Aloha. It’s hard to believe that we are approaching September and that most of the keiki are already back in school. We’ve had adult general practices on Tuesday evenings and Saturday mornings, plus special sessions on Thursday eves and Sunday mornings for our men and women partnering with paddlers on Team Arizona training to attend USAORCA Nationals Oct. 14 and 15 as Team Phoenix. And then there are those who have added in their outrigger training to attend Queen Liliuokalani’s 50th Anniversary on Big Island at the end of the month. Head Coach Vince and club president have also been working with members of the keiki team on Sunday mornings, teaching OC1 canoe skills as well as OC6.

We may be in a desert, but there’s been lots of water time!