Ear to the ground:
“It beat lying on the radiation table.”
– Recent cancer patient talking about the upside of a train trip beset with breakdowns and delays
“It beat lying on the radiation table.”
– Recent cancer patient talking about the upside of a train trip beset with breakdowns and delays
Locked in
Young Durango paddler Zach Lokken has once again done Durango proud half-way around the globe. Zach Lokken, 19, placed ninth in the Under-23 Men’s Canoe final last Sun., July 21, at the Junior Slalom World Championships in Liptovsky Mikulas, Slovakia. The Durango High grad finished with a time of 116.84, 11.47 seconds behind first place finisher, Patrik Gajarsky of host country Slovakia.
Young Durango paddler Zach Lokken has once again done Durango proud half-way around the globe. Zach Lokken, 19, placed ninth in the Under-23 Men’s Canoe final last Sun., July 21, at the Junior Slalom World Championships in Liptovsky Mikulas, Slovakia. The Durango High grad finished with a time of 116.84, 11.47 seconds behind first place finisher