It's early on a sunday
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Lots of race lineups for the day
Prizes were awarded 10th position onwards
The day ended with a time record broken
Racing untested hand made rafts can be a challenge in the river
The "Mt Fuji Blossom tree" raft
1 min+ for the track team!
A clean finish! (wheres the competition?)
& they are off!
not all are lucky to stay balanced thou.
& man were the finals fast!
rafts made their way in & out here
The media race event
theres no obligation to dangle $8k of camera over the water too
1st...
till the next raft event!
& here we are at SRRR06
& we have a collision!
Next was the walking on water event
Display of the rafts
not to mention splashes
that kept all of us very much entertained
Theres even awards for best looking, innovative rafts.
& hey where we tried after 4 full hours of timings
Prize presentation
Safety Ready
& even broke last year's record with a timing of 61s (from 86s) Crowning the grand trophy for track & field!
we have races not only on local opens, but international opens as well
& we are the official timers!
tracks won the 1st position again!
there we lots of conjestions
Timers ready
Where we literally walk on water!
& Track & field came in second overall
A good race, next year, we would be competing again & better...
It's a nice sunny day