{"id":6167,"date":"2010-09-10T02:05:49","date_gmt":"2010-09-10T01:05:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/?p=6167"},"modified":"2010-09-10T02:05:49","modified_gmt":"2010-09-10T01:05:49","slug":"canada-vs-usa-at-the-raquette-river-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/canada-vs-usa-at-the-raquette-river-race\/","title":{"rendered":"Canada Vs. USA at the Raquette River Race"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Labor Day Monday saw the first ever Raquette River Race.\u00c2\u00a0 For years paddlers have fantasized about how sweet a race on this northern gem would be.\u00c2\u00a0 It wasn’t until the five 2 nine crew stepped up that it actually happened.\u00c2\u00a0 When six Americans and and six Canadians showed up, we realized we had a real international barn burner on our hands.\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n

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The Stone Valley section of the Raquette River located waaaay upstate New York has quickly been gaining notariety as one of the East’s most difficult recreational whitewater releases.\u00c2\u00a0 The river drops a solid 200 feet in a little under a mile cascading over 7 distinct rapids.<\/p>\n

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A solid American team of speedsters\u00c2\u00a0showed up with names like Geoff Calhoun, Adam Herzog, and Clay Wright.\u00c2\u00a0 The Canadian\u00c2\u00a0crew from Ottowa led by\u00c2\u00a0Phillip Kompass, Geoff Boyd, Mike Kobzik, and Mike McKay knew exactly what they were up against.\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n

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In the end it was sheer domination by the Americans.\u00c2\u00a0 Clay came in with the best time,\u00c2\u00a0 soon followed by Geoff Calhoun, and myself to round out the U.S. sweep of the podium.<\/p>\n

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Everyone agreed the Raquette is a bad-ass river to hold a race on, and the five 2 nine guys pulled it off with style.\u00c2\u00a0 be sure to check out www.five2nine.ca<\/a> for some photos and footage of all the action.<\/p>\n

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