All I could think about the night before the largest gathering of stand up paddle racers to date was: this is going to be unforgettable!
Pretty decent waves today with more expected for tomorrow. The event organizer Barrett Tester and Pat Huber have the beach looking like a major rock band is going to have their concert there. Slater Trout is all amped up and definitely going to give the heavy hitters a hard time.
Every one seems so focused checking each others gear out. Chuck Patterson is exceptionally focused because this is his home town, he either needs to go big or deal with the disappointment of facing them the next day. Meanwhile Ekolu Kalam shows up with his board inside of his Hummer.
Patterson has taken advantage of all the latest tech he knows. He applied Monster Paint traction and extremely slippery speed sheen called Extreme Clean. This is all applied to his new carbon fiber race board. He is extremely fit and lost at least ten pounds for this event.
Their where a lot of lighter weight racers showing up and this began to worry Chuck a little. Board size is limited for this event so with all things being equal a lighter racer will have and advantage over a heavier one.
Chuck needed gnarly conditions to even out his weight disadvantage. He got his wish and in the end earned every penny of the prize money.
The night before the big race all the competitors where practicing well into the night and psyching themselves up. Chuck did his usual, take the dog for a stroll and dream about being number one. This came true the next day.
Pretty decent waves today with more expected for tomorrow. The event organizer Barrett Tester and Pat Huber have the beach looking like a major rock band is going to have their concert there. Slater Trout is all amped up and definitely going to give the heavy hitters a hard time.
Every one seems so focused checking each others gear out. Chuck Patterson is exceptionally focused because this is his home town, he either needs to go big or deal with the disappointment of facing them the next day. Meanwhile Ekolu Kalam shows up with his board inside of his Hummer.
Patterson has taken advantage of all the latest tech he knows. He applied Monster Paint traction and extremely slippery speed sheen called Extreme Clean. This is all applied to his new carbon fiber race board. He is extremely fit and lost at least ten pounds for this event.
Their where a lot of lighter weight racers showing up and this began to worry Chuck a little. Board size is limited for this event so with all things being equal a lighter racer will have and advantage over a heavier one.
Chuck needed gnarly conditions to even out his weight disadvantage. He got his wish and in the end earned every penny of the prize money.
The night before the big race all the competitors where practicing well into the night and psyching themselves up. Chuck did his usual, take the dog for a stroll and dream about being number one. This came true the next day.
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