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Ke Aloha Outrigger is non-profit outrigger canoe organization based in Hoboken, NJ serving the NY/NJ Metropolitan area.

Ke Aloha Outrigger Canoe Club is a non-profit organization passionate about the rich history and diversity surrounding the culture of outrigger canoeing. Our mission is to ignite interest and facilitate public access to the waterways of New York and New Jersey through first-rate watersport programs and education. We strive to deepen knowledge and awareness of outrigger canoeing’s Polynesian roots

and its extensive global reach, and foster such by providing a safe, inclusive and encouraging environment for each individual to engage in team spirit, athleticism, and sense of “ohana”, or family, through the sport of outrigger canoeing.

06/19/2026

Ke Aloha Outrigger is bringing our beach vibes to Downtown Boathouse at Pier 26 this weekend! 🏖️

HCCB/Ke Aloha Outrigger is excited to bring the outrigger canoe experience to Downtown Boathouse this Saturday from 1-3PM. The culturally rich outrigger canoe has its roots in the Pacific Islands and were the types of ocean going vessels that allowed for the migration of the peoples of the Pacific.

Ke Aloha will be offering a short land instruction followed by on water sessions. The entire session will be about 30 minutes. Just bring water, sunscreen, clothes you don’t mind getting wet and your aloha spirit. If you’re lucky, you may catch a spontaneous Hawaiian chant for the full experience! Open to ages 12 and up.

Mahalo nui loa to Downtown Boathouse for hosting us. This will be the first of what we hope will be many collaborative opportunities between and .

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04/28/2026

Check out our 10th Anniversary Hudson River Cup Race Shirt!

Pre-orders for shirts will be taken from April 1st through May 15th. All pre-orders will be available for pickup on race day, August 1-2.

Race registration is open for all divisions including outrigger canoes, kayaks, stand-up paddle and surfskis.

All details on shirt preorders and race registration can be found on the race website at hudsonrivercup.org or from our link in our bio.

04/23/2026

Happy Earth Day! 🌎

Come join our HCCB/Ke Aloha Volunteers to help take care of our planet. We are participating once again in the annual Riverkeeper Sweep on Saturday, May 2.

Our sweep will be at Hoboken Cove Community Boathouse at Maxwell Place Park from 11AM to 2PM.

Sign up at Riverkeeper.org/sweep to register for our event or browse the 100+ locations near you to be a part of this incredible effort to protect our rivers and communities.

04/05/2026

Ke Aloha Outrigger is getting ready for the 2026 season. Ke Aloha and HCCB coaches and guides were on the water this weekend for a quick trip into the harbor.

Temperatures are still too brisk to open our paddles to the public but planning is well underway to welcome you to the start or our paddling season at Hoboken Cove!

Photos by Avis.

04/02/2026

Hoboken Cove Community Boathouse and Ke Aloha Outrigger are excited to announce the 2026 Hudson River Cup Race on the weekend of August 1-2 at Hoboken Cove. Please join us to celebrate the 10th Anniversary of this race.

Athletes compete on a spectacular course along the world’s most recognizable landmarks. Saturday features OC6 team racing on a 9 and 12 mile course to the Statue of Liberty. OC1/OC2 and surfskis race the 9 mile Liberty Course to the Statue. SUPs and sea kayak will race the 5 mile Hudson Course to the mouth of the river. New this year, we will be open the Hudson Course to OC1/2 and surfski divisions. We are also excited to announce our first SUP sprint races on Sunday.

Celebrate Pacific Island culture at Saturday’s Ohara Festival featuring hula performances by Halau Pua Ali’i Ilima o Nuioka , lei making, arts and crafts and more!

12/24/2025

Santa’s elves are getting his canoe ready!

This may be one of the few photos of HCCB Kayak/SUP Guide Oscar in an outrigger canoe with our HCCB President Keith. Our Kayak/SUP and Ke Aloha Outrigger volunteers make up the Hoboken Cove Community Boathouse family. Together, we carry on the mission of introducing our local community to everything our waterways have to offer.

We wish you all warm greetings this holiday season!

12/09/2025

Closing Friday 12/12!

Ke Aloha Outrigger and Hoboken Cove Community Boathouse are proud of our collaboration with artist Sean Connelly and the Asian Pacific American Institute at NYU in the gallery installation of Hawai’i is not the United States but it is Your Future.

The exhibition will be up until Friday, 12/12 at the A/P/A Institute Gallery at 20 Cooper Square in Manhattan. We hope you have a chance to explore new perspectives on Hawai’i and Oceania.

11/27/2025

Please support our boathouse.

Hoboken Cove Community Boathouse has so much to be thankful for especially to all of our volunteers who continue to donate their time and expertise to operate a safe and welcoming environment for our public programming.

We hope you will take some time to support the efforts of our volunteers by donating to our GivingTuesday campaign. Help us continue to provide our free program for another year! Any donation size can help us towards paying our operational expenses including our insurance which has been increasing a lot over the last few years.
There are not many free programs out there and affordability is tough. We want to make sure everyone, no matter their circumstances, have access to our beautiful waters!

We take out over 4000 paddlers per year, we are open evey weekend during the summer, we have paddle boarding, outrigger canoeing, and a yearly race! All thanks to you, your donations, and our amazing volunteer crew that freely give many hours of their time.

Donation link is in our bio.
Mahalo nui loa!

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11/09/2025

Hoboken Cove conquers Spuyten Duyvil!

Our HCCB elite kayak and outrigger volunteers took advantage of the warm fall day for a 22-mile paddle to Spuyten Duyvil on the tippy top of Manhattan in the Harlem River.

HCCB/Ke Aloha Outrigger is operated 100% by volunteers. We offer skills training to our established volunteers to teach them to be confident water people in order to go on these long paddles. Look to join us early next season for volunteer opportunities at our boathouse.

10/12/2025

Needed that paddle in before the nor’easter!

Our Hoboken Cove Community Boathouse volunteers were on the water this weekend itching to get that paddle in before the incoming nor’easter hit. After a shared p**e ceremony on the beach to make sure we were protected by the higher ups, our kayak group headed north on a 20-mile paddle to Englewood while our outrigger group, , did a 9-mile run south to the Statue of Liberty with visiting paddlers from

Nothing like a misty rain to show how ethereal our waters can be. All are back safe and sound. We’re already hunkered down and planning for the next weekend. Until then, stay safe and warm as we roll into fall.

Photo by Keith T. and Naomi M.

Address

1100 SINATRA Drive N
Hoboken, NJ
07030

Website

http://kealohaoutrigger.org/

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