A shortage of canoes that forced young paddlers away from the sport has prompted longtime paddler Ulugia Jay Ah Fook to return to the foundations of Samoa’s ocean culture: building canoes locally.Ulugia and his team in Siumu are constructing a mould for a six-person V6 canoe, which could be used ...
Canoe shortage sparks mission to build Samoa's own fleet
By Sulamanaia Manaui Faulalo
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26 July 2026, 9:00PM
A shortage of canoes that forced young paddlers away from the sport has prompted longtime paddler Ulugia Jay Ah Fook to return to the foundations of Samoa’s ocean culture: building canoes locally.
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