Spectacular Weather Blesses Paddle Racers
With the weather gods smiling on us it was one fine day for the local paddle fleet. The day opened with blue skies shining over windless waters and some 60 paddlers took advantage of some of the best paddling San Francisco Bay has to offer. (pictured the long course fires off the starting line)
The day started with a breakfast of Kind Bars chased down by bottomless cooler of Hint Water. Remember to support the businesses that support our sport. Speaking of which a special thanks to Mamies Pies, Three Twins Ice Cream, and the Fruit Guys. longtime sponsors and friends. We could not do it with out you. (pictured below the long course SUP Racers)
The paddle of the day went to Team Moseby. 3 people on one board and a podium finish. Hard to beat that. We threw up an honorable mention to Kathleen Fergus for her win doing so for the first time ever in an Epic V5 Surfski! (pictured below the 3 amigos (Dylan, Kasen, Philip) stage a faux finish line battle - you had to be there)
Another thanks to Kenny Howell and Epic Kayaks for leading an impromptu demo day that saw some paddlers taking speed runs in double surfski's.
A special nod of congratulations to Jasper Cadell. Jasper has been paddling with us over the years through his River Town Racer Paddling Club. Jasper's efforts in training have been rewarded with a spot on the US Olympic Development team. NICE WORK JASPER. You can help Jasper and the rest of the River Town Racers by supporting the team with some funds to help make NorCal the place where to world's future top paddlers come from. Support the Rivertown Racers Here
We look forward to a fine season of racing and hope to see you at one of these upcoming events .
December 8th - Long Strange Trip (advanced paddlers only) - More Information
January 17th Paddle Race San Rafael - More Information
You can check paddleguru.com to see any and all of our races. Thanks to everyone who paddled!
Take a lesson with Connor Baxter! Click Here
PHOTO GALLERY CLICK HERE (thanks Cort Larned, Sophi Rutherford, and Brent DeShazer, Mark Gravitch (drone shots)
Facebook link to Brents Photos
Video Race Start Long Course Boats
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Video Race Start Short Course Boats
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Complete Results (offsets - LC Boats as is, LC SUP minus one minute, SC Boats minus 9 minutes, SC SUP Minus 10 minutes)
| Event | Name(s) | Category | Age Group | Gender | Time | Rank | Div Rank | Time |
| 6 mile | Zachary Alva, Petri Alva | Surfski Double | 18-55 | male | 41:37.2 | 1 | 1 | 41:37.2 |
| 6 mile | Jasper Caddell | Surfski Single | U18 | male | 42:30.8 | 2 | 1 | 42:30.8 |
| 6 mile | Kenny Howell, Cyril Derreumaux | Surfski Double | 56+ | male | 42:35.6 | 3 | 1 | 42:35.6 |
| 6 mile | John Dye | Surfski Single | 56+ | male | 46:53.5 | 4 | 1 | 46:53.5 |
| 6 mile | Paul Macintyre | Surfski Single | 56+ | male | 47:40.7 | 5 | 2 | 47:40.7 |
| 6 mile | Amy Byers, Elaine Baden | Surfski Double | 18-55 | female | 47:51.3 | 6 | 1 | 47:51.3 |
| 6 mile | John Green | Surfski Single | 56+ | male | 47:59.8 | 7 | 3 | 47:59.8 |
| 6 mile | Dylan Anacleto-black | Surfski Single | U18 | male | 52:48.4 | 8 | 2 | 52:48.4 |
| 6 mile | Philip Majumdar | Surfski Single | U18 | male | 52:48.7 | 9 | 3 | 52:48.7 |
| 6 mile | Kasen Taylor | Surfski Single | U18 | male | 52:49.3 | 10 | 4 | 52:49.3 |
| 6 mile | Renee & Rune Hoyer-nielsen | OC2 | 18-55 | mixed | 53:30.3 | 11 | 1 | 53:30.3 |
| 6 mile | Jonathan Gray | Surfski Single | 56+ | male | 53:33.2 | 12 | 4 | 53:33.2 |
