No Skirt Mass Start Race great for laughs! by Will Richardson | Jan 31, 2005 | Whitewater | 0 comments January 31, 2005 Photos Take 30 kayakers and put their boats at the riverside, then have a LeMand Start with a run across the field jump in and paddle the whole course with no skirt and you have the "Gift" race as they call it with $500 euros for first prize. Dane had the junior men’s spot and has tons of experience paddling with no skirt anyway. The start was full of people trying to fill each other up early and by the second set of waves there were already swimmers and people carping to try to get a breath since they were sinking below their heads. Dane held back in the beginning, being afraid of all of the flying paddle blades, but managed to go from about dead last to 7th at the end making most of his passes in the second half. Jez took a Dancer down and caught every eddy along the way, Great fun to watch! 🙂 EJ Submit a Comment Cancel replyYour email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *Comment * Name * Email * Website Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Δ