June MD Chute Out Brings the Heat

It’s hot in Washington, DC. Real hot. Seven out of the last 10 days, the temperature has been 95 degrees and higher. And since DC is built on a swamp, the humidity is high too–so sweat just sits on your skin.

Luckily the Potomac River flows through DC, and luckily we know how to kayak. So at least we can get wet and play in the water.

Last Thursday we gathered for the June edition of the MD Chute Out Freestyle series, part of the Hometown Throwdown series from World Kayak. Once again stormy weather threatened, but once again we had clear skies and sun for the competition. We had a new top scorer for the first time in a long time when Danny Stock crushed the rest of the A class by a factor of 2 or more. And we had a new B class competitor who also won the class AND took home a great pair of Smith sunglasses in the raffle aferward.

Here’s how the rest of us fared:

K-1A

1. Danny Stock – 328 pts
2. Jim Buley – 168
3. James Sneeringer – 117
4. Milan Rusnak – 101

K1-B

1. Tim Madison – 75 pts
2. Howard Morland – 54
3. Chris Davis – 48
4. Ron Ray – 34

K-1W

1. Shelby Stine – 59
2. Ilde Rusnak – 18
3. Maria Stine – 12

K-1Jr

1. Ocoee Chapelle – 25 pts

C-1

1. Seth Chapelle – 217 pts
2. Ocoee Chapelle – 29