Big Currents At Charity Paddle Race For Rivers for Change
We have had many issues thrown at us in trying to get races off in the past decade and have always tried to live up to our motto “Rain or shine we are on the starting line”. Well Mother Nature had a new one up her sleeve today throwing a Tsunami our way! (Pictured at top the Rivers for Change Paddle Barge Race / Trash Pick-up team.)
The crew running the race was admittedly a bit ‘deer in the headlights’ on this one so it was off to NOAA to read up on what to expect. NOAA was forecasting an 8:10 am arrival after a Volcano in Tonga let loose and they were almost spot on. Just about 8:15 the water began to surge in. Our location faces south and we are far enough way from the bridge so really all we get is something like a King Tide on Steroids. No wave at all but definitely a way stronger than normal current surge measuring almost 2-3 knots. The Tsunami had largely subsided as our start time was well after the peak but there was definitely some funky water out there. What surges in must surge out so many of the racers reported paddling against the current both ways! We actually saw some pretty fast times were turned in. First to finish was the Double Epic Surfski of Kenny Howell and Doug Hall. Not far behind was first to finish in the single surfski division with Zach Alva behind the paddle.
If you are not familiar with Rivers for Change they are a nonprofit made up of passionate river enthusiasts dedicated to changing the way people think about and interact with water. Through adventure, conservation and education, we work to connect individuals and communities to rivers and promote source to sea literacy. We could not be more proud to help this group advance their cause. Click the Rivers for Change Logo at right to learn more.
The long course ran our normal 6 mile round the Marin Islands course while the short course was on the 2 mile Piling 7 and back route.
We had two paddle of the day awards. First up was River town Racer Lily Cruz. Just as the race was getting set up to start the Tsunami surge came in with a vengeance just as Lilly was getting in her boat the boat was tipped from under her with the and swamping it. The assembled race support team sprung in to action pulling the boat, dumping the water, and getting Lilly back in just as the starting gun went off. Lily was not deterred by the set back and took off down the course putting the hammer down to close the gap with the already running fleet. It was an exercise to make lemonade from the lemons and Lily did just that laying down a third place podium finish! Nice Work Lilly.
Paddle of the day number 2 goes to Jeff Blake who laid down a new course record on the short course on the 10’2 SUP. Stellar effort Jeff.
Our trash hero of the Day was Amy Byers. When we saw the assembled pile of trash she had accumulated we channeled our inner Roy Scheider – Your Gonna Need A Bigger Boat. Thanks to Amy and everyone else who helped pick up our neighborhood. Thanks to everyone we not only picked up the canal we raised $3000 bucks for Rivers for Change. The video below is the photo fihish between Ariel Bryant and Jonas Moore.
Thanks as well to everyone who paddled with a special nod of gratitude to Safety Boat operator Cort Larned. That boat was the only reason some the assembled parents, and your trusty race director were not totally freaking out.
The results. Long Course times correct for boats as is.Offsets for SUP long course subtract 1 minute. Short Course boats 10 minutes and SUP 11 minutes.
Course | Name(s) | Category | Age Group | Gender | Time | Rank | Divison |
Long | Kenny Howell, Doug Hall | Surfski/kayak 2 person | Masters 56+ | male | 46:04.2 | 1 | 1 |
Long | Zachary Alva | Surfski/kayak 1 person | Open 18-55 | male | 46:19.6 | 2 | 1 |
Long | Petri Alva | Surfski/kayak 1 person | Juniors | male | 47:42.9 | 3 | 1 |
Long | Ben Lawry | Surfski/kayak 1 person | Open 18-55 | male | 48:01.5 | 4 | 2 |
Long | Albert Szilvasy | Surfski/kayak 1 person | Open 18-55 | male | 49:34.4 | 5 | 3 |