| 6 mile | Geoff James | OC-1 | 18-55 | male | 55:32.6 | 13 | 1 | 55:32.6 |
| 6 mile | Mike Crimmins | OC-1 | 56+ | male | 57:11.9 | 14 | 1 | 57:11.9 |
| 6 mile | Pete Gauvin | SUP Stock 14 | 18-55 | male | 57:22.7 | 15 | 1 | 57:22.7 |
| 6 mile | Joe Naholowa'a | SUP Stock 14 | 18-55 | male | 57:25.8 | 16 | 2 | 57:25.8 |
| 6 mile | Dave Hook | OC-1 | 56+ | male | 58:49.4 | 17 | 2 | 58:49.4 |
| 6 mile | Jamie Willin | SUP Stock 14 | 56+ | male | 01:35.6 | 18 | 1 | 01:35.6 |
| 6 mile | Justin Paulson | SUP Stock 14 | 18-55 | male | 02:10.5 | 19 | 3 | 02:10.5 |
| 6 mile | Cary Fergus | OC-1 | 56+ | male | 04:43.6 | 20 | 3 | 04:43.6 |
| 6 mile | Jeff Broffman | SUP Stock 14 | 56+ | male | 04:56.0 | 21 | 2 | 04:56.0 |
| 6 mile | John Walsh | SUP Stock 14 | 18-55 | male | 06:00.6 | 22 | 4 | 06:00.6 |
| 6 mile | Sean Mosbey | SUP Stock 14 | 18-55 | male | 06:33.6 | 23 | 5 | 06:33.6 |
| 6 mile | Fred Andersen | SUP Stock 14 | 56+ | male | 06:42.3 | 24 | 3 | 06:42.3 |
| 6 mile | Martin Gates | SUP Stock 14 | 56+ | male | 07:21.4 | 25 | 4 | 07:21.4 |
| 6 mile | Vincent Fallourd | SUP Stock 14 | 18-55 | male | 07:53.5 | 26 | 6 | 07:53.5 |
| 6 mile | Natalie Fon | SUP Stock 14 | 18-55 | female | 09:58.5 | 27 | 1 | 09:58.5 |
| 6 mile | Tom Gallagher | SUP Stock 14 | 18-55 | male | 11:58.6 | 28 | 7 | 11:58.6 |
| 6 mile | Mark Cappa | Prone (All) | 56+ | male | 13:41.3 | 29 | 1 | 13:41.3 |
| 6 mile | Chris Heisterkamp | SUP Stock 14 | 18-55 | male | 15:24.4 | 30 | 8 | 15:24.4 |
| 6 mile | Gregory Crane | SUP Stock 14 | 18-55 | male | 17:03.4 | 31 | 9 | 17:03.4 |
| 6 mile | Chris Pope | SUP Stock 14 | 18-55 | male | 17:07.3 | 32 | 10 | 17:07.3 |
| 6 mile | Liz Newkirk | SUP Stock 14 | 18-55 | female | 24:48.4 | 33 | 2 | 24:48.4 |
| 2 mile | Jacob Johnson | Kayak | U18 | male | 32:34.2 | 1 | 1 | 32:34.2 |
| 2 mile | Hana Mali | Kayak | U18 | female | 32:35.0 | 2 | 1 | 32:35.0 |
| 2 mile | Leah Ahmed | Kayak | U18 | female | 37:26.6 | 3 | 2 | 37:26.6 |
| 2 mile | Jaime Serrano | SUP Stock 14 | 18-55 | male | 37:46.1 | 4 | 1 | 37:46.1 |
| 2 mile | Klemen Simonic | SUP 12'6" | 18-55 | male | 39:04.8 | 5 | 1 | 39:04.8 |
| 2 mile | Nick Campbell | SUP 12'6" | U18 | male | 39:08.6 | 6 | 1 | 39:08.6 |
| 2 mile | Bob Cooper | Kayak | 56+ | male | 39:40.7 | 7 | 1 | 39:40.7 |
| 2 mile | Vincent Huang | SUP Stock 14 | 56+ | male | 39:45.0 | 8 | 1 | 39:45.0 |
| 2 mile | Luke Swain | SUP Stock 14 | 18-55 | male | 40:38.1 | 9 | 2 | 40:38.1 |
| 2 mile | Aleta Blakely | SUP 12'6" | 18-55 | female | 41:25.0 | 10 | 1 | 41:25.0 |
| 2 mile | Max Newkirk | SUP 12'6" | U18 | male | 41:31.0 | 11 | 2 | 41:31.0 |
| 2 mile | Alex Campbell | SUP 12'6" | U18 | male | 42:24.1 | 12 | 3 | 42:24.1 |
| 2 mile | Cathy Huang | SUP 12'6" | 56+ | female | 42:39.8 | 13 | 1 | 42:39.8 |
| 2 mile | Amy Mosbey | SUP Stock 14 | 18-55 | female | 44:12.1 | 14 | 1 | 44:12.1 |
| 2 mile | Jonathan Hlinka | Prone (All) | 18-55 | male | 46:29.1 | 15 | 1 | 46:29.1 |
| 2 mile | Erin McGehee | SUP Under 12'6" | 18-55 | female | 47:27.9 | 16 | 1 | 47:27.9 |
| 2 mile | Bethanie Pack | SUP Under 12'6" | 18-55 | female | 50:30.0 | 17 | 2 | 50:30.0 |
| 2 mile | David Zilberman | SUP Under 12'6" | 18-55 | male | 53:06.7 | 18 | 1 | 53:06.7 |
| 2 mile | Kathleen Fergus | Surfski Single | 56+ | female | 59:53.3 | 19 | 1 | 59:53.3 |
| 2 mile | Laura Buback | SUP Inflatable 12'6" | 18-55 | female | 01:07.5 | 20 | 1 | 01:07.5 |
| 2 mile | Savion Saint Prix | SUP Under 12'6" | U18 | male | 05:59.0 | 21 | 1 | 05:59.0 |
| 2 mile | Adam Saint-Prix | SUP Stock 14 | 18-55 | male | 06:03.2 | 22 | 3 | 06:03.2 |