Stories
Aug 15, 2008
WAKA AMA - Gold for Northland
Northland waka ama crew Te Houtaewa celebrate their multi-medal win at the world champs, from left, David King (coach), Korina Te Rore, Riana King, April Warwick, Haley Tawha, Pare Holyoake with Jiah Thomas in front.
Aug 15, 2008
Waterproof hearing aids boost paddler's hopes
CRYSTAL CLEAR: Hearing-impaired waka ama paddler Vesna Radonich will be able to listen to her teammates on the water at the world champs this month after receiving waterproof hearing aids from Siemens New Zealand.
Aug 14, 2008
Tahitian Paddlers Claim 71 Medals In World Va'a Championships
French Overseas Junior Minister Yves Jégo has praised the historic 31 gold medals that Tahitian paddlers won in the just concluded World Va'a/Outrigger Canoe Sprint Championships held on Lake Natoma near Sacramento, Calif.
Aug 11, 2008
Worlds 2008 - Signing out
Ha ha, you thought you got rid of me. But I am still here to torment you about the weather.
Aug 11, 2008
Worlds 2008 - Heading Home
We had a bit of a get together last night at the hotel.
Aug 10, 2008
Worlds 2008 - Medaling Kiwis
Congratulations to all the medal winners for 2008
Aug 9, 2008
Worlds 2008 - Splashing it up
Aotearoa Kaha are off to a big start in the J19 Men V61000 repechage
Aug 9, 2008
Worlds 2008 - Cultural Night
Unfortunately i did not attend the cultural night, I was out shopping.
Aug 9, 2008
Worlds 2008 - V12's hit the water
V12 racing started today, the adaptive paddlers were the first V12 crews to cross the line.
Aug 8, 2008
Sacramento hosting world outrigger canoe championships
Henry Maihota, an official from Tahiti, Wednesday raises the flag of the International Va'a Federation, which sponsors the outrigger championships being staged at Lake Natoma. Source: Sacramento Bee / Newspaper
Aug 7, 2008
Worlds 2008 - Day 2 Done and Dusted
Conditions were fantastic today, and the racing was red hot (just like the air temperature).
Aug 7, 2008
Worlds 2008 - New World Record
This morning Brenan Guyol set a world record time of 2:35.32 in the Senior Master Women V1
Aug 6, 2008
Worlds 2008 - Racing has started
It is now 10:30am in the morning here, and races have been underway since 8am
Aug 5, 2008
Worlds 2008 - A view from the South
Some of the guys from the South Island are over here, so here is Shaun to put his spin on things...
Aug 5, 2008
Results - 2008 Alcatraz "Round the Rock Challenge"
On Friday afternoon 3 womens teams - Tahi Ferns (Master Women), SolutioNZ (Senior Master Women) and Va'a Ferns (Master Women) along with Rob (aka Tim) and Lara, headed down to San Francisco to compete in the 2008 Alcatraz "Round the Rock Challenge".
