Huahine

Alors que plus d’une vingtaine d’athlètes sont en train d’arriver sur l’île de Huahine depuis la France, l’Espagne et les Etats-Unis et bien entendu, l’île voisine Tahiti, Puatea Ellis, waterwoman tahitienne par excellence, nous donne un avant-goût de ce qui attend les participants au Watermana 2018. L’ambassadrice Air Tahiti Nui ultra-capée dans une demi-douzaine de […]

The KXT Watermana 2K18 is back and is ready to start! This year it is Huahine, a small tropical island part of French Polynesia that will host the biggest waterman challenge in the world. This year there is an even greater unknown and unexpected programme planned whether it be on a  SUP, prone paddleboard, in open water swimming and on […]

Ludovic Teulade, l’un des deux frères Teulade se rendra en Polynésie pour l’une des plus grosses compétitions de Waterman au monde d’ici la fin du mois à Huahine. Ayant déjà passé le mois de février entre Tahiti et l’île de Tahaa pour un surf trip, c’est avec un tout autre objectif que Ludo se rend […]

Expect Nothing, be ready for EVERYTHING! The Watermana is fast approaching! 14 athletes were chosen and awarded tickets for the Watermana event in December by TotalSUP, in partnership with Air Tahiti Nui and Tahiti Tourisme. Based around individual endurance and team events including disciplines such as SUP, prone paddleboard, open water swimming (and many other which […]

Nous sommes à un mois du mythique Watermana (ndlr: ex Ironmana), l’un des plus importants événements multi-disciplines au monde qui attirent les watermen du monde entier.  Tous se retrouvent à Huahine en Polynésie Française pour participer à une semaine d’épreuves d’endurance individuelles et en équipe mêlant SUP, Prone, nage en eau libre, et de nombreuses autres épreuves […]

Last weekend  (23rd and 24th June) Hossegor hosted the annual Hossegor Paddle Games in France. This was the 9th stop of the Euro Tour and 6th major of  The Paddle League Tour. The focus was on Saturdays elite race which was a long distance 7 KM challenge that included paddling in flat water, open ocean, wind and […]

Kainalu XT, Air Tahiti Nui, Tahiti Tourisme, Air Tahiti and Hawaiki Nui, Hossegor Paddle Games and TotalSUP have joined forces to give two watermen / women the chance to compete in the 2018 Watermana set in beautiful French Polynesia. The Watermana, previously known until last year as Ironmana – Bora Bora Liquid Festival, is a week-long […]

Kainalu XT, Air Tahiti Nui, Tahiti Tourisme, les Hossegor Paddle Games et TotalSUP s’associent pour donner à 2 watermen/women la chance de partir pour le Watermana 2018 en Polynésie. Le Watermana, connu jusqu’à l’année dernière sous le nom d’Ironmana – Bora Bora Liquid Festival, est un combiné d’épreuves et d’aventures multi-disciplinaires et d’endurance extrême qui […]

The 2018 season of Waterman Tahiti Tour (WTT) is about to kickoff, with the 1st stop on 17th March at Punaauia, Tahiti, followed by 4 more stops in French Polynesia. The Waterman Tahiti Tour is made up of 3 disciplines all based around water, disciplines that remain a secret right until the event! The brainchild of organiser Stephen Lambert […]

And that’s a wrap! Going from strength to strength, year on year, Ironmana 2017 has come to a close for another edition. And our man on the ground, the one and only Starboard SUP racer Bart de Zwart, gives us his parting words as he says goodbye to Huahine, where the event was held for […]

Bart de Zwart has been in Huahine, French Polynesia, since last weekend, waiting for Ironmana 2017 to kick off. Now that it has, the Dutch king of endurance is keen to share with us his thoughts and impressions of how things are advancing thus far. Letting us in on the ins and out of each […]

When Olivia Piana was offered a new trip to French Polynesia to take part in the KXT IRONMANA during the last edition of the Pacific Paddle Games, she did not hesitate a split second to take up the challenge. From the 4th to the 10th of December, the three-time ISA vice world champion from France […]