The Paddle Pursuit EPISODE 8 "Theo Burn" 

Love this interview and discussion format. I recognize you do it as a pod cast. But for this one especially I would have loved to see you flash a few pictures up for the various types of crafts mentioned that I haven’t encountered. And maybe a pic of the various races mentioned. I will go look up all that stuff now. Just my two cents there. Keep it up, I look forward to each of these!

K2n 1st dragon boat at chatta jack 💪🏻

Just a reminder that way up in the north we've got paddlers and races too. So although Chat a jack is a big and a great race, I think the General Clinton in NY is actually bigger in terms of paddlers. We've also got the Adirondack Classic and of course, the grand daddy of offshore racing the Blackburn Challenge. Feeling a little left out

I think if larger craft hit a smaller craft (ie. 6 person hit a 2) then DQ should be considered. Perhaps that would be a little "incentive" for competent steering. I had several ama come CLOSE to me on sup and fortunately was not hit

I enjoyed the conversation but respectfully disagree that Carolina Cup should revert back to a beach start for longboats. I can't see how thousands of dollars in collective boat damage and a bunch of immediate DNFs would make it a better race. Just because they do it that way in other big races in Australia and elsewhere doesn't mean it's the best way. We are lucky that the venue at Wrightsville can support a protected water start. As someone who does the Graveyard in surfski every year, I'm immensely glad not to have to contend with shore break (and the potential expense of damaging my boat). Ocean downwinding and surfing Mason Inlet already make the race fairly technical--every year I see lots of people fall in the inlet section (including myself), and even the race winner fell there last year. While you could argue that the Graveyard is the elite course and people like me should just do the Money Island 10K, there is something really unique and fun about paddling the open ocean that the Intracoastal just doesn't have. It's already a big jump to go from Money Island to Graveyard, so I'd hate to see making that leap become even more daunting for lower level paddlers moving up in the sport. This is just my opinion as a "bad paddler" coming in 20 minutes after the race leaders, so take it for what it's worth 🙂.

Rainbow River should be the kickoff for the northern paddlers, and the river deserves a big race event. Its essentially the on the threshold of summer paddling which means end of season for me. CJ31 is kickoff for me so it makes sense. Some people enjoy the threat of heat stroke tho, espically the local ultra runners.