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Hobie Stand-Up Paddleboard Race Series on August 30th at Coconut Grove Sailing Club!
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Our upcoming Hobie Stand-Up Paddleboard Race,hosted by Liquid Surf and Sail, will be held at the Coconut Grove Sailing Club on August 30th at 9:00 AM. Take a look at the attached flyer. We hope to see you there!
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Jim Desilva sent this description along about the race. Photos to follow, I understand they captured some excellent views along the way even including some manatees. Hope someone can upload or provide links to the images.
"Hobie Stand UP Series Race #5—Coconut Grove Sailing Club 08/30/09 “Miami Defends Biscayne Bay” A very high quality of paddler showed up for the fifth race of the Hobie SUP series, which is sponsored by Liquid Surf and Sail of Miami and Fort Lauderdale. Previous winners Packet Casey and Roary Kam and top female participant Helga Goebel were all in attendance….and all from Fort Lauderdale. With local paddlers Tyler Bixby back in school, Jim D. on the IR, and Rafael Sanchez out buying another custom Joe Bark, it was up to Thaddeus Foote, and the Law Firm of Eduardo and Eduardo to battle the FTL contingent and try to defend the homewaters of Biscayne Bay. Two events ago, in the marathon 7.5 miler from Shake A Leg up the Coral Gables Waterway, DeSilva had barely withstood an onslaught from JP Perez, another FTL paddler, to take victory in 12.5 and down….but now the big guns were here. Thad had been working in top secret on a new custom shape which he busted out for this event….after watching the craziness of the last event (Roary on a BeBop, Amanda on a rescue board, etc.) it seemed like a lot of people had gone back to the drawing board. Roary came with a new Ark Prototype, Eduardo busted out an Open Ocean 14’ Naish 2010 (courtesy of Liquid), and Thad had the “ Creamsicle—Dreamsicle”. Sort of looking like a hard railed version of DeSilva’s Hobie, it sported a little flatter rocker and a little less volume…and it weighed a TON. So this was going to be an interesting comparison of a lot of different styles of boards in dead flat butter water without a drop of wind….the definition of flat water paddling. Start was off the dock at CGSC, and the fleet was away, straight towards the Coral Gables Waterway. Early on it was Thad, Packet and Roary (no big surprises here) with Helga in 4th and Big Stud Josh Sampiero on one of Dan Barret’s rental Aquglides from the stand up concession on Key Biscayne/Hobie Beach. Thad was stroking and posing a serious challenge to the Packet/Roary combo platter, which is normally always in front. At the entrance to the Waterway we had the same positions, with maybe twenty yards between the 3 of them. Roary dropped back some, perhaps to see if Octopussy was on the James Bond boat that was moored halfway up the waterway. She was not but Denise Richards was, but everybody knows she is flat out crazy, so Roary just gave her the courtesy wave as opposed to introducing himself. She was smoking hot back in the day though, you can’t deny that, but her playing a nuclear engineer was really stretching the boundary of believability, even in a James Bond film…. come on, that was just too much. But as they approached the LeJeune Rotary, he had closed it up and was within striking distance again. Hitting the Turbo Button at the last minute, Packet rounded right in front of Thad at the turning mark, hoping to take advantage of the favorable current on the way back. But shortly thereafter Thaddeus, driving his version of a ten-second car, hit the nitrous button and got by the burly bald guy, emerging from the Waterway with about a 20 yard lead. Roary was at about 50 yards back, with Helga not that far behind Roary, so this was a pretty good piece of paddling on her part. Observing technique from the boat, Jim noted that Packet was easily putting the paddle in the water 25-30% more often than Thad but it did not seen to be paying off….Thad’s power stroke was actually increasing the lead on the Creamsicle, which once it got up to speed just seemed to be motoring real nice in the butter, perhaps due to the lead in the bottom, it took two people to get this board to the water. Meanwhile, Big Magazine Stud Sampiero had caught Helga and passed her in the last mile or so, and the two Naish Glides were battling each other behind these guys. So there you had it, with Thad finishing First on the Dreamsicle Proto, Packet second, Roary third but first in the fashion contest as he had his shorts perfectly matched to his board, Big White Magazine Stud Sampiero 4th, Helga 5th, and the Doublemint Twins of Sam and Eduardo, both on Naish Glides and both with the same tan, same hair color and both with red shorts, coming in like little and big brother….one of them actually dates the Colombian Pop Diva Superstar “Jery” (http://www.myspace.com/jery), see if you can guess which one from the photos. The rest of the field came in around ten minutes behind these guys for a very good event that was quite competitive. Oh yeah, Eduardo came behind Eduardo but we kind of expected that. Good job, and thanks to CGSC for being very gracious hosts, boat drivers Anita, David and Susan, and we look forward to seeing all of you in Key Largo at Gilberts on September 27th for the next big SUP throwdown in the Hobie Stand UP Series! —Liquid Surf and Sail Staph Writers Times: (Top Ten) Thaddeus 1.05.10 (On the Creamsicle) Packet 1.06.05 Roary 1.07.37 Josh 1.11.41 Helga 1.12.25 Sam 1.16.18 Eduardo Argentina 1.17.38 Eduardo Brazil 1.19.08 Bill 1.22.10 Miguel 1.25.40 " |
Does any one have any photos of this race?
Does any one have any photos of this race?
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Glenn, I sent Rick the photos today.....
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Will the Dreamsicle/Creamsicle be representing in Key Largo on the 27th??? That is the question......
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Key Largo on the 27th
Thad has made plans to race in Key Largo on the 27th, I think he will be racing in Pompano Beach this weekend on prototype 2. I have finished designing a new board proto 3 with a few changes to the tail and bow. I will to have it finished by December. I was hoping I would get your perspective on Sup design of future boards.
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Just got back, will put up the images from the race Jim sent me soon!
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That board is fishy!
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