Scout! scouting it out, and giving a shout out, to the racers!
Dealing with the speed trap and the heckling!
Victory Ross survived the Trap!
The ever popular eddie pass.
Deep in the Speed Trap.
Nightmare numero uno.
"holy crap! I am ok!"
Nightmare numero dos! (don't forget to look around when it happens to you because its a view you see very few times in life)
Eli still fighting till the bottom.
Speed trap with extra obstacle included.
Extraction
Lil' Help!
Victory!
Mr. Tim Bell amongst the crowd. By the way he started every racer. Thanks Dude! And thanks to Sara, Jennifer, and Chelsea for "manning" the finish line. Volunteers make this whole thing happen. Wow!
The Crowd! Wow! I was blown away again by how many people came in to watch the spectacle.
The Southern Cross in light blue.
Some would call it Carolina Blue.
Others call it Robin's Egg. We call it Ice.
Southern Cross surrogate father/ daughter style.
Lil' A goes left
Yes! The boat may make it through another run.
Surrogate Dad looking on.
I swear I remember that.
Thanks Boyce! 3 of the Top 4 in Open Class and New Record in Hand Paddles, and Women's.
Showing a little respect for the river. Here's to Bobby "Ladd" Karls.
Johnny Floor and the Wrong Crowd at The Forrest Amphitheater.
by the light of the fire.
Freeeeeebiiiiiiiiiiiiirrrrrrrrdddddd!
The masses!
Arnd Schaeftlein and Anne all the way from Deutschland
Ummm lets see beer, bourbon, wine, tequila?...why not?
Grand Champ! What a stud!
One of the things that makes Andrew cool. He wouldn't take the number one jersey because Pat couldn't defend it. Sportsmanship in kayaking is not dead.
Lil' A taking the crown and crushing the record. First woman under 5 mins. Oh and she kicked my ass... dammit!
Jason throwing free stuff. You know what happens next.
Our amazing host Woody playing with fire...no burns.
Clay Hefner spinning the discs. I don't know his cool DJ name but he was awesome fun.
The dancing went on well into the weee hours.
Good times at the house of Woody.
Lil' A "champ" and Will "Charger" Pruett
6 time Champ Tommy loving the tunes.
DJ Clay Hefner sorry I don't know your cool DJ name.
I think they like each other.
Rock, Paper, Scissors,...Brown?
2nd place but first in the ladies hearts.
Its good to be the king!