{"id":232629,"date":"2016-07-20T06:00:53","date_gmt":"2016-07-19T20:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=232629"},"modified":"2016-07-20T06:00:53","modified_gmt":"2016-07-19T20:00:53","slug":"best-sunshine-international-takes-part-mau-fatuul-classic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/best-sunshine-international-takes-part-mau-fatuul-classic\/","title":{"rendered":"Best Sunshine International takes part in  Mau Fatuul Classic"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-232629 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon '>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/best-sunshine-international-takes-part-mau-fatuul-classic\/bsi2\/'>bsi2<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-232651'>\n\t\t\t\tBSI employees are on standby to assist paddlers as they get on their boards.\n(Contributed Photo)\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon '>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/best-sunshine-international-takes-part-mau-fatuul-classic\/bsi3\/'>bsi3<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-232652'>\n\t\t\t\tBSI-CSR staff members pose alongside Napu Outrigger Canoe Club\u2019s Jason Tarkong, SUP Saipan\u2019s Ponce Rasa, and other sponsors and organizers of the 16th Mau Fatuul Classic. (Contributed Photo)\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon '>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/best-sunshine-international-takes-part-mau-fatuul-classic\/bsimain-pix\/'>bsimain-pix<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-232653'>\n\t\t\t\tBSI CSR executive director Rita Chong, third left, assists her staff in carrying a canoe following one of the races in last weekend\u2019s 16th Mau Fatuul Classic in the waters off Chamolinian Utt. (Contributed Photo)\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Best Sunshine International\u2019s Corporate Social Responsibility team collaborated with Napu Outrigger Canoe Club and SUP Saipan to make this year\u2019s Mau Fatuul Classic a success.<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Ramon Tebuteb, who was present throughout the event last weekend at the Chamolinian Utt , gave insights on why they are holding the Mau Fatuul Classic every year. \u201cThe reason we have this is to continue to facilitate the canoe culture. As you know, in the Pacific, canoeing is a very fundamental aspect of our lives. Canoes are us,\u201d explained Tebuteb.<\/p>\n<p>Mau Piailug was a traditional navigator from the tiny island of Satawal and he taught the Polynesians about the lost traditional navigation skills. In 1976, he went to Hawaii and helped the Polynesians on their voyage to Tahiti using only the natural elements and skills.<\/p>\n<p>BSI-CSR representative Dania Mettao, one of the main coordinators of the event, explained that Best Sunshine\u2019s involvement in last weekend\u2019s competition was a result of their success in coordinating the Timmy Would Go race.<\/p>\n<p> \u201cIt\u2019s in honor of Mau Piailug, master navigator. His sons are here and I know they wanted to do this event after they saw how Timmy Would Go happen. They saw it was big and the organization had a good partnership with SUP Saipan and Napu, so they called us again to organize it,\u201d Mettao said.<\/p>\n<p>BSI-CSR provided water and fruits for the competing teams, built tents to ensure everyone who watched the races and participated had some place to stay cool, and funded the awards banquet held last Sunday. The group also made the trophies for the event winners from scratch. They were created from a tree that fell during Typhoon Soudelor and the CSR team used the wood-burning method to bring the design back to life. <\/p>\n<p>However, the most vital role BSI-CSR played in the event was their facilitation of the races. They provided manpower on land and out in the water to ensure the races ran fairly and smoothly and that the appropriate times were recorded. <\/p>\n<p>SUP Saipan president Ponce Rasa, the main organizer of the event, praised BSI-CSR for their efficiency up until the very end of the event. <\/p>\n<p> \u201cThe CSR1 team has exceeded all expectations. Everyone went above and beyond to make the event run smoothly,\u201d Rasa said. \u201cI\u2019m blown away by how smoothly everything went. CSR1 paid attention to all the itty bitty and key, intricate details. I can honestly tell you that the privilege of working with them is ours.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Tebuteb also recognized the efficiency of the BSI-CSR staff. \u201cThe impact that they have in our community is so large that other people may not see it. For example, the CSR employees facilitating the race in the water, they set the bar for the coordination of this race and future races to come to an upper scale.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Napu coach Jason Tarkong applauded Best Sunshine\u2019s CSR team for their coordination and assistance throughout the entire event. Tarkong thanked BSI during the banquet and mentioned that this event would not have been possible without them. He asked everyone present at the awards banquet to give BSI-CSR a round of applause.   <\/p>\n<p>The teams that competed in multiple races throughout the event were Marianas Outrigger Canoe Club, Saipan Paddling Club, Marianas Pacific Paddlers, and Ho Lokahi.  <strong>(PR)<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Best Sunshine International\u2019s Corporate Social Responsibility team collaborated with Napu Outrigger Canoe Club and SUP&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":232651,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[8034,12544,11481,7699],"class_list":["post-232629","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","tag-csr","tag-mau-fatuul-classic","tag-mau-piailug","tag-ramon-tebuteb"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232629","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/28"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=232629"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232629\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/232651"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=232629"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=232629"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=232629"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}