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HROCC ORIENTATION!
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CLUB HISTORY AND FACTS
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- Who is HROCC’S founder?
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- Where can you find (and read) the club’s non-profit mission?
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- What does HROCC stand for?
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- Name 3 HROCC paddlers you’ve met outside of the Youth Program:
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- In what part of the world did outrigger canoeing originate?
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LANGUAGE AND CULTURE
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- What is the Halau?
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- What is a Huli?
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- What is an Ama?
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- What is a Iaku?
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- What is the difference between the words Malolo and Mahalo?
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- What is the difference between Puakea and Kuakea?
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- Why do we try not to step over the Ama?
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- What does “Mahani Hula” mean? Where is she when off the water?
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- What is Ohana?
- Name one Tradition from the Mountain Home Tradition page (go to Practice Schedule-Resources-
- Outrigger Canoe Terms, scroll down)
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CLUB BOATS 101
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- What is the name of the boat that is all yellow?
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- What color is the cover for the all yellow boat?
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- What is the name of the blue and yellow boat?
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- What color is the cover for the yellow and blue boat?
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- What side of the boat is the Ama on?
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- What is the name of the all blue boat?
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- What color is the cover for the all blue boat?
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- About what do the boats on the beach weigh in pounds?
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- About how long are the boats in feet?
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- What material is a Malolo made out of?
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- About how much does a Malolo weigh?
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PADDLING 101
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- What size paddle do you use in inches?
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- Which seat calls switches-- 1,2,3,4,5, or 6?
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- What does “paddles up” mean?
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- What does “let her run” mean?
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- What seat responds to the “Kahi Left” command from a steer?
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- What is the command that signals the start of paddling?
- Where do you start to put the wheels under the canoe ?
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SAFETY AND CARE
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- When is it OK to go out on the water without a PFD?
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- Which seat(s) watch the Ama in high wind conditions?
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- Why do we not wear cotton clothes on the water?
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- What is hypothermia?
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- What is the approximate water temp of the Columbia in the spring?
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- Which direction does the river current run?
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- Which side of the boat do we always enter/ exit from?
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- What body part enters the boat first- butt or feet? Why?
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