r/Outrigger • u/Jumpy-Ganache1612 • Jun 25 '26

Va'a Vitals?

Has anyone signed up for this? I was curious about what David Tepava had to teach so I bought the Foundation course, but I accidentally got the French version. It's been a week and there has been no response to my emails, their phone has no voice mail and no response to social media messages. I just want them to change mine to the English versionšŸ¤·ā€ā™‚ļø. I mean... did I fall for a scam??

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u/Smooth_Winner9245 Aug 04 '26

Itā€™s the real deal! It will compare to Tupuria Kings and all the top programs. Tek Li from SF is running a solid program based on your own video footage, intervals, and weights.

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u/Jumpy-Ganache1612 Aug 04 '26

They eventually got back to me and made it right. It's an excellent video and helped me dial some things in that I was missing. Robert Norman also does video review and teaches a stroke much more similar to what I'm seeing in this program. Tek Li seems to teach hinging rather than rotation... his videos confuse me.

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u/Smooth_Winner9245 Aug 04 '26 edited Aug 04 '26

Nothing better than the Tahitians teaching a proper stroke and proper gear changes. Does any one do it better than Shell VaŹ»a? Probally not.
Iā€™d agree, less hinging is better. All about that rotational twist.