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Saturday, August 19, 2006

The weatherman was wrong again. As the sun came up on Sandbridge Beach in Virginia, the clouds broke and the ocean stood up in anticipation of kanus and paddlers, for what would be an epic day (by East Coast standards anyways) of OC-6 racing.

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[Photos] by Chantal Mouton
The 3th edition of the ‘North Sea Outrigger Canoe Championships’ (NOCC-2006) was again a great success. 46 OC1’s came to start in the 20km long distance race. Paddlers from France, Italy, UK, Holland, Belgium, Hungary, Zweden, Spain, Australia and of course Germany. Martin Budday (Germany) was for the 3th consecutive time unbeatable in both the ‘Long Distance race’ and the ‘500m Sprints’. Ending 1st Overall, he took home the latest ‘Tsunami Allwave’ OC1. Second was Olivier Petillion (France) and third Eller Frank (Germany).