Canoe surfing, particularly aboard the outrigger style of boats, is one of the oldest forms of riding waves. It dates back to the ancient Polynesians, through the beachboy era in Honolulu, and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Outrigger canoes filled with people, plants, and animals traveled across the Pacific to the Hawaiian Islands a very long time ago.

Fringe, novelty, yet steeped in tradition. These might be a few ways to describe the current world of outrigger canoe surfing. But it wasn’t always this way. Riding waves in canoes is an ancient ...

Surfing doesn’t always involve surfboards. There's heaps of different ways to ride waves – some conventional, some not so much. From inflatable rafts, to hydrofoils, to literal trays swiped from the ...

HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. (KABC) -- Surfers pack the waters around Huntington Beach Pier almost everyday, but now, right alongside them, the city has introduced outrigger canoe surfing. "A lot of ...

Rocky McKinnon looks around Huntington Beach and feels a kinship with Hawaii: in the countless surfers riding waves, the bronze statue of surfing icon Duke Kahanamoku greeting passersby near the pier, ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - A crew of Hawaii watermen is back home after the paddling experience of a lifetime. The southern coast of Portugal served as the picturesque setting for the first-ever ...

I took my blue kayak out onto this powerful stretch of river to play in the standing waves. The current is fast, the water is churning, and I’m working hard to stay in control as I surf and carve ...