2008 Liberty World Outrigger Competition
New York Outrigger is proud to announce the 2008 Liberty World Outrigger Competition to be held on Saturday, June 28. One of the largest sporting events in New York Harbor and one of the premier outrigger canoe races in the world, the day long competition hosts hundreds of international paddlers and represents the best of the Aloha spirit.
Please visit the Liberty page for the latest information.
January 7th, 2008 at 4:30 pm
Please send registration information as it becomes available.
Mahalo.
January 22nd, 2008 at 4:20 pm
I’m hoping to bring a crew from the Waikiki Yacht Club again this year. Please send the registration information as soon as it is available. We had a great time last year and want to do it all over again. Thanks.
February 18th, 2008 at 5:41 am
We’re hoping to enter 2 crews from the UK - please can you add me to the list for receiving entry information, and does anyone know who may have boats for hire? Thanks.
February 20th, 2008 at 2:10 pm
My name is Laurent Carmona and I am the proud president of “Te Ui Hoe” an outrigger canoe club here in Tahiti, French Polynesia.
Our club has participated in almost all the offcial races such as “Hawaiki Nui” (3 participations) “RFO” (Tahiti Moorea: 3 participations) “Faati Moorea” (2 participations) and you might have heard of our “vaaa” (canoe in Tahitian), because year after year we’ve built up a good fan base here in Tahiti and a pretty good reputation around the name of “pink panther”, due to the colour of our canoe !!
Eventhough we are not a conventionnal sporting club (if we have participated in almost all the races, we have won none of them !) our values are friendship, mix of cultures, exchanges… and fun !
But there is that one race we would love to be able to run: the liberty challenge in the manhattan harbour !
Which is the reason why I am getting in touch with you today: Your name and adress are mentionned on the New York outrigger website as the point of contact for the organisation of the race. Are the dates and the rest of the registration details already available for the 2008 edition ?
June 13th, 2008 at 2:06 pm
28 years born and raised in NYC and I’m coming to the Liberty Challenge as part of Team Arizona OCC. Go figure…
Can’t wait to see Lady Liberty from our canoe!! Whoooo hoooo going back home to paddle the waterways I grew up on!!