Long | Tek Li, Eri Miyasaka | Outrigger 2 person | Open 18-55 | mixed | 49:53.2 | 6 | 1 |
Long | Viorel Popa | Surfski/kayak 1 person | Open 18-55 | male | 50:49.4 | 7 | 4 |
Long | Paul Macintyre | Surfski/kayak 1 person | Masters 56+ | male | 51:28.3 | 8 | 1 |
Long | Jeffrey Martin, Mike Staninec | Surfski/kayak 2 person | Open 18-55 | male | 51:36.5 | 9 | 1 |
Long | Jake Johnson | Surfski/kayak 1 person | Juniors | male | 51:47.2 | 10 | 2 |
Long | Jody McComas | Surfski/kayak 1 person | Masters 56+ | male | 51:52.0 | 11 | 2 |
Long | Dimitry Lerner | Surfski/kayak 1 person | Open 18-55 | male | 52:39.5 | 12 | 5 |
Long | Chauncey Cody | Outirigger 1 person | Open 18-55 | male | 52:45.9 | 13 | 1 |
Long | Amy Byers | Surfski/kayak 1 person | Open 18-55 | female | 54:33.4 | 15 | 1 |
Long | Chad Raugewitz | SUP 14' | Open 18-55 | male | 57:11.2 | 16 | 1 |
Long | Steve Axt | SUP 14' | Open 18-55 | male | 57:28.9 | 17 | 2 |
Long | Christian De la vega, Martin Ramos | Outrigger 2 person | Open 18-55 | male | 58:22.4 | 18 | 1 |
Long | Jane Toro, Andy Toro | Outrigger 2 person | Masters 56+ | mixed | 00:31.2 | 19 | 1 |
Long | glenn friedland | Surfski/kayak 1 person | Masters 56+ | male | 05:06.9 | 20 | 3 |
Long | Thane Jennings | Outirigger 1 person | Masters 56+ | male | 06:59.6 | 21 | 1 |
Long | Brian Peterson | Prone | Open 18-55 | male | 13:58.7 | 22 | 1 |
Long | Jen Fuller | SUP 12'6 | Masters 56+ | female | 15:12.9 | 23 | 1 |
Long | Geoffrey Sears | Surfski/kayak 1 person | Masters 56+ | male | 16:05.8 | 24 | 4 |
Long | Jamie Willin | SUP 14' | Masters 56+ | male | 19:15.1 | 25 | 2 |
Long | Vincent Fallourd | SUP 14' | Open 18-55 | male | 21:46.7 | 26 | 3 |
Long | Geoff Schwarten | SUP Under 12ft 6" | Open 18-55 | male | 22:26.5 | 27 | 1 |
Long | Tony Chen | Surfski/kayak 1 person | Masters 56+ | male | 25:50.2 | 28 | 5 |
Short | Jonas Moore | SurfSki/Kayak 1 person | Juniors | male | 36:37.1 | 1 | 1 |
Short | Ariel Bryant | SurfSki/Kayak 1 person | Juniors | female | 36:37.6 | 2 | 1 |
Short | Aidan Fusco | SurfSki/Kayak 1 person | Juniors | male | 37:13.6 | 3 | 2 |
Short | Caetano Walsh | SurfSki/Kayak 1 person | Juniors | male | 37:49.5 | 4 | 3 |
Short | Sebastian Kauffman | SurfSki/Kayak 1 person | Juniors | male | 40:47.3 | 5 | 4 |
Short | Christopher McManus | Outrigger Canoe 1 Person | Open 18-55 | male | 42:50.0 | 6 | 1 |
Short | Leah Ahmed | SurfSki/Kayak 1 person | Juniors | female | 43:30.8 | 7 | 2 |
Short | Beck Geiser | SurfSki/Kayak 1 person | Juniors | male | 47:50.5 | 8 | 5 |
Short | Lily Cruz | SurfSki/Kayak 1 person | Juniors | female | 48:42.0 | 9 | 3 |
Short | Audrey Johnson | SurfSki/Kayak 1 person | Juniors | female | 48:56.6 | 10 | 4 |
Short | Tanya Boone Alva | SurfSki/Kayak 1 person | Masters 56+ | female | 49:35.0 | 11 | 1 |
Short | Zoe Rice | SurfSki/Kayak 1 person | Juniors | female | 50:52.4 | 12 | 5 |
Short | Jean Hayward | SurfSki/Kayak 1 person | Masters 56+ | female | 51:21.1 | 13 | 2 |
Short | Olivier Caro | SUP 12'6 | Open 18-55 | male | 52:14.9 | 14 | 1 |
Short | Bob Cooper | SurfSki/Kayak 1 person | Masters 56+ | male | 53:13.4 | 15 | 1 |
Short | Brenna Raugewitz | SUP 12'6 | Open 18-55 | female | 53:40.2 | 16 | 1 |
Short | Jeff Blake | SUP Under 12ft 6" | Open 18-55 | male | 54:03.4 | 17 | 1 |
Short | Maribella Ibarra | SUP 12'6 | Masters 56+ | female | 54:10.8 | 18 | 1 |
Short | Amy Murphy | SUP 12'6 | Open 18-55 | female | 54:15.3 | 19 | 2 |
Short | Gary Leong | SUP 14' | Masters 56+ | male | 54:29.6 | 14 | 1 |
Short | jordan curet | SUP Inflatable | Open 18-55 | female | 54:42.9 | 20 | 1 |
Short | Jen Dyment | SUP 12'6 | Open 18-55 | female | 54:56.0 | 21 | 3 |
Short | Renu DaSIlva | SUP 12'6 | Open 18-55 | female | 55:28.8 | 22 | 4 |
Short | Julie Brady | SUP Under 12ft 6" | Open 18-55 | female | 56:44.9 | 23 | 1 |
Short | Sandra Halladey | SUP Inflatable | Open | female | 57:34.3 | 24 | 1 |
Short | Ellen Hathaway | SUP Inflatable | Masters 56+ | female | 57:42.2 | 25 | 1 |
Short | John Dye + Team Moseby | SUP Inflatable | Masters 56+ | male | 05:45.1 | 26 | 1 |