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« Reply #15 on: August 31, 2006, 08:22:35 AM »
Check out that last pic from Kai paddler - big man down in bench 6! Sad
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« Reply #16 on: August 31, 2006, 09:13:12 AM »
I was thinking the same thing about that German team when I saw that pic.  But I guess it goes to show that it is all relative ... somehow they made that boat move.
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« Reply #17 on: August 31, 2006, 09:17:48 AM »
Quote from: paddlerbutt on August 31, 2006, 08:22:35 AM
Check out that last pic from Kai paddler - big man down in bench 6! Sad

Having a 240 plus man down and taking out three other dudes for about 8 strokes or so strokes definately slows the boat down a bit.  This was our very first race of the event and we were lucky to get this pic.  It happened so quick but you have to keep paddling. 

Did any other team have issues with the foot rests in Toronto?
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« Reply #18 on: August 31, 2006, 09:25:46 AM »
  I didn't really have any problems w/ them .Alot of the problem ,I found, depended on the type of footwear you were useing . I had a pair of lace -up water shoes ( kind of like a runner) that I tried and they felt like they were going to slip so I switched to a slip-on water shoe ( cheap pair) w/ a good flexible rubber sole and that seemed to solve the problem .

 Like paddles I have different shoes I use for different boats . The SRS's  have that crappy angle iron footbace and I am 5' 10.5" and I found the brace was either too close or too far away.It was like designed for guys over 6 feet or under 5' 7" .
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« Reply #19 on: August 31, 2006, 11:15:55 AM »
i didn't particularly like the footbraces, as my bare feet would tend to slip.  i was lucky in most races that the person in front of me had waxed up the braces.  Smile
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« Reply #20 on: August 31, 2006, 11:19:35 AM »
 yeah that was weird . I got off the boat and my butt & my shoes had wax all over them and I wasn't useing any wax .....  Confused
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« Reply #21 on: August 31, 2006, 11:27:33 AM »
We used wax on the foot braces after the fall.  I like the Victoria race boats the best of any I have been on.  The Champion boats were pretty nice too ... there was a huge difference between the SRS and Champion boat in Toronto.  You would think at an event like that everyone would be racing in the same boats regardless of being men, women or mixed.
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« Reply #22 on: August 31, 2006, 11:45:18 AM »
 I never got to use the champion boats ,only the srs . My fav by far is the beloved BUK .......

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« Reply #23 on: September 01, 2006, 12:39:11 PM »
i too prefer the BUKs, but the SRS boats come a close second.  I think the reason i liked the footbraces where they were is because of my height.  they were perfectly positioned for both my feet (i paddle with both feet forward).   
i had been under the impression that we'd be using BUKs in toronto, and was a little surprised when i found out we weren't.  however, i have no complaints about the boats that we were using, aside from the not-very-secure method of attatching the heads to the boat.....
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« Reply #24 on: September 09, 2006, 11:34:56 PM »
High resolution photos of teams competing in the 2006 World Club Crew Championship in Toronto.

http://dragonwarriors.org/gallery/album38
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