My friend Jake from work is a member of the Outrigger Canoe Club, and today I got to go out from the club in an outrigger canoe! First we paddled around Waikiki for a bit, and anchored and went snorkeling in the waters off of Sans Souci beach. Jake and Tommy did a little (unsuccessful) spearfishing, but I was just looking at the fish. After an hour or so of snorkeling, we met back at the canoe and paddled back toward the beach. Jake led us in catching some waves with the canoe – canoe surfing! It was really fun.
I don’t have any pictures of us in the outrigger canoe – I didn’t bring it since my camera isn’t waterproof. I found some videos of canoe surfing. Most of the videos I found show the canoes flipping – we didn’t flip, but we saw others go over, and Jake was instructing us with what to do in the case of a capsize. Even though we didn’t flip, these videos will still give you an idea of what it’s like.
