2012 Green Race

Well the 2012 Green Race has come again. The Green race is always the first weekend of November, and it is my last event of the year. This year I got to head up a couple days early to get some practice in my new Karma creekboat.

 

In the end I didn’t get quite as much practice as I was hoping, being that water didn’t run everyday, and when it did it was an hour of water at best.

 

On Saturday the water came on time and a lot of it with 50% more flow than I had ever raced before. The extra flow definitely made me a took nervous being I had never paddled the river at 12 inches on the gauge.

 

My start time was near the end of the day so I was able to watch almost everyone, though quickly I regretted being a spectator. I watched more carnage in the 2 hours prior to my run than I have ever seen before. There were people swimming left, right and center, people running gorilla upside down, backwards, rolling off the lips. It was insane to watch, and it definitely didn’t give me the confidence to want to go race it myself.

 

Though amongst the carnage there was also a lot of great lines, including 2 of the Dynamic Duo runs, and Dane and Pat’s backwards runs. Watching a handful of people nail the line and be in total control is what helped me get back into the mindset of going for it.

 

3…2…1… go! I was off, cautiously heading downstream. I knew all my lines like the back of my hand, but I was also running the river at a flow I had never paddled. I kept my cool and nailed all my lines, and made it to the finish line safely, honestly that is all I could have asked for after witnessing the massive amounts of carnage.

 

We ended the day with an awesome awards and party and many newly broken race records.

 

Next year I will race again, though I am not so sure whether or not I will watch anyone before my race run.

 

Here are the final times.

 

