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USGS Employees Make Semifinals in Local Outrigger-Canoe Races
In a first for nearly all of them, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) employees and ohana (extended family) competed and made a good showing in outrigger-canoe races on August 20 in Santa Cruz, Calif. Participating on their own time, USGS personnel from the Santa Cruz office put together 3 teams out of 33 entered in the event; 2 of the teams made it to the semifinals. Haf Mana team paddler Bruce Richmond noted, "The eventual winner, Pul In Sai, had to beat our teams twice to make it to the finals."
The Aloha Outrigger Races are held annually at the Santa Cruz Wharf; this year's event was the 14th. The short-course novice outrigger races are orchestrated by a local outrigger club, Pu Pu 'O Hawai'i, to introduce newcomers to the excitement of outrigger-canoe racing and to benefit outrigger clubs in the area, including three clubs in Santa Cruz and two in Monterey. Participants provide four people for a team, and Pu Pu 'O Hawai'i provides a stroker, a steersperson, a canoe, and instructions to start the team racing. Open to male and female paddlers of all ages, the outrigger races are part of a Polynesian Festival held each year on the wharf by the Santa Cruz Parks and Recreation Department. In addition to the races, this year's festival included live music, crafts, fresh flower leis, Hawaiian shaved ice, Maori face painting, printmaking, and dance performances. To learn more about the races, read the article in the August 21 Santa Cruz Sentinel posted at URL http://www.santacruzsentinel.com/archive/2006/August/21/local/stories/01local.htm.
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Mapping the Sea Floor Off Santa Barbara, CA Underwater Sand Waves Seaward of Golden Gate Bridge Manatee Traveler in Northeastern Waters Not Chessie Cat Parasite May Affect Cultural Traits in Human Populations MIT Students Visit USGS Woods Hole USGS Participates in Waquoit Bay Watershed Block Party USGS Intern Receives Fulbright Scholarship USGS Employees Make Semifinals in Local Outrigger-Canoe Races usSEABED: Sediment Data for the Northern Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean |