The groundhogs by a majority vote have called for 6 more weeks of Winter. On a positive note, this provides for 6 more weeks of Winter training to prepare for Summer / Autumn racing. CORA wishes to announce 4 CORA Sanctioned Eastern Canada outrigger canoe events for 2025:
It is a quiet time of year with the 2024 CORA AGM, 2024 Christmas, and 2025 New Years Day now behind us, and the first 2025 CORA Sanctioned Event (Jericho PNWORCA / CORA Winter Series small-boat race) just ahead of us. The CORA Historical Committee is making the most of this quiet time to get caught up on long overdue tales.
The CORA Historical Committee published an article in Spring 2023 titled Team Cascadia – Paddlers Without Borders that captured four racing events (Molokai Hoe 2019; Catalina Crossing 2016; Queen Liliuokalani 2015; Molokai Na Wahine 2013) where paddlers from Oregon / Washington / Hawaii / Canada formed international crews to compete against some of the best crews in the world – and did very well.
That CORA website article generated some commentary and several members of Team Cascadia shared the back story on how this whole concept came to be from back in 2011. While you have some quiet time in your training for 2025, have a read of the Team Cascadia – Origins article which provides background on this contingent of paddlers from Oregon / Washington / Hawaii / Canada who had excellent showings at Pailolo and Molokai Hoe from 2012-2018.
The CORA Off-the-Water Video Forum Series has resumed this Autumn 2024 with the next up presentation being Canadian Outrigger Hall Of Fame Induction on SUNDAY NOVEMBER 10 ~ 4PM (PACIFIC).
CORA is hosting this online Town Hall presentation for 2024 Hall Of Fame inductees spread across Canada and around the world. Microwave some popcorn, heat up a warm drink, curl up next to the fireplace, and join us this Autumn evening as our Inductees and Guest Speakers share with you some great tales.
This is an opportunity to get to know those individuals who have been recognized this year including Janet Davis, Ron Dickinson, Zoe Norcross-Nu’u, Ron Zander Williams, Laurel Archer, and Bob Stewart who have made significant and exemplary contributions to outrigger canoeing in Canada over their lifetimes as athletes / coaches-builders and as pioneers. Although their histories have been published on the CORA website, their friends and colleagues have personal insights they wish to share.
Guest speakers are being invited and will hopefully include Ian Pipes Bolden (Gibsons Paddling Club), Mike Billy Junior (North Vancouver Canoe Club), Russell Gunner (Club Physio Plus), Jamie Boulding (Strathcona Park Lodge), Amy (Benskin) Leonard (Sea Kayak Guides Alliance BC), Jacinta Sheridan (“Paddlers Without Borders”), Lance Mamiya (Team Pacific Northwest/FreeLance), Lyse Fortin (Comox), Chelsey Brooks Tidmarsh (Sistership Dragon Boat Association), Ashley Barker (Royal Canadian Air Force Search And Rescue), Julio Villareal (Outrigger Canoe Club Cancun), Matt Kelly (Predator Performance Designs), Mike Petryna (Ontario “Hard Rock Miner”), Jim Farintosh (Pickering Dragon Boat Coach), Stephen / Danielle Kala (Mountain Home CC) and several other luminaries.
Guest Speaker Lance Mamiya of PNWORCA, who spoke on behalf of Laurel Archer, has provided a link to the Multimedia Presentation that was shared during the Canadian Outrigger Hall Of Fame Induction Town Hall.
Topic: CORA Town Hall: Canadian Outrigger Hall Of Fame Induction Time: Sunday Nov 10, 2024 4:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)
