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49th U.S. Outrigger Catalina Channel Crossing
Article dated: Tuesday, September 09, 2008
More than 1,000 canoe paddlers from around the globe competed in the 2008 Catalina Channel Crossing US Championships the weekend of September 6 and 7, 2008.
On Saturday the 27-mile open ocean Wahine and Coed Race started from Newport Harbor, Newport Beach and ended at Casino Point off Avalon. On Sunday the 31-mile Kane Race started at 10 a.m. off Lovers Cove, Catalina Island and ended at Newport Dunes, Newport Beach.
Duke Kahanamoku was the Grand Marshall of the first event on September 20, 1959. Two koa wood canoes were shipped from Hawaii for the first race. The canoes were named Malia meaning calm waters and Niuhe, meaning shark. The malia team was composed of Hawaiian All Star outrigger paddlers and the California team paddled the Niuhe. eCatalina.com
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Catalina's original tour operator, Discovery Tours has been operating since 1894. Experience the best of Catalina, including extensive motor tours that travel into the interior of the island, exciting backcountry adventures in a Mercedes-Benz Unimog, exploring kelp forests from the comfort of a semi-submersible vessel, and the Art Deco grandeur of the Casino Ballroom. Many of our tours are exclusives tours you can't find anywhere else! Look for our new Zip Line Eco Tour and Sea Trek Underwater Adventure in 2010.
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