First Race Day - Cashion Porter-Shirley

This was our first race day of session 2, and it was a blast. It started out with warm ups in the flat water that would help us in a real race. The first was a team race on McCoys, the first rapid. We spent a little bit of time scouting our lines and getting one practice lap each. The race itself was a blast. My team didn't do to well as we came second to last, but that did not matter to me. After that we did a little bit of playing in horseshoe and then scurried down to Lorne, the second rapid, ahead of the rafts. At Lorne, we did a mass start boater cross race. We had to paddle down and touch the right wall before making our way down through Waikiki and then touch Clay's boat. I had a great line and was rushing to beat fellow Keener, Guillermo, for the second place spot. I got to Clay just before him, but My hand let go of my paddle while I was reaching for his boat! This immediately disqualified me from the race, and the spot went to Guillermo. After lunch, we did a timed race on Lorne. The difference between boater cross races and timed races are that only one person goes at a time. This means that it only comes down to skill instead of the added obstacle of other boaters. In this race, I had a great line, but messed up the wall tap which caused me to lose a few seconds of time. I tried to make it up as best I could in which I did as I placed fifth. Now my back hurts, but I can't wait for more to come!