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@@ozzy7160 it was!!! Thank you! 😁

That is true...but does it matter? I thought of tying/affixing the crate to the board but decided against it as I wanted to be able to adjust weight/balance while underway, and if something did go wrong I'd rather lose the motor/battery instead of turtling my board and not being able to right it because of the additional weight 🤷‍♂️

Right!?! Me too!

Nice! Thanks! Looking forward to seeing you out there! 🤙

Thanks so much! 🙏 You're totally right, such a cool event! Looking forward to next year already! That was a super fun one to make 😁

Nope, they do races outside the canal... I think lots of their members come over and paddle at the 'fake race' and there's a lot of overlap in paddlers, but it's unofficial and doesn't have any connection to the Elks..although they are a great group for sure!

@@vango2adventure I want to paddle this with all of you. I live in Kirkland and I have a really hard time trying to find training partners to go paddle with.

@@richardjohnson4696 You totally should! lots of fun and a great group of people! You can probably find info on Elks races through their website, this video is from a Sunday morning informal thing near the Ballard area so message me if you're planning on coming down and I'll let you know time/place we meet 👍

@@vango2adventure Paddling first thing in the morning during the summer and throughout the winter has been my happy place. To be out on the lake and nobody is around is pure bliss, though, I do sometimes get a little lonely and want to share the experience with someone else. The views of Rainer, the Cascades and the Olympics, we do live in a beautiful area, being away from others while in it makes me appreciate it all that much more. Thank you for the invite, I would very much like to take you up on the offer.

Absolutely glorious! The benefit of having good paddle friends, not entirely sure I would have had the motivation to get out there by myself 🤣

Thanks! Yeah, it looks like a rad one... It's still on my list as I couldn't get away from the family early enough to make this one. So soon I hope! 😁

Thanks! I got that shot and was like "I know the perfect song for this!" 😂

I told you I'd fix it in post 🤣 gotta work with what you got so for me it's not the size of the waves it's the music and editing that makes it happen ❤️

Thanks to inspirations like you 🙏

@vango2adventure You inspire me as well, brother. 'Love your stoke 🤙🏽

Looked perfectly clean! Couldn't even tell it was your offside 🤣

@@vango2adventure funny thing is that if felt better than my inside 🤣

@@robertnissenbaum you practiced so much it became your onside 🤣

@@vango2adventure 🤣 It is actually something I don't practice enough. Beginner's luck 😁

@@robertnissenbaum 🤣🤣🤣 i heard a story from a rowing group about some legendary rower that spent his life looking for the perfect stroke...then one day he got it...so he promptly went back to the boathouse and was done 🤔

Thanks so much! Inspired by great paddlers and watermen 😁

All about that algorithm I suppose 😜

Haha, so true! My pleasure! Thank you for putting on such an amazing and well run event!!!! 💪❤️

So true!!! That is rad of Sarah!But maybe a slight correction for me as it seems I'm not actually allowed to go race on my wife's birthday...I can't believe it either! 🤷‍♂️

Thanks! Sooner or later I had to get a trick reel out... now I can start working on version 2 🤔🤣

Thanks so much! Yeah, such a great year and totally true!!! 😁

@@vango2adventure Great show great vid years ago had the money for the North west show of wooden boat building courses But, didn't know how I was going to live in Port Townsend all that time Think the school moved A perfect example of the locals being in the best position to take advatage of what is being offered

Thanks so much! 🙏

Thanks!