Archive | November, 2008

Haida Carver Teaches More Than Canoe-Building

5 Nov

“It’s been waiting to become a canoe a long time now.” So said Haida canoe carver Saaduuts of a log he intends to shape into a dugout canoe, according to THIS Seattle Post-Intelligencer story by Mike Lewis. Saaduuts, born Robert Peele but who has gone by his tribal name for some 20 years, seeks to […]

The New York Yankees of Outrigger Racing

4 Nov

Shell Va’a is outrigger canoe racing’s answer to the New York Yankees. The Tahiti-based team is collecting canoeing titles the way the Yankees used to gather World Series trophies. Last week, the oil-company sponsored team won its fourth-straight Leeward Islands Hawaiki Nui Race — a prestigious three-day race between the islands of Huahine, Raiatea, Tahaa, […]