Expanding opportunities: Club holds ceremony to bless canoe, celebrate outrigger canoe paddling

  • Members of Hoemana and The Waikoloa Foundation gathered to welcome Kumu Hou with a blessing performed by Kumu Ka‘aumoana Kalama on April 9. (Courtesy photo/Special to West Hawaii Today)

  • Hoemana’s newest outrigger canoe, Kumu Hou, meaning renewed purpose, donated by The Waikoloa Foundation heads out to see from Spencer Beach Park on April 9. (Courtesy photo/Special to West Hawaii Today)

A South Kohala canoe club blessed its newest wa‘a last weekend at ‘Ohai‘ula at Spencer Beach Park.