Kikaha O Ke Kai

First Keiki and Junior Practice
2024-04-09 16:30 - 17:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | Foss Practice Site, 1930 E D Street, Tacoma, WA, 98421, United States
First practice for our Keiki and Junior paddlers! Practices will continue every Tuesday and Thursday 4:30-5:30 and Saturdays 11:00AM-12:30PM throughout the season. Contact Coach Jill if you have any more questions!

Site Cleanup and Season Kickoff
2024-03-10 08:00 - 12:00 | Foss Practice Site, 1930 E D Street, Tacoma, WA, 98421, United States
Bring gloves and work clothes to help us get the practice site cleaned and ready for our 2024 season!

2024 General Membership Meeting
2024-03-09 08:00 - 11:00 | Teamsters Hall, 220 S 27th Street, Tacoma, WA, 98402, United States
Join us as we elect new Board Officers and Directors to guide the club into 2024 and beyond! We will be holding the meeting at the Teamsters 313 Union Hall at 9am. Watch your email for more information as the date approaches.

APCC New Year Celebration
2024-02-24 11:00 - 18:00 | Tacoma dome, 2727 E D St, Tacoma, WA, 98421, United States
Join Kikaha as we celebrate the Lunar New Year with Tacoma’s Asia Pacific Cultural Center. We will have a booth sharing all about Kikaha and our upcoming season!

Hokulea arrives in Tacoma!
2023-08-30 12:00 - 20:00 | Thea Foss Park, 405 Dock St, Tacoma, WA, 98402
48 paddlers are encourage to join us and meet Hokule’a with using or club OC6s, OC1s and Lon’s OC3 Little Brother. We can also rig up our OC3 Zippy.
If we can’t fill all of our canoes, we have asked other clubs to send their members here to fill in. Again if we fill up all of our canoes, small OC canoe owners are encourage to bring their OCs. All members are encourage to meet our Hokule’a including our Keiki/Juniors
Also Aunty Myrna will need help at the Foss Waterway Seaport Museum with the Potluck serving area. Please sign up with the coaches.
****Please ask your boss for a day off to really enjoy this historical event that only comes around every 25 years!

Pacific Northwest Outrigger Challenge
2023-08-27 08:00 | Magnuson Park, 7861 62nd Ave NE, Seattle, WA, 98115
NOTE: DATE HAS BEEN CHANGED TO 8/27 TO ACCOMODATE HOKULEA’S ARRIVAL IN SEATLE
PNW Outrigger Challenge, with courses ranging from a 10 mile beach-changeout, to 18 mile Iron, and 27 mile distance change-out.
Race packet can be downloaded HERE. Watch for email communication from the coaches for more information!

Makuakane Challenge
2023-08-19 | Kai Pana, 101 Pine Street, Bellingham, WA, 98225, United States
9-person changeout race hosted by Kai Pana Outrigger

Bellingham Bay Classic
2023-08-12 | Boulevard Park, 470 Bayview Dr, Bellingham, WA, 98225
BBOP hosts the annual Bellingham Bay Classic

2023-08-05 | Thea Foss Park, 405 Dock St, Tacoma, WA, 98402
Our largest fundraiser of the year! Get a team of 5 paddlers together and compete against other area groups and businesses for the ultimate bragging rights! 3 races include 150m Sprint, 250m Sprint, and 1 mile lap race!

Canoes, Paddles, PFD’s, and Steerspeople will be provided by Kikaha. Once you have your team, email kikaha.info@gmail.com to sign up!

Kalama Distance
2023-08-05 | WA
New race! Hosted by Zamboanga Canoe Club. More information to come

Da Grind
2023-07-29 | Alki Beach, 2701 Alki Ave SW, Seattle, WA, 98116
Da Grind at Alki Beach

The Gorge Race
2023-07-08 | Skamania County Fairgrounds, 710 SW Rock Creek Dr, Stevenson, WA, 98648
The Gorge Race. Camping available at Skamania County Fairgrounds before/after race – more information to follow.

Rooster Rock Iron
2023-06-24 | Rooster Rock State Park, Corbett, OR, 97019
Rooster Rock Iron race. Stay tuned for more information regarding camping after the race!

