Couldn't find any pictures of Day 2.
Insteresting to see how much Team Hawaii struggled in the flat on Day 2 but on Day 1 did well in the channel and surf.
OPT has a shot. They won by nearly 2 minutes on Day 2 and that shows strength, but as I remember this has been a pattern with Shell Vaa win Day 1 struggle Day 2 and smash on Day 3.
Submitted by Kona J on Fri, 11/06/2009 - 5:02am
OPT will likely make it
#71 Fri, 11/06/2009 - 11:15am
almost done
OPT WINNER
#72 Fri, 11/06/2009 - 11:16am
OPT winner of hawaiki nui 2009..
Heiarii teakura speaking.... "we wait that for 4 years"
#73 Fri, 11/06/2009 - 11:18am
TEAM OPT, Cronstead, tainui, heiarii, laurent aie, teiva and eric deane
#74 Fri, 11/06/2009 - 11:20am
OPT won!!!!
#75 Fri, 11/06/2009 - 11:21am
Shell, david tepava speaking "we still happy, congratulation opt, no more in the same feeling, we try to catch them"
#76 Fri, 11/06/2009 - 11:22am
Mahalo for all the updates...made work go by faster this morn
#77 Fri, 11/06/2009 - 11:29am
thanks for the updates! Stoked for opt
#78 Fri, 11/06/2009 - 11:34am
That sounded like an awesome race. Hoping Tahtian689 has some video for us!
#79 Fri, 11/06/2009 - 11:43am
thanks for the updates.. that was great
#80 Fri, 11/06/2009 - 11:52am
Great play by play updates, I felt like I was there. Even though I wished I was there in the lagoon to watch.
#81 Fri, 11/06/2009 - 1:12pm
Ive been at work all day and just read all the comments WOW its so cool to read them all at once, exciting. Congrats to OPT, Shell and all the other competitors. Hope one day Ill be able to go down and see the race in person.
#82 Fri, 11/06/2009 - 1:54pm
Congrats OPT!! I guess their decision to skip the Molokai Hoe to concentrate on Hawaiki Nui paid off. Tough showing for team Hawaii, but good job boys. I was real excited after that first day showing, but looks like the wheels fell off. I do know that they gave it their best. Good job Mike, Kai and the rest of the boys.
Cannot wait for video's from our tahitian friends. Hey Hiro...how did you guys end up?? Hope you had a good Hawaiki Nui.
JawsOut.
#83 Fri, 11/06/2009 - 1:56pm
I just read in Tahiti Press that OPT won the final leg in record time.
#84 Fri, 11/06/2009 - 5:49pm
We had a good time. A lot of fun. I met the Team Brazil and the Team Fischermichel. Special congrats to germans... they had a hard time but never gave up. bravo !
We ended 76th overall. I'm quite happy with that since most of my paddlers had never done any race before, and that was their first time crossing a channel... most of them are veterans and have been paddling for a year or two.
#85 Sun, 11/08/2009 - 12:27pm