Tour de Gudenaa, Sunday
The discussion on safety in Tour de Gudenå has been the main topic discussed among kayakers for the last week. I predict we will see a change of attitude towards safety next year among the race organizers.
Anyhow… The weather Sunday was perfect and we had 70 km of smooth racing. The strongest group containing the leading Spanish Federico Suarez and the Norwegian Eirik Larsen quickly got away.
Far more disturbingly Morten also got away and I only saw him during the two mandatory breaks. The result list hasn’t been published yet so I don’t even know how much he was in front. Not that it matters – even one second is too much. 
My rudder control(the T-bar) started getting stuck about halfway through the race making drafting near impossible.
I had arranged that two video cameras tracked the race resulting in hours of video material from the two days. For now we’ve edited a short trailer. Oh and as for the choice of music. Danish sport television has recently popularized the Madonna song for their teasers.
Publishing videos for the web is depressing. Our original clips are of a much higher quality and takes up 15GB. I’ve dumped a higher quality edition of the video along with some previously unpublished clips at my technical playground.
Nice video, interesting read. Just surfed in
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Rgards
Paul
http://www.lincsquad.co.uk
Awesome video. What type of camera did you use? I too lose alot of detail when I upload. I’ve got better cameras, but I am using one thats waterproof, and has no parameters that can be adjusted. I mount on my boat as I like to race. Interesting perspective. Here is a link to another race. The detail is disapointing as I lost a lot of detail when posted to u tube. http://tinyurl.com/3y876o
Hi Bruce
The video was made with two Sony DCR-SR190E cameras. One belongs to the canoe federation and one to my local kayak club. This is a harddisk based video camera, that makes extracting the videos a matter of connecting an usb-cable.
Around March we’ll present our recordings in DVD format to the clubs in the canoe federation. This way the full quality of the recordings will eventually reach the paddlers.
I use Sorenson Squeeze to generate the flash video files. Yes youtube can be rough on the uploaded videos.
Please continue documenting the US ICF racing scene. You guys need some exposure.
Best regards Peter
Hi Peter,
You are right, we do need some exposure. The K1 field of competitors is growing at least in Texas. It looks like an awesome race. Where is it? Is it an annual event?
Regards
Bruce
Hi
Yes it’s an annual race. More information at their homepage: http://tourdegudenaa.dk
Best regards Peter