It's early on a sunday
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Lots of race lineups for the day
Prizes were awarded 10th position onwards
Racing untested hand made rafts can be a challenge in the river
The day ended with a time record broken
1 min+ for the track team!
& they are off!![The "Mt Fuji Blossom tree" raft](../../../../../../upload/2006/01/15/20060115052403-db3bbdc8.jpg "The "Mt Fuji Blossom tree" raft (9959 visits)")
The "Mt Fuji Blossom tree" raft
A clean finish! (wheres the competition?)
not all are lucky to stay balanced thou.
rafts made their way in & out here
theres no obligation to dangle $8k of camera over the water too
The media race event
& man were the finals fast!
till the next raft event!
& we have a collision!
1st...
Display of the rafts
not to mention splashes
Next was the walking on water event
& here we are at SRRR06
that kept all of us very much entertained
& hey where we tried after 4 full hours of timings
Prize presentation
Safety Ready
Theres even awards for best looking, innovative rafts.
& even broke last year's record with a timing of 61s (from 86s) Crowning the grand trophy for track & field!
& we are the official timers!
tracks won the 1st position again!
we have races not only on local opens, but international opens as well
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