Outrigger Race in Southern California

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This next video is 9-man outrigger racing. Outrigger paddling is thousands of years old. In 1521, Ferdinand Magellan was sailing around the globe in search of a southern route to Asia, when he discovered the Chamorros in Guam in sailing outriggers. Their speed and maneuverability far surpassed his big boat.

My mother is from Guam, so that makes me an expert authority on the subject. I will teach you this stroke.