Special thanks to Holly for mentioning CROCC when sharing her workout with The Oregonian newspaper in a series of articles called “My workout”. Holly shared her story about the importance of having a variety of daily exercise as a key to health and vitality. Paddling with Columbia River Outrigger Canoe Club is just a fraction of Holly’s overall routine. Below is a link to the article housed on OregonLive.
Aloha CROCC Ohana!
On Saturday November 23, 2013 the members who were present at the General meeting held the election of the 2014 Board of Directors. Before the announcement the new Board, I would like to extend a special thanks to the members that held positions for the 2013 season. Mahalo to Liz, Kate, Bobbie, Cris, Jenna, and James. Without their dedication and guidance CROCC would not be where it is today.
It is with great pleasure that we announce the 2014 CROCC Board of Directors:
President: Doug Keeney
Vice President: Kate Dilworth
Secretary: Bobbie Rodriguez
Treasurer: Cris Trimble
Sargent at Arms: Liz Nelson
Head Coach (Appointed by the Board): James Jackman
Please congratulate the 2014 Board members and extend a deep hearted thanks to the 2013 Board!
It is with great honor that CROCC sends a huge mahalo to Kialoa for their support!!
The folks at Kialoa made a generous donation of six paddles to support our youth and smaller paddlers, at the approximate value of $1,200. These paddles will help the club foster our younger and smaller paddlers and will allow the opportunities to expand programs by having the right sized equipment for new folks!
Please help support them by clicking on their logo and checking out Kialoa’s website.
CROCC hosted an impromptu Pā’ina (small dinner party) out at Chinook Landing on Saturday September 7, 2013. A great time was had by all who showed up. There was great food, drinks, and a fire to relax and break bread together. Some of the members even brought down their small paddle equipment (OC-1, SUP, V-1) to tryout and have fun in the water.
Next time we will have a little more notice and get the word out so that more folks can join in.
CROCC would like to congratulate Ann Yoshida in her Bronze win at the 2013 International Canoe Federation (ICF) Canoe Sprint World Championships/ Duisburg in the V1 Women 200m (Paracanoe A). We are so glad our team could help along the way! Ann, you are an inspiration to us all!
For those who do not know; Ann was paralyzed from the waist down when her car was hit by a truck that ran a red light in 2000. But this accident has not stopped or slowed her down at all. You just have to meet her to see her spunky, bright zest for life that shows she can do anything! As she stated before, “She might be in a wheelchair, but it doesn’t mean she is paralyzed in the head!”
Ann started paddling last year in preparation for the International Va’a Federation (IVF) World Championship in Calgary. Before that she went on a V-6 (OC-6) a few times with Pure Light Racing (http://www.purelightracing.org/) a club that is at the forefront of adaptive outrigger canoe paddling.
When asked what she enjoyed about the sport she responded, “First, I like to think of my Hawai’ian ancestors navigating the Pacific on canoes. It was a means of transport and connecting with the wind, water, and nature. This gives me strength. Second, I love being on the water focused and working hard to get somewhere. The cardio is like no other sport I can do in a chair.”
What is her next goal now that she won the Bronze? Ann said, “One step at a time. The bigger goal for me is to be an ambassador of Aloha and bring people to the health and satisfaction of canoeing. This ultimately empowers people to get out and access their life through meaningful occupations.”
She continued by stating, “My next goal is to get to nationals next year and compete in the World Sprints in Moscow. In addition, I plan on supporting Pure Light racing in Brazil at the IVF World competition. Hopefully all this leads to the opportunity to represent the USA in the Brazil Paralympic games as a USA Woman’s V-1 Athlete.”
We would like to extend a big mahalo to Diane Kaydolph-Ray for getting Ann in contact with CROCC so that we could help her out before her competition and bring her into to our Ohana!
We are pleased to welcome you to our new and updated website! Not only will we have the standard web pages with static information about us, we have added a blog to let you all know what CROCC is up to. I have taken the opportunity to add in posts from our 2013 race season, activities, and events that CROCC has done through the year.
Keep on checking back as we will be updated the Blog with upcoming events, races, gatherings, or other items we feel are important to share.
Mahalo for all your support!!
Mahalo to Sail Sand Point OCC and Kikaha O Ke Kai OCC for hosting the Pacific Northwest Outrigger Challenge. It was a great day for racing and a lot of fun was had by all. Cris represented CROCC in the 18 mile beach changeout with Wakinikona and helped them obtain a first place win in their race. Doug was paddling with the Kikaha Open Mens in the 26 mile 9-man changeout race and helped them place third the changeout.
Both crews did well in their respective races and fun was had by all!
CROCC is having a fundraiser at Burgerville Monday, August 19th from 5PM to 8PM at the Montavilla Burgerville, NE 82nd and Glisan in Portland.
Come out and have a whole meal or just a milkshake, say hi to some paddlers, and support the Columbia River Outrigger Canoe Club! 10% of sales go to CROCC during that time frame.
On August 24th CROCC will be represented at Pacific Northwest Outrigger Challenge hosted by Sail Sand Point OCC and Kikaha O Ke Kai OCC by two paddlers who will be joining up with other teams. This race has an optional 18 mile Iron/Beach change or 26 mile 9-man Changeout race on Lake Washington. 18 mile course is a beach/land changeout course for paddlers not comfortable doing water changes. (no escort boat needed) 26 mile 9-man course is from Sand Point Beach Park around Mercer Island and back (escort boat needed).
If you are in the Seattle area and want to come out and cheer on the crews.
What a great day to be out at Alki beach! No one could have asked for better weather and water conditions. Mahalo to Seattle Outrigger Canoe Club for hosting a great race and providing a wonderful race shirt designed by Kendal Sparks.
The CROCC Mixed Masters crew was up against Waikinikona Mixed Open in the end and from the looks of it there was a photo finish. Though CROCC lost in the end by a fraction of a second they did take first in their division!
The SOCC/CROCC Open Men’s crew also ended their race with a very close race with Wasabi. In the last few miles of the race the Wasabi Steersman lost his blade, but the SOCC/CROCC crew was able to pick it up and get it back to them via the race official (Tim). Once Wasabi had their steers-blade back the race was on! Again, it was a tight finish with Wasabi taking the Third place slot by a fraction of a second.
Great Job Crew!
