger Canoe club, PRTP is proud to present Outrigger Canoe racing for the first time:
  
Long Distance Race 
Course – 2 laps of a 5 mile course from West Pier to Brighton Marina and back.
Registration – Saturday, July 5th between 10.30am and 11.00am 
Race Briefing – 11.00am
Race Start – 11.30am 
Open to OC1, OC2, OC6 
  
OC1 Sprint Race 
Course – 250m out and back 
Registration – Sunday July 6th between 11.00am and 11.30am 
Race Briefing  - 11.30am
Racing Starts – 12.00am
Open to OC1s only
  

OCUK will also, for a small donation to the PRTP charity pot, be offering to the public the opportunity to try the sport of Outrigger paddling. Participants will be given the chance to paddle in an OC6 between 3-5pm Saturday and 2-4pm Sunday. You may well get a little wet, so be prepared with at least a change of clothes. Floatation vests will be provided.

  
For more information or to register, please email oc@paddleroundthepier.com

Endless Summer

Summer is here and we have been hitting the beaches.  A little surfing, a little SUP and even some paddling.  We have managed in the midst of all the fun to make some additions to the site:

1) On the top right part of the home page we have added a Twitter feed to keep you updated on the latest in the world of paddling.

2) Also be sure to check our latest Video section featuring the stylings of none other than WakaTV.

We will keep you updated as more info passes our desk...... in the meantime:

Be sure to get down to the Hamilton Regatta where Outrigger Clothing, Kia Kaha and Zulu are having sales/demos on their gear.  For more info check out http://ausoutrigger.com