Display of the rafts
It's a nice sunny day
& we are the official timers!
Lots of race lineups for the day
It's early on a sunday
Timers ready
Safety Ready
& they are off!
Racing untested hand made rafts can be a challenge in the river
The media race event
we have races not only on local opens, but international opens as well
A clean finish! (wheres the competition?)
1 min+ for the track team!
& we have a collision!![The "Mt Fuji Blossom tree" raft](../../../../upload/2006/01/15/20060115052403-db3bbdc8.jpg "The "Mt Fuji Blossom tree" raft (9845 visits)")
The "Mt Fuji Blossom tree" raft
Next was the walking on water event
Where we literally walk on water!
not all are lucky to stay balanced thou.
tracks won the 1st position again!
& hey where we tried after 4 full hours of timings
theres no obligation to dangle $8k of camera over the water too
there we lots of conjestions
not to mention splashes
that kept all of us very much entertained
till the next raft event!
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& man were the finals fast!
rafts made their way in & out here
The day ended with a time record broken
& here we are at SRRR06
Prize presentation
Prizes were awarded 10th position onwards
Theres even awards for best looking, innovative rafts.
& Track & field came in second overall
1st...
& even broke last year's record with a timing of 61s (from 86s) Crowning the grand trophy for track & field!
A good race, next year, we would be competing again & better...