Canoe surfing, particularly aboard the outrigger style of boats, is one of the oldest forms ... here’s historian Matt Warshaw: “Ancient Polynesian form of wave-riding, still practiced in ...

Polynesian societies combined a strong authority structure based on genealogical ranking that was useful for mounting long expeditions and founding island colonies. The Voyaging Canoe View from ...

But Galax reassures me that the boat has never capsized ... church choir to mark the return to Polynesian traditions "Our ancestors all came here aboard canoes," says Matahi Tutavae.