2013 Blow Out Results

shannon · Since 15 Aug 2006 126 Posts Bolstad Clan

Thank you to everyone who came out and supported the Blow Out this year. We had to reschedule from Saturday August 3rd to Sunday August 11th and we are sorry for anyone who missed the race due to the reschedule. However, it was much winder on Sunday the 11th and it turned into one of the greatest races ever in Blow Out history. 46 competitors launched from Stevenson and 43 finished, a 93% finish rate. That is the highest in Blow Out history, which is good because there was no boat support this year. Can't wait till next year!

1st: Eric Rienstra 50:30
2nd: Corey Roeseler 50:40
3rd: Branden Scheid 52:48
4th: Tony Bolstad 52:55
5th: Alex Bloechinger 53:52
6th: Matt Elsasser 54:02
7th: Mike Birch 54:32
8th: Pepi Geralel 57:38
9th: Richard Sabo 58:30
10th: Levi Roeseler 1:00:35
11th: Eric Reimer 1:00:44
12th: Mike Hill 1:01:10
13th: Mike McCann 1:01:29
14th: Shannon Gormley 1:02:24
15th: Allen Beeler 1:02:30
16th: Branden Kerr 1:03:26
17th: Rex McCovrt 1:03:26
18th: Mark Barnes 1:04:05
19th: Kramer 1:05:26
20th: Kirstan Schmidt 1:05:44
21st: A-Train 1:06:07
22nd: Doug Mills 1:06:22
23rd: Darren 1:06:37
24th: Mike Billets 1:07:07
25th: Jason Morton 1:07:52
26th: Jim Stringfellow 1:07:59
27th: Carol Bolstad 1:08:00
28th: Rachel Callahan 1:08:12
29th: Dave Russel 1:08:15
30th: Kyle Lobisser 1:08:55
31st: Steve Pearson 1:09:21
32nd: Jim Grady 1:15:23
33rd: Ben Chambers 1:15:50
34th: Mikaya Heart 1:17:00
35th: Aaron Loyd 1:17:40
36th: Paul Seasrook 1:18:45
37th: Paul McDowell 1:20:37
38th: Jacob Perry 1:21:00
39th: Victor 1:24:25
40th: Brian 1:24:70
41st: Nicole Corbet 1:33:34
42nd: John Gilman 1:34:22
43rd: Jeff Castleberry 1:46:27

DNF
Norm Beddows
James Erjavec
Jim Krippaehne

dangler · Since 26 Feb 2006 1780 Posts WINDY SPOTS XTreme Poster

Corey R. was the rabbit starter. Means he basically started LAST and missed first by 10 seconds. At least he found the finish line this year!

NEXT YEAR TIE ONE LEG TO HIS ELBOW!!! GREAT RACE GUYS AND GIRLS!!!

shannon · Since 15 Aug 2006 126 Posts Bolstad Clan

There were 12 teams with 4 people on each team (except for one team made of 2 due to lack of members). Teams wanted to get the lowest score in order to win.

1st Place Team
Corey Roeseler 2nd, Eric Riemer 11th, Jason Morton 25th, Steve Pearson 31st

2nd Place Team
Eric Rienstra 1st, Mike Hill 12th, Doug Mills 22nd, Aaron Loyd 35th

3rd Place Team
Brandon Scheid 3rd, Kirstan Schmidt 20th, Mike Billets 24th, Dave Russel 29th

4th Place Team
Matt Elsasser 6th, Mike Birch 7th, Paul Seasrook 36th, Norm Beddows

5th Place Team (Won in a Drink-Off because both teams had the same amount of points)
Carol Bolstad 27th, Pepi Geralel 8th, Rex McCorvt 17th, Jim Grady 32nd

6th Place Team
Alex Bloechinger 5th, Levi Roeseler 10th, Nicole Corbet 41st, John Gilman 42nd

7th Place Team
Rich Sabo 9th, Mike McCann 13th, 16th Branden Kerr, James Erjavec

8th Place Team
Tony Bolstad 4th, Mark Barnes 18th, Kyle Lobisser 30th, Paul McDowell 37th

