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June 29, 2010 Results
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Race Commentary Magnum PI Night, 1st Ever Deep Cove Tuesday Night SUP Race
Kayak Surf Ski Race Route: Maple Beach and back .....I'm guessing 8 km
SUP Race: Grey Rocks, Hamber Return, 4.5 km??
Transferable Skills This was our first Tuesday Night SUP Race and I was encouraged to see 27 keen and competitive SU Paddlers out. It was interesting to see a large group of paddlers new to Tuesday Night scene in contrast to the veterans, some of you who have been attending this event for 12 years. In addition to the regular Tuesday Night sponsors I wanted to thank Starboard SUP for bringing their demo fleet and some racers, Oakley for kicking in a pair of shades, and Taylor at www.PaddleSurf.ca for helping to promote the SUP race on his great web-site. We will make the SUP race a continued feature to Tuesday Night Paddlesport Race
Nobody was more shocked than I to find myself out in front for the Maui Jim Hotspot and the entire race. My training for the event had been a paddle to Jug Island the prior week with my dog, Kayla, on board, a few short paddle around The Cove and a whole lot of talking about SUP in our retail store Deep Cove Outdoors. Daryl Remmler who was even less prepared (as is with most things) finished 3rd. Now before I get carried away, I have to qualify that both Daryl and I were paddling Starboard's uber fast K15. So comparing this board against 12' surf style boards is like racing apples against oranges. (I wonder if the apple would win??) But I have to say this, there are certainly lots of transferable skills from the kayak forward stroke to the SUP forward stroke. Often in talking with people I hear how their particular paddling activity is different from kayaking or for instance how badminton is different from squash, or even how xc skiing is so different from down hill, and certainly some aspect are but there are many transferable skill. I have often had a conversation with say a, dragon boater, where they feel the dragon boat forward stroke is a wonderful and mysterious thing and how could a kayaker know anything about it.
No disrespect to SU Paddlers but it is a relatively fresh sport and growing like crazy. It has an extremely high "Cool Factor". Many of the new paddler are attracted to the sport because of this. Now this is great because it brings new enthusiasm to Paddlesport. So you take a guy like this who has been doing it for a year fairly steady and you put him up against a guy like Daryl R who has been paddling every type of paddle craft for a lifetime. Its no surprise that Daryl can get on an SUP and be very competitive with little or no training. Tuesday night conditions were flat and allowed for cross-over paddlers like myself and Daryl to do well. Add rough water to the mix and it would have been a very different story. As in my case where the very first teeny tiny motor boat wake I encountered knocked me on my ass. Balance can be sport specific and is developed over time.
While some of the forward stroke mechanics are very transferable from kayaking to SU Paddling, there is a learning curving for surfing. We already see it in Surf Ski paddling where the people that win the rough water races are a different group than those who win the flatwater races. How aging, but experienced rough water surf ski racer, Dean Gardiner, can place third in a star studded field of young surf ski paddlers at the 2009 US Surf Ski Champs where conditions were rough, whereas the flatter to conditions the further back Mr Gardiner places. it doesn't matter how fit you are if you can't read the waves or ride the surf and are struggling for balance you won't do well in rough conditions. These skill are acquired over time. Maybe I'm crazy but I see a lot of similarities between XC Skiing double pole technique and the SUP forward stroke. Check out this YouTube clip of the US Ski Team roller ski and on-snow double pole training. You can liken the catch of the paddle to pole plant and the similar drive through of the feet.
But what I see and being even more transferable to SUP is the Outrigger Canoe (OC) stroke. Basically the stand up paddle is a stretch out OC paddle with the similar blade shape. (Note: New SUP blades are getting smaller) So the fresh SUP racers that are currently at the top of the game may see continual challenges when experienced OC paddlers start entering the game. Take Shane Martin or Calvin Chow, arguable among the best OC paddlers in Vancouver if not Canada and put them on an SUP. These guys have spent years working on stroke technique, training and competing in a sport with a forward stroke that is almost identical to SUP. I would think that with a bit of training they would be ripping it up in no time at all.
So paddling is paddling and usually the people that do it all are the ones who rise to the top. Look at the resumes, Terry Lewis - Dragon Boat, OC, Marathon Canoe, Surf Ski. Matt Kelly - White Water, Surf Ski Marathon Canoe, Jeff Raymond - Sprint Kayak, Surf Ski High Kneel Canoe (now there's a misery sport) and War Canoe, Lina Augaitis - Surf Ski, Kayak and SUP or Katja Rademacher - Surf Ski, Sprint Kayak, War Canoe, Sea Kayak. You see it in all the big eastern canoe clubs where kids are required to train all disciplines of paddle sport, kayak/canoe, solo and team boats.
