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.
CORA invites you to join our Town Hall on Sunday 2024-Mar-17 at 4PM Pacific Time highlighting the Hawaii Outrigger Canoe Voyaging Society (HVOCS). This Town Hall session will feature “Uncle” Leonard Kimokeo Kapahulehua (HOCVS President, Founder Kimokeo Foundation) of Maui sharing insights on HOCVS History, Visitor Paddles, and Voyaging Camps. CORA will also have as a special guest from Calgary Canoe Club, Manager Lynda Roberts (Canadian Outrigger Hall Of Fame 2023 Inductee). This is also an opportunity for our audience to support the CORA Lahaina Recovery Go Fund Me as CORA strives to reach our fundraising goal.
Please join us at 4:00pm Pacific Time on Sunday, February 25, 2024 for the second CORA Town Hall of the year when Ronald Chin, CORA President, will provide a presentation on basic OC6 steering technique and tips and lead a question and answer session with additional guests and attendees.
Please join us at 4:00pm Pacific Time on Sunday, January 21st, 2024 for the first CORA Town Hall of the year when Dr. Gordon Giesbrecht, aka Dr. Popsicle, will provide us with a special presentation on cold water safety.
Now retired, Dr. Giesbrecht, Ph.D., was a Professor of Thermophysiology in the Faculty of Kinesiology and Recreation Management, at the University of Manitoba where he operated the Laboratory for Exercise and Environmental Medicine and studied human responses to exercise and work in extreme environments. He has conducted hundreds of cold water immersion studies that have provided valuable information about cold stress physiology and pre-hospital care for human hypothermia. Dr. Giesbrecht has studied drowning physiology and prevention as well as prevention of vehicle submersion deaths. Other research interests include human physical and mental performance in other stresses such as altitude (hypoxia) and diving (hypobaria).
Dr. Giesbrecht was dubbed Professor Popsicle in a feature article in Outdoor Magazine in 2003, and has appeared on the “Late Show With David Letterman” in 2004, “The Nature of Things with David Suzuki” (twice), and the “Rick Mercer Report” (three times). He has also been featured on the Discovery Channel, National Geographic Channel and several National Network News Networks in both Canada and the US.
CLICK HERE or on the image below to watch a recording of the town hall session.
