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Yukon River Quest 2008
Records broken in Yukon River Quest 2008
To finish the world’s longest annual canoe/kayak race is one thing, but to set a record doing it is something special.
That’s exactly what a handful of paddlers did on the weekend at the 10th annual Yukon River Quest, which started Thursday in Whitehorse and ended Saturday in Dawson City.
Not only did Team Kisseynew set a new voyager canoe record, but the team, which is made up of four Canadians (including Tim Hodgson, previous team-member of and sponsored by Ruby Range Adventure in 2007), an American and an Australian, set a new course record, shaving 35 minutes off the record previously set in 2006 by a tandem kayak team, Brandon Nelson and David Kelly.
However, Kisseynew members will be the first to give credit to last year’s voyager canoe champions, the Texans, who finished second with a time of 44:05, just 32 minutes behind Kisseynew.
“Without them we would never have come in so fast,” said Kisseynew captain, Martin Bernardin, owner of Kisseynew Canoe Company based out of Saskatoon, referring to the Texans. “We kept pushing each other, pushing each other — it was a good friendly competition, that’s for sure.”
Read the full story online at www.yukon-news.com.
All the race results can be found at www.yukonriverquest.com.
(Courtesy of Yukon News - www.yukon-news.com, May 30th 2008)
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