Rain Plays Peekaboo At Final Paddle Race of the Season
Our sixth and final race of the season was lucky to once again get a great weather window. With that said the day brought to memory one our favorite quotes.
“Life is not waiting for the storm to pass. It’s about learning to dance in the rain.” Vivian Green
And dance we did despite the fact the rain was really just a whimper of precipitation. Our shop motto is “Rain or shine we are on the starting line” so over the years the race community has counted on us to make a rainy day a fun day on the water. While it was the only race of the year to not sell out we did see over 50 paddlers ready to take on the challenge.
As we look at what is going on in the world we can only fell blessed. With all the strife in the world to be able to get together and raise money and have fun at the same time. And as for the money raising part $2200 was raised in support or Lifehouse. Lifehouse is a local charity that helps the developmentally challenged find a path to independence and we could not be more proud to see our community dig so deep to help them out. (pictured below the short course boats flying off the line)
Racing action was on our normal courses and featured nearly windless conditions. Some racers even reported a little bump pushing them on the way back which is certainly a treat this time of year. Paddle of the day went to Zoe Rice and Ariel Bryant who turned in a new course record on the double surfski on the short course throwing down a time of 22:32 obliterating the old record.
We once again thank everyone who paddled and we hope to see you again soon. Preferably on the water
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Results (SUP Long -1 minute, short course boats -10 minutes, short course SUP -11 Minutes)
Course | Name(s) | Category | Age Group | Gender | Time | Rank | Place |
Long | Zachary Alva | Surfski/kayak 1 person | Open 18-55 | male | 45:31.6 | 1 | 1 |
Long | Petri Alva | Surfski/kayak 1 person | Juniors | male | 46:44.0 | 2 | 1 |
Long | John Dye, Amy Byers | Surfski/kayak 2 person | Open 18-55 | mixed | 48:33.5 | 3 | 1 |
Long | Albert Szilvasy | Surfski/kayak 1 person | Open 18-55 | male | 48:35.0 | 4 | 2 |
Long | Kenny Howell | Surfski/kayak 1 person | Masters 56+ | male | 48:37.8 | 5 | 1 |
Long | Viorel Popa | Surfski/kayak 1 person | Open 18-55 | male | 48:39.0 | 6 | 3 |
Long | Jody McComas, Alan Bodtker | Surfski/kayak 2 person | Masters 56+ | male | 49:38.1 | 7 | 1 |
Long | Claire Stabile, Chauncey Cody | Outrigger 2 person | Open 18-55 | mixed | 51:33.2 | 8 | 1 |
Long | Steve Axt | Surfski/kayak 1 person | Open 18-55 | male | 51:34.1 | 9 | 4 |
Long | Paul Macintyre | Surfski/kayak 1 person | Masters 56+ | male | 51:59.7 | 10 | 2 |
Long | Mike Staninec, Fred Schiess | Surfski/kayak 2 person | Masters 56+ | male | 54:54.7 | 11 | 2 |
Long | Richard Weeks | Outirigger 1 person | Open 18-55 | male | 55:01.6 | 12 | 1 |
Long | Julieta Gismondi | Surfski/kayak 1 person | Open 18-55 | female | 56:06.8 | 13 | 1 |
Long | Avalon Johnson | Surfski/kayak 1 person | Masters 56+ | female | 58:24.0 | 14 | 1 |
Long | Mary Ann King | Surfski/kayak 1 person | Open 18-55 | female | 59:20.9 | 15 | 2 |
Long | Pete Gauvin | SUP 14' | Open 18-55 | male | 59:59.3 | 16 | 1 |
Long | Mike Mccoy | Surfski/kayak 1 person | Masters 56+ | male | 04:14.4 | 17 | 3 |
Long | David Tune | Surfski/kayak 1 person | Open 18-55 | male | 05:22.4 | 18 | 5 |
Long | Robin Gandolfi | Outirigger 1 person | Masters 56+ | female | 05:23.6 | 19 | 1 |
Long | Geoffrey Sears | Surfski/kayak 1 person | Masters 56+ | male | 05:31.3 | 20 | 4 |
Long | Jen Fuller | SUP 12'6 | Masters 56+ | female | 06:31.7 | 21 | 1 |
Long | Vincent Fallourd | SUP 14' | Open 18-55 | male | 06:40.5 | 22 | 2 |
Long | Trey Strickland | SUP 14' | Open 18-55 | male | 19:55.0 | 23 | 1 |
Long | Jack Charlesworth | SUP 12'6 | Juniors | male | 20:55.3 | 24 | 1 |
Long | Kaitlin Ferguson | SUP 14' | Open 18-55 | female | 32:03.1 | 25 | 1 |
Long | Bridget Schneider | SUP 14' | Open 18-55 | female | 49:59.5 | 26 | 2 |
Short | Rowan Ferraro | SurfSki/Kayak 1 person | Juniors | male | 30:06.3 | 1 | 1 |
Short | Aidan Fusco | SurfSki/Kayak 1 person | Juniors | male | 30:06.9 | 2 | 2 |
Short | Jonas Moore | SurfSki/Kayak 1 person | Juniors | male | 30:07.5 | 3 | 3 |
Short | Caetano Walsh | SurfSki/Kayak 1 person | Juniors | male | 30:08.0 | 4 | 4 |
Short | Sebastian Kauffman | SurfSki/Kayak 1 person | Juniors | male | 30:49.4 | 5 | 5 |
Short | Beck Geiser | SurfSki/Kayak 1 person | Juniors | male | 32:23.2 | 6 | 6 |
Short | Zoe Rice, Doug Bryant | Surfski/Kayak Double | Juniors | female | 32:32.8 | 7 | 1 |
Short | Thade Hutchins | SurfSki/Kayak 1 person | Juniors | male | 35:27.4 | 8 | 7 |
Short | Audrey Johnson | SurfSki/Kayak 1 person | Juniors | female | 35:48.4 | 9 | 1 |
Short | Violet Ryan | SurfSki/Kayak 1 person | Juniors | female | 35:50.2 | 10 | 2 |
Short | Rob Heinemann | SUP 14 | Masters 56+ | male | 45:16.9 | 1 | 1 |
Short | Sara Markuson | SUP 12'6 | Open 18-55 | female | 45:31.3 | 11 | 1 |
Short | Claudia Breuer | SUP 12'6 | Open 18-55 | female | 46:12.9 | 12 | 2 |
Short | Tracy Radcliffe | SUP 12'6 | Open 18-55 | female | 50:12.5 | 13 | 3 |
Short | Jeff Blake | SUP Under 12ft 6" | Open 18-55 | male | 54:02.7 | 14 | 1 |
Short | William Lanier | SUP Inflatable | Open 18-55 | male | 00:20.8 | 15 | 1 |
Short | Sandra Halladey | SUP Inflatable | Masters 56+ | female | 00:21.6 | 16 | 1 |