Fastest Five

Date: Jun 1 to Jul 31
Distance: 5 km

Course details: Anything goes! How fast can you move your craft? Log your fastest 5 km split, and you don’t have to finish where you start. Season points calculated from minutes behind category leader.

Final Results

1	Paddler_Name	Craft	Gender	_Age_	Time	Pace	Points	Credibility	Comments	Board/Boat	GPS	SOCIAL
2	Dan Miller	SUP	M	35-49	0:20:22	04:00	100.0	*****	Bow river. Could go faster...	NSP Puma	GPS	SOCIAL
3	Robyn Bl	SUP	F	20-34	0:20:28	04:06	100.0	*****	Bow River in Canmore at 175 cms	Badfish Selfie 14x30	GPS	SOCIAL
4	Cory Richardson	SUP	M	20-34	0:20:52	04:10	99.5	*****	Bow river different route from last year	Carolina 14’ x 23.5”	GPS	SOCIAL
5	Jana Miceli	SUP	F	35-49	0:21:43	04:20	98.8	*****	Fast water on the Bow River!	10'6 SUPLOVE Inflatable	GPS	SOCIAL
6	Ryan Blake	SUP	M	35-49	0:23:58	04:48	96.4	*****	Flat with cross/tail wind on St Lawrence	Infinity Whiplash14x23	GPS	SOCIAL
7	Jeff Cowen	SUP	M	35-49	0:24:35	04:55	95.8	*****	Heavy boat traffic, river “sloshing”	Blackfish 14x24	GPS	SOCIAL
8	Rob Kavcic	OC1	M	35-49	0:24:39	04:56	100.0	*****	Sloppy downwind conditions	Volare	GPS	SOCIAL
9	Sylvain St-Cyr	SUP	M	50-64	0:24:51	04:57	95.5	*****	Nice condition on St-Lawrence seaway	Riviera RP 14 x 25	GPS	SOCIAL
10	Ryan Cuthbert	SUP	M	35-49	0:25:42	05:08	94.7	*****	Big tail wind	Allstar 14x24.5	GPS	SOCIAL
11	Ash	SUP	M	35-49	0:26:30	05:18	93.9	*****	Time taken from fastest 5km from a downwind paddle	Starboard	GPS	SOCIAL
12	Chris McCurrach	SUP	M	50-64	0:27:38	05:32	92.7	*****	Sketchy under the bridge with boat traffic	Naish	GPS	SOCIAL
13	Jake Davidson	SUP	M	35-49	0:28:03	05:37	92.3	*****	My first 5km taken on a downwinder	Starboard Allstar	GPS	SOCIAL
14	Marie-Eve Ménard	SUP	F	35-49	0:28:08	05:37	92.3	*****	Courant sans vent	Dosport drave 14x22	GPS	SOCIAL
15	Danielle Holdsworth	SUP	F	35-49	0:28:17	05:39	92.2	*****	Detroit River - current, wind and freighter wake	NSP Ninja	GPS	SOCIAL
16	Trevor Quinton	SUP	M	35-49	0:28:37	05:43	91.8	*****	One day I’ll find a shuttle to the top haha	ONE EdgePro2	GPS	SOCIAL
17	Billy Williams	SUP	M	35-49	0:29:27	06:23	90.9	*****	Watch stopped gps at 4.61, paddled for 4 more mins	NSP Carolina	GPS	SOCIAL
18	Bruno Turcotte	SUP	M	50-64	0:30:36	06:07	89.8	*****	Last 5k of a 26km training with tail and side wind	SIC Atlantis	GPS	SOCIAL
19	Dmitri Tsvetkov	SUP	M	35-49	0:30:55	06:11	89.5	*****	Lots of hustle, no flow on Nottawasaga	Starboard Sprint	GPS	SOCIAL
20	Lamond Lee	OC1	M	35-49	0:31:08	06:14	93.5	*****	Flat, little wind.	Ares	GPS	SOCIAL
21	Wendy Tillett	SUP	F	50-64	0:32:16	06:27	88.2	*****	Wave action! Lake of two mountains	Infinity Blackfish	GPS	SOCIAL
22	Michael Taber	SUP	M	50-64	0:33:01	06:34	87.4	*****	Headwind last 2.5 km	404 Jump	GPS	SOCIAL
23	Megan Sheppard	SUP	F	35-49	0:34:22	06:52	86.1	*****	7 km north wind beauty morning	ONE Edge Pro 2.0	GPS	SOCIAL
24	Austin Vennetti	SUP	M	20-34	0:35:02	07:00	85.3	*****	Inland lake, no current,side chop, small tail wind	Starboard Allstar	GPS	SOCIAL
25	Ariel Amaral	SUP	F	35-49	0:35:12	07:02	85.3	*****	Beauty night with a light breeze	Blu Wave 14’	GPS	SOCIAL
26	Rob Cynowa	SUP	M	35-49	0:35:53	07:11	84.5	*****	1mph current, river, slight upwind, dodging rocks.	Starboard I-Go 10x31	GPS	SOCIAL
27	Greg Ainslie	SUP	M	35-49	0:36:25	07:17	84.0	*****	Run in the river shaved a few seconds off...	12'6" Starboard Go	GPS	SOCIAL
28	Alanna Gregor	SUP	F	35-49	0:38:56	07:46	81.5	*****	Light south winds	14’ Blackfish	GPS	SOCIAL
29	Tara Imerson	SUP	F	50-64	0:40:36	08:07	79.9	*****	no hoped for tailwind! small side rollers;Lake O	StarboardSprint 14x21	GPS	SOCIAL
30	Megan Cynowa	SUP	F	35-49	0:40:37	08:07	79.9	*****	Flat water lake. No wind & No current.	StarboardSprint14x21	GPS	SOCIAL
31	Mike Noon	SUP	M	35-49	0:47:55	09:35	63.4	***		Starboard Generation	GPS	SOCIAL
32	Sean Haddow	SUP	M	50-64	0:49:25	09:54	71.0	*****	No time for a faster paddle. Lots of side-chop.	Infinity Blackfish14x27	GPS	SOCIAL
33	Ian Hu	Prone	M	35-49	0:51:46	10:17	100.0	*****	Flat, glassy mostly	Bark 14	GPS	SOCIAL
34	Christy Grack	SUP	F	50-64	0:52:33	10:31	67.9	*****	Great flat water	HALA StraightUp Infl	GPS	SOCIAL
35	Suzanne Errico Simpson	SUP	F	50-64	0:52:51	10:27	63.4	****	Lake Wylie - decent chop on the main channel.	Starboard Allstar 12'6"	GPS	SOCIAL
36	Sharon Purdy	Prone	F	65+	1:02:17	12:27	100.0	*****	Perfect conditions. Love my little Ghost!	BARK Carbon Ghost	GPS	SOCIAL

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