PLACE	Bib	Name	Class	Boat	Race Time
.	1	10	Mike Dawson	Long K1	Liquidlogic Stinger (12’5″)	0:04:10
.	2	9	Dane Jackson	Long K1	Dagger Green Boat (11’9″)	0:04:15
.	3	1	Isaac Levinson	Long K1	Liquidlogic Stinger (12’5″)	0:04:19
.	4	6	Pat Keller	Long K1	Dagger Green Boat (11’9″)	0:04:20
.	5	3	Eric Deguil	Long K1	Liquidlogic Stinger (12’5″)	0:04:21
.	6	2	Andrew Holcombe	Long K1	Dagger Green Boat (11’9″)	0:04:23
.	7	12	John Grace	Long K1	Liquidlogic Stinger (12’5″)	0:04:23
.	8	4	Chris Gragtmans	Long K1	Dagger Green Boat (11’9″)	0:04:28
.	9	10	Mike Dawson	Short K1	Bliss-Stick Tuna (8’6″)	0:04:30
.	10	3	Eric Deguil	Short K1	Liquidlogic Remix 79 (8’11”)	0:04:31
.	11	29	Vavřinec Hradilek	Long K1	Liquidlogic Stinger (12’5″)	0:04:36
.	12	5	Jason Beakes	Long K1	Dagger Green Boat (11’9″)	0:04:38
.	13	1	Isaac Levinson	Short K1	Liquidlogic Remix 69 (8’9″)	0:04:39
.	14	28	Geoff Calhoun	Long K1	Dagger Green Boat (11’9″)	0:04:41
.	15	2	Andrew Holcombe	Short K1	Dagger Mamba 8.6 (8’6″)	0:04:43
.	16	52	Joel Kowalski	Long K1	Dagger Green Boat (11’9″)	0:04:43
.	17	57	Chris Stafford	Long K1	Dagger Green Boat (11’9″)	0:04:43
.	18	104	Darren Albright	Long K1	Dagger Green Boat (11’9″)	0:04:43
.	19	8	Daniel Stewart	Long K1	Liquidlogic Stinger (12’5″)	0:04:44
.	20	75	David Cohen	Long K1	Dagger Green Boat (11’9″)	0:04:44
.	21	16	Drew Austell	Long K1	Dagger Green Boat (11’9″)	0:04:44
.	22	501	Levinson/Keller	Long K2	Jackson Topo Duo	0:04:48
.	23	4	Chris Gragtmans	Short K1	Dagger Mamba 8.6 (8’6″)	0:04:51
.	24	13	Tommy Hilleke	Long K1	Liquidlogic Stinger (12’5″)	0:04:51
.	25	34	David Herman	Long K1	Dagger Green Boat (11’9″)	0:04:51
.	26	41	Clay Wright	Short K1	Jackson Karma M(8’6″)	0:04:51
.	27	33	Bo Wallace	Short K1	Liquidlogic Remix 69 (8’9″)	0:04:52
.	28	28	Geoff Calhoun	Short K1	Dagger Mamba 8.6 (8’6″)	0:04:54
.	29	21	Ryan DeKay	Long K1	Dagger Green Boat (11’9″)	0:04:55
.	30	503	Dane Jackson/Geoff	Long K2	Jackson Topo Duo	0:04:57
.	31	18	Adriene Levknecht	Long K1W	Liquidlogic Stinger (12’5″)	0:04:58
.	32	104	Darren Albright	Short K1	Dagger Nomad 8.5 (8’5″)	0:04:59
.	33	8	Daniel Stewart	Short K1	Liquidlogic Remix 69 (8’9″)	0:05:02
.	34	5	Jason Beakes	Short K1	Dagger Nomad 8.5 (8’5″)	0:05:02
.	35	76	Jordan Poffenberger	Long C1	Liquidlogic Stinger (12’5″)	0:05:02
.	36	52	Joel Kowalski	Short K1	Jackson Karma L (9′)	0:05:02
.	37	15	Jesse Wilensky	Long K1	Dagger Green Boat (11’9″)	0:05:03
.	38	16	Drew Austell	Short K1	Dagger Nomad 8.5 (8’5″)	0:05:04
.	39	54	Nik Haase	Long K1	Prijon Tornado (11’5″)	0:05:04
.	40	127	David Fusilli	Short K1	Pyranha Burn L (8’4″)	0:05:04
.	41	35	Eric Chance	Long K1	Prijon Tornado (11’5″)	0:05:04
.	42	31	Tad Dennis	Long C1	Liquidlogic Remix 100 (11’9″)	0:05:04
.	43	45	Timothy Madison	Long K1	Perception Corsica S (10’7″)	0:05:06
