Hiro and other Tahitians,
Talk should be starting up about this race and favorites. What are they saying in Tahiti? EDT, Shell Va'a or others
If you had to bet money on the race, who would you pick?
Any new OC-6 canoe designs to be brought out for this race?
Submitted by Kona J on Sun, 10/25/2009 - 6:20am
Shell's favorite, how could it be otherwise ?
I would bet on Matairea Hoe. They have a "new" canoe that comes from BoraBora. Look at last year's pics, it made by the same guy who built BoraBoraVaa's V6. They've been ceossing the channel between Huahine and Raiatea a few times and their times were .. I won't tell, they don't want to... hehehe
#1 Sun, 10/25/2009 - 11:54am
Put your house on canoe #354 for the big upset win.
Kona J Excuse me I replied to the post and then read that it was addressed to Tahitians, which I of course am not, (but I wish I lived there)
#2 Sun, 10/25/2009 - 9:14pm
i would pick my money on Team OPT , but last weeck Shell have a new Va'a that one Team OPT win the race last saturday.
So now sure it will be Shell they have the rocket now.
Hope to put on you tube this weeck the new Shell Va'a 6
#3 Sun, 10/25/2009 - 8:04pm
Ia orana. mauruuru e hoa ma. Hey Hiro and Tahitian699 - how often do change canoes? When I was a Ruahutu they said they had a v6 for all kinds of conditions (obviously the flat lagoon boat for really flat) but they said they had mid and large volume v6... but i didnt know if they were joking?
Must cost a lot to buy new canoes every race!! Aue!
#4 Sun, 10/25/2009 - 8:13pm
I would bet on OPT
#5 Sun, 10/25/2009 - 10:32pm
I hope Team Hawai'i gets a good canoe to race in this year.
This article comes from last years Hawaiki Nui Race
http://tinyurl.com/ykkthhs
#6 Mon, 10/26/2009 - 12:30am
team hawaii alway have a got va'a, last year they were on the same va'a they make a better place the year before.
Jim know to choose the good va'a.
This years team primo have the shell va'a won last year "2008".
#7 Mon, 10/26/2009 - 8:10am
Teams that make good results may have canoes for free. The canoe builder act like a sponsor. That's how Matairea got their canoe. The builder hopes they will do well and that this will translate in orders from other club who wants to buy a good canoe...
My team doesn't have a good V6, we don't even have enough money to buy one, so we have to rent a V6 from another club for the race...
#8 Mon, 10/26/2009 - 11:07am
Looking for links to the race and results. Can't find it on vaa tahiti. It was on radio last year. Hiro is racing so he might not be available to help us.
#9 Wed, 11/04/2009 - 6:31am
Found it:
http://outriggercanoe.hawaikinuivaa.pf/
#10 Wed, 11/04/2009 - 6:32am
The Start was amazing... for some time OPT B was in front, followed by Shell and Paddling connection...
#11 Wed, 11/04/2009 - 8:30am
...Shell is back on the top,
2. OPT B
3. Paddling Connection
#12 Wed, 11/04/2009 - 8:34am
anyone know how team hawaii is doing?
#13 Wed, 11/04/2009 - 8:43am
not yet...I am listening to Tahitian online radio (RFO), but no particular info yet...
http://radio.rfo.fr/?page=accueil&radio=5
I will keep you posted
#14 Wed, 11/04/2009 - 8:49am
unfortunately the official Hawaiki Nui life stream doesn't work... :-(
#15 Wed, 11/04/2009 - 8:50am
8:53 (Tahiti time)
#16 Wed, 11/04/2009 - 8:59am
Matairea Ho'e (with Manutea Owen)
1:10:57 past (more than half of the race)
#17 Wed, 11/04/2009 - 9:00am
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#18 Wed, 11/04/2009 - 8:58am
4.Paddling
5. Team Primo (Hawaii)
6. Air Tahiti
7. Team from Moorea
#19 Wed, 11/04/2009 - 9:00am
Mahalo for the news
#20 Wed, 11/04/2009 - 9:15am
Team Fischermichel (from Germany) is far behind but not last!
