Canoa Ori Prepares for Rumba Regatta 2026 in Puerto Aventuras

Puerto Aventuras, Mexico — The Ori canoe team is ready to compete in the “Rumba Regatta 2026” competition in Puerto Aventuras on February 14, with half of its members coming from the LGBTQ+ community.

Oriana Moya, owner of the Maya-type canoe “Ori” that will participate in the competition, stated in an interview that they are motivated because in this competition they will participate with half of the members from the LGBTQ+ community.

“Our team is made up of 11 women and on this occasion half of the canoe will be integrated by members of the LGBTQ+ Community,” declared “Ori” Moya in an interview. She added that the members of her club were encouraged to participate after reading the call for entries.

“They saw the call and since it said that 60 percent should be made up of women and 20 percent by men, this motivated them, so they asked to compete with my canoe,” explained the interviewee. She acknowledged that in the sporting event they will have a lot of competition, because they will face rivals from Tulum and Puerto Aventuras.

“Yes, although we train in the sea with different types, because in Puerto Aventuras and in Tulum it is more rocky with many waves; also in Puerto Cancún where we train there is swell at the lighthouse, but we are very well prepared with our marine and land training,” she explained.

“Ori” announced that their participation will begin on February 14 at 7:00 a.m. in the Maya-type Canoes category, on a distance route of 10 to 12 kilometers with a buoy and the start will be located in Puerto Aventuras, where the distance and time of the first to arrive will be qualified, with medals and sports kits awarded as prizes.

“The competition will be very close, because the competitors have a great level, so it will be competitive, because we are going against people who prepare and have participated in other competitions,” she admitted. Finally, the interviewee invited people who wish to join her club, which she recognized is inclusive and respects the tradition of the Mayan ancestors.

“We maintain that Mayan mysticism of our ancestors and just as they did, we deliver when rowing all those things that hurt us or loads of different or different emotional energy, since getting into swimming or rowing makes us have a renewal every dawn, just as our ancestors did,” she concluded.

It should be noted that Oriana Moya started rowing in Polynesian canoes three years ago, after participating in a competition in Brazil, where she learned that in Cancún that type of canoe was built by a Brazilian who lives in the city, who made one for her and from there her club was born, since she wanted everyone to have this taste for rowing that she maintains to this day.