9th Place Team
Shannon Gormley 14th, Allen Beeler 15th, Mikaya Heart 34th, Jeff Castleberry 43rd

10th Place Team
Kramer 19th, Darren 23rd, Jacob Perry 38th, Victor 39th

11th Place Team
Rachel Callahan 28th, A-Train 21st, Jim Stringfellow 26th, Jim Krippaehue

12th Place Team
Ben Chambers 33rd, Brian 40th

Inept_Fun · Since 14 Apr 2005 1417 Posts Hood River XTreme Poster

Pepi · Mon Aug 12, 13 11:09 am

"Most Legit Blowout Ever!"

Look at everyone's race times. Barely any time gaps.
Felt like the most bad assed 1 hour, balls out, full tilt, 46 person drag race.
Everyone burned it and earned it.

You know it was tight group when the times that the riders clocked in at the 20th-30th places would have been top ten times in any of the past years blowout races.

Biggest props and "Thank You's" to the Bolstad/Gormley's for keeping this legacy (and the BOTG) alive and better than ever.

See you all next year!

beefcake · Since 11 Jul 2007 140 Posts Stoked

just curious what size kites the Top 5 were on (12M)?

MikeZ · Mon Aug 12, 13 12:38 pm **Re: What size kites?**

D-Krep It Kiter · Since 18 Jul 2011 417 Posts Obsessed

We were kiting up near the Hatchery when the pack came through... Cory was flying... here's a shot of him my wife took as he passed by:

airon^ · Since 07 Aug 2013 290 Posts Durango Obsessed

Winners (top 10) were on 14-17m (Rienstra had his 17turb and boots, Corey on 16?m and waterskis). Us mere mortals were on 10-12s. In retrospect I wish I had had a 14m, but it was a great experience and plan to be back.

As usual (from what I hear), it was strong at Stevie, light at home valley through Viento (I thought it would pick up by Viento but I was still workin the kite), and fun/nukin starting at the Hatch through the end of Wells. Mostly avoiding the crowd down at the finish. Basically, Mother Nature cooperated.

Aaron

shannon · Since 15 Aug 2006 126 Posts Bolstad Clan

I was on an 8 RPM and was on the smallest kite in the race. I did a lot of kite loops the whole way down. I wouldn't have wanted to be on any other kite though. Even in the lighter sections, I felt I was on the perfect kite.

tonyb · Mon Aug 12, 13 1:08 pm

I was on a 13.5m Kahoona and a pretty gunny surfboard. (First surfboard across the line yesterday!)

It was a very close race all the way down. Tons of fun trading places with Brandon and Alex for about 5 miles or more. I was in third a few times and 6th a few times. Hunting for the best wind was fun and challenging.

Thanks to my kids and Carol for all the hard work and thanks to everyone who came out to ride! This is my favorite event of the summer!

Tony

beefcake · Since 11 Jul 2007 140 Posts Stoked

17m, sheesh. I was up riding at the Hatch on a 10m and was plenty juiced. Def on the list for next summer!

way to charge it all!

Riding back in to PDX i noticed a green RPM on a random beach on Washington side, jsut upriver of Wind Mtn, maybe one of the folks who didn't make it.

BCD131 · Since 26 Mar 2013 31 Posts

An edit from Jim Hopkins.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iLxo39UKJuI

Pepi · Tue Aug 13, 13 5:26 pm

I rode a smaller kite than the lead pack.
I flew an Airush Lithium 12 and rode an Airush Sector 60 set up in 3fin mode.
Like Shan commented, picking a safe size worked for me super comfortable and made the entire run smooth sailing.

If I had a bigger kite, I probably would have been much faster through the narrows to Viento, but well, hey, it's the Blowout. I was super happy with my results. Personal best for me either kiting or windsurfing (I've finished in just over an hour on windsurf gear and got 3rd place a couple a years ago).