TECOLOTE 5000 RACE
Hosted by San Diego Canoe and Kayak Team
A City of San Diego Junior Lifeguard Program

Come enjoy a “FUN” set of races while giving a gift to a good cause and supporting SDCKT.

December 13th, 2008
Registration: 9.30am     Races Start: 10.30am
Entry Fee: $15 plus an unwrapped toy for the San Diego Fire-Rescue Department’s Mobile Santa.

Mission Bay Youth Aquatic Center
1750 Fiesta Island Drive. San Diego.

All paddle craft are welcome but points only awarded per race by position in age division, regardless of paddle craft. (Individual results will be recorded.)

Age Divisions               Races
14 and under ...Male/Female       2000M, 200M Knockout, 100M Paddleboard*
19 and under ...Male/Female       5000M, 200M Knockout, 100M Paddleboard*
Open .................Male/Female       5000M, 200M Knockout, 100M Paddleboard*
40 and over.......Male/Female     5000M, 200M Knockout, 100M Paddleboard*

*100M Paddleboard Knockout: Paddleboards provided ...

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Northern California paddling standout, Brian Spear, won the 14 foot division of the California Grand Prix this year and is interviewed on the Surtech site about his win, the state of paddleboarding in general and his thoughts on next year's season. Read his interview here.





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Next year's event has been scheduled for October 3 & 4, 2009  at Doheny State Beach... so please mark your calenders.   They are hoping to put together an exciting (2) day event format that will be for everyone... elite racers, weekend warriors, kid's and those who want to try the sport for the first time...


A couple more from this year's event..





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From the Nova Scotia Chronicle Herald


Stephanie Geyer-Barneix stood on the beach at Isle Madame and looked out at the ocean she plans to cross next June using only her paddleboard and two friends.

The French lifeguard says she did not realize the enormity of her upcoming adventure until she found her starting point in Cape Breton.

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If you're Andrew Logreco, you drag a quiver of boards down to the water and see how many you can ride during a one hour session. Andrew rode a total of five different boards with legitimate waves caught on each one. Other than a way to entertain yourself, this was a good overall workout between the waves ridden, paddling back out, and running up the beach to change boards. Here is a sample of one hour with Andrew Logreco..


Andrew warms up with a few laps on a 10'6" sprint board


Most people ride a 10'6" on their knees, but there's nothing wrong with catching a few on your feet..


Longboard


Shortboard


Stand-up


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In 2005, a few strong-willed paddling enthusiasts gathered together and made a decision to challenge themselves and to enhance the lives of numerous people who would benefit from their hard work and good will. The paddlers determined that they would raise money for a charity by paddling from the Montauk Lighthouse to Block Island, a distance of 18 miles. The paddlers went through rigorous training and directly solicited donations from their friends and families. The 17 kayakers, standup, and prone paddle boarders raised an impressive $90,000.

Following this, the founders decided to make the paddle an annual event. The 2006 paddle was equally successful. In 2007, a 9-mile paddle was added allowing for more casual participants, increased awareness and the opportunity to raise more funds. The two 2007 paddles raised $117,000.

The paddles have generated nearly $300,000, an inspiring amount ...

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  Fall has well stamped its arrival, and winter is at the threshold in California. The unlimiteds are up in the rafters, and Molokai and Classic singlets hang at the back of the rack. Contests and crossings have run their course, and talk of escort boats and Gu packs have faded to silence. We wake to brisk offshore sunrises, when the notion of leaving the house for the morning's visit to the Pacific wearing only board shorts is unthinkable. Coffee in hand, we descend in fleece and beanies upon parking lots, cliffs, trails and dunes to inspect what Neptune has on offer for us, and we are not thinking of paddleboarding.
   Each winter though, strong Santa Ana's clear the throat of one very vocal paddling proponent - Catalina Island. Cut from the horizon in front-lit gold, Catalina's silhouette draws near to our coastline, clearly beckoning both the uninitiated and ...

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Just another reminder, if you are in the Orlando area this weekend, Big Blue River, the documentary about the attempt to cross the Florida Straits between Florida and Cuba on paddleboards, plays this Sunday, November 9th, 12PM, at the Orlando Film Festival. The address is City Arts Factory 29 S. Orange Avenue @ Pine, Orlando FL. There will be a Q+A session following the screening. Try to make it if you can and show some support for this epic paddle.





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Hopefully everyone is out voting for their preferred candidate. If you live in the San Diego area, maybe vote no on paddling or any other ocean related activity today. The area's first major (1/16 of an inch?) rain sent a nice brown soup down the storm gutters and out towards the surf. Might want to stay out for a few days and let it dissipate.





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