Silverdale Sprints June 21 2008

Entire Gallery, and Video Gallery - doesn't show up in facebook.

12 and under girls

12 under girls (5 of them) beating the 12 and under boys.

Doug winning with rudderless (Gordon took next race)

12 and under girls (8 and under) playing

12 and under boys

12 and under girls

Amber, Joelie, Kim

Scotty

Russ, Gordon, Doug, Pete

Boy and Gordon

Doug looking strong in rudderless canoe

Open Men 500m (HI Rambo)


Master Men 500m


Open Women 1500 (Laura Steering)





Keiki 12 and under

Seattle Grind 08

9 mile distance race on the sound.

Open Men

Womens Start

Open Women

Low Tide

Master Women

Great day for racing, especially for our new black Kikaha shirts. Our open men took 3rd overall in the 9 mile race - with a time of 1:06.47. Masters was only 3 minutes behind. The women did well too with a 1st in masters and 3rd (I think) in open.

Spring Paddling

Amber's Shells - great balance

Nice Views for SUP Paddling

Coach Gordon paddling hard

Freshmen Men's Crew

Open Women Charging in 1500

Three Amigo's having fun at Green Lake

12 and 14 year olds at Uncle Manu's Regatta

Open Men in close win in 500m

Gordon and Scott after the 500m

500m showing how close the finish was

Open Women

Amber SUP

12 and under coed - Amber

1-2-3 Ki-Ka-Ha (Kikaha)

12 and under coed (with Amber as well)

Fun at the lake dodging all those shadows.

Finally got in some good sprint regatta racing after some spring break (from paddling). Kikaha is going strong with a big turnout, especially from the kids. The 2nd annual Uncle Manu regatta (pictures here) was held on a record breaking May day with temp in the 90's. Then the Greenlake Regatta was held on a nice day as well.

My men's category is enjoying a good competitive turnout, and races like the 500m, 1000m, and 1500m are almost photo finishes this season. We are still wining the masters 500 and 1000, but not by much. We won the 500m and came in 2nd (or 3rd) at the other. Then the 1500m is getting away from us. We took 2nd to Silverdale, and then 2nd again at Green Lake to Autumn Rose. That last real 1500m was hard fought with 5 crews in almost a photo finish (well Autumn Rose had a 1/2 boat win). Racing side-by-side with Rod's Silverdale crew was exciting as the turns are so critical. John cranked good ones and we edged them out for 2nd. Exciting.

We now have a 9mi race Saturday - the famous Seattle Grind. Then back to sprints - and then the super fun and very challenging Gorge Games race weekend.

Ruston oc1 Winter Race

Brenda's world famous Chicken Long Rice - perfect after a cold winter race.


Coach Gordon.


Getting on water after all that indoor paddling. Felt good. 3rd in my new Sr Master category.


Boy giving out awards. Alan Goto did awesome in winning.
A couple more pics are WhiteRiverRanch.com including a couple short videos.