#21 Wed, 11/04/2009 - 9:38am
it is the first time that the team Fischermichel (Germany) paddels on the open sea, they usually paddle on a lac in Bavaria...commentator welcomes them!
The radio speaker says that Team Brazil is also somewhere behind and that they probably play better soccer than paddling, but also welcomes them to the race and honours the long way they made to come to the race.
Shell still in front...has comfortable advance
#22 Wed, 11/04/2009 - 9:40am
David Tepava is steering Shell (they are taking direct course to Raiatea)
Matairea (with Manutea Owen) are taking a North course...
OPT B comes back to join the top teams
#23 Wed, 11/04/2009 - 9:36am
Former Team Coach of OPT says that the cap of Manutea (from Matairea Ho'e) is the best one...we'll see.
#24 Wed, 11/04/2009 - 9:41am
is someone online??? Or am I maybe writing to myself? :-)
#25 Wed, 11/04/2009 - 9:42am
There are 90 people on line. I imagine you are writing to 50 people. Shell is so good, but I always want unknown surprise team to win and feel the glory. We will see. I know many team in Tahiti are trained hard to take down Shell.
#26 Wed, 11/04/2009 - 9:48am
You are never alone out there in cyberspace. :-))
#27 Wed, 11/04/2009 - 9:48am
great, thank you for the info :-)
...I guess that the Tahitian radio station RFO is the only source of information...to the extent they speak French I will keep you posted...however, they also tend to comment in Tahitian, in which case I only understand "Shell"..."OPT"... "Matairea" etc. :-)
#28 Wed, 11/04/2009 - 9:52am
now they speak about selling official Hawaiki Nui t-shirts...very interesting...
#29 Wed, 11/04/2009 - 9:57am
Any idea how far ahead Shell is?
#30 Wed, 11/04/2009 - 10:01am
last thing I heard is they they have a relatively comfortable advance. However, as the some teams took a different directions/caps, in particular Matairea Ho'e taking the North cap, it is difficult to tell exactly how far Shell is ahead...
#31 Wed, 11/04/2009 - 10:05am
#32 Wed, 11/04/2009 - 10:11am
Shell goes huti faariii...68-70 strokes per minute
EDT has problems to follow this rythm
#33 Wed, 11/04/2009 - 10:12am
again everything in Tahitian... :-((((
#34 Wed, 11/04/2009 - 10:14am
Taaroa Dubois with Shell...like for the Molokai
#35 Wed, 11/04/2009 - 10:15am
between 80 and 86. place: Team Panthère Rose (pink panther)
they have a very nice pink va'a in pink panther design :-)
#36 Wed, 11/04/2009 - 10:17am
Pink Panther
#37 Wed, 11/04/2009 - 10:22am
mean bro - keep it going. Old Manutea aye - looks like North didnt pay off
#38 Wed, 11/04/2009 - 10:29am
...now the hawaiki nui song is playing :)
#39 Wed, 11/04/2009 - 10:30am
It reminds me of the 2007 edition when Rene Avepi with his team Vairao took a complete different course than the others....and suddently they finished third...no one expected it
#40 Wed, 11/04/2009 - 10:32am
10:21am - finish in about 10:30
"Shell mene la danse suivi de Matairea hoe Team Hawaii team opt et Edt vaa..."
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Shell carries out the dance followed by Matairea hoe, TEAM Hawaii, TEAM opt and Edt vaa…
Hawaii 3rd?!
#41 Wed, 11/04/2009 - 10:33am
Manutea is a great surfer...maybe the North course will pay off...hard to tell...
#42 Wed, 11/04/2009 - 10:33am
bro those tahitian words crack me up for that song - dont worry bro i understand a little tahitian, i will pop in where its unclear
#43 Wed, 11/04/2009 - 10:34am
k, did you get this info from some online radio or do you have a contact on the race course/escort boat??
#44 Wed, 11/04/2009 - 10:34am
looks like Manutea pulled them in - he lives on huahine remember and they been training the channel. but hawaii3rd?
