muskets into his fight — he would want to push the technology of the canoe.” Beating the Tahitians While Team Primo, the last team to beat Shell Vaa in the Molokai Hoe, won last year’s ...

Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. Well before the arrival of Europeans, Polynesians used the va'a, or outrigger canoe, to travel ...

Tahitian crew Shell Va’a continued its domination of the Hawaiian Airlines Molokai Hoe on Sunday, winning the long distance outrigger canoe championship for the 12th time in 14 years.

The second annual Olamau Unlimited Canoe Race came to an end Friday as Tahitian team Shell Vaa cruised across the finish line at Kailua Pier after three days of racing that covered more than 100 ...