Events

Mark June 28th on your calendar. ✅ Get your canoes off the racks and paddles in hand! The 2025 Iron Champs, celebrating its 40th year, is upon us. More than 1,000 paddlers will test their skills at beautiful Mission Bay, San Diego Saturday, June 28th, or just come out to have fun and enjoy the […]

Queen Lili’Uokalani Canoe Races, August 28 – September 1, 2025   Every Labor Day weekend, the shores of the Kona coast come alive with more competitors than you can shake a paddle at. Named in honor of the last reigning monarch of Hawaii, Queen Lili’uokalani, this king-size event is the world’s largest long-distance canoe race.

The Silver Lining Foundation, dedicated to “providing respectful and equal access to cost-free breast health testing” in the community, is hosting its biggest fundraiser of the year—the 6th Annual Paddle Palooza, July 11 to 13, on beautiful Flathead Lake, in Polson, Montana. On hand will be more than 200 paddlers from around the world, including

Te Aito, in the words of Hawaiian race director, Micah Kalama, are “the playoffs for the Super Bowl of outrigger paddling”—the qualifying event for Super Aito, held in Tahiti July 24 to 26th. That’s why so many paddlers were eager to compete in this event, held June 6 and 7. More than 500 paddlers raced

Te Aito 2025 is only a few “strokes” away—June 4 to 7! This annual outrigger canoe race, held in French Polynesia, features top Tahitian paddlers and attracts competitors from around the world. It’s a grueling 20 to 30 km (12 to18 mile) race combining skill and endurance, through lagoons and open ocean, against the beautiful

This was our third annual 50-mile paddle, a journey we usually take through the open ocean. As always, we had an intracoastal backup plan in case of weather. And sure enough, Mother Nature—and maybe our guardian Eiffel above—threw us a curveball, sending winds and swells that pushed us inland. What was supposed to end with

The Talifit Bora & ARE Sprint Challenge may be over, but there are enough memories and highlights to last a lifetime! ARE Tahiti is pleased to share a few of those highlights with you.   Paddlers and spectators came from near and far to Bora Bora, a pristine paradise known for its rich color, Polynesian

The Talifit Bora & ARE Sprint Challenge are underway, and results having already come in! Yesterday, Day 1 (April 10) featured the ARE Sprint Challenge, with exhilarating V1 and V6 speed races from 100 meters to 500 meters. See the exciting finish of the 500 meter ARE Sprint Challenge for V1 and the reaction at

Task Force Hydro1 is looking for paddlers to join its Third Annual Mission 50: Paddle for a Purpose, a 50-mile paddle from St. Augustine Inlet to Mayport, Florida on Saturday, May 3, 2025.  The event brings civilians, first responders, active-duty military members, veterans, and their families together for an incredible day of paddling and one

When we hear the word “Aloha!” we often think of the Hawaiian greeting for “hello” or “goodbye.” Yet the spirit of aloha is an entire way of being for Hawaiians. It encompasses positive energy, humility, connection of the heart and mind, respect for nature, and an openness to life’s adventures.  “Aito” is the Tahitian word