Silver Lake Sprint Regatta
2023-06-10 | Thornton Sullivan Park, 11405 Silver Lake Rd, Everett, WA, 98208

Silverdale Sprints
2023-06-03 | Silverdale Waterfront Park, 3337 NW Byron St, Silverdale, WA, 98383
Silverdale Sprint Regatta

Green Lake Sprints
2023-05-27 | Greenlake Park, 5900 West Green Lake Way N, Seattle, WA, 98103
Green Lake Sprint Regatta, hosted by Hui Wa’a o Waikinikona

Manu Baker Memorial Sprints
2023-05-20 | Spanaway Lake, 14905 Bresemann Blvd S, Spanaway, WA, 98387
Kikaha hosts our annual Manu Baker Memorial Sprint Regatta! Stay tuned for more information from the club on how you can help!

RATI - Race Around The Island
2023-04-29 | Chinook Landing Marine Park, 22300 NE Marine Dr, Fairview, OR, 97024
Race Around The Island

Rusty Iron Distance
2023-04-22 | Frenchman’s Bar Regional Park, 9612 NW Lower River Rd, Vancouver, WA, 98660, United States
Hosted by Pacific Outrigger Canoe Club. More information here.

Huli Practice
2023-04-15 09:00 - 13:00 | Mount Tahoma High School Pool, 4634 S 74th Street, Tacoma, WA, 98404, United States
Here is our schedule of events for the day:
9am – Show up time – Registration and Waiver confirmation

9:30am – Cold Water Safety Briefing – Lee Warnaca Instructor

10am – Instructions of OC6 Huli Recovery – step by step instructions and what to expect for the day

10:30am – Clubs and paddlers are divided up to go through 3 stations
1) OC6 Huli Recovery 2) OC1 Huli Recovery 3) Float Test
12:30pm – Huli Recovery Coaches will summarize and evaluate what they noticed and what we can learn from these practices.

1pm – Event ends – everyone out of pool

Aha Mele
2023-04-08 11:00 - 19:00 | Chief Leschi Schools, 5625 52nd Street E, WA, 98371, United States
This wonderful cultural event is a great opportunity for Kikaha to interact with the Hawaiian Community. We will have a table with Club Information, staffed by Kikaha Boosters and anyone attending practice that day. Please talk to Aunty Nellie or visit the event website for more information!

Daffodil Parade
2023-04-01 10:00 - 12:00 | WA
Join Kikaha as we participate in the 90th Annual Daffodil Festival Grand Floral Parade! We will have our canoe decorated with beautiful Daffodil flowers as we travel through the Tacoma parade route. More information to come!

2023-02-25 11:00 - 18:00 | Tacoma dome, 2727 E D St, Tacoma, WA, 98421, United States
Lunar Festival – We will be there with our OC-1 and rowing machine. Stop by and say “Aloha”
Tacoma Dome Exhibition Hall 11:00 AM – 6:00 PM

APCC Lunar New Year Celebration
2023-02-25 11:00 - 18:00 | Tacoma dome, 2727 E D St, Tacoma, WA, 98421, United States
Join Kikaha as we celebrate the Lunar New Year with Tacoma’s Asia Pacific Cultural Center! Held at Tacoma Dome exhibition hall, we will be promoting our wonderful outrigger canoe club and sport.
Really appreciate all your support for this important event, which is located about 4 blocks from our canoe site. Also attached is the flyer for this very well-attended event. It’s FREE to the public.

Silverdale Sprints
2022-06-04 | Silverdale Waterfront Park, 3337 NW Byron St, Silverdale, WA, 98383
Kikaha is co-hosting with Hui Hei Hei Wa’a this year’s Silverdale Sprint Race!
For more information, please click HERE.
Watch your email for more information coming soon about ways you can volunteer to support the club.

Na Po'e O ke Kai (Green Lake Sprint Regatta)
2022-05-28 | Greenlake Park, 5900 West Green Lake Way N, Seattle, WA, 98103
Hui Wa’a O Wakinikona (HWOW) invites all PNW-ORCA clubs to participate in the 23rd running of the Na Po’e O ke Kai at Green Lake, in Seattle on Saturday, May 28. More race information HERE.
If you are planning on participating, please let us know by May 21st. Coach Brian will be assembling the sprint crews – but WE NEED STEERSPEOPLE!!!!
