French Polynesia teams dominated the 2025 Molokai Hoe, with Team OPT winning the men's distance paddling event.

Adventurous travelers can summit Mount Otemanu in Bora Bora, one of 118 islands and atolls in French Polynesia. Photograph by Maridav, Alamy Stock Photo Hawaiians revere Tahiti as part of their ...

The teams took off from Hale O Lono Bay in Molokai at 8 a.m. on Sunday, Oct. 12, to take on the 40-mile stretch between Molokai to Oahu, known as the Kaiwi Channel.

The Molokai Hoe World Championship saw record participation and historic moments, including the first-ever junior team from ...

Rurutu Hoe was the fourth Tahitian team to cross the finish line in their canoe, Te Uira Te Paitri O Te Moana.

Join us on an exhilarating journey with Henwa, a renowned surfer, as he takes us through Tahiti's most breathtaking surf ...

Experience should tell well-traveled warm-weather wanderlusters that when offered this greeting at a tropical resort, it’s best to take it with a grain of sea salt. Too many times has this ...

Pressed into action for a rare Sunday assignment, Team OPT delivered as the Tahitian outrigger canoe paddling squad that ...

The teams took off from Hale O Lono Bay in Molokai at 8 a.m. on Sunday, Oct. 12, to take on the 40-mile stretch between ...

Hawaiians revere Tahiti as part of their ancestral homeland, referred to as Kahiki. But with French Polynesia’s capital, Papeete, located more than 2,700 miles south of Hawaii’s capital in Honolulu, ...