2006 Race

The third annual rumble was again a great success, this time a bit more chill on the planning front. Entrants got tshirts, winners got cash prizes, and a quasi-team-boatercross event was added. No sponsors, just boating. Photos from the event are courtesy of patrick rogers, mike holliday, and lucas schulz.

pat's:
http://www.kayakingphotos.com/albums2006/WellsAPR9/WellsAPR91.html

mike's:
http://engineering.dartmouth.edu/~Michael_J_Holliday/SCW/


naney warms up cresting 'the sweetness'-photo by mike


warm up on tantra-photo by mike

the format of the main race was the same as in 2005: 4 sprints and 1 full course race, ALL MASS START. YEEEEEEEAH! Racers accrued points by place in each race: last place = 1 point, 2nd to last = 2pts, 3rd to last = 3 pts etc... the sprints were weighted x 1, the full course weighted x 3. you accrue the most points = you WIN.

1st Leg = MRS GOLDEN'S SPRINT
from above 'brett's mom' to below 'the sweetness'


naney and beardsley right out of the gate-photo by lucas


start pack on mrs. golden's sprint-photo by mike


the pack opening up on 'the sweetness'-photo by patrick

mrs. golden's sprint
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1 jolyon pruszinski
2 mike holliday
3 alex steinberg
4 scott andrews
5 sam naney
6 john beardsley
7 jeff bate
8 austin lashley
9 trip burwell
10 jerry brisson
11 russ kelley
12 eric klem


2nd Leg = LABYRINTH SPRINT
from the top of 'labyrinth' to the bottom.

1 jolyon pruszinski
2 scott andrews
3 alex steinberg
4 mike holliday
5 austin lashley
6 trip burwell
7 jeff bate
8 john beardsley
9 sam naney
10 jerry brisson
11 russ kelley
12 eric klem


3rd Leg = SALTO SPRINT
from the below 'labyrinth', through 'cafe yo boof', to the eddy on the left below 'the el salto falls'


jerry brisson dropping in on 'the el salto falls'-photo by patrick

1 jolyon pruszinski
2 mike holliday
3 austin lashley
4 scott andrews
5 john beardsley
6 alex steinberg
7 sam naney
8 jeff bate
9 trip burwell
10 jerry brisson
11 russ kelley
12 eric klem


4th Leg = TANTRA SPRINT
from below 'the el salto falls', through 'elevator', through 'tantra', ending in the flatwater below.


beardsley in the lead on the tantra sprint-photo by patrick


steinberg and holliday neck&neck heading for 'o-face'-photo by mike


tantra sprint finish line-photo by mike

tantra sprint finish
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1 john beardsley
2 jolyon pruszinski
3 sam naney
4 mike holliday
5 alex steinberg
6 scott andrews
7 jeff bate
8 trip burwell
9 jerry brisson
10 russ kelley
11 eric klem
12 austin lashley


FULL COURSE BOOGIE
got any energy left?


scott andrews diggin in on 'the sweetness' (full course race)-photo by patrick


jolyon leads the pack on tantra... backwards-photo by patrick


naney in tantra, pack behind -photo by lucas

full course finish
1 jolyon pruszinski
2 mike holliday
3 alex steinberg
4 sam naney
5 scott andrews
6 john beardsley
7 jeff bate
8 jerry brisson
9 russ kelley
10 trip burwell
11 austin lashley
12 eric klem


TEAM BOATERX
this was the last run of the day, and on labyrinth we did a new event. we formed teams of 3. each team had one racer and two blockers. two teams would 'race'. that meant that you have 2 racers racing each other through the rapid, and they each have two people from the opposite team trying to slow them down and block where they want to go. CHAOS! it was excellent.


team boaterX-photo by patrick


team boaterX-photo by patrick


team boaterX-photo by lucas


team boaterX-photo by lucas

heat 1:
Alex/Jeff/Mike W
John/Sam/Scott L

heat 2:
Russ/Jerry/Jolyon W
Eric/Trip/Austin L

heat 3:
Russ/Jerry/Jolyon W
Alex/Jeff/Mike L

heat 4:
John/Sam/Scott W
Eric/Trip/Austin L

final
1 Russ/Jerry/Jolyon
2 Alex/Jeff/Mike
3 John/Sam/Scott
4 Eric/Trip/Austin

good fun on the boatercross.


the racers -photo by mike

FINAL RESULTS - points - boats
1 jolyon pruszinski - 83 - green dancer
2 mike holliday - 72 - grey embudo
3 alex steinberg - 66 - blue nomad
4 scott andrews - 58 - blue jefe
5 sam naney - 56 - orange jefe
6 john beardsley - 54 - purple jefe
7 jeff bate - 40 - red h3
8 austin lashley - 31 - blue gus
9 trip burwell - 29 - yellow huck
10 jerry brisson - 27 - necky blunt
11 russ kelley - 22 - orange crux
12 eric klem - 8 - red micro


chillaxin at ledyard (katie sporting a rumble T)-photo by mike


a reporter from the valley news was around for the race and put together a little photo spread of the race for the paper. the following photos were published in the Tuesday April 11, 2006 Valley News sports section. All photos by Denise Farwell:

full page

2005 Race

The second annual rumble in 2005 saw some beautiful weather, corporate sponsors, and a very competitive field of sixteen.
All photos by patrick rogers www.kayakingphotos.com

