Apres Robe Race Festivites

Batch Two. Beer Drinkin' and Award Announcin'

Whatcha all doin' this weekend?



Hey, who shrunk Rado?


The Robe Gnome looking for his next home.


A previous Robe winner and a previous Robe loser.


When life gives you lemons, make lemonade. When you find a deck under a bridge, throw a deck party.


The party goers.


The pooches - Rado.


Jackson


Luna


Canadians


Bellinghamsters


Time for the awards


The envelope, please.


The handing over of the robes.


Tao's stand in for the podium.


Gnome headed north.


Um .... the ... yeah. Be sure you don't miss the zany antics next year.

Until then ....

Robe Race Imagery

Thanks Todd for another great race day on The Robe. Thanks everyone for showing up, twas good to see and meet many of you (some of whom I haven't seen since last Robe Race). Hope to see you again before Robe Race '12.

I don't have much else to add, but here's batch one of my photos. Hope you enjoy.


Calling all boaters. A good turnout for Robe Race '11.


The three B's: Beer, Blondes, and Brock.


Racer's Meeting.


The coveted Robe.


The possibly more coveted Leif ... er, Gnome.


Time for some racing. Brian Fletcher - Hole in the Wall.


The Robe Race: Lost in the Rapids, Won in the flats. AJ and BF.


Repeat after me: Lost in the Rapids, Won in the flats. Rob and Ben cranking.


Rob and Ben trying to reclaim the robes.


Louis Geltman & Andrew McEwan coming into Hotel California.


Textbook drafting.


Little D, leading his team through Hotel California.


Fred Mercury Norquist & Jure Poberaj


Lane Jacobs. Despite lower water than last year, times were fast and competitive.


Jamie Wright @ Glory Boof #3.


Barton and Totten.



Jonathan Ehlinger & Scott Waidelich


Jon Dufay


JP and Jon


Team Canadia. Steve and Matt.


Chris Tretwold.


Leif.


The Safety Boaters. Thanks Team!


The Fans.



Stay Tuned for the after party pics. Coming soon ...

2011 Robe Race Results

Very thankful for all the participation in the Robe Race this year, grateful for all the volunteer support, & happy to report that the whole thing went off without a hitch! A chilly wet start to the day gave way to a mostly sunny finish & thankfully the localized precip helped stabilize the flow early in the week .. I never stressed a bit about water levels, as our pre-race weather was keeping things in the sweet spot. Would have been nice to see it at 5.5, but 5.3 is a great race level. Not a single swim was reported all day (not even in the safety crew!) Pretty sure that everyone who raced or volunteered got at least one sandwich .. I made like 20 lbs of sandwiches for the afterparty. And i know everyone got their share of beer .. we went through an astounding number of cases when it was all said & done. And how 'bout that afterparty patio scene??? Best one yet, by far. Seemed like everyone had a good time & felt reasonably safe while on the course.

The top end was very competitive this year .. fast times given the flow. Here are the results:

1. ROBES: Darren Albright & Tao Berman (28:34)
2. Louis Geltman & Andrew McEwan (29:02)
3. Brian Fletcher & Aaron Johnson (30:15)
4. Ben Hawthorne & Rob McKibbon (30:48)
5. Lane Jacobs & Jamie Wright (31:05)
6. Fred Norquist & Jure Poberaj (32:13)
7. Jonathan Ehlinger & Scott Waidelich (32:32)
8. Leif Embertson & Chris Tretwold (34:05)
9. Brett Barton & Chris Totten (34:31)
10. Mike & Joe Howard (35:28)
11. Jon Dufay & Jon Prentice (37:06)
12. GNOME: Steve Arns & Matt Kompass (38:30)

I got a handful of good photos from the start line that i haven't uploaded yet, & I know Shane probably has a bunch more. We'll try to get some of those posted by the end of the year ...

Thanks again, everyone, for coming out & celebrating Robe Canyon , for making race day 2011 an awesome time, & for reigniting my stoke for paddling!