Surfski Knowledge Base

Dylan Thomas <surfskikauai@…>
10/31/11 #11641

Although we had a missing local contingent of 10 paddlers the field at this years event still amounted to 19 very eager and enthusiastic paddlers, including visiting sprint kayaker, Richard Sprout. The surf conditions and weather conditions were perfect, allowing for the race course to be placed perfectly, ensuring some thrills and spills and lots of fun.

Three divisions resulted from the entrants, being OPEN MENS, OPEN WOMENS and MASTERS MENS.

Races beginning on the beach left in heats of no more then 10 and paddlers dashed for the turning buoy in hot pursuit of “The Engine” aka Richard Sprout. Rounding the buoys, paddlers instantly headed for the wave-line to gain any benefit they could from the 2-3 foot sets. Some benefitted, some crashed and ALL had fun.

Highlights included a massive HULI on the start line by Dylan Thomas, a T-Bone thriller when Krista Horn's surfski got away from her and ran right into Jeff McBride and an attempted tackling incident by Jules Cannon on Richard Sprout.

The races had a beach sprint finish where paddlers would leap off their boats at the shore break (seconders helped by pulling the race boats from the water immediately - thank you) and then ran with paddle in hand to the finish line cheered on by the spectators.

WOMENS (All Ages)
1st - Krista Horn
2nd - Mariko Strickland
3rd - Lynn Ham Young

MASTERS MENS (50 and up)
1st - Junior Hoopii
2nd - Jeff McBride
3rd - Kamaki
4th - Bob Horn
5th - Ron Winegar
6th - Terry Wells

OPEN MENS (18-50)
1st - RIchard Sprout
2nd - Dylan Thomas
3rd - Jeremy Grosvenor
4th - Bernard Matsumoto
5th - Jules Cannon
6th - Luke Evslin
7th - Ben Owen
7th - Scooter Sagum (tie)
8th - Benny Ferris

A BIG THANK YOU TO ALL OUR SPONSORS FOR DONATING SUCH GREAT PRIZES. MORE NEXT YEAR!!!!

Thanks to everyone who participated and we look forward to seeing you all there again next year, as the event gets bigger and better.

Aloha.

Dylan Thomas