{"id":18638,"date":"2016-02-27T09:06:26","date_gmt":"2016-02-27T09:06:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/?p=18638"},"modified":"2016-02-27T09:13:38","modified_gmt":"2016-02-27T09:13:38","slug":"wairoa-extreme-race-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wairoa-extreme-race-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"Wairoa Extreme Race 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I have been out in New Zealand for 2 months now, getting excited for the arrival of my new 9R.\u00a0 It turned up a day before the Wairoa Extreme Race so, needless to say, I was super excited to try it out.<\/p>\n<p>This annual race is the first in the NZ Extreme WW race; Wairoa, Buller Fest, Citroen and provided an awesome opportunity to meet some more of the awesome N. Island boating community that are so inviting.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_18639\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-18639\" class=\"wp-image-18639 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_0071-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0071\" width=\"590\" height=\"394\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_0071-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_0071-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_0071-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 590px) 100vw, 590px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-18639\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The boater-X showcased some fantastic lines and excellent carnage to keep the spectators cheering<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Day one consisted of a 7-8 minute time trial down the dam release section of the Wairoa packed with a heap of brilliant grade 4 rapids.\u00a0 This was my first time in the 9R and I loved it.\u00a0 Super-fast on the flats, skips away from drops and boofs like a dream.<\/p>\n<p>The evening provided time for a couple of Kaituna laps and an awesome party. \u00a0Yet another chance to enjoy the awesome NZ boating community.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_18641\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-18641\" class=\"wp-image-18641 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Terry-Lasenby-1-1024x742.jpg\" alt=\"Terry Lasenby\" width=\"590\" height=\"428\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Terry-Lasenby-1-1024x742.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Terry-Lasenby-1-300x217.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Terry-Lasenby-1-768x556.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 590px) 100vw, 590px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-18641\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Loving the boofs in the 9R during the boater-X. Photo &#8211; Terry Lasenby<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The boater-X event was on day two, where kayakers would paddle head to head down the 1 minute crux of the river.\u00a0 There were tons of competitors and spectators lining the banks, cheering all of the carnage and watching some pretty styley lines.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_18645\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-18645\" class=\"wp-image-18645 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Johannes-Hendriks-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Johannes Hendriks\" width=\"590\" height=\"394\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Johannes-Hendriks-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Johannes-Hendriks-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Johannes-Hendriks-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Johannes-Hendriks.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 590px) 100vw, 590px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-18645\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">1st round of the boater-X, approaching &#8216;Rollercoaster&#8221;. Photo &#8211; Johannes Hendriks<\/p><\/div>\n<p>This was an awesome introduction to the speed and accuracy of the 9R and I am supper excited to get on lots more of New Zealand\u2019s classic runs in it.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks to Long Cloud Kayaks for helping me get the boat out here, the Wairoa race organisers for a wicked weekend and to Pyranha for their awesome, continued support.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Wairoa Extreme Race 2016\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/156596923?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"590\" height=\"332\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have been out in New Zealand for 2 months now, getting excited for the arrival of my new 9R.\u00a0 It turned up a day before the Wairoa Extreme Race so, needless to say, I was super excited to try it out. This annual race is the first in the NZ Extreme WW race; Wairoa, &hellip; <\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link block-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wairoa-extreme-race-2016\/\">Continue reading &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8917,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3,682,5,7],"tags":[638,548,491,872],"class_list":["post-18638","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-competition-reports","category-events","category-paddler-lifestyle-articles","category-tests-and-reveiws","tag-9r","tag-new-zealand","tag-racing","tag-wairoa-extreme-race"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9tk9G-4QC","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18638","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8917"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18638"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18638\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18649,"href":"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18638\/revisions\/18649"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18638"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18638"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18638"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}