.	44	32	Scott Harcke	Long K1	Dagger Green Boat (11’9″)	0:05:06
.	45	78	Katrina Van Wijk	Long K1W	Liquidlogic Stinger (12’5″)	0:05:06
.	46	58	Saunders Southecorvo	Long K1	Dagger Crossfire (11’0″)	0:05:06
.	47	9	Dane Jackson	Long C1	Dagger Green Boat (11’9″)	0:05:07
.	48	33	Bo Wallace	Long K1	Liquidlogic Stinger (12’5″)	0:05:07
.	49	40	Chris Roberts	Long K1	Liquidlogic Stinger (12’5″)	0:05:07
.	50	167	Nick Troutman	Short K1	Jackson Karma M(8’6″)	0:05:07
.	51	31	Tad Dennis	Short C1	Pyranha Shiva M (8’6″)	0:05:08
.	52	130	Jim Janney	Short K1	Pyranha Karnali L (8’5″)	0:05:08
.	53	38	Jay Ditty	Long C1	Liquidlogic Stinger (12’5″)	0:05:08
.	54	37	Jeff Clewell	Long K1	Dagger Green Boat (11’9″)	0:05:09
.	55	63	Scott Magley	Long K1	Dagger Green Boat (11’9″)	0:05:10
.	56	50	Mefford Williams	Long K1	Liquidlogic Stinger (12’5″)	0:05:10
.	57	133	Chris Stafford	Short K1	Dagger Nomad 8.5 (8’5″)	0:05:10
.	58	14	Mark Taylor	Long K1	Dagger Green Boat (11’9″)	0:05:11
.	59	18	Adriene Levknecht	Short K1W	Liquidlogic Remix 59 (8’5″)	0:05:11
.	60	17	Zach Fraysier	Short K1	Jackson Karma L (9′)	0:05:11
.	61	126	Jared Seiler	Short K1	Pyranha Shiva M (8’6″)	0:05:11
.	62	77	Will Rudisill	Long K1	Dagger Green Boat (11’9″)	0:05:14
.	63	25	Stephen McGrady	Long K1	Dagger Green Boat (11’9″)	0:05:14
.	64	70	Joe Scarborough	Long K1	Dagger Green Boat (11’9″)	0:05:15
.	65	27	Bradley McMillan	Long C1	Dagger Green Boat (11’9″)	0:05:16
.	66	116	Clay Lucas	Long K1	Dagger Green Boat (11’9″)	0:05:16
.	67	63	Scott Magley	Short K1	Pyranha Burn L (8’4″)	0:05:16
.	68	42	Adam Bixby	Long K1	Dagger Green Boat (11’9″)	0:05:16
.	69	97	John Quigley	Long K1	Dagger Green Boat (11’9″)	0:05:17
.	70	170	Mac McGee	Short K1		0:05:17
.	71	100	David Clarke	Long K1	Dagger Green Boat (11’9″)	0:05:17
.	72	44	Ben Blake	Long K1	Dagger Green Boat (11’9″)	0:05:17
.	73	65	Jess Albright	Long K1	Dagger Green Boat (11’9″)	0:05:17
.	74	50	Mefford Williams	Short K1	Liquidlogic Remix 79 (8’11”)	0:05:18
.	75	169	Chris Gallaway	Short K1	Dagger Nomad 8.5 (8’5″)	0:05:18
.	76	20	Caleb Coaplen	Long K1	Prijon Tornado (11’5″)	0:05:18
.	77	154	Ben Warf	Short K1	Jackson Villain S (8’2″)	0:05:20
.	78	83	Ky Hart	Short K1	Jackson Karma L (9′)	0:05:21
.	79	48	Nelson Jones	Long K1	Prijon Tornado (11’5″)	0:05:21
.	80	71	Ty Caldwell	Long K1	Dagger Green Boat (11’9″)	0:05:21
.	81	69	Colin Hunt	Long K1	Dagger Green Boat (11’9″)	0:05:21
.	82	186	Elliot Buchholz	Long K1	Liquidlogic Stinger (12’5″)	0:05:22
.	83	89	Max Posner	Long K1	Prijon Tornado (11’5″)	0:05:22
.	84	17	Zach Fraysier	Long K1	Dagger Green Boat (11’9″)	0:05:22
.	85	67	Jordan Finke	Long K1	Perception Overflow (10’0″)	0:05:22
.	86	24	Bill Clipper	Long K1 HP	Dagger Green Boat (11’9″)	0:05:23