#45 Wed, 11/04/2009 - 10:35am
http://outriggercanoe.hawaikinuivaa.pf/live.html it works for me?
#46 Wed, 11/04/2009 - 10:36am
looks like Manutea is doing like Vairao three years ago...against the current but with the waves...
#47 Wed, 11/04/2009 - 10:36am
got video - kuality no good. hawaiian interview on radio - he reckons the tahitians will win, but no other comment.
#48 Wed, 11/04/2009 - 10:37am
haha..finally they made it to put a blog online :-) though the life stream still doesn't work...
#49 Wed, 11/04/2009 - 10:38am
these radio people can talk as much fluff as espn!!
#50 Wed, 11/04/2009 - 10:39am
bro i got video for sure...looks like 10-15knots and definitely surf from the video angle.
#51 Wed, 11/04/2009 - 10:40am
right...incredible :-) Now they talk about Fafaru...very "special" Tahitian food...not for everyone..
#52 Wed, 11/04/2009 - 10:41am
what was he saying in French about OPT - he went on for long time
#53 Wed, 11/04/2009 - 10:44am
approximately 30 min left
#54 Wed, 11/04/2009 - 10:45am
OPT changed race course/cap
#55 Wed, 11/04/2009 - 10:46am
Hawaii 3rd. Is that true? That is probably better than many suspected. What were the conditions?
#56 Wed, 11/04/2009 - 10:46am
Any word on how the lady's of Team Hawaii did or are doing?
#57 Wed, 11/04/2009 - 10:48am
From Tahitian
Shell
OPT changing course
Matairea sticking to long north course
Very hot out there and a hot race
#58 Wed, 11/04/2009 - 10:48am
I think 2-2.5 m swell - good surf, good for Hawaii and Matairea :)
#59 Wed, 11/04/2009 - 10:48am
Got it not done yet. I imagine that all of the paddlers are getting to the pretty well done feeling. Many changes in last 30 minutes
#60 Wed, 11/04/2009 - 10:49am
Shell far ahead - great surf from behind (50cm swell)
#61 Wed, 11/04/2009 - 10:49am
2- EDT Va'a (500m behind Shell)
3- OPT far behind (600-1k) behind Shell
#62 Wed, 11/04/2009 - 10:51am
Mahalo plenty Oronui in your efforts for us to read what is happening there in Tahiti.
Who are the " Team Hawaii " women?
#63 Wed, 11/04/2009 - 10:52am
1-Shell Va'a (with among others: Yoann Cronsteadt, David Tepava, Taaroa Dubois)
2- EDT Va’a (500m behind Shell)
3- OPT far behind (600-1k) behind Shell
#64 Wed, 11/04/2009 - 10:52am
whats the distances he is talking about in French? From Tahitian...
* The games are over
* Shell in front.
* OPT are three 'thing's behind
* Shell caught everyone sleeping, they way in front
This fulla keeps on talking about how mean Shell is.Shell to the top. He doesn't think OPT can catch.
OPT Cronstead wont catch Taaroa, Bruno Tauhiro, Roland, Yoaan Constread, Tepava in Shell.
#65 Wed, 11/04/2009 - 10:53am
A 1KM de la passe, classement:
1-SHELL A,
2-EDT,
3-TEAM OPT,
4-MATAIREA HOE
#66 Wed, 11/04/2009 - 10:54am
"A 1KM de la passe, classement: SHELL A, EDT, TEAM OPT, MATAIREA HOE"
With 1KM of the master key, classification: SHELL HAS, EDT, TEAM OPT, MATAIREA HOE
#67 Wed, 11/04/2009 - 10:55am
sorry for double up
#68 Wed, 11/04/2009 - 10:56am
Noe Sawyer-Auger (steering), Lauren Barltett, Dane Ward, not sure who the other 3 are
#69 Wed, 11/04/2009 - 10:57am
1- Shell has passed the final pass - still great surf no suspense anymore...
#70 Wed, 11/04/2009 - 11:01am