In case you've never seen an outrigger canoe on the open ocean, here's a peek (and can you tell why I love it???):
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I was raised Mormon, but now I'm a hippie Quaker living in the OC with my two teenage kids: CatGirl & GameBoy.
Twenty-six years ago I lost my right leg to bone cancer. Awhile ago I had an antibiotic-resistant infection in my lower left leg, and now I'm healing from surgery and feeling better every day.
I like gardening, making history, outrigger canoeing, trying new things, and my afternoon cup of tea.
"You are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think."
~Christopher Robin, Pooh's Grand Adventure
Contact: remyjATucidotedu
Twenty-six years ago I lost my right leg to bone cancer. Awhile ago I had an antibiotic-resistant infection in my lower left leg, and now I'm healing from surgery and feeling better every day.
I like gardening, making history, outrigger canoeing, trying new things, and my afternoon cup of tea.
"You are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think."
~Christopher Robin, Pooh's Grand Adventure
Contact: remyjATucidotedu
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6 comments:
I'm out of breath, watching this. What power, strength and teamwork it takes.
The soundtrack playing while you paddle would make it cooler.
What was the drill at about 1m in where some people hopped into the ocean and others climbed into the vacated seats?
And finally, is this an excuse to buy and wear cool UnderArmor athletic gear?
Does someone call cadence?
The dropping into the ocean is to change seats on long races--three ppl 'drop' out to the support boat and 3 ppl jump in replace them. But the canoe never stops moving during all of this--it's all about the timing.
The #2 seat calls the paddle switches every 15 strokes or so and the steersman helps to keep everyone paddling in unison.
Of course the teams in this vid are just slightly more smooth and organized than our novice team :)
JohnW: If you're ever interested, I'd love to have you join us for paddling sometime! Having been a swimmer, I think you'd totally love it.
PS: Our team is sponsored by Patagonia so most of us get our performancewear from them (at a nice discount, I should add). Our Jerseys are really cool (made of quick drying capilene)--I'll show ya sometime.
whoa... so very cool (and people jumping out of boats too!)
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