.	87	138	Taylor Cofer	Short K1	Fluid Bazooka M (8’1″)	0:05:23
.	88	59	Jay Mahan	Long K1	Dagger Green Boat (11’9″)	0:05:25
.	89	128	Glenn LaPlante	Short K1	Liquidlogic CR 125 (6’8″)	0:05:25
.	90	27	Bradley McMillan	Short C1	Dagger Mamba 8.6 (8’6″)	0:05:27
.	91	103	Bett Adams	Long K1	Dagger Green Boat (11’9″)	0:05:27
.	92	86	Jacob Kowalewski	Long K1 HP	Dagger Green Boat (11’9″)	0:05:27
.	93	72	Sam England	Long K1	Liquidlogic Stinger (12’5″)	0:05:27
.	94	157	James Lowry	Short K1	Pyranha Shiva M (8’6″)	0:05:28
.	95	36	Mark Robertson	Long K1	Dagger Green Boat (11’9″)	0:05:29
.	96	49	Cooper Sallade	Long K1	Dagger Green Boat (11’9″)	0:05:31
.	97	79	Chris Baer	Long K1	Dagger Green Boat (11’9″)	0:05:33
.	98	113	Chan Jones	Short K1	Pyranha Shiva M (8’6″)	0:05:33
.	99	168	Josh Burton	Short K1		0:05:33
.	100	119	Andy Hobson	Short K1	Jackson Villain (8’8″)	0:05:34
.	101	105	Robbie Gilson	Long K1	Dagger Green Boat (11’9″)	0:05:35
.	102	78	Katrina Van Wijk	Short K1W	Liquidlogic Remix 79 (8’11”)	0:05:38
.	103	156	Philip Ellis	Short K1	Dagger Nomad 8.5 (8’5″)	0:05:38
.	104	77	Will Rudisill	Short K1	Liquidlogic Remix 69 (8’9″)	0:05:39
.	105	82	Eli Loiben	Long K1	Dagger Green Boat (11’9″)	0:05:40
.	106	84	Louise Urwin	Long K1W	Dagger Green Boat (11’9″)	0:05:41
.	107	141	Josh Register	Short K1	Pyranha Shiva L (8’8″)	0:05:42
.	108	139	Andres Reyes	Short K1	Dagger Nomad 8.5 (8’5″)	0:05:43
.	109	99	Joshua Heritage	Long K1	Prijon Tornado (11’5″)	0:05:43
.	110	158	Ben Bernhard	Short K1	Liquidlogic Remix 79 (8’11”)	0:05:44
.	111	96	Brandon Fasan	Long K1	Dagger Green Boat (11’9″)	0:05:45
.	112	134	Tyler Houck	Short K1	Dagger Nomad 8.5 (8’5″)	0:05:46
.	113	69	Colin Hunt	Short K1	Liquidlogic Stomper 80 (8’2″)	0:05:47
.	114	80	Greg Garrard	Long K1 HP	Liquidlogic Stinger (12’5″)	0:05:49
.	115	7	Toby MacDermott	Long K1	Liquidlogic Stinger (12’5″)	0:05:51
.	116	39	Van Nall	Long K1	Dagger Green Boat (11’9″)	0:05:51
.	117	61	Jordan Sherman	Long K1	Dagger Green Boat (11’9″)	0:05:53
.	118	140	Joe Keck	Short K1	Jackson Villain (8’8″)	0:05:53
.	119	117	Tyler Mayo	Short K1	Liquidlogic Stomper 90 (8’5″)	0:05:54
.	120	151	Cody Adams	Short K1	Dagger Nomad 8.5 (8’5″)	0:05:56
.	121	152	Doug Fogartie	Short K1	Bliss-Stick Tuna (8’6″)	0:05:57
.	122	132	Chris Erdahl	Short K1	Liquidlogic Remix 79 (8’11”)	0:05:57
.	123	163	Sam Manzer	Short K1	Dagger Nomad 8.5 (8’5″)	0:05:57
.	124	121	Eliot Berz	Short K1	Liquidlogic Stomper 90 (8’5″)	0:05:59
.	125	148	Bernie Engelman	Short K1	Dagger Nomad 8.1 (8’1″)	0:06:01
.	126	62	Chris Vella	Long K1	Dagger Green Boat (11’9″)	0:06:01
.	127	88	Caleb Adams	Long K1	Liquidlogic Stinger (12’5″)	0:06:02
.	128	190	Chase Simmons	Short K1	Bliss-Stick Tuna (8’6″)	0:06:06
.	129	107	Ryan Snodgrass	Long K1	Dagger Green Boat (11’9″)	0:06:07