1. 42:00 David Anderson & Will Anderson OC-2 Master Men 8
2. 44:30 Alan Goto

OC-1 Open Men 7
3. 44:50 John Mooney OC-1 Open Men 4
4. 45:29 Geoff Briggs & Matt Hayes OC-2 Open Men 28
5. 45:32 Brian Boatman OC-1 Golden Master Men 37
6. 45:35 Eric Gerstl OC-1 Master Men 10
7. 46:03 Paulo Simpson OC-1 Open Men 31
8. 46:08 Heidi Mclaney & Mulu Tapasia OC-2 Open Mixed 36
9. 46:17 Sabine Jessel & Doug Miyata OC-2 Senior Master Mixed 23
10. 46:39 Shane Baker Surski Kupuna Master Men 32
11. 46:51 Bob Stewart OC-1 Kupuna Master Men 43
12. 47:09 Jesse Allen OC-1 Open Men 39
13. 47:26 Steve Workman OC-1 Master Men 25
14. 47:50 Sail Sand Point (Troy's crew) OC-6 Open Mixed ?
15. 48:03 Trevor May & Steve Pietila OC-2 Master Men 40
16. 48:15 James Clapp OC-1 Master Men 5
17. 48:16 Kevin Mchugh OC-1 Open Men 9
18. 48:17 Larry Porter OC-1 Golden Master Men 18
19. 48:23 Paul Martin OC-1 Master Men 17
20. 48:59 Joel Strimling OC-1 Master Men 29
21. 49:07 Peter Forand OC-1 Kupuna Master Men 20
22. 49:15 Laura Ricker & Katherine Whaley OC-2 Master Women 35
23. 49:41 Ed Wendling & Clement Corbiell OC-2 Golden Master Men 14
24. 49:55 Craig Holt OC-1 Kupuna Master Men 30
25. 50:05 Scott Moody OC-1 Golden Master Men 12
26. 50:39 Gordon Martinez OC-1 Master Men 48
27. 50.58 Lance Kahn OC-1 Golden Master Men 22
28. 51.03 Brady Quinn OC-1 Novice Open Men 3
29. 51.08 Lynn Purdy & Kelly Emerson Porter OC-2 Open Women 21
30. 51:16 Erin Thorsgard OC-1 Open Women 15
31. 51:24 Sail Sand Point (William's crew) OC-6 Open Mix ?
32. 52:14 Steve Bennett OC-1 Open Men 33
33. 52:35 Linda Warren OC-1 Master Women 45
34. 52:40 Dean Williams OC-1 Junior Men 27
35. 52:45 Rick Rother OC-1 Master Men 34
36. 54:11 Jacob Murray OC-1 Open Men 2
37. 54:58 Larry Mooney OC-1 Kupuna Master Men 6
38. 55:09 Melissa Swanson OC-1 Master Women 38
39. 55:50:23 Darcy Williams OC-1 Master Women 16
40. 55:50:64 Russ Woosley OC-1 Senior Master Men 11
41. 56:10 Robert Keliinoi OC-1 Kupuna Master Men 42
42. 56:32 Stan Dahlin OC-1 Kupuna Master Men 19
43. 57:32 Lalo Melendez OC-1 Kupuna Master Men 26
44. 59:27 Diane Yuen & Mignon Fontenelle OC-2 Master Women 47
45. 58:55 John Richardson OC-1 Senior Master Men 24
46. 1:01:11 Diane Kadolph-Ray OC-1 Golden Master Women 41
47. 27:50 John Mcarthey OC-1 Kupuna Master - Short Course 44
48. 45:15 Micheal Parks Surfski Senior Master Men - Late Start ?

New Year 12 Mile Fox Island Race

Video from my new Sanyo Xacti E1 Waterproof video camera.

I paddled the 12 mile New Year's race around Fox Island and had my best time ever, 1:59.22. For me doing that non-stop is cool, especially so early in the season. I had paddled an oc2 two days before and the weather, waves and current stopped us from going around - so we went down and back. Still 12 miles. Great paddling site! Compare last years results and map.






At the 1/2 way mark and the eastern end of the island.

Later, Amber, Sunny and Laura enjoyed some SUP (Stand Up Paddling) around Tanglewood Island.

Awesome Molokai Race 2007

Team Pacific Northwest


4-8 foot Molokai Sea, Great fun

57, Pacific Northwest, 5:56:33, but 48th in Open!
Almost 10 minutes faster than 2006.

Photo Galleries
2 pics
Results
Article, Article

Nappy Story (we came in the canoe after his)


Off Diamond Head




Lance, Awesome Steering Job (Ricky Too)

OC9 Challenge on Lake Washington

Gordon and Stuart getting in at the same time.

Ricky jumping out of a perfectly good canoe (Manu of course).

Paddling by Bill Gates' house - the Richest Man in the World. They even waved, or maybe it was just the body guards.





Note, the previous post on technique is still good information.

Seattle Grind 07

Kikaha Wahine after the first lap with Liz getting out to touch the flag.







Liz getting back in for the 2nd lap.


Strong Finish.


Kikaha Master Men


Fun race on Seafair Weekend - watching the Blue Angles and enjoying a great 10 mile course. Kikaha Wahine took 3rd open, Kikaha Men took 1st master (close 3rd overall). SSP won the open. Lots of banging on the turns in a close paddle-for-paddle race.

PNWORCA Sprint Champions 2007

Kikaha Junior Girls
Kameron.

Uncle Pete mentioned his best steering race, "My highlight race was with the 12 and under coed kickin it all the way, and Kameron calling for 2 poppin 20s on the finish that actually seemed to work good...ho, good fun deez kids.".


Reylyn and Jayme.

12 and under coed.

Exciting oc1 competition

Alan Goto.
David Williams.
Dave Halpern (Former National Champ and Olympian) - still kicking it at 55+. "kayaker David Halpern, a four time World Team member, 1984 Olympian and top US paddler, who still holds the distinction of winning an unprecedented (in any discipline) six medals at the National (Olympic) Sports Festival. Halpern later returned to serve as Head Coach of the SCC Sprint Team 1997-98 and continues today as a club member" - SCK Site.