As new people enter the Tuesday Night scene there are people who grumble. "Hey, all these SUP guys taking my seat at The Raven." or "Hey how, come the SUP guys get their results announced" Nobody actually said these things. But on the positive side, the SUP aspect of the race encourage me to get my act together and get the race results out quickly!!
SUP guys be prepared for "The Great Kayak or SUP Swap" in two weeks time.
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Bob
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Race Result by Category with finishing position listed on the far left column:
Last Name First Name Race# G Board Length Time Class
1 Medland Mike 2834 M 12 42.48 PRONE
1 Augaitis Lina 2797 F 12'6 34.05 REG
2 Langford Angela 2884 F 12 37.47 REG
3 Mauriks Diana 2802 F 11'3 38.59 REG
4 Sol Adrienne 2827 F 12'6 45.51 REG
5 McLean Erica 2163 F 12'6 51.49 REG
6 McLean Brenda 2814 F 10 53.25 REG
1 Humenny Kelvin M 12 33.39 REG
2 Williams Brett 2832 M 12'6 37.46 REG
3 Day Garth 2782 M 12'6 38.10 REG
4 Stobbart Ken 2835 M 12 39.24 REG
5 Rollings Dale 2840 M 12 39.33 REG
6 Mortimer-Lamb Andrew 2844 M 11'6 39.39 REG
7 Shwartz Corry 2731 M 11 41.33 REG
8 Matheson Ian 2793 M 10'10 42.12 REG
9 Smith Zac 2816 M 12 43.29 REG
10 Holmes Alan 2843 M 11'6 43.50 REG
11 Stanley Dalen 2833 M 12 45.41 REG
12 Wrohen Adam 2825 M 12 47.21 REG
1 Putnam Bob M K15 31.28 UNLIMITED
2 Massey Tyler 2817 M 14 32.08 UNLIMITED
3 Remmler Daryl M K15 32.34 UNLIMITED
4 Santaga Mitchell 2763 M 14 33.45 UNLIMITED
5 Sacré Declan 2830 M 15 34.09 UNLIMITED
6 Fulde Taylor 2858 M 15 35.00 UNLIMITED
7 Williams Peter 2831 M 14 UNLIMITED
Last Name First Name Boat# Boat Type DK Partner Time
1 Bagneres Bruno 2839 DK Logan Bagneres 51.02
2 Grant Donald 2220 DK Kevin Fierling 59.44
1 Fast Ben 45 HPDK Eric Fast 38.45
2 Boates Jodi 214 HPDK Katja Rademacher 39.35
3 Brock Curtis 142 HPDK Marshal House 40.17
4 Fejer Agnes 2829 HPDK Csaba Laszlo 45.06
1 Groll Bernd 86 SK 49.43
2 Coulter Gary 154 SK 51.30
3 Joyce John 2623 SK 52.24
4 Ronaghan Clay 2158 SK 53.41
5 Moulton Rod 2815 SK 53.41
6 Wall Philippa 2813 SK 54.27
7 Whitehead Herb SK 58.28
8 Doxtdator Sandee 2822 SK 1.01.25
9 Sam Calvin 2756 SK 1.02.32
10 Boxall Ken 2809 SK 1.02.46
11 Rood Ian 2841 SK 1.08.37
1 Hubbard Carolyn 2845 FSK 53.03
2 Richardson Chris 2824 FSK 1.11.57
1 Tudor-Jones Gareth 2846 HPK 37.33
2 Stannick Ken 2165 HPK 38.00
3 Raymond Jeff 178 HPK 38.30
4 Bruce Warren 155 HPK 38.52
5 Martin Shane 15 HPK 39.02
6 George John 333 HPK 39.30
7 Gee Ty 2738 HPK 39.44
8 Lewis Terry 157 HPK 39.49
9 Hansen Paul 166 HPK 40.16
10 Soltani Reza 42 HPK 41.19
11 Hope Rod 133 HPK 41.22
12 Cassulis Gary 49 HPK 42.00
13 Chong Rene 94 HPK 42.27
14 Page Brian 156 HPK 43.52
15 Tkatch Robyn 81 HPK 47.45
16 Bisalputra Dan 2769 HPK 47.54
17 Bilmer Trista 177 HPK 50.32
18 Vance Jim 2836 HPK 51.16
19 Ip Henry 82 HPK 51.23
20 Panozzo Sonja 2168 HPK 56.23
21 Aitken Joanne 2837 HPK 57.59
22 Maurer Annie 2828 HPK 1.01.03
Rozenburg Leonid 2842 SK
Kwan Theresa 2826 1.02.32
La Roche Christian 2838 54.20