NYCkayaker Mayor's Cup update - 10 days to go

[drkayak at optonline.net]

Hello everyone,
Here is a brief update on the race.

UPDATE – Registration closes 
October 11th – get your application in today.  Link below is 
application form.

 http://www.nymayorscup.com/Safety%20&%20Registration%20Form.pdf

$15,000 
in Prize money - $5,000 to the winner of the Mayor’s 
Cup

Our good friends at www.surfski.info are covering the race live...Be sure to Tune in!!

 

RACER 
PROFILES: we 
are fortunate to have a brilliant field of accomplished racers for 2007

Greg 
Barton ~ 4 time Olympic 
medalist (2-x Gold), around Manhattan record holder 3hours 21minutes, 2x US 
Surf Ski Champs, 2x World 10,000 meter Champion and too many others to mention. 


Herman 
Chalupsky ~ 2 x Molokai winner. Over the last 20 years he's been one of 
the top three surf ski paddlers in the world.

Dorian 
Wolter ~ Former German 
National Wild Water Champion and the previous record hold for the kayak and OC1 
will be there to recapture the record 

Eric 
Borgnes ~The 2006 winner of 
the Blackburn, he's finish sixth at the 2004 US Surf Ski Champs and just won the 
Chicago Shore Marathon on Lake Michigan. 


Ian 
Gray -- very strong South 
African paddler (former rugby player) from Durgan. 11th at the US Ski Champs 
last week.

Zsolt 
Szadovszki ~ former member of the 
Hungarian National Sprint team.  He finished 7th at Molokai this year. 

Rene 
Appels ~ Former professional 
wind surfer and now the National W.S. Coach of Hong Kong, Rene finished 16th at 
Molokai this year. 


Eric 
McNett ~ OC1 -- one of the 
top master's marathon canoeist in New 
England.

Ed 
Duggan ~ a former 
professional adventure racer who runs a kayak school out of Beverly, MA. He's completed the Blackburn a million times. TOugh strong solid NE 
racer.

Mike 
Tracy ~ a friend of Ed's. 
Very solid 2nd tier paddler. Top 3-5 at Blackburn every year.

Dana 
Henry & Blake Conant ~ OC2 -- 
Dana is one of the best marathon canoers in New 
England and a former top flight slalom canoist. Blake a legend in 
outrigger paddling. 

Ciro 
DeLaVega ~ He is solid New 
England paddler and  1st place 2007 Blackburn – Fast Touring division


Former record holder 
Glen Green from the first 1983 race will be there to discuss the history of the 
“Round Manhattan Races”
www.nymayorscup.com
 
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