laceys lane said...CMC said...mikeman said...laceys lane said...husq2100 said...
is it just me or does anyone esle find it funny to start putting people into aged bracets in the same craft ie: unlimited sup....when you have older guys wining and younger guys right up there.... take nothing away from them, they did awesome. But to me Billy came 5th in unlimted sup etc etc etc..
much respect to all the showed up to the start line
hi, thats a fair point for elite
. for an average race punter, i'll take the age bracket every time
I think that you can see this either way: 5th overall or 2nd in his age category. As this is an endurance marathon age is very important, as far as I am concerned. Top endurance athletes only hit their strides in their 30's so what both Conner and Billy achived here is awesome.
Also, as downwind racing is so technical the more experienced ocean paddlers should do better than just those that are gun flat water paddlers. Experience plays a big part - Just look at what both DK and Phil accomplished at their ages!
Exactly what I was thinking Mike. I reckon the younger guys need the protection of the class from the old guys. The older guys win more often than not in most endurance ocean sports so it's great to have the younger classes to keep the up and comers encouraged. It's the opposite to football etc. Youth does not trump experience.
you peak in your early twenties power wise. strength, endurance, round about 40 if you keep at it, so these comments are a fair call. but at that age you have to work hard and recovering from training sessions is not going to be like the younger guys. the younger blokes probably go for a surf tomorrow. i'll bet dk and phil wont be doing anything tomorrow
cheers
Try telling a 15 year old there going to have to paddle for 25years before they peak,
I reckon there's going to be a bit of disagreement about that
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I'd say because the sport is relatively new and the younger crew have only recently picked it up they need time to gain experience,but give Riggs and Conner Baxter 5 to 10 years racing,they should be in twenties? and this will be their peak and see how they go against late 30 and 40 year olds then.
The other thing that can effect the 20 years age bracket in amateur sports is focus from other distractions in life [the party age] where as the 20 year old pro athlete gets paid mega bucks to make sure they stay focused[still doesn't always happen though
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Five to ten years in training in a chosen sport the body peaks IMHO and best from late teens through to twenties.
Flame suit on
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and well done to the Aussies in the Molokai race
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what's his name and the name of his boat ? It should be posted on here and on "The Zone" Ali spent thousand's of dollars to do that race so that driver is a dead set arse hole to rob her of crossing the finishing line.
