I should have been around more boat races. I’ve paddled as Safety Boat for one here in town a couple of times, and I’ve been to watch the race a couple of times.
Other than the insane scrum at the starting gun? Not interested.
Seriously. It sounds awful, but I just have a lot of difficulty in finding something to thrill me about canoe and kayak races. I’ve done artwork for race teams and for races to use on posters and T-shirts. That was entertaining for the length of time it took to do the work.
So… I guess what I’m saying- is that THIS is the canoe race I wanna see. This is the insane scrum at the starting gun, spread out across a lake. That’d be great. I like that notion, and so I pass it on to you. Enjoy.
Disney’s “Boatniks” comes to mind…
Try this: https://youtu.be/wmnnGWzLhAM
Race starts from here: https://youtu.be/wmnnGWzLhAM?t=44
Dogs paddle?
“The canoe race I wanna see” would probably look great as a large single panel…just saying…
Clearly Docta Pain is winning. I mean, she is listed in the Tags, but is not in any of the frames, perhaps because she is so far ahead of the rest. (Either that or she changed both her chartreuse hair color and her purple shirt before the race.)
You definitely wouldn’t want to watch a sailboat regatta then.
Who’s sinking in the first frame?
I loved the rowing machine at the gym so much someone suggested I join the local river rowing team. It sounded like such fun. Sadly, a certain pandemic occurred before I could join. Canoes and kayaks are fun for paddling around, but give me a long boat with vicious competitors any day.
Actually, this reminds me a lot of the kayak races I’ve been in!! (Aside from the MIB outboard-motor-method…) It’s perfect. Some very sporty people flailing around madly, making no progress, or underwater. The ones who know what they’re doing leaving the rest of us behind.
And snaps for putting your French Canadian character in a canoe! Bravo!
Hey, I LOVE canoeing! I’m currently doing a search on my computer, for a photo of myself at age 16, doing essentially the same thing with a canoe (but on purpose, not because of my weight…)
If I ever find it, I’ll put it up on Photobucket, and post a link.
Ah yes the epic saga, the soggy mess, the entire spectacle!!!!!!
Greg you should do a horizontal, single panel, diorama. Really!
That start reminds me of the mass starts we did in old motorcycle Scrambles.
Everyone maybe a hundred or so all going at the same time.
Made it interesting more than once!!