CORA Off-the-Water Video Forum Series

All CORA members and friends are invited to join our regular Off-the-Water Video Forum Series.
For Fall Winter, each month we will host either a Town Hall forum or a Coach Panel forum.

Sessions will be held on Saturdays or Sundays at 4:00 pm (Pacific).

Opportunities for questions will be provided in the latter half of the 90-minute session and through the “chat” function.  The presentation will be recorded and posted for those with scheduling conflicts.

INVITATION to Regional Coaching Roundtables

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If you’re a paddling coach, YOU’RE INVITED! Pre-register (for free) to participate in one or more of four regional coaching roundtables for CORA club and independent crew coaches. These facilitated regional sessions are hosted by local paddling clubs in conjunction with CORA. They’re based on an open forum format in order to provide coaches with opportunities to gather, share information on coaching strategies and paddling technique and to consider best practices. Each session is facilitated by one or more of CORA’s coaching group. Please note that these sessions are intended for coaches, not for paddlers. 

There is no cost to participate, but pre-registration is required. Please CLICK HERE to register.

1. Saturday May 10 (in conjunction with Duel in The Desert) 

  • Coaches Forum Penticton
  • Facilitators: Rob Magus / James Hill
  • Time: 4-530pm
  • Location: Penticton Paddle Sports Club

2. Saturday May 31 (in conjunction with River Run)

  • Coaches Forum Fort Langley
  • Facilitators: Rob Magus
  • Time: 4-6pm
  • Location :  Fort Langley Canoe Club meeting room (food available to order from bar next door)

3. Saturday June 14 (in conjunction with Island Iron) 

  • Coaches Forum Comox
  • Facilitators: Leanne Stanley / James Hill
  • Time: 5:15-7pm
  • Location: Comox Marine Park

4. Saturday September 27 (in conjunction with CORA Nationals)

  • Coaches Forum Comox
  • Facilitators: Leanne Stanley / James Hill
  • Time: 5:15-7pm
  • Location: Comox Marine Park

There is no cost to participate, but pre-registration is required. Please CLICK HERE to register.

CORA Town Hall – 2024 CORA Hall Of Fame – Sunday, November 10, 2024 4PM Pacific

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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)