Expert outrigger canoe builder Kiko Eklund Johnston-Kitazawa — known to many as “Captain Kiko” — brought his knowledge of traditional Hawaiian canoe-building to Berkeley to lead students ...

Yona resident Keith Quintanilla has been building and repairing canoes for 14 years, particularly using fiberglass as a medium.

That’s when Trans-System delivered two Idaho-grown white spruce trunks for the Salvation Army’s Marshallese Ministry Program’s outrigger canoe building project. The bigger trunk was 20 feet ...

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 ...

He and companions once relied on those skills to sail an outrigger from the atoll to the island of Guam, a three-day adventure of more than 500 miles. “It takes a lot of concentration,” said ...

And it was: The winds were just right to propel a handcrafted, outrigger sailing canoe across the prairie lake as easily as if it were gliding over the waves of the Pacific Ocean. Elias was among ...

Waikiki visitors intrigued by Hawaii's rich history and tradition of ocean voyaging and canoe building should stop by the Outrigger Reef on the Beach and take in the hotel's new "Canoe Hale." A ...

Gale Snyder and Scott Franz, riding in a canoe built by Franz, watch the progress of a school-built Marshallese canoe, Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2017 at Fish Lake.

The activities in Mission Bay will include stand-up paddle race for all ages, a youth-only Hawaiian outrigger canoe regatta, and Polynesian entertainment and cuisine.

This year, the Outrigger Canoe Club celebrates the 50th anniversary of its traumatic move from the heart of Waikiki to its present Diamond Head location. Formerly where the Outrigger Waikiki on ...