Ricky.
Coach Gordon.
Liz.
Erin.

Oc6 Competition - 500m, 1000m, 1500m

Kai Ikaika Master Women
Kikaha Master Womwn
Kikaha Open Women.
Kikaha Open Men.



Coach Gordon's message: "Contratulations Kikaha job well done! Another fine year, Three Time PNWORCA Champions. Great job to all the keiki's paddling their hearts out and steping up to the Junior Divisions to represent. We're little short on with junior paddlers but did excellent job as well, especially the junior girls they're top gun and unstopable! Adults women & men very proud of you all. We had pretty good competition with highs & lows moments but the main thing is that we all paddled hard and had fun. Many of you surprised me and steped up to race OC-1 500meters. And did darn well for first time too. Kikaha you're awesome!".


President John Richardson noted, "Late afternoon the point totals we're close; Kikaha 98 and the Autumn Rose with 95. Then the two Master Women and Men 1000 meter crews place first in this very tough event. That pushed us over the top. The junior girls and 12 and under girls were also very dominant."

Now onto long distance racing.

Photos available of oc1 races, and oc6 races.

Gorge Games 2007

Great weekend of paddling in the windy Columbia Gorge. Lots of oc1 paddling, including the stern wheeler (and breaking Johns' Ama in half). Hard oc6 race (windy and slower than previous years). And good oc1 race, but not as windy.

The Men's senior masters won their category.
Some race photos, and partying are available to view.





Great party and potluck as usual. This was the 11th year Kikaha and the event was held.

Your next sport!

Green Lake Regatta, May 26 - 2007

Freshmen Women.
Coach Gordon.
Master Men 1000.
Greenlake, Seattle.
Freshmen.
Open Men 500m, 2:12.93 - Photo Finish. We took it by a foot.

Junior Girls.

Trying out my new Fusion on a 12 mile paddle at Fox Island on Memorial Day.

Results
Raw Photo Footage

Great sprint racing on a full 500m course - which sure seems long at times. The open men's fastest time in the 500 was 2:12.93 - into a slight headwind. We need to get back to the 2:00.1 time we had at the last world sprints (and then improve from there). Coach Gordon and everyone are trying new approaches for getting faster. This includes faster starts, working with GPS feedback, and other ideas.

We are going to do distance training on weekends when there are no races. These will be at Redondo, Sunday's 9am. Oc1 training on your own is also valuable.

Manu Baker Regatta

A great first PNWORCA sprint regatta hosted by Kikaha and honoring the memory of Manu Baker was fun for all. Kikaha won the overall. Lots of fun and close races into a challenging head wind. I hope to take more pics at the next race.

The first oc6 race was the 10 and under keiki, and they had a challenging race. More pics are at ActionImages.



Keiki Boys.



The last race was the 1500 and Kikaha and Silverdale men raced neck and neck the entire race. Roddy, the steersman from Silverdale won the first turn (with less traffic), and the second was probably even, or Pete taking it by a nose. Then it came down to the final 500. Kikaha (with me in 4) dug in and took the win by a couple seats. Quite exciting. It will be a fun year. The 500's were about as close.

The Kikaha open women did great. The following is a pic from their 1500 - followed by a FilmLoop.com version.


The following loop brings these pictures together.

Rusty Iron, First oc6 Distance Race

Great new Kikaha Wear!

• Mix Crew took first place blue ribbon.
• Open Women took second place red ribbon.
• Sr. Masterman took second place red ribbon.
• Masterman took second place red ribbon.
• Open Men took third place white ribbon.
• Uncle Pete surfski took first place blue ribbon.

