OCC Canoe Racing 1908-1940

OCC Canoe Racing
Outrigger Canoe Club's first canoe racing champions in 1908-1909 were front: Kenneth Brown, Ted Melanphy and Dad Center. Back: Knute Cotrell, Vizen Genoves, Harry Steiner.
Canoe Races at Waikiki Beach July 4, 1910
The Outrigger Canoe Club held its first 4th of July canoe race in 1910. The Clubhouse was located behind the trees, next to the lagoon. The Moana Hotel and pier are at center of photo.
Regatta Day
Canoes line up for Regatta Day races in Honolulu Harbor.
Canoe Racing
A tug of war between outrigger canoes was popular during water carnivals from 1908-1920. A rope was tied to the canoes. More often than not, the rope broke before a winner could be declared.
Canoe Racing
Canoes race each other in front of the Outrigger Canoe Club in this four-man race at Waikiki Beach about 1920.
Canoe Racing c1920
Dad Center, second from left, and three members of his Outrigger Canoe Club crew c1920s.
OCC Canoe Racing 1920
Dad Center, stroker, and his crew of Outrigger Canoe Club paddlers in the early 1920s.
1933 Canoe Racing
These men revived canoe racing in 1933 after it had died out with races in Kona in 1933-1936. They are, front: Duke Kahanamoku, Charles Amalu, Dad Center, John D. Kaupiko, David Kahanamoku. Back: Commander Bailey, USCG; Paul Fagan, George Ii Brown, Dr.
1933 Canoe Racing Teams
Canoe paddlers from the Outrigger Canoe Club, Hui Nalu Canoe Club, and the Queen's Surf Club, gathered on the grass in front of the Royal Hawaiian Hotel. They had been selected to represent Oahu in the first revival of canoe racing in 1933 in Kona. Not all are identified but those that are: Row 1: Toots Minvielle (10), Edric Cook (11), Lex Brodie (12), Ah Kong Pang (14), John D. Kaupiko Sr., (17). Middle Row: Charles Amalu (6), Willie Whittle (7), George "Dad" Center (9), Ernest Cook (10, Van Orden (11). Back Row: Campbell Stevenson (1), Wilber Craw (4), Reynolds Burkland (7), Lorrin Thurston (9), Tough Bill (11), Sargent Kahanamoku (13), Duke Kahanamoku (20, David Kahanamoku (21).
1933 Outrigger Canoe Club Canoe Racing Team
Members of the Outrigger Canoe Club canoe racing team that traveled to Kona to compete in the canoe-racing revival at Kealakekua Bay in 1933, were Front: Lex Brodie, Wilbur Craw, Dick Burkland, unidentified, Coach George "Dad" Center, Ernest Cook, unidentified, Toots Minvielle, Edric Cook. Back: Unidentified, unidentified, unidentified, unidentified, Lorrin Thurston, Jack Frazier, Reynolds Burkland, unidentified, Campbell Stevenson. Walking at far right is Toots Minvielle Sr.
Canoe Racing 1933
The Outrigger Canoe Club Junior Men returned on the USCG Ship Itasca, along with their teammates, when canoe racing was revived in Hawaii with a race in Kealakekua. From left: Jack Fraser, Dick Burkland, Reynolds Burkland, Dick Bechert, Herbie Jordan and Campbell Stevenson.
OCC Canoe Racing
The Outrigger Canoe Club Junior 4 crew raced in the Ala Moana Park Channel in 1934. Crew was Vic Jacobson, Fred Hemmings Sr., Eddie Hustace and steersman Sally Hale.
Regatta Day 1919
The Outrigger Canoe Club crew in the 1919 Regatta Day Regatta was Dad Center, Charlie Lambert, Sonny Ruttman, Harold Harvey, Francis Bowers, Edric Cook. They raced in Honolulu Harbor. Outrigger beat Hui Nalu in the only canoe race in this regatta.
1938 Canoe Racing
Outrigger Canoe Club Boy's 6 crew after winning a half-mile race at Honolulu Harbor: Mowatt, Gil Carr, Tom O'Brien, Bob Vanek, Edgar Nash and Paul "Froggy" Banks, steersman.
Canoe Racing 1940
An Outrigger Canoe Club boy's crew poses in front of the koa canoe, Kakina before a 1940 race.