.	130	162	Matt Wright	Short K1	Liquidlogic Stomper 90 (8’5″)	0:06:08
.	131	290	Sam Ovett	Long K1	Perception Stikine (9’5″)	0:06:14
.	132	96	Brandon Fasan	Short K1	Bliss-Stick Mystic (8’0″)	0:06:23
.	133	125	Chris Young	Short K1	Liquidlogic Remix 79 (8’11”)	0:06:24
.	134	6	Pat Keller	Short K1	Dagger Nomad 8.5 (8’5″)	0:06:27
.	135	92	Josh Wall	Long K1 HP	Dagger Green Boat (11’9″)	0:06:28
.	136	81	Terran Viehe	Long K1	Dagger Green Boat (11’9″)	0:06:29
.	137	142	Rob Siegel	Short K1 HP	Pyranha Burn M (8’0″)	0:06:34
.	138	115	Bryan Lusk	Short K1	Liquidlogic Jefe (8’2″)	0:06:37
.	139	60	Burton Greer	Long K1	Dagger Green Boat (11’9″)	0:06:44
.	140	95	Daniel Kreykes	Long K1	Perception Overflow (10’0″)	0:06:48
.	141	145	Daniel Rucker	Short K1	Fluid Bazooka S (7’7″)	0:06:49
.	142	9	Dane Jackson	Short K1	Jackson Zen	0:06:51
.	143	149	Jacob Arthur	Short K1	Wave Sport Habitat 80 (8’4″)	0:06:53
.	144	160	Kevin Nunns	Short K1	Dagger Nomad 8.5 (8’5″)	0:07:04
.	145	76	Jordan Poffenberger	Short OC1	Esquif L’Edge (9’2″)	0:07:06
.	146	165	Geoffrey Ives	Short K1	Liquidlogic Jefe (8’2″)	0:07:15
.	147	47	Jeff Joyce	Long K1	Dagger Green Boat (11’9″)	0:07:17
.	148	124	Nick Fiedler	Short K1	Liquidlogic Stomper 80 (8’2″)	0:07:22
.	149	143	Emily Shanblatt	Short K1W	Dagger Nomad 8.5 (8’5″)	0:08:29
.	150	37	Jeff Clewell	Short K1	Liquidlogic Jefe (8’2″)	0:08:39
.	151	98	Michael Bone	Long K1	Liquidlogic Stinger (12’5″)	0:09:02
.	152	146	John Chalfant	Short K1	Liquidlogic Stomper 90 (8’5″)	0:09:09
.	153	108	Eli Helbert	Long OC1	Esquif L’Edge (9’2″)	0:09:24
.	154	327	Bradley McMillan	Short OC1	Blackfly Option (8’8″)	0:09:25
.	155	53	Corey Volt	Long K1	Dagger Green Boat (11’9″)	0:10:18
.	156	74	Curtis England	Long K1	Dagger Green Boat (11’9″)	0:10:40
.	157	11	Pablo McCandless	Long K1	Liquidlogic Stinger (12’5″)	0:11:03
.	158	66	Robert Bone	Short K1	Dagger Nomad 8.5 (8’5″)	0:12:10
.	159	137	Quentin Beraut	Short K1	Liquidlogic Jefe (8’2″)	0:12:38
.	160	150	Scott Brown	Short K1	Jackson Villain (8’8″)	0:12:47
.	161	62	Chris Vella	Short K1	Pyranha Burn L (8’4″)	0:13:28
.	162	164	Max Ovett	Short K1	Dagger Nomad 8.5 (8’5″)	0:14:24
.	163	135	Kevin Palmer	Short K1	Pyranha Shiva M (8’6″)	0:15:13
.	164	260	Burton Greer	Short OC1	Blackfly Option (8’8″)	0:16:19
.	165	56	Gareth Tate	Long K1	Dagger Green Boat (11’9″)	0:16:23
.	166	122	Kurt Dobbins	Short K1	Bliss-Stick Mystic (8’0″)	0:16:37
.	167	502	Mike Dawson/Vavric	Long K2	Jackson Topo Duo	0:17:47
.	168	144	Greg Knicker	Short K1 HP	Dagger Nomad 8.5 (8’5″)	0:18:18
.	169	159	Michael Reber	Short K1	Dagger Nomad 8.5 (8’5″)	0:20:17
.	170	111	Jon Lowrance	Short OC1	Esquif Spanish Fly (8’0″)	0:29:30
.	171	110	Nathan Zumwalt	Long OC1	Dagger Ocoee (11’2″)	0:30:53