Mens DIVISION Name Time
OC-6 Men's Long Open Sail Sand Point OCC 59:27
OC-6 Men's Long Open Mountain Home OCC #41A 1:01:47
OC-6 Men's Long Open Kikaha O Ke Kai 1:01:59
OC-6 Men's Long Open Kai Ikaika 1:02:27
OC-6 Men's Long Open Bend OCC 1:02:28
OC-6 Men's Long Senior Masters Mountain Home OCC 1:04:39
OC-6 Men's Long Master's Bend OCC 1:07:22
OC-6 Men's Long Golden Masters Wakini Kona OCC 1:09:25
OC-6 Men's Long Master's Kikaha O Ke Kai 1:09:54
OC-6 Men's Long Senior Masters Kikaha O Ke Kai 1:10:14
OC-6 Men's Long Open Wakini Kona OCC 1:11:01

Womens DIVISION Name Time
OC-6 Women's Long Open Mountain Home OCC #41A 1:11:55
OC-6 Mixed Long Master’s Bend OCC 1:12:26
OC-6 Mixed Long Open Sail Sand Point OCC 1:12:53
OC-6 Mixed Long Master’s Tri-Cities OCC 1:15:03
OC-6 Mixed Long Open Wasabi 1:15:51
OC-6 Mixed Long Novice Kikaha O Ke Kai 1:17:12
OC-6 Women's Long Master's Bend OCC 1:18:24
OC-6 Women's Long Master's Mountain Home OCC 1:18:35
OC-6 Women's Long Open Kikaha O Ke Kai 1:21:06
OC-6 Women's Long Open Seattle OCC 1:22:11
OC-6 Women's Long Open Mountain Home OCC #98 1:24:10
Full Gallery of Photos

Final Winter OC1 Race

Great shot of Boy in the final race.

The final oc1 winter series race took place in windy conditions on Lake Washington. PNWORCA web site has the results.

From Kikaha, Jacob had a great race coming in a close 6th place in the Open division. Boy was 4th in the sr master, John, Russ, Travis, and Robert raced strong.

Now onto the OC6 season.

In the overall points series, I ended up 3rd overall in the SR Master competition. I was tied for 2nd going into the last race, and unfortunately couldn't make that race. So I ended up 3rd overall. I'll have to get my revenge in the Gorge or in 500m sprint races.
3rd Place Trophy

ps. check out this wave surfing video with oc4's.

Oc1 Racing Portland and Canada, eh

The past two pnworca winter series races were in Vancouver, Canada - and then in Portland. Gordon, Jackob and Scott drove up to Canada and did that race which was fun (and in between the monsoon). Gordon and Jackob won in the oc2 and scott won the senior master oc1. We met up with Dave Rey who raced with us for a few years. He and his wife Sharon are doing great and living in Canada just over the border. They plan to move to Hawaii for retirement in a couple years.

The Portland race was well attended. Strong current in the Willamette River so in the up-river run was crucial to hide from the current and draft if possible. The down river run allowed us to go about 7.5mph a lot of the way, but the river bends around and so does the current. Thus staying in the right place wasn't easy. Having a gps helped determine the best place.

Jackob had a great run pulling away from me (about time) about 2 miles into the upriver leg. He is getting strong! Boy, Russ, John and Pete (surfski) also did well. Doug and Sabin did great in the oc2.

Last race is the championships on Lake Washington, April 14. Then on to the oc6 races.

Kikaha Winter Series Race

The PNWORCA winter series was hosted by Kikaha and had a great turnout. Almost 6 miles of a two lap course offered some great competition. Rock Lam took a lot of pictures available at action-images.

Winter Series Columbia River Feb 10

Interesting graph showing the difference from the previous 6 mile race on Lake Union, to this race. The very hard upwind/upcurrent portion, where I was about 3mph the entire way, then about 8+ all the way back down. Versus, the week before where the pace is closer to 6.2 the entire way.

Overall:
1-John Mooney 1:18:49
2-Dave Williams 1:19:07
3-Ina Talalemotu 1:20:33
4-Heidi and Mulu 1:23:04
5-Sabine and Doug 1:23:29
6-Dave Halpern 1:23:50
7-Laurence Rosen 1:24:28
8-Doug Nichols 1:25:12
9-Bob Stewart 1:25:20
10-Steve Workman 1:28:15
11-Marti Traver 1:28:28
12-Graig Holt 1:28:46
13-Daryl Hogge 1:29:07
14-Stuart Smith 1:29:26
15-Geoff Briggs 1:29:28
16-Paul Martin 1:31:09
17-Scott Moddy 1:31:32
18-Larry Porter 1:35:22
19-Justin Williams 1:35:55
20-Maria and Keith 1:36:26
21-Laura and Steve 1:36:47
22-Lance Mamiya 1:39:57
23-Hawk Conrad 1:40:04
24-Boy Chun Fook 1:41:32
25-Joel Strimling 1:42:07
26-Jacob Murray 1:43:21
27-Gordon Martinez 1:45:04
28-Jerome and Eilene 1:48:58
29-Erin Thorsgard 1:52:14
30-Beth and Alan 1:53:54
31-John Richardson 1:53:57
32-Russ Woosley 1:57:05
33-Steve Airhart 2:01:05
34-Mike Tejada 2:03:02
35-Kelly Emerson 2:12:46
Pete Wile DNF
John Tejada DNF
Alice Rother DNF
Luahana Ude DNF
Tamara Lovelace DNF
Rick Rother DNS

