Blue Skies With Glowing Orb Blesses Paddle Race #4
Blues skies and sunshine (aka the glowing orb) made a cameo appearance at race number 4 in the 101 Surf Sports Paddle Race Series and we took full advantage. (Pictured Godzilla at the finish line)
With a cadre of Surfski, Outrigger Canoe, Stand Up and Prone Paddleboards, and kayaks this was one race that celebrated diversity in all its facets. We served up our normal 6-mile-long course around the islands alongside the 2-mile short course that peek-a-boo’s out in to the bay before returning home.
While many of the day’s efforts were hard fought, we have to single out a few for some special mention. First up was Zach Alva’s paddle of the day performance in the Surfski division on the long course. This was Zach’s first time racing in the adult division and Mr. Alva served notice with an impressive 3rd place finish. Next up was Starboard Ambassador Patrick Alteri. Patrick need help from Treston Vorac however to make it happen. Why the need for help? They paddled a tandem Starboard inflatable! Now that’s our speed – nice work boys.(pictured Vincent Huang finishing in a flurry of bubbles)
After racing we treated the racers to a taste-o-surfski. We busted out our new fleet of Epic Surfski’s and got the paddlers to take a taste of pure speed. We saw many ‘oh-my’ expressions when they felt the pure glide these super-fast boats can deliver.(pictured below is Mark Prior on his V7 Epic Surfski narrowly besting Robert Lambros at the finish line)
We have to pass on a heaping helping of thanks to all our supporting partners. Hint Water was flowing and Kind Bars were in ample supply. 101 North Brewing did their thing and did it well. We have to make a special mention of thanks to Derek and Amy O’Connell. The O’Connell’s are moving to Oregon and someone had to help them out by taking possession of their Kegerator. We were happy to oblige. Thanks Derek and Amy! The Fruit Guys balance us out with a cornucopia of fresh fruit. Fresh fruit you can have delivered straight to your home or office. DO IT! There was not a sugar low among any of the racers. Why? Mamie’s Pie’s and Three Twins Ice Cream that’s why. Thanks, as well to the San Rafael Police boat for keeping everyone safe on the water. (pictured is Onboard SUP Yoga's Ashley Taylor in perfect form crossing the line.)
A special thanks to everyone who raced. We are so stoked to see so many first-time racers and the growing fleet of kids taking to racing. Keiki power is powered by parents and for that we all say thank you.
Coming up next is a super active race calendar. You can many more races and fun activities by checking out the 101 Surf Sports Calendar.
February 18th – Wavechaser Fort Baker
February 26th – Bluerush Race Sausalito.
We then announced a brand-new race at the upcoming Pacific Power and Sail boat show in Marina Bay Richmond. While we won’t have our normal après party race scene your $20 entrance fee will also get you access to the boat show. Race in the morning and boat show in the afternoon. Now that’s a day that’s fun for the whole family. Saturday April 9th. More information Click here.
Complete Results at bottom.
CORRECTION TIMES
Short Course take off 6 minutes
Long Course SUP take off 1 minute
Long Course Boats - as is
Event Name Name(s) Craft Age Group GenderTime Rank Div Rank
Long Course Carter JohnsonSurfski Single 18-55 male 00:43:13.85 1 1
Long Course Amy Byers, Elaine Baden Surfski Double 18-55 female 00:46:41.56 2 1
Long Course Frank Peronetto Surfski Single 18-55 male 00:46:42.93 3 2
Long Course Zachary Alva Surfski Single under 18 male 00:46:48.08 4 3
Long Course Paul Macintyre Surfski Single Sr. Masters 55+male 00:48:12.21 5 1
Long Course Doug Kidder OC-1 Sr. Masters 55+male 00:52:17.57 6 1
