====== Tahiti Surfski ======

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**Barry Lewin downwinder in Tahiti**

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Tahiti is part of French Polynesia which is an [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overseas_France|overseas collectivity]] of France in the Pacific Ocean.

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===== Downwinds/Paddles =====

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==== Downwind ====

  * **Tiarei - ****Hitimahana Beach **16 km [[https://youtu.be/xo_qBEFCWTw|video]], [[https://www.downwind.fun/courses/tiarei-to-hitimahana-downwind|Downwindfun]]
  * **Hitimahana Beach, Mahina - Pape'ete **14 km
  * **Papeno'o - Pape'ete**  16 km [[https://youtu.be/cd2PWTCQ6t0|video]]
  * **Hitimahana Beach, Mahina - Vaitupa, Faa'a**  20 km
  * **Tautira-Taravao **16 km [[https://youtu.be/632MiC0QNp0|video]]
  * **Tahiti to Mo'orea Run ** [[https://youtu.be/qg8qlaws-kU|SUP downwinder]] (channel crossing)
      * This run to [[:mo_orea|Mo'orea]] starts on Tahiti in Pape'ete and ends at Vai'are waterfront on the island of Mo'orea. Just over **21**  kms in paradise.
      * **2015 Bob Putnam Trip**  (Deep Cove/[[:bobputnam|Bob Putnam Story]])
        * [[:bobs2015moorea|View Inline PDF]]
        * [[https://surfski.wiki/_media/locales/moorea/bobputnamtahitimoorea2015.pdf|View in your PDF viewer]]
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==== Flatwater ====

  * **Faa'a,Puna'auia **on normal days with good weather the nearby beaches and lagoons here on the west side of Tahiti are usually more protected from the typical east/southeast trade winds particularly if you stay reasonably close to shore.
  * [[https://www.youtube.com/@mibot2609/videos|Michaël's Youtube Channel]] Michaël has a number of calm water paddle videos around Tahiti
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===== Races =====

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[[:races:race_calendars|Worldwide Race Calender Page]]

  * **Worlds**
      * **2027 - **<font inherit/inherit;;#e74c3c;;inherit>**Will Host ICF Ocean Racing World Championship in 2027**</font>
      * **2015 Worlds**
        * **Bob Putnam's Trip**
          * [[:bobs2015icfworlds|View Inline PDF ]]
          * [[https://surfski.wiki/_media/locales/tahiti/bobputnamicftahiti2015.pdf|View with your PDF viewer]]
        * [[https://vimeo.com/144204786|2015 Swedish Gofer (Prospect) Video]]
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  * [[https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100078156494651&sk=events|Fédération Polynésienne de Kayak Surfski Events]] (facebook)
  * **Mara'amu**  (named after local trade wind) While this race is in French Polynesia which Tahiti is part of - it is actually approx.140 miles from Tahiti, running between Bora Bora and Taha'a -  [[https://vimeo.com/50212766|2012 video]] See [[:borabora|]]
      * [[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLuykg4We5c_BWtp0ekv1CnrqnxZ-JaCcW|Surfski.tv Mara'amu Video Playlist]]
  * [[https://www.tahititourisme.ca/event/te-aito-et-super-aito/|Te Aito]] Outrigger, Surfski, SUP
      * [[https://www.facebook.com/TeAitoEvent/|Te Aito ]] (facebook)
      * [[https://youtu.be/mdPkVlRNcz8|2023 Race video]]
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===== Resources =====

  * [[https://www.facebook.com/people/Federation-Tahitienne-de-Kayak/100063531458547/|Federation of Canoe & Kayak]] (facebook)
  * [[https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100069888114477&__cft__[0]=AZUMunL5LJlJGzzPdRHRDsK13yRATjjcUBpurulf3Bn3-zHOzmT3XI4ItpNN96hdFC0S8D-05xfqoe2k9ZGEFWLtCa0Ia0qfaSgYyIwIwaZL6WBG-rHtuMiOGCdkNaTTenj1wglkJ7G7R-HyaUHQBvnFEaSgbMHKQ17byBVASPPkvMzpz-17cGcoh7OfyXLnwEqb8HcBt8j02r65yn9FraHI&__tn__=-UC,P-R|Mataiea Hoe 717]] (facebook)
  * [[https://www.facebook.com/groups/142534132555929/|Tefana Surfski ]] (facebook)
  * [[https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063890293803|Teavapiti Surfski Raiatea ]] (facebook)
  * [[https://www.facebook.com/tuaruavaa/|Tua Rua Va'a ]] (facebook) Huahini school for canoe and surfski
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===== Other French Polynesian Islands =====

  * [[:borabora|Bora Bora]]
  * [[:raiatea|Raiatea]]
  * [[:mo_orea|Mo'orea]]
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