Division Results:

OC-1 Open Mens
1 - John Mooney
2 - David Williams
3 - Daryl Hogge

OC-1 Golden Masters Men
1 - Dave Halpern
2 - Geoff Briggs
3 - Larry Porter

OC-1 Sr Master Men
1 - Doug Nichols
2 - Marti Traver
3 - Stuart Smith

OC-1 Kupuna Men
1 - Bob Stewart
2 - Craig Holt

OC-1 Master Men
1 - Steve Workmen
2 - Paul Martin
3 - Lance Mimiya

OC-1 Open Women
1 - Erin Thorsgard

OC-1 Sr Master Women
1 - Kelly Porter

OC-1 Open Mixed
1 - Heidi & Mulu
2 - Beth & Alan

OC-1 Sr Master Mixed
1 - Sabine & Doug
2 - Maria & Keith
3 - Laura & Steve

OC-1 Master Mixed
1 - Eileen & Jerome

Surfski Open Men
1 - Ina Talaemotu
2 - Laurence Rosen

Winter Series Lake Union Feb 3

The first local race occured at Lake Union, Feb 3. This was a 6 mile race. Not too cold and there was a good turnout.

1 - 52:16 Don Kiesling Surf Ski - Open Men
2 - 53:03 Peter Turcan Kayak - Open Men
3 - 53:51 Erik Wermer Surf Ski - Master Men
4 - 54:47 Shane Baker / Jim Zimmerman Surf Ski Double- Open Men
5 - 55:51 Jeff Hegedus Surf Ski - Sr Master Men
6 - 55:57 Shane Martin Surf Ski - Open Men
7 - 56:49 Mike Gregory Surf Ski - Golden Master Men
8 - 57:03 John Mooney OC1 - Open Men
9 - 59:46 Mulu Tiapasa / Heidi McCauley OC2 - Open Mixed
10 - 59:53 David Halpern OC1 - Golden Master Men
11 - 59:55 David Williams OC1- Open Men
12 - 1:00:00 Traci Cole Surf Ski - Open Women
13 - 1:00:05 Doug Nichols OC1- Sr Master Men
14 - 1:00:25 Sabine Jessel / Doug Miyata OC2 - Sr Master Mixed
15 - 1:01:26 Peter Forand OC1- Grand Master Men
16 - 1:01:46 Andrew Krynen Surf Ski - Open Men
17 - 1:02:10 Larry Porter OC1 - Golden Master Men
18 - 1:03:08 Craig Holt OC1-Grand Master Men
19 - 1:03:10 Bela Kovacs / Ron Lund OC2- Grand Master Men
20 - 1:03:25 Marti Traver OC1-Sr Master Men
21 - 1:03:52 Robin Sarner OC1- Master Men
22 - 1:04:21 Scott Moody OC1- Sr Master Men
23 - 1:05:00 Ina Talalemotu OC1- Open Men
24 - 1:05:02 Dave Mooney OC1- Sr Master Men
25 - 1:05:49 Boy Chun Fook OC1- Sr Master Men
26 - 1:07:16 Steve Bennett OC1- Grand Master Men
27 - 1:08:14 Lance Mamiya OC1- Master Men
28 - 1:08:33 Linda Warren OC1- Master Women
29 - 1:09:16 Mike Tejada OC1- Open Men
30 - 1:09:23 Michael Cryan OC1- Master Men
31 - 1:12:23 John Richardson OC1- Sr Master Men
32 - 1:12:33 Russ Woosley OC1- Master Men
33 - 1:15:04 Hawk Conrad OC1- Sr Master Men
34 - 1:20:16 Tamara Lovelace OC1- Open Women
35 - 1:23:46 Cris Trimble OC1- Sr Master Women

Paddling Before 2001

TODO: Various pictures from races before 2001 including oc1 races in Portland, the Lake Tahoe races, Fiji

Maui to Molokai 2003 oc1 relay

Maui to Molokai with Dale Karr. First distance oc1 relay. Great surfing.
More pics from the trip are on my web-site.