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Archive Home > 2007 > May > 29 > On the open water

On the open water

Sport of outrigger canoeing has a home with team of C.O. paddlers

By Katie Brauns / The Bulletin
May 29, 2007

Unlikely as it sounds, the open-water sport of outrigger canoe racing has a substantial following right here on the High Desert.

The sport originated in the early 1800s in Pacific Ocean waters off the islands of Polynesia, but Central Oregonians embrace the specialized canoe racing on calm....

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