What a silly epic race. Great enthusiasm and wonderful perspective. We usually put in a hard day and paddle 20-30 miles on our arctic trips. . . less if mostly lake days. Wow.
Amazing energy you both have. I have a hard time understanding the unique paddle stroke but your stamina overtakes the paddling inefficiencies thats for sure. I certainly dont have that much anymore. Great video thanks for sharing
There's nothing inefficient about their paddling. The use of a bent shaft paddle is such that the paddler is using the portion of the stroke which provides the maximum forward propulsion. Most believe that a long stroke is most efficient, but that is absolutely incorrect. Reaching further forward results in merely lifting the boat up out of the water, while pulling further to the rear pulls the boat deeper. The result is an inefficient mess as the boat bobs up and down while you're attempting to make it go forward with all due speed. When you really get it together the paddle barely moves in the water, you are merely setting the paddle, much like a post, and pulling the boat to it... 60 to 120 times per minute.
@@rodrickreidsma It's the not style of stroke, it's the angle of entry. The entry angle they are using is 45 degrees or less which is the part I'm commenting on. Basically it looks like they are sweeping against each other, if it was a shallow vertical stroke like a Canadian or Punch stroke I would agree. It's just not something I've seen on a tandem paddle team before with such a shallow entry angle. The front paddler is pushing the water away from the boat and vs versa on the back (or he's correcting constantly, I couldn't see that angle on the camera), that causes more energy spent on correcting direction than moving forward. That's all I meant. Either way it's still am impressive feat of stamina what both of them did!
Thanks for watching! @rodrickreidsma got it right as far as our goal. Shorter quicker strokes move fast. Getting as much in front of the hips as possible and never using corrective strokes. That being said... our stroke technique got bad as everything started to hurt and when I was filming sometimes things got worse as Dan would have to control from the bow.
Don't push to hard boys , consistent wins. Love the commentary yu boys got no tickets on it there for the personal challenge, good stuff love it ,regards from 🦘. Welcome anytime another very challenging frontier.
We just spent the whole summer up in Alaska. Granted we drove the Alaska Highway rather than paddling the Yukon, but this video makes me miss AK so much. What a great video! And you’re really not kidding about those mosquitoes!
Love it!! Thanks for posting this adventure, I imagined doing this race and even if I came in last I would come in with a smile on my face!! Congratulations on placing 12th out of 21, good job even after your early mishaps, you didn't give up..
What an awesome video! Thanks for this. I have to say when you reached that section where Blake said "Awesome!" I was a little worried you guys were going to dump. Dan is a machine. Some of those subtle strokes kept you guys perfectly level through that. Thanks for posting this. Mike from Chicago. (By the way, nothing compares to Minnesota mosquitoes in June - I will say I haven't experienced the Alaska assault mosquitoes but damn, Superior National Forest mosquitoes will turn off your Thermacell)
This looks like the best/worst time ever. I recently discovered my calling for ultra marathon paddling after doing the MR340. This looks like an entirely different ballpark. Logistically, I would be curious to see how people manage getting their boats to the start etc.
I haven't done the MR 340 yet but it doesn't seem that different. Just a little longer. If you've done that race you should definitely consider the 1000! Most people either rent race boats in Whitehorse that get picked up at the end or have a support vehicle that drives from the start to the end. They still can't actually provide support during the race though.
Takes experience to know where to be in the river to go the fastest. What seems the fastest may not be. Went down the river one year and had a couple in a row boat who rowed their hearts out and couldn't believe one person in a canoe was staying ahead of them. They were always on the wrong side and moving the slowest.
Unskilled paddlers? Short strokes with so many “huts”! Doesn’t look efficient. Am I wrong? Regardless, one hell of an adventure. Recovering from dumping TWICE in a single morning! Pretty determined!
