Hi Folks: I am Geno Padilla, father of Maligiaq. I received an e-mail from him today saying he finished in 8th place in the 500 meter sprint race today. This was against all racers, including the professional division. Tomorrow (Sunday) he will compete in the 28.5 kilometer "seeding" race against ALL racers. The top 100 will go on to Forrestville for the 55 kilometer race next weekend. I'm confident he will advance. He will be in the amateur division for this race and I feel he has a good chance to "place". Thanks to Redwing Designs and QCC Kayaks for providing him with a competitive kayak and some gear. Thanks to Mr. Michael Bradley of Quebec for transporting him and finding a place to stay in Montreal. Thanks to Serge Savard of Quebec (he placed 3rd today) for his help in getting Maligiaq around the "beauracracy" of the races. Thanks to the Inuit Cooperative of Northern Quebec for providing him with the rest of the required race gear and for his meals. Without this help he would have been relatively helpless in Montreal. It's still "up in the air" as to how he will get to Forrestville and where he will stay there. I have received $105 in donations from 5 individuals. I didn't know what to expect and am sincerely grateful to those folks; you'll be hearing from us when Maligiaq returns. I'm waiting for Maligiaq to tell me how much money he'll need and when he'll need it, then I'll get a certified check for what I've received and overnight post it to him. He'll probably need more than I've received. I'm hoping that he'll be fortunate enough to get such generous assistance as the aforementioned have provided. If not, perhaps his mom and stepfather can wire him some funds from Greenland. Unfortunately, I have to live on disability income for the time being, so all I can provide him is my love and encouragement and help with the logistics and communicating with the race officials and all those who have offered their assistance. The Iniut Circumpolar Conference, the Greenland Paddling Clubs, Arrowhead Paddling Club, and some individuals are hoping to get Maligiaq to those villages in Arctic Canada and Alaska whose people are interested in renewing their kayaking heritage. This will probably happen next summer. Maligiaq has been invited to the village of Povirnituq to help them get a paddling club started and to the Eastern Arctic Games in Inukjuaq while he is in Quebec and after the races. He has more plans/invitations than he has time for before he returns to Greenland in October, so if he can't make it this summer, we'll hope for next year and some better organization. Maligiaq and others would like to form an alliance between all the Arctic countries' paddlers and exchange knowledge and information; have paddlers travel to other's countries and set up some races and rolling contests. Mr. Chuck Sutherland of the Arrowhead Paddling Club would like to form an alliance between his club and the Greenland Paddling Clubs and perhaps work out some kind of "exchange" program. I am not currently a kayaker and it amazes me that so many people in some many diverse areas are so dedicated to sea kayaking. It seems that it is an up-and-coming sport/hobby in the U.S. It would be great to see the Arctic countries rediscover the heritage that they gave to the rest of the world. I will keep all who are interested updated on "Paddlewise" as to how he's doing, both personally and in the races. If any of the kayak clubs would be interested in having him demonstrate/instruct, please keep in touch and perhaps he can visit your area next summer. He is experiencing an event that he will remember all his life. Thanks to all who have contributed! Most Sincerely, AUGUSTO E. PADILLA 3100 WOOD AVE., LOT L-11 COLORADO SPRINGS, CO 80907 HOME PHONE: 719-630-8804 E-MAIL: GENPAD_at_JUNO.COM (for e-mail only) GENPAD111_at_AOL.COM (for attachments, pictures, etc.) ___________________________________________________________________ Get the Internet just the way you want it. Free software, free e-mail, and free Internet access for a month! Try Juno Web: http://dl.www.juno.com/dynoget/tagj. *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
Snip______ It would be >great to see the Arctic countries rediscover the heritage that they gave >to the rest of the world. > >Most Sincerely, > >AUGUSTO E. PADILLA This got me thinking, with the talk of the ACA and the BCU recognizing the Greenland style of paddling and teaching classes on it , did it get the approval of the Greenland kayaking club (?) and or they helping out or getting anything from it. Did they contact MALIGIAQ sense he is there representative here? It is there heritage and I have not heard whether they are involved or no. With the way the USA and the Brits are I would not be surprised if they were not even contacted but hope they were. After reading Greg Stamers article on the way MALIGIAQ paddles ( http://www.jacksonville.net/~dldecker/fskaGreenland.htm ) and talking to several people and watching several videos of the accepted way of Greenland paddling seems to differ from the way Greenlanders do it. So are we going to be taught the right way ( Greenlanders way) or our own way USA and Brittish. ?? Dana *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
In a message dated 8/1/99 7:18:09 AM Eastern Daylight Time, genpad_at_juno.com writes: << he finished in 8th place in the 500 meter sprint race today. This was against all racers, including the professional division. Tomorrow (Sunday) he will compete in the 28.5 kilometer "seeding" race against ALL racers. The top 100 will go on to Forrestville for the 55 kilometer race next weekend. >> Geno: Thanks for the info. I don't know much about racing. They race all categories together or is it time etc. worked out later? Where he placed 8th, do you know out of how many participants? Sandy Kramer *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
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