Jodie Nelson, surfer & TV producer
"OneFin" slowly getting back his land-legs, post race.
Thomas Maximus (yes, what a name for the winner), being the first racer to finish. Victory.
Nearing the finish line--just past the Manhattan Bridge to underneath the Brooklyn Bridge.
Maximus maximizing the current, almost home.
Early on, super-grom (15 years-old) Slater Trout battling it out w/eventual third-place finisher, dude's name I can't recall. (Trout finished second.) Both eventually got smoked by Maximus around the mid-way part. The race was 28.6 miles.
The elite race gets underway, heading north on the Hudson, west of Manhattan, with Jersey City to their left.
Andrew Mencinsky, SEA Exec Director, corrals the racers for the start.
Although participating only in the casual paddle, not the elite race, surf legend Garret McNamara takes the early lead w/a power strokes.
Ceremonial circle w/all paddlers before the casuals embark; the racers followed about 45 minutes later.
Jodie Nelson & Fuel TV's Daily Habit/NBC's World of Adventure Sports host Pat Parnell, in town to paddle and cover the event for Fuel.
Onefin and Snaggle all smiles as the event gets underway.
Pat Parnell.
Casual paddlers begin, with Chelsea in the background.
Everyone getting into the water at Peir 40 in Chelsea.
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