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| ===== Downwind ===== | ===== Downwind ===== | ||
| - | The Island is well aligned with their summer winds. For an island with a small population (250K?) NC is home to a surprising number of world class and champion SUP paddlers. The favorable downwind conditions have to help. Also the lagoon at Nouméa reportedly gets waves for downwinding that can be similar to the Columbia Gorge. | + | <WRAP center round tip 90%>\\ |
| + | Michael Booth: "The Cook Islands is a paddlers paradise and a training haven. No matter what way the wind and swell is going you can get a solid 12km downwind paddle in 365 days a year. It also gives you all conditions allowing you to work on your skills to become a more adaptable paddler. The beauty of the island (//Ed. - Rarotonga//) is that its 36km around on the ski with distinct north, South, East and West coastlines which allows for some great and testing paddling conditions everyday. I loved it."\\ | ||
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| + | ==== Rarotonga ==== | ||
| - | * | + | * **Avaavaroa Pass - old Sheraton hotel **20 km |
| + | * **Rutaki Pass - Trader Jacks (Avarua Pass)** | ||
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| ===== Clubs/Groups ===== | ===== Clubs/Groups ===== | ||
| - | * [[https://www.facebook.com/SurfSkiKayakPoloNc/|Surfski & Kayak Polo Facebook]] (no recent posts but maybe you can find some information in old posts) | + | * [[https://www.cica.org.ck|Cook Islands Canoeing Association]] |
| + | * [[https://www.vakaeiva.co.ck/|Vaka Eiva Paddle Festival]] | ||
| + | * [[https://www.facebook.com/CookIslandsCanoeing|Cook Islands Canoeing Association (Facebook)]] | ||
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| + | ===== Races ===== | ||
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| + | [[:races:race_calendars|Worldwide Race Calender Page]] | ||
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| + | * [[https://www.motu2motu.com/m2m|Motu 2 Motu]] OC | ||
| + | * [[https://www.vakaeiva.co.ck/|Vaka Eiva]] | ||
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| + | ===== Videos ===== | ||
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| + | * [[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLuykg4We5c_AvvRvxubIvp03f5Uj-SZcS|Surfski TV Oceania Playlist]] | ||
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| ===== Resources ===== | ===== Resources ===== | ||
| - | * [[http://www.surfskinews.com/second-blog/category/Travel|Michael Booth 2015 Article in Surfski News]] | + | * <font inherit/inherit;;#e67e22;;inherit>Michael Booth 2015 Article in Surfski News</font><del>–</del>Surfskinews.com is offline now. You can still find this article in the Internet wayback machine on [[https://web.archive.org/web/20200716234125/http://www.surfskinews.com:80/second-blog/2015/12/31/rarotonga-the-unexplored-island-paradise-michael-booth|this page]] |
| + | * [[https://www.kitesup.co/|Kite Sup Co]] get downwinding and laps info here? | ||
| + | * [[https://www.surfski.info/forum/1-general/3347-cook-islands.html|Surfski.info Discussion]] | ||
| + | * [[https://www.cookislandsnews.com/|Cook Islands News]] | ||
| + | * [[http://www.cookislands.org.uk/|Cook Islands Online Guide]] | ||
| + | * [[https://cookislandspocketguide.com/the-guide-to-kitesurfing-in-rarotonga-aitutaki-the-cook-islands/|Cook Islands Pocket Guide]] | ||
| + | * [[https://www.instagram.com/surfskicookislands/|Old Instagram Account - Surfski Cook islands]] - these folks don't seem to be active online currently, but you may still be able to look at photos of some of the great paddling in the Cook Islands | ||
| + | * [[https://wikitravel.org/en/Cook_Islands|WikiTravel - Cook Islands]] | ||
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| - | Exploring New Caledonia | + | |
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