Long Course Misha Riszkiewicz Surfski Single Sr. Masters 55+male 00:55:01.97 7 2
Long Course Shannon Hartnett OC-1 18-55 female 00:55:57.21 8 1
Long Course Mark Prior Surfski Single 18-55 male 00:56:40.31 9 3
Long Course Robert Lambros Surfski Single Sr. Masters 55+male 00:56:42.86 10 3
Long Course Team CrimminsOC-2 Sr. Masters 55+male 00:57:35.04 11 1
Long Course Mike Staninec Surfski Single Sr. Masters 55+male 00:59:10.43 12 4
Long Course Ryan Funk SUP 12'6" under 18 male 00:59:53.90 13 1
Long Course Haakon Hoyer-Nielsen SUP 12'6" under 18 male 01:01:34.43 14 2
Long Course Chad RaugewitzSUP 14'18-55 male 01:01:35.50 15 1
Long Course John Dye SUP 14'Sr. Masters 55+male 01:04:01.39 16 1
Long Course Hong Chin Surfski Single Sr. Masters 55+male 01:04:39.35 17 5
Long Course Shawn CallahanSUP 14'18-55 male 01:04:43.88 18 2
Long Course Daniel Alvarez SUP 14'18-55 male 01:04:50.22 19 3
Long Course Cary Fergus OC-1 Sr. Masters 55+male 01:05:44.65 20 2
Long Course Carlo Maravilla SUP 12'6" 18-55 male 01:06:00.10 21 1
Long Course Patrick Alteri/Treston Vorac SUP Unlimited 18-55 male 01:07:25.83 22 1
Long Course John Walsh SUP 12'6" 18-55 male 01:07:58.82 23 2
Long Course Dave Hook SUP 14'Sr. Masters 55+male 01:09:30.40 24 2
Long Course Shanna Upton SUP 12'6" 18-55 female 01:10:15.59 25 1
Long Course Tyler Brooks SUP 14'under 18 male 01:10:33.98 26 1
Long Course Rob Sinclaire SUP 14'18-55 male 01:11:02.66 27 4
Long Course Helen GallagherOC-1 Sr. Masters 55+female 01:11:59.03 28 1
Long Course Darren Howe SUP 14'18-55 male 01:12:11.67 29 5
Long Course Sean Mosbey SUP 14'18-55 male 01:12:20.71 30 6
Long Course Leo Montero SUP 14'18-55 male 01:12:29.93 31 7
Long Course Madeleine KingSUP 12'6" Sr. Masters 55+female 01:15:46.03 32 1
Long Course Mary Spicer SUP 14'18-55 female 01:16:21.48 33 1
Long Course Vincent Huang SUP 14'Sr. Masters 55+male 01:20:53.78 34 3
Long Course Kim Charlesworth SUP 12'6" 18-54 female 01:21:08.65 35 1
Long Course Richard Carpenter SUP 14'Sr. Masters 55+male 01:22:18.71 36 4
Long Course Douglas Wirth SUP 14'Sr. Masters 55+male 01:22:27.45 37 5
Long Course Christian Gilby SUP 12'6" 18-55 male 01:22:53.96 38 3
Long Course Amy Mosbey SUP 14'18-55 female 01:24:04.06 39 2
Long Course Rune Hoyer Nielsen Prone Stock 18-55 male 01:24:09.05 40 1
Long Course Bella Ferriter SUP 12'6" 18-55 female 01:26:43.59 41 2
Long Course Claudia Breuer SUP 12'6" 18-55 female 01:27:50.32 42 3
Long Course Kate CarpenterSUP 14'Sr. Masters 55+female 01:49:17.21 43 1
Short Course Jasper Caddell Surfski Single under 18 male 00:26:45.62 1 1
Short Course Craig Caddell Surfski Single Sr. Masters 55+male 00:28:31.84 2 1
Short Course Chloe Madden Surfski Single U-18 female 00:29:35.68 3 1
Short Course Mike Mccoy Surfski Single Sr. Masters 55+male 00:30:56.96 4 2
Short Course Cyrus Alva Surfski Single under 18 male 00:32:12.68 5 2
Short Course Trevor Steffen SUP 14'under 18 male 00:35:54.21 6 1
Short Course Jeff KayProne Unlimited 18-55 male 00:37:01.62 7 1
Short Course Takahiro Chino SUP 14'18-55 male 00:39:31.13 8 1
Short Course Dan Preston Sea Kayak 18-55 male 00:40:37.82 9 1
Short Course Nathalie Chan King ChoySUP 12'6" 18-55 female 00:41:24.63 10 1
Short Course Ashley Taylor SUP 12'6" 18-55 female 00:41:26.00 11 2
Short Course Christa PrestonSUP 12'6" 18-55 female 00:41:27.00 12 3
Short Course Brenna Raugewitz SUP 12'6" 18-55 female 00:41:28.00 13 4
Short Course Justin Beddecarre SUP 14'18-55 male 00:43:07.20 14 2
Short Course Teresa Wang SUP 14'18-55 female 00:43:16.05 15 1
Short Course Arline Thomas SUP 12'6" Sr. Masters 55+female 00:44:10.65 16 1
Short Course Jennifer Tripathy Surfski Single 18-55 female 00:45:49.86 17 2
Short Course Shelly Howe Prone Stock 18-55 female 00:47:50.04 18 1