Although the exact origin of outrigger canoes is lost in the mists of Polynesian history, they've been around for about 3,000 years. Whether shaped from wood or fibreglass, outrigger canoes are hefty.

WAILUA — New Yorkers were treated to outrigger canoe racing recently when crews from Hanalei, Kaiola, and Wailua Kayak and Canoes descended on the Big Apple for three days of rigging ...

Kihei paddlers Raul Pacheco (left) and Ryan Kinnie talk Saturday afternoon after being rescued off the north shore from their broken canoe. -- The Maui News / CHRIS SUGIDONO photo KANAHA ...