Most paddlers started with a warmup run:

molly malone - right on line


nate monnig - about to dig in


tom ebert - ready to meltdown

the format of the race changed this year; we went a point system. there were four mass-start sprints followed by the mass-start full length race. where your ordinal finish placing was subtracted from the total number of racers to convert to a point score. the sprints were weighted X1 and the full course race weighted X3, so you could win on sprints even if you blew the full length race, but your stamina on the full length still mattered a lot...

mrs. golden's sprint X 1
labyrith sprint X 1
salto sprint X 1
tantra sprint X 1
full course sprint X 3


clown show on mrs. golden's sprint


laura jorgensen leading the pack into the el salto falls


jorgensen in the lead on tantra


steinberg, holliday, and strauss looking down into O-face.


close finish on tantra sprint


post-sprint breather

mrs golden's sprint
(aka sprint #1 through 'brett's mom' and 'the sweetness')
finish name points
1 alex steinberg 16
2 mike holliday 15
3 tom ebert 14
4 nate monnig 13
5 nicole mansfield 12
6 steve endy 11
7 david strauss 10
8 scott andrews 9
9 laura jorgensen 8
10 nell campell 7
11 jay hanna 6
12 molly malone 5
13 ben zabar 4
14 jeff woodward 3
15 katie ammons 2
16 john demming 1

labyrinth sprint
(aka sprint #2 through the labyrinth)
finish name points
1 alex steinberg 16
2 mike holliday 15
3 nicole mansfield 14
4 laura jorgensen 13
5 nate monnig 12
6 tom ebert 11
7 jay hanna 10
8 david strauss 9
9 scott andrews 8
10 nell campbell 7
11 steve endy 6
12 ben zabar 5
13 katie ammons 4
14 molly malone 3
15 jeff woodward 2
16 john demming 1

salto sprint
(aka sprint #3 through 'cafe yo boof' and 'the el salto falls')
finish name points
1 Alex Steinberg 16
2 laura jorgensen 15
3 david strauss 14
4 tom ebert 13
5 nicole mansfield 12
6 jay hanna 11
7 nate monnig 10
8 mike holliday 9
9 scott andrews 8
10 steve endy 7
11 jeff woodward 6
12 ben zabar 5
13 nell campbell 4
14 katie ammons 3
15 molly malone 2
16 john demming 1

tantra sprint
(aka sprint #4 through 'elevator' and 'tantra')
finish name points
1 Laura Jorgensen 16
2 Tom Ebert 15
3 nate monnig 14
4 alex steinberg 13
5 mike holliday 12
6 david strauss 11
7 jeff woodward 10
7 nicole mansfield 9
7 jay hanna 8
10 nell campbell 7
11 katie ammons 6
12 ben zabar 5
13 steve endy 4
14 molly malone 3
15 scott andrews 2
16 john demming 1

alex steinberg managed to dominate most of the sprints, with laura jorgensen coming on strong in the longest one: tantra. newly arrived local tom ebert came as a big surprise sneaking into second after the sprints...

subtotal rank after sprints
rank name points
1 Alex steinberg 61
2 tom ebert 53
3 laura jorgensen 52
4 mike holliday 51
5 nate monnig 49
6 nicole mansfield 48
7 david strauss 44
8 jay hanna 37
9 steve endy 28
10 scott andrews 27
11 nell campbell 25
12 jeff woodward 21
13 ben zabar 19
14 katie ammons 15
15 molly malone 13
16 john demming 4


shuttle, pre-full course race


monnig leading as the pack crests 'the sweetness' - full course race

Full Length Course
finish name points
1 mike holliday 33
2 laura jorgensen 30
3 nate monnig 27
4 alex steinberg 24
5 nicole mansfield 21
6 tom ebert 18
7 ben zabar 15
8 jay hanna 12
9 scott andrews 9
10 david strauss 6
DNF jeff woodward 3

in the full course race is where stamina and familiarity with the run really come in handy. mike holliday broke out and snagged first place with laura a close second, and a strong showing by monnig in third. steinberg took fourth but mananged to hang on to the overall title due to his huge lead from the sprints.

WELLS RIVER RUMBLE '05 TOTAL FINAL RESULTS
FINISH NAME POINTS BOAT
1 Alex Steinberg 85 - NOMAD
2 Mike Holliday 84 - EMBUDO
3 Laura Jorgensen 82 - M3
4 Nate Monnig 76 - M3
5 Tom Ebert 71 - HUCK
6 Nicole Mansfield 69 - M3/KENDO
7 David Strauss 50 - HUCK/HUKA
8 Jay Hanna 45 - CFS
9 Scott Andrews 36 - CFS
10 Ben Zabar 34 - CFS
11 Steve Endy 28 - Y
12 Nell Campbell 25 - HUKA
13 Jeff Woodward 24 - HUCK
14 Katie Ammons 15 - H3
15 Molly Malone 13 - M3
16 John Demming 4 - BLUNT

all in all a great race.
we followed it up with a team relay again... good fun.


nate monnig helping pull the finish buoys.

BIG thanks to the sponsors for throwing down some great prizes.

many thanks to:
woody at LIQUIDLOGIC
bruce at ZOAR OUTDOOR
joe at UMIAK OUTFITTERS
ben at STEEPCREEKS.COM
daniel at LVM
jerry at SAILBOARDERS

2005 race flyer:

2007 Flyer