Thursday, June 2, 2011

Kayak Pour La Vie - Rouge River Challenge Event Recap


OPS Team paddlers Adam Chappell, Marcos Gallegos, and Philip Kompass sweep the poduim with there respective partners at the Rouge River Challenge!

This fantastic downriver racing event took place last weekend on the Rouge River. Decent weather and high water levels made for a exciting event. The 7 sisters section was divided into 2 different racing sections and teams of 2 paddled together to as fast and efficiently as possible to make a total combined time.

Philip Kompass Charging Hard

The final results were extremely close as you can see! Adam Chappell & Brandon Fasan walked away with the $500 cash prize.


Everyone is looking forward to next year and taking part in this great event!

Final Results
                                                                           1st Sect.          2nd Sect.         Total

1st:Adam Chappell & Brandon Fasan                  2min07sec      5min36sec      7min43sec
2nd:Marcos Gallegos & Aniol Serrasolses           2min03sec      5min42sec       7min45sec
3rd:Philip Kompass & Blake Mahoney                2min12sec      5min44sec       7min56sec
4th:Michael Henrard & Thomas Lavoie               2min13sec      5min46sec        7min59sec
5th:Kyle VanDeemter & Jared Evans                   2min11sec      5min49sec        8min00sec
6th:Francois Bergeron & Frédérik Gendron         2min09sec      5min55sec        8min04sec
7th:Francois Tremblay & Louis-Philippe Rivest     2min18sec      5min48sec        8min06sec
8th:Alexis Gallant & Jo Arnold                             2min22sec      5min46sec        8min08sec
9th:Brigitte Desrochers & Izabel Flansberry          2min44sec      7min01sec        9min45sec


Izabel Flansberry & Marcos Gallegos


Brandon Fasan & Adam Chappell