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 ...

HONOLULU – When the voyaging canoe Hokulea leaves Hawaii this month on a three-year global odyssey, its crew will navigate primarily using ancient methods. To prepare, its navigators will chart ...

From Kohala to Kahului, crossing the Alanuihāhā channel, the 36th Hawaiian Sailing Canoe Association has commenced their ...

Aloha State visitors can get a taste of how ancient Polynesians migrated across the Pacific during a Hawaiian Ocean Adventures tour, operated on Oahu's east and west coasts aboard sailing canoes ...

It takes years to learn the ancient art of voyaging. Visitors to Oahu can spend an hour to sample what it’s like to navigate by the sun and the stars in an outrigger canoe. Austin Kino, who ...

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The Fairmont Kea Lani has a traditional Hawaiian outrigger canoe where you can learn ancient techniques and traditions. The Hawaiian outrigger canoe was such a unique experience for ABC7's Drew Tuma.

A voyaging canoe built to revive the centuries-old tradition of Hawaiian exploration is circumnavigating the globe. Its crew has already traveled 26,000 miles navigating with the sun, stars and waves.

It’s been said that he single handedly revived the art of ancient Hawaiian canoe making. Master canoe builder Sonny Bradley has been perfecting his craft since 1976.

But a canoe launched half a century ago helped turn Hawaiian culture from a source of shame to one of pride, reviving the skill of traveling the seas by decoding the stars, waves and weather.

Built in 1975 for a one-time voyage from Hawaii to Tahiti, the Hōkūleʻa is a replica of an ancient Polynesian voyaging canoe. ... There is a Hawaiian proverb, “He wa‘a he moku; ...

Oral tradition and surviving ancient surfboards show that by the 1700s, surfing was a major part of daily life for Hawaiians, Bishop Museum historian Desoto Brown told USA TODAY in an email.