Category Archives: Polynesia

I left my heart in Samoa

Posted on May 31, 2012 by

I was seven years old when I saw my first fautasi race. I was sitting on a small strip of grass between Aggie Greys Hotel and the bridge that spans the mouth of the Vaisigano River. “What are we doing … Continue reading →

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Got Haka?

Posted on November 2, 2011 by

For the record, I wasn’t there. I don’t know anyone who was involved in the incident nor do I claim to be an expert in the haka. I don’t even do it well. What I do know and understand is … Continue reading →

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We are all in the same fautasi

Posted on June 1, 2011 by

I was just a child when my parents decided to move us from the suburban sprawl of Utah to a vastly unfamiliar and foreign new world in the middle of the immense Pacific Ocean. It was a world that provided … Continue reading →

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