I agree, with longer paddles it would give you more comfort in your strokes i guess? These short ones is good to make high speed on very short distance? I used to use mostly paddles that were almost as long as myself ...but just suggestion, best advisors are always on shore oc 😇! ...very well done 👍👍😊 ...and i am bit jealous.. see also @algernoncalydon3430
You guys are wrong, I can't judge the skill of the paddlers (they are better than me) but there using bent shafts (sized shorter than a comparable straight paddle), which are more efficient and a high cadence lower force stroke is significantly faster for long range cruising. The constant switches keep them from over using one arm, and overall faster racing, it also allows for minimizing on side turning correction strokes, which are very inefficient as far as pushing you forward. Also, if they used a "traditional paddle" (ottertail etc) they would be hitting the bottom every stroke on the river, (overly) general overall sizing advice is l, when in doubt , pick the shorter shaft, and bent shafts should be even shorter.
Just like for running. For a short 100m race you want the longest strides you can get. For a 100 miles race you want many, fast, very short steps. I was actually surprised at how fast they started!
Don't know anything about competitive paddling but it seems your cadence is short shallow strokes, is that to conserve energy? Is that more efficient than longer deeper strokes?
Yes! Longer lazy strokes are fine for basic canoe tripping but are more relaxed than they are efficient. When the paddle goes behind your hip it starts pushing the canoe down into the water rather than forward so racers tend to keep most of if not their entire stroke in front of them which naturally leads to a shorter stroke. It doesn't necessarily conserve energy because when racing you're giving all you have but it is more efficient.
@@BlakePaddles what about short stroke when solo canoeing a 15-17 feets canoe. Is it still possible to propulse and steer with the short stroke more efficiently than the J stroke or Canadian stroke with wind and sideways waves... Thanks to take time to answer questions... Awesome achievement all those km in a so short period of time....
I've been making 2-3 trips a year to the BWCA & Superior Natl Forest for years and years, and every time I go during mosquito months I wonder what the hell do they do when I'm not there? You guys are paddling along the Yukon, not another victim for miles and miles, and yet they're waiting for you as you canoe too close to shore. What the hell do they do in the meantime? Look for bears or caribou?
Nice race! I had a look for 2024 it's a 4200 CAD participation fee per person, time 60 persons I hope they hire a private helicopter and rescue team at this price rate.
The entry fee was big but it wasn't that big! In 2020 it was around 4200 CAD per team (so split between two people) but I don't remember exactly. Maybe the price has gone up. There was rescue insurance included so it was free evac in the event of an emergency at least.
Helicopter rescue runs about $1500 per hour and up there, could be several hours in and out. And if they get Canada or the US Feds (Coast Guard, usually) to do it, taxpayers pay. No revenue, no race.
Your enthusiasm and determination are amazing. I've done multi-day races here in Texas, but nothing like this. Amazing.
Thank you! I think you meant to say "Nothing like this yet!"
What a silly epic race. Great enthusiasm and wonderful perspective. We usually put in a hard day and paddle 20-30 miles on our arctic trips. . . less if mostly lake days. Wow.
What an epic mission!! Bucket list stuff!! Amazing country up there!
Finding gems like this is just pure love ❤ What an epic journey! Massive respect!
Brought back lots of memories! Those bloody mosquitos mainly 😂 Thanks for posting (Chris - Team You Can Yukon UK)
Amazing energy you both have. I have a hard time understanding the unique paddle stroke but your stamina overtakes the paddling inefficiencies thats for sure. I certainly dont have that much anymore. Great video thanks for sharing
There's nothing inefficient about their paddling. The use of a bent shaft paddle is such that the paddler is using the portion of the stroke which provides the maximum forward propulsion. Most believe that a long stroke is most efficient, but that is absolutely incorrect. Reaching further forward results in merely lifting the boat up out of the water, while pulling further to the rear pulls the boat deeper. The result is an inefficient mess as the boat bobs up and down while you're attempting to make it go forward with all due speed. When you really get it together the paddle barely moves in the water, you are merely setting the paddle, much like a post, and pulling the boat to it... 60 to 120 times per minute.
@@rodrickreidsma thanks for the explanation..I too was wondering about that abreviated stroke.
