On the weekend of 21st & 22nd May 2011...a two day race was held for some of the most elite teams of OC6 paddlers racing two of the Hawaiian channels iron (no change/relief paddlers).
Saturday was Maui to Molokai (this video) and Sunday was Molokai to Oahu.
Australia's Travis Grant sitting in 4 in this video footage of the winning canoe. This team won both days. These canoe's are 40+ feet long.
How's that swell !! And how's those runs !!! Enjoy
Insane! I read just before that they won the 2nd stage (molokai) as well just pipping Primo in a stock Bradley..
What a huge race.
What sort of speeds are they hitting when riding those swell ?
Anybody know ?
They must have had some sat device - Garmin,etc.
Had to watch this again, that makes about 20 times so far.
You can really see the bloke steering from 5 as well especially when 6 is way out of the water, so crazy.
You can't see how fast these guys are going but the noise of the boat motor gives it away I reckon.