Geronimo Canoe Club has taken the opportunity to collaborate with PPP, as ambassadors of our sacred ocean to bring awareness and help raise funds for PPP.
A Tsartlip team have qualified for the world championship in outrigger canoe racing in Tahiti. But there’s one problem. They don’t actually have the proper canoe.
The lack of an actual outrigger canoe is no barrier to members of the Tsartlip First Nation, as they prepare for an international competition in Tahiti next spring.
Years of training and competing in their traditional war canoes have prepared them to paddle strong in almost any small boat — all they need is the chance to practise a little and get used to the dynamics of the different craft.
A team from Tsartlip First Nation won the 2016 Canadian championship for outrigger canoe paddling — despite not owning such a boat and having to borrow one for the race.