.......yes it is !
Great little course today out on the Pauatahanui inlet high tide keen people.......and yes it was warm once everyone got going......I know this as I saw people taking their hats off after about 10 minutes or so.
I'm actually a big fan of the circuit courses you get to mingle really well on the water and check everyone's progress at all ends of the feild......it's way more social and on many occasions more spectator and photo freindly.
Always awesome to have people travel to events we do heaps of it.....Thanks to Neil Taylor who came through from Nelson and also bought demo surf skis and kayaks from the Flow Kayaks fleet which is what we need more of in Wellington.........both kayak SUP and Waka Ama..........try before you buy love it! Garfeild Toro thank you for coming through from Whanganui, Paddy Rimene and Les Morris for coming over from the Wairarapa.
Though it's easy to harp on about using events/races like this as part of everyone's training schedules these events are more about bringing the Paddling Community in Wellington together during the winter months it's social and exercise is good for the body.
Here's everyone's time's from today from the 8 km course.....Mana Bridge, Ivey Bay Browns Bay and back the same way x 2 laps. A good high tide and a nice little South Easterly wind was just the tonic around the Browns Bay end of the course with the rest being flat.
We have a new rule for the new event........any craft with sharp protusions will require a wine bottle cork to minimise risk of damage to other craft.....Dave McKnight has a repair on his ski that took him out just before the start......ouuch!
42:50 Jamie Saunders SS
42:52 Neil Taylor SS
43:12 Rogan Clarke SS
43:34 Chester Burt SS
45:46 Matt Archer K1
45:50 Les Morris SS
46:04 Paddy Rimene W1
46:56 Tom Bowen MK
47:48 Blake Dyer SS
50:28 Neil O'Brien W1
50:54 Barton Fletcher SS
51:29 Graham Daniel SS
52:25 Rueben Hill SS
52:33 Pete Notman MK
52:34 James Sadler W1
52:36 Karl Timu W1
54:50 John Toomath SS
56:29 Trevor McDonald SK
58:43 Jay Otto SK
64:00 Lei Faletolu W1
66:00 Garfield Toro W1
Below are a few quick pics from me......Just sorting out the great images that Shaz and Dave McKnight took. We'll put them on the Welly Paddlers Facebook page shortly, https://www.facebook.com/WellyPaddlers
Thank you to everyone who came out and braved the elements today........both paddlers and supporters.
Congratulations to Matt Archer who won today's spot prize, kindly sponsored by SWAZI
Click on any photo to enlarge
Great little course today out on the Pauatahanui inlet high tide keen people.......and yes it was warm once everyone got going......I know this as I saw people taking their hats off after about 10 minutes or so.
I'm actually a big fan of the circuit courses you get to mingle really well on the water and check everyone's progress at all ends of the feild......it's way more social and on many occasions more spectator and photo freindly.
Always awesome to have people travel to events we do heaps of it.....Thanks to Neil Taylor who came through from Nelson and also bought demo surf skis and kayaks from the Flow Kayaks fleet which is what we need more of in Wellington.........both kayak SUP and Waka Ama..........try before you buy love it! Garfeild Toro thank you for coming through from Whanganui, Paddy Rimene and Les Morris for coming over from the Wairarapa.
Though it's easy to harp on about using events/races like this as part of everyone's training schedules these events are more about bringing the Paddling Community in Wellington together during the winter months it's social and exercise is good for the body.
Here's everyone's time's from today from the 8 km course.....Mana Bridge, Ivey Bay Browns Bay and back the same way x 2 laps. A good high tide and a nice little South Easterly wind was just the tonic around the Browns Bay end of the course with the rest being flat.
We have a new rule for the new event........any craft with sharp protusions will require a wine bottle cork to minimise risk of damage to other craft.....Dave McKnight has a repair on his ski that took him out just before the start......ouuch!
42:50 Jamie Saunders SS
42:52 Neil Taylor SS
43:12 Rogan Clarke SS
43:34 Chester Burt SS
45:46 Matt Archer K1
45:50 Les Morris SS
46:04 Paddy Rimene W1
46:56 Tom Bowen MK
47:48 Blake Dyer SS
50:28 Neil O'Brien W1
50:54 Barton Fletcher SS
51:29 Graham Daniel SS
52:25 Rueben Hill SS
52:33 Pete Notman MK
52:34 James Sadler W1
52:36 Karl Timu W1
54:50 John Toomath SS
56:29 Trevor McDonald SK
58:43 Jay Otto SK
64:00 Lei Faletolu W1
66:00 Garfield Toro W1
Below are a few quick pics from me......Just sorting out the great images that Shaz and Dave McKnight took. We'll put them on the Welly Paddlers Facebook page shortly, https://www.facebook.com/WellyPaddlers
Thank you to everyone who came out and braved the elements today........both paddlers and supporters.
Congratulations to Matt Archer who won today's spot prize, kindly sponsored by SWAZI
Click on any photo to enlarge
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