@@rodrickreidsma It's the not style of stroke, it's the angle of entry. The entry angle they are using is 45 degrees or less which is the part I'm commenting on. Basically it looks like they are sweeping against each other, if it was a shallow vertical stroke like a Canadian or Punch stroke I would agree. It's just not something I've seen on a tandem paddle team before with such a shallow entry angle. The front paddler is pushing the water away from the boat and vs versa on the back (or he's correcting constantly, I couldn't see that angle on the camera), that causes more energy spent on correcting direction than moving forward. That's all I meant. Either way it's still am impressive feat of stamina what both of them did!
Thanks for watching! @rodrickreidsma got it right as far as our goal. Shorter quicker strokes move fast. Getting as much in front of the hips as possible and never using corrective strokes. That being said... our stroke technique got bad as everything started to hurt and when I was filming sometimes things got worse as Dan would have to control from the bow.
I would have tapped out halfway through day 1, you guys are legends!
Thanks for bringing us. You guys are awesome.
Thanks for watching!
Don't push to hard boys , consistent wins. Love the commentary yu boys got no tickets on it there for the personal challenge, good stuff love it ,regards from 🦘. Welcome anytime another very challenging frontier.
Very cool you guys. I am jealous. Raced canoe’s when I was younger but nothing like that. Keep on living life to the fullest.
We just spent the whole summer up in Alaska. Granted we drove the Alaska Highway rather than paddling the Yukon, but this video makes me miss AK so much. What a great video! And you’re really not kidding about those mosquitoes!
They never give up!
Just finishing the journey is amazing.
Great work, thanks for sharing. Loved it!
well done chaps... AWESOME effort.... Such a good watch. Stay safe out there, Dave
Amazing and thank you for sharing such a powerful and majestic place. Great health to you and yours.
This is spectacular - great insight into the race. Awesome attitudes.
This video is epic. You need more views. I'll share. Well done.
Thank you! and thanks for watching!
Congratulation guys - true accomplishment to be proud of.
Great work recovering from your spill! Awesome effort. Looks fun.
Love it!! Thanks for posting this adventure, I imagined doing this race and even if I came in last I would come in with a smile on my face!!
Congratulations on placing 12th out of 21, good job even after your early mishaps, you didn't give up..
Thanks for watching! It's hard to do something like that without a smile!
what an unreal journey. Congrats to both of youu. im sure it was one hell of a paddel.
What an awesome video! Thanks for this. I have to say when you reached that section where Blake said "Awesome!" I was a little worried you guys were going to dump. Dan is a machine. Some of those subtle strokes kept you guys perfectly level through that. Thanks for posting this. Mike from Chicago. (By the way, nothing compares to Minnesota mosquitoes in June - I will say I haven't experienced the Alaska assault mosquitoes but damn, Superior National Forest mosquitoes will turn off your Thermacell)
Dude - what an adventure. Loved watching this.
Thanks for watching!
great video guys. Glad you did so well.
Thanks Glen! It was great following your view of the race this year!
Thanks for sharing your awesome journey!! Good job!! 👍😎🇨🇦🌊💪🎖🎖🛶
Awesome video. Thx for sharing. Would love to do this Looks like a blast
Good work Boys! Congrats!
Well done to both of you, that was crazy. I would love to do that trip, but take a month doing it.
It would be well worth it. I hope you get the chance!
thanks for sharing. Good job.
Bad ass adventure, lads.
That was amazing!
This looks like the best/worst time ever. I recently discovered my calling for ultra marathon paddling after doing the MR340.
This looks like an entirely different ballpark. Logistically, I would be curious to see how people manage getting their boats to the start etc.
I haven't done the MR 340 yet but it doesn't seem that different. Just a little longer. If you've done that race you should definitely consider the 1000! Most people either rent race boats in Whitehorse that get picked up at the end or have a support vehicle that drives from the start to the end. They still can't actually provide support during the race though.
Takes experience to know where to be in the river to go the fastest. What seems the fastest may not be. Went down the river one year and had a couple in a row boat who rowed their hearts out and couldn't believe one person in a canoe was staying ahead of them. They were always on the wrong side and moving the slowest.
