Complete results
1st 6h03'30" Team OPT A (TAHITI)
2nd 6h04'34" Shell Va'a (TAHITI)
3rd 6h12'59" Mata'irea Ho'e (HUAHINE)
4th 6h17'17" Team OPT B (TAHITI)
5th 6h19'22" Paddling Connection (TAHITI)
6th 6h21'29" Mana He'e (TAHITI)
7th 6h25'06" Pirae Va'a (TAHITI)
8th 6h27'41" Rautere (TAHITI)
9th 6h28'52" Tiare Tahiti Va'a (MOOREA)
10th 6h29'21" Tamarii Punaruu (TAHITI)
11th 6h33'26" Rairoa Va'a (TAHITI)
12th 6h37'43" Tepaetia (RANGIROA)
13th 6h49'41" Ahe Maru (AHE)
14th 6h51'17" Maui Hee (ARUTUA)
15th 6h51'59" Tutonu Va'a (KAUKURA)
16th 7h10'37" Tuherahera Nui (TIKEHAU)
Submitted by Hiro C. on Sat, 05/10/2008 - 5:30pm
Iaorana Hiro,
What's happening with Shell? They've already lost the ABC Cup and now the Rangiroa Channel. I saw the photos of the ABC Cup and with the exception of David Tepava steering and Lucien Tara, I did not see any of the famous faces like Karyl Maoni, Roland, Jimmy Pirato, Moana Mairau, and even Bruno Tauhiro who apparently went back to Shell this year.
What are the comments in Tahiti in regards to this healthy competition between OPT and Shell?
Mauruuru
Na Na
#1 Sun, 05/11/2008 - 4:04pm
In fact Shell hit OPT A canoe and broke their own ama... They had to stop paddling to change their ama in the ocean. After that they came 2nd... not so bad !
#2 Sun, 05/11/2008 - 7:57pm
90 pics
http://www.vaatahiti.com/index.php?option=com_datsogallery&Itemid=40&fun...
#3 Wed, 05/14/2008 - 6:37pm
Thanks Hiro C.
The photos made it look like it was pretty flat maybe 2 to 3 foot.
Article from Tahiti Press
OPT team wins 1st Rangiroa-Tikehau outrigger canoe race
(Tahitipresse) - Two of the top outrigger canoe teams in Tahiti—the OPT and Shell—finished first and second respectively over the weekend in the first "Rangiroa Channel Hoe" race of some 80 km (50 miles) between two Tuamotu atolls.
The OPT team is made up of employees of the French Polynesia Office des Postes et Télécommunications. The Shell team is made up of employees of the Shell Oil Co. operating in French Polynesia.
There were 17 canoes on the starting line at Rangiroa. The race ended on the neighboring atoll of Tikehau. Among the spectators for this outrigger canoe racing first was French Polynesia President Gaston Tong Sang.
Tong Sang and his government's Sports Minister Clarenntz Vernaudon, Public Works Minister Louis Frébault, Sea Minister Temauri Foster and Archipelago Development Minister Otime Teura took advantage of their official visit to the Tuamotu Archipelago to take in the race.
The 17 canoe teams included several from Tahiti in an operation similar to the older and much bigger Hawaiki Nui event, an annual outrigger canoe race held between the Leeward Islands of Huahine, Raiatea, Taha'a and Bora Bora. This race, attracting more than 100 canoes, will be held this year from Oct. 29-31
#4 Thu, 05/15/2008 - 8:11am