.	172	23	Jeff Paine	Long K1	Liquidlogic Stinger (12’5″)	0:33:03
.	173	94	Steven Naylor	Long K1	Dagger Green Boat (11’9″)	0:34:26
.	174	93	Scott Mann	Long K1	Dagger Green Boat (11’9″)	0:35:15
.	175	43	Keith Sprinkle	Long K1 HP	Liquidlogic Stinger (12’5″)	0:35:33
.	176	136	Kendra Kaiser	Short K1W	Bliss-Stick Mystic (8’0″)	0:35:35
.	177	112	Garrett Mays	Short OC1	Mohawk Maxim (8’10”)	0:38:16
.	178	19	Jason Hale	Long K1	Liquidlogic Stinger (12’5″)	0:40:56
.	179	46	Derek DelBuono	Long K1	Dagger Green Boat (11’9″)	1:08:30
.	180	87	Tom Daley	Long K1	Dagger Green Boat (11’9″)	1:25:52
.	181	64	Charlie Simmons	Long K1	Wave Sport Momentum (11’5″)	1:34:25
.	182	74	Curtis England	Short K1	Savage Designs Skreem (8’11”)	DNF
.	183	184	Joshua Dalton	Short K1	Dagger Nomad 8.5 (8’5″)	DNF
.	184	32	Scott Harcke	Short K1	Perception Phat (8’5″)	DNF
.	193	161	Dave Prentice	Short K1	Dagger Nomad 8.5 (8’5″)	DNF
.	185	131	Adam Hackenberg	Short K1	Dagger rpm (8’11”)	DNF
.	186	153	AJ Snyder	Short K1	Pyranha Burn M (8’0″)	DNR
.	187	51	Alex Ohman	Long K1	Dagger Green Boat (11’9″)	DNR
.	188	251	Alex Ohman	Long K1 HP	Dagger Green Boat (11’9″)	DNR
.	189	147	Ben Lucas	Short K1	Pyranha Shiva M (8’6″)	DNR
.	190	123	Billyjoe Phillips	Short K1	Dagger Nomad 8.5 (8’5″)	DNR
.	191	129	Chris McCoy	Short K1	Pyranha Karnali L (8’5″)	DNR
.	192	55	Dave Hepp	Long C1	Dagger Cascade (11’0″)	DNR
.	194	30	Dustin Marquart	Long K1	Dagger Green Boat (11’9″)	DNR
.	195	30	Dustin Marquart	Short K1	Pyranha Everest (8’6″)	DNR
.	196	85	Jacob Kowalewski	Short K1	Fluid Bazooka M (8’1″)	DNR
.	197	120	Jason Burton	Short K1	Dagger Nomad 8.5 (8’5″)	DNR
.	198	153	Jesse Wilensky	Short K1	Liquidlogic Jefe Grande (8’6″)	DNR
.	199	83	Ky Hart	Long K1	Dagger Freefall LT (9’5″)	DNR
.	200	214	Mark Taylor	Long K1 HP	Prijon Tornado (11’5″)	DNR
.	201	114	Matt Anger	Short K1	Pyranha Shiva M (8’6″)	DNR
.	202	118	Matt Dalton	Short K1	Eskimo Salto (8’1″)	DNR
.	203	98	Michael Bone	Short K1	Liquidlogic Stomper 80 (8’2″)	DNR
.	204	133	Nathan McDade	Short K1	Dagger Nomad 8.5 (8’5″)	DNR
.	205	11	Pablo McCandless	Short K1	Liquidlogic Remix 69 (8’9″)	DNR
.	206	155	Radley Miller	Short K1	Dagger Nomad 8.5 (8’5″)	DNR
.	207	105	Robbie Gilson	Short K1	Liquidlogic Jefe Grande (8’6″)	DNR
.	208	102	Sam Purdom	Long K1	Dagger Green Boat (11’9″)	DNR
.	209	91	Toney Morgan	Long K1 HP	Dagger Green Boat (11’9″)	DNR
.	210	29	Vavřinec Hradilek	Short K1	Liquidlogic Remix 79 (8’11”)	DNR
.	211	73	Wilson Bell	Short K1	Liquidlogic Jefe (8’2″)	DNR
.	212	68	Taft Sibley	Long K1	Prijon Tornado (11’5″)	DNR
.	213	73	Wilson Bell	Long K1	Dagger Green Boat (11’9″)	DNR
.	214	82	Eli Loiben	Short K1	Liquidlogic Jefe (8’2″)	DNR
.	215	166	John Stephens	Short K1	Riot Thunder 65 (8’0″)	DNR
.	216	66	Robert Bone	Long K1	Dagger Green Boat (11’9″)	DNR