It was a gorgeous Spring Saturday morning at Lorenzi park in Las Vegas and teams from all over the valley prepared to splash it out and paddle to glory in the CCCC - Corporate Challenge Canoe Competition! The race was held in a fake lake complete with cute l'il ducks, geese and water you’d rather not be splashed with. <cough water fowl fouling cough>
Here’s Alex and Frank the Tank cruising by the turn marker, the red life jacket, to try and take their heat. The lead boat is fairly far ahead at this point in the race but Alex and Da Tank pour it on for a super close finish. I think they lost by about a size 23 shoe. This was their 2nd year as a team and they’ll be back and shan’t be denied a metal medal next year!
Beverly and Greg are digging deep to line up for the canoe eating turn. This is the 4th year they’ve teamed up for the CCCC and they are a Zappos Corporate Challenge tradition. Click here for a video clip of Bev and Greg edging out another boat for 2nd in the heat. Bouy-yah!
Here’s Kim and Marisa finishing up their heat. Alas, they were disqualified because they went below the hard deck (went out of bounds) but hey this was their first year and I’m guessing that they’ll be back next year as well. There was talk of having a campout and canoe clinic next year, a week or so before the 2009 CCCC. Sounds like fun – I’ll be there with an underwater fisheye camera and flipvideo. I can hold my breath for a really long time and paddle around underwater for some especially sneaky images! <cue theme from the movie Jaws>
