Here’s my quicky report on this year’s AuSable Canoe Marathon…
120 miles of fun, all night long. Winners take 14-15 hours.
This year had the most teams ever enter, 90 or so.
They’re also going for the largest purse in pro canoeing, $50k.
So here’s what I’m talking about… A Youtube video taken with a camera on the bow of a racer’s canoe during the first 9 minutes of the race.
You get the Lemans start down to the total mayhem of the put-in on the narrow river to a near-tipover to finally a bit of settling down all in the first mile as shown in the cam. Check out the crowds! The massive bumps, squeezes, grinds and collisions! Feel the paddles of a dozen boats just ram you in your bowcam…
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Direct link:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jKVDZMvE8S0
