I took the Speeder to US Wildwater Nationals on the Deerfiled River over the weekend.  It was different kind of competition for me.  I had a great time, and took down the rest of the plastic boats with the help of my good friend the Speeder. 

On Friday I took three practice runs down the course, which proved to be a mistake because I was kind of tired for the sprints on Saturday.  I persevered and won both sprint runs in the plastic boat class.  I was fast enough to take 4th even amongst the compisite boats. 

 On Sunday we had one run down a longer course.  After 10:42 of paddling as hard as I could I thought my heart was going to pump out of my chest.  It turns out I was the fastest plastic boat and the overall plastic boat category. 

 Wildwater racing is fun and the Speeder kicks Butt.

       

All photos by Patrick Rogers

 

Posted by Matt Young

This entry was posted on Wednesday, August 29th, 2007 at 12:52 pm and is filed under Paddler Lifestyle Articles.