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Mahalo to our 2009 Officers. For their hard work, time and energy, we want to thank President Mike Esposito, Head Coach Wayne Babineau, Vice-President Sarah Blane, Treasurer Rich Butts, Corresponding Secretary Jayson Whitman, and Recording Secretaries Gene Vricella and Don Hayes.
Mahalo nui loa to our 2009 Coaches. We were fortunate to have energetic and conscientious coaches helping all of us work towards improving our paddling ability. Mahalo to Men’s Coach Carol Jaxon, Women’s Coach Mike Esposito, Novice B Coaches Bill Tsuji, Leilani Loredo and Larry Sakagawa. We also want to thank the many experienced members who contributed their time and talent to help coach, including Iwa Bush, Mike Cushnie, Nālani Dahl, Randy Fernandez, Charles Meyer, Lance Ponce.
We had a great banquet last month; mahalo to everyone who helped make it a success. As planned, we took a little time from partying to elect officers for 2010:
The 2010 Season is approaching. While our new officers are already on the job, we’ll need a lot of help to have another successful year. Please think about how you can contribute to Lōkahi this season. We’ll need help with recruiting, landscaping, equipment maintenance, coaching and other areas.
Please note these important dates. We’ll provide more information as we finalize details for some of these events.
Dues for 2010 will be the same as last year for our adult paddlers: $155, with a $20 early payment discount. If you pay in full by April 30, your dues will be $135. Youth program dues will be $100, with a $25 discount if paid by April 30. Both adult and youth paddlers will get a club t-shirt with their fully-paid dues.
Roosevelt High School outrigger paddlers, coached by former Lōkahi paddlers, are using our canoes to practice Monday through Friday, from 4 pm to 5:45 pm. They seem to have a really good turnout of enthusiastic young people.
Off-season paddling for competitive, recreational and new paddlers is continuing until practice for next season formally begins March 1. We’re practicing Monday and Wednesday evenings starting at 5:45 pm, and Saturday mornings starting at 6:45 am, with a second practice scheduled for 10 am. Since the days are still short, on Mondays and Wednesdays we only paddle about 45 to 50 minutes. The Saturday early morning practice is usually 2 hours or more of paddling in the ocean, and is not really appropriate for very inexperienced or very young paddlers. Less experienced, beginning and very young paddlers can come to the later session on Saturday mornings.
New Paddlers. Coach Wayne will continue working with new paddlers Wednesdays at 5:30 pm and Saturday mornings at 10 am. If you or your friends are interested in learning to race outrigger canoe, check our page for new paddlers or just come down to the site on a scheduled practice day and meet with Coach Wayne.
Recreational Paddling Membership. For those who may not have the time or inclination to compete, but who want to paddle (or learn to paddle) for fun and exercise, recreational membership is available. Annual dues for recreational membership are $50 and entitle these members to participate in Lōkahi practices and activities short of actual competition. If you join as a Recreational paddler and later decide you’d like to compete, we’ll apply your payment to the dues for competitive paddling.
The application for recreational membership is available as a PDF form.
We’ll provide coaching and guidance for you as a recreational paddler, and expect you to work hard to learn and improve. When we’re working with competitive crews you may not get the same degree of attention, but we won’t neglect you. You will also be able to keep paddling with us during the off-season from November through February.
Recruiting. We’re always looking for new paddlers. We need more members in order to be competitive at the highest levels and we want to introduce more people to our sport. We’d particularly like to enroll more youth paddlers. If you can help with recruiting, please contact Elizabeth at recruit@lokahicanoeclub.org
We have a flyer for adults and one for youth. We appreciate your help in posting the one that is most appropriate for your venue. Mahalo.
Updated January 20 2010
