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Thanks to Jon Emerson and the Pacific Sports Events crew for posting the results...
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Submitted by kala808 on Sun, 05/18/2008 - 11:50pm
Is the 19th placed Larry Cain in the Canoe race the Canadian C1 legend ???
#1 Mon, 05/19/2008 - 1:59am
I believe that is - amazing you knew that! I had to ask a canadian source to confirm - nice to know these people's backgrounds that come down here to compete!
#2 Mon, 05/19/2008 - 8:55am
Yes, it is. 1st and 2nd place in the high kneel in 1984 Olympics.
#3 Mon, 05/19/2008 - 3:35pm
Larry Kain is a paddling legend in Canada - because he has never stopped ! and is quite multi discilined in High Kneel canoe, dragon boat and now in oc-1 . But he was beated out by his friend and fellow eastern canadain Derek Shrotter.placing 12th.
Well done to both of you. We hope to see alot more of you in the outrigger venues!
#4 Tue, 05/20/2008 - 7:10am
Larry is well respected back home for his past, and present accomplishments and contributions in this sport (paddling).
Larry has not paddled OC as long as Derek, but he has quickly become one of the fastest OC's in eastern Canada. We are all glad to have him in this sport. His name has sparked a rush of attention and interest in this sport back home. Now if we could only get some surf!
Congratulations to all who participated in this event!
#5 Tue, 05/20/2008 - 7:31am
Larry Cain, Derek Schrotter, and Jonathon Hollins all are Canadian and they all live in Toronto (all raced this past weekend). Larry and Derek paddled in the Pogue Molokai Hoe crew that had a very respectable finish in 2007. They are all very strong paddlers; and they will continue to improve as they all learn to surf HI conditions. Each of them have successful flatwater high-kneel backgrounds, with Larry being the most sucessful on the C1. Remember that these guys have been training in literally freezing winter conditions requiring 3mm gloves, drysuites, etc, the past 6 months. As the summer nears and warms up the East Coast they will be getting more quality water time and will likely see more increases in hull speed.
#6 Tue, 05/20/2008 - 8:17am
Thanks for the nice words and for making an old C1 paddler who was humbled by the channel feel a little better. I can't tell you how much respect I have for not just those people that make it look easy like Karel and Kai and Lauren but everyone who crosses that channel every year in their one man. I had a great race going for 2 1/2 hours then cramped up like I've never experienced before - feet, calves, quads, hamstrings, glutes, fingers, forearms, and biceps. It was awful. The last 2 1/2 hours was just about surviving. I felt pretty humbled as I limped across the finish line. Now I'm back home figuring I'll have to come back next year to see if I can do better.
Huge congrats to Lauren for adding the ski title to her OC1, OC6, and relay titles and to Danny for winning and completing 3 channel crossings (2 solo) in the last month. Thanks too to Danny for competing in the Epic race which made it a better event for those of us who had already locked into it when the PA'A race was announced.
A big mahalo to everyone who made my stay in Hawaii in March and the last few weeks awesome. Thanks especially to Aaron Napoleon and his family for everything.
#7 Tue, 05/20/2008 - 9:37am
Larry also has some great female talent under tuition back home. In the past year he asked me to if i could introduce two of his athletes (Sheila and Chrissy) at my club Mooloolaba ORCC, and both spent considerable time here. If either of these two girls ever get the chance to spend alot of time in the ocean on OC1, they will be awesome, they flogged everyone here in the flat.
Larry i don't think anyone has a great result from their 1st Solo crossing, so don't be too hard on yourself, especially if you don't have the opportunity to train in those conditions. Putting the whole thing together successfully on the day is a art form, even before you get on the water eh.
All things going well i should be lining up with you in 2009 and you can tell me how to avoid those cramps.
Cheers Mate,
Rambo
#8 Tue, 05/20/2008 - 1:20pm
"Putting the whole thing together successfully on the day is a art form, even before you get on the water eh"
Rambo - you said that like a true Canuck - eh ?
#9 Tue, 05/20/2008 - 1:50pm
Hahaaa .... did I? Guess that comes from paddling with Canadian for a few years. (yes you AL Gartner now paddling for Waikiki BBoys) Yep, when you consider estimating ........ heat on the day, hydration, nutrition, getting a support boat and reliable canoe, transport, accommodation, race plan, etc etc. Sure everyone has to go thru the same thing, but it's much more difficult for international paddlers. So getting a few under your belt should prepare you better each time, same goes for the Molokai Hoe.
Well done all you Internationals.
Cheers Rambo
#10 Tue, 05/20/2008 - 4:04pm