{"id":1556,"date":"2007-07-25T12:37:01","date_gmt":"2007-07-25T11:37:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/paddler-lifestyle-articles\/myoung\/black-river-festival-2007\/"},"modified":"2007-07-25T12:37:01","modified_gmt":"2007-07-25T11:37:01","slug":"black-river-festival-2007","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/black-river-festival-2007\/","title":{"rendered":"Black River Festival 2007"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/img_5250.JPG\" title=\"img_5250.JPG\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/img_8855.JPG\" title=\"Black River Race\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I am just now recovering from an epic weekend on the Black River in Watetown, NY.\u00c2\u00a0 There was a more casual competitive atmosphere than many other festivals, but there was no lack of quality kayaking and good times.\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00c2\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/img_8855.JPG\" title=\"Black River Race\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/img_8855.thumbnail.JPG\" alt=\"Black River Race\" height=\"133\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><!--more-->I won the freestyle event in the morning, nearly doubling the 2nd place person&#8217;s score during the prelim rides.\u00c2\u00a0 In the afternoon I paddled the Speeder in the race and completely<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/img_8853.JPG\" title=\"poop shoot\"><\/a> desimated the rest of the competition.\u00c2\u00a0 Brian Hartman also had a strong second place showing in the shortboat class.\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>I was so tired after paddling all day, unfortunately I did not win the party.\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00c2\u00a0This weekend I&#8217;ll be racing the Speeder again at the Deerfield Festival and then it&#8217;s on to the Northwest<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/img_8869.JPG\" title=\"img_8869.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/img_8869.thumbnail.JPG\" alt=\"img_8869.JPG\" height=\"133\" \/><\/a>\u00c2\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/img_8853.JPG\" title=\"poop shoot\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/img_8853.thumbnail.JPG\" alt=\"poop shoot\" height=\"133\" \/><\/a>\u00c2\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/img_5250.JPG\" title=\"img_5250.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/img_5250.thumbnail.JPG\" alt=\"img_5250.JPG\" height=\"132\" 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