It's truly an art. We got better at it as we went but we never felt like we fully got the swing of it
Great video, keep going.😍
Great video and great paddle! I am interested in the music played right at the beginning - what piece is that?
Well done !!!
Unskilled paddlers? Short strokes with so many “huts”! Doesn’t look efficient. Am I wrong?
Regardless, one hell of an adventure. Recovering from dumping TWICE in a single morning! Pretty determined!
I agree, with longer paddles it would give you more comfort in your strokes i guess? These short ones is good to make high speed on very short distance? I used to use mostly paddles that were almost as long as myself ...but just suggestion, best advisors are always on shore oc 😇! ...very well done 👍👍😊 ...and i am bit jealous.. see also @algernoncalydon3430
You guys are wrong, I can't judge the skill of the paddlers (they are better than me) but there using bent shafts (sized shorter than a comparable straight paddle), which are more efficient and a high cadence lower force stroke is significantly faster for long range cruising. The constant switches keep them from over using one arm, and overall faster racing, it also allows for minimizing on side turning correction strokes, which are very inefficient as far as pushing you forward.
Also, if they used a "traditional paddle" (ottertail etc) they would be hitting the bottom every stroke on the river, (overly) general overall sizing advice is l, when in doubt , pick the shorter shaft, and bent shafts should be even shorter.
Just like for running. For a short 100m race you want the longest strides you can get. For a 100 miles race you want many, fast, very short steps. I was actually surprised at how fast they started!
amazing stuff! new sub here!
Awesome race, what's speed do you reach with the current and what speed is it if you have no current helping, neither wind....
You can reach around 10 Miles per hour and above in the current. With no current 4.5-5 is a typical average on a good day.
///What a grand adventure! Are you planning a second run?
Definitely! It might be a few years though before we take another shot
Amazing video
fucking epic journey boys!! great job, great spirit
Looks like an amazing the adventure
Don't know anything about competitive paddling but it seems your cadence is short shallow strokes, is that to conserve energy? Is that more efficient than longer deeper strokes?
Yes! Longer lazy strokes are fine for basic canoe tripping but are more relaxed than they are efficient. When the paddle goes behind your hip it starts pushing the canoe down into the water rather than forward so racers tend to keep most of if not their entire stroke in front of them which naturally leads to a shorter stroke. It doesn't necessarily conserve energy because when racing you're giving all you have but it is more efficient.
@@BlakePaddles what about short stroke when solo canoeing a 15-17 feets canoe.
Is it still possible to propulse and steer with the short stroke more efficiently than the J stroke or Canadian stroke with wind and sideways waves...
Thanks to take time to answer questions...
Awesome achievement all those km in a so short period of time....
I've been making 2-3 trips a year to the BWCA & Superior Natl Forest for years and years, and every time I go during mosquito months I wonder what the hell do they do when I'm not there? You guys are paddling along the Yukon, not another victim for miles and miles, and yet they're waiting for you as you canoe too close to shore. What the hell do they do in the meantime? Look for bears or caribou?
Great question boss, got a chuckle out of me. Schrodinger's mosquitos
You really enjoy seeing yourself on camera
Well it's that or the landscape, what would you rather have?
Thanks for sharing the EPIC journey Blake! Keep paddling! E080514D
Thanks Curtis for getting it all started!
Short paddles will work you to death. a good 5 1/2 foot paddle is much easier to leverage against the gunnel.
Nice race! I had a look for 2024 it's a 4200 CAD participation fee per person, time 60 persons I hope they hire a private helicopter and rescue team at this price rate.
The entry fee was big but it wasn't that big! In 2020 it was around 4200 CAD per team (so split between two people) but I don't remember exactly. Maybe the price has gone up. There was rescue insurance included so it was free evac in the event of an emergency at least.
Helicopter rescue runs about $1500 per hour and up there, could be several hours in and out. And if they get Canada or the US Feds (Coast Guard, usually) to do it, taxpayers pay. No revenue, no race.