The Third Annual Tui Tonga Canoe Festival was held today (Saturday, Dec. 10) at Keauhou Bay. This event features some of the world's top Elite paddlers sharing their knowledge and experience with those in attendance, and then joining the race, with some of the elite paddlers pairing up with a junior racer on the ocean. Both races started and finished at Keauhou Bay; the short course was 4 miles, with the long course participants paddling 6 miles.