John Canning Created in 2000 by aquatic athlete Stephan Lambert, Bora Bora Liquid Fest has become a way for paddle boarders and water lovers to engage with Tahitians, for whom water is the defining fact of life. Each year, athletes from California, Hawaii, Australia, New Zealand, and French Polynesia flock to a pristine lagoon on the remote island to swim, canoe, and paddle in the lead-up to Ironmana, an epic ocean race that requires participants to row an outrigger for 36 miles before swimming six miles across a lagoon and paddle boarding another 25. The winner can declare himself waterproof.…