Hello folks, There's news from Sisimiut! Greenland, that is... Maligiaq wrote recently saying he had won in the international Seakayaking Championship category for 20-34 year olds. What a guy! Hopefully we will be hearing more from those who were able to go to Nuuk and take in the racing. He also mentioned that he will be going to Delaware in the middlele of September for the kayak building workshop to be held there. Other Sismiut news concerns a Norwegian kayaking 'champion' named Roy Johansen who attempted to paddle across Baffin Bay to Baffin Island. Not surprisingly, he ran into trouble in the form of ice - again no surprise there, the east coast of Baffin is packed with ice. He was rescued with frozen feet and is planning to recuperate in Florida - hello Florideans! Back to paddling... Michael Bradley Hatley, Quebec *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced/forwarded outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
Hi Michael, You can peruse the results of the Greenland National Championships International Class at <http://www.magicnet.net/~gstamer/QU-2000_INTERNATIONAL_RESULTS.html>. Maligiaq had a great come-from-behind finish. The weather in Nuuk was extremely stormy for most of the week. During the short distance race, while just behind the leader, a wave broke on Maligiaq's chest, imploded his skirt and swamped his boat. His water-laden kayak was too heavy to be competitive and after his legs began cramping from the cold, he was forced to flag down the rescue boat. He made up for the lost points by a second-place finish in the long-distance race, a strong showing in the team and individual rolling and an incredible performance on the ropes. The weather interfered with some of the competition and several events had to be cancelled due to winds of 40 - 60 miles per hour. A number of whales ventured into the harbor during the competition, one large whale surfaced during the rolling competition and during the short-distance race a whale surfaced between my kayak and the kayaker ahead of me. This is the first year that the competition was opened to outsiders. The American team consisted of only four paddlers but I'm happy to say that the team performed well. Prior to the competition, while Harvey Golden surveyed kayaks, Cindy Cole and myself had the pleasure of attending a week-long training camp in Qoornoq, the birthplace of Manasse Matheussen, located in a ice-filled fiord close to Nuuk. Here we were able to acclimate to the water temperature, practice rolling, harpoon throwing and other skills with Maligiaq and members of the Sisimiut and Nuuk teams. The entire trip and competition was an incredible experience. If all goes well, both Maligiaq and Kaleraq Bech, president of the Greenland Kayak Association, will be featured guests at the Delmarva Paddler's Retreat, October 6 - 8. Maligiaq will be arriving earlier in order to teach a qajaq building class. You can contact Robin Snow at anorak_at_mail.comcat.com for details. FYI, this event tends to fill-up early. Best Regards, Greg Stamer Now roasting in much-too-hot Florida with no icebergs in sight At 08:55 PM 8/9/00 -0400, Michael Bradley wrote: >Hello folks, > >There's news from Sisimiut! > >Greenland, that is... Maligiaq wrote recently saying he had won in the >international Seakayaking Championship category for 20-34 year olds. What a >guy! Hopefully we will be hearing more from those who were able to go to Nuuk >and take in the racing. > >He also mentioned that he will be going to Delaware in the middlele of >September for the kayak building workshop to be held there. > >Other Sismiut news concerns a Norwegian kayaking 'champion' named Roy Johansen >who attempted to paddle across Baffin Bay to Baffin Island. Not surprisingly, >he ran into trouble in the form of ice - again no surprise there, the east >coast of Baffin is packed with ice. He was rescued with frozen feet and is >planning to recuperate in Florida - hello Florideans! > >Back to paddling... > >Michael Bradley >Hatley, Quebec *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced/forwarded outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
At 10:39 PM 8/9/00 -0400, Greg Stamer wrote: >If all goes well, both Maligiaq and Kaleraq Bech, president of the >Greenland Kayak Association, will be featured guests at the Delmarva >Paddler's Retreat, October 6 - 8. Maligiaq will be arriving earlier in >order to teach a qajaq building class. You can contact Robin Snow at >anorak_at_mail.comcat.com for details. FYI, this event tends to fill-up early. I failed to mention that Harvey Golden, kayak surveyor, paddler and builder extraordinaire, will also be a featured guest at Delmarva. Sorry Harvey! Greg Stamer Orlando, Florida *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced/forwarded outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
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