About Us

Kauai Hoe Wa’a Association (KHWA) is a non-profit (501c3) outrigger canoe racing group that hosts 10 events each year, from October through May, for the Garden Island’s OC1, OC2, and V1 paddlers. KHWA strives to perpetuate and share the foundational base that outrigger canoes occupy in Hawaiian culture, as well as working to promote camaraderie, sportsmanship, and ocean safety among its paddlers.

The Association aims to provide paddlers of all ages and abilities not only the opportunity to experience and learn about the Hawaiian sport and culture of outrigger canoe paddling, but especially to be educated in ocean safety skills so that they may be passed down from generation to generation.