The Tahitians are serious about va'a and are bringing a team of almost sixty paddlers to the mini games.
There are several world champions in the line up.
In 2008 they picked up 71 medals at the va'a world championships in Sacramento, USA while Taaroa Dubois and Hinatea Bernadino (pictured) won categories in the recent Super Aito races in Tahiti recently.
Tahiti won all ten va'a gold medals at the 2007 Samoa Pacific Games. The Cook Islands won three silver and three bronze medals.
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