General Manager’s Corner
ALOHA OCC ‘OHANA, It’s hard to believe summer has already come and gone.
It feels like we just rang in the New Year, yet the team is already hard at work preparing for the upcoming holiday season. Before we get too far ahead, I want to take a moment to reflect on a recent event and to thank the many paddlers, members, and employees who pulled together during
another example of that magic. By opening time, the trophies were back in place, the beach was set up, and the Club was ready for business as usual. When you consider the amount of coordination, teamwork, and moving parts involved in responding to an emergency like this on the beach, it is remarkable. It is one of those moments that makes me extremely proud — as your General Manager — to see members and employees working side by side to protect a place we all cherish and love. Moving now toward the Club’s newest partnership, I want to thank Joe Bock and the entire House Committee for helping to realize one of the Club’s key Strategic Initiatives for 2025: increasing the number of reciprocal clubs our members can enjoy. The new partnership with the International Associate Clubs (IAC) opens the door to exciting new destinations all over the world. We are eager to hear about the adventures this partnership will inspire — whether it is visiting a historic city club in Europe, relaxing at a resort in Asia, or enjoying a vibrant sports club somewhere closer to home. With this addition, OCC’s reciprocal portfolio now includes more than 330 private clubs worldwide for our members to explore and enjoy. This is a game- changing benefit that expands your membership far beyond the beach. Here’s to protecting our traditions, embracing new opportunities, and continuing to make memories together — both here at home and around the globe.
the tsunami scare in July. On behalf of the Board of Directors and the entire management team, we could not be more proud of how the Club responded. We supported one another, prioritized our people, and made sure that OCC was ready for whatever might come. “Hope for the best, prepare for the worst” truly became the motto of the day. As soon as the first tsunami watch was issued, paddlers from all crews jumped into action, moving canoes almost immediately. Thanks to the preparedness plans already in place by Canoe Racing, the relocation process was quick and organized. Canoes were secured in higher levels of the parking garage or moved inland to offsite storage. Our priceless trophies — many of which are prominently displayed throughout the Club — were also carefully relocated to the enclosed fitness center on level D of the garage. A huge mahalo to the operations team and the members who assisted in moving these irreplaceable pieces of our history. And, of course, thank you to all our employees who worked quickly to secure items throughout the property. Once the City and County issued the all-clear, the process of restoring the Club began immediately. As many of you have heard me say before, one of OCC’s “superpowers” is our ability to host an incredible event one night and have the place looking as if nothing ever happened by 8 a.m. the next morning. The morning after the tsunami scare was yet
Tyler Roukema General Manager, Chief Operating Officer Outrigger Canoe Club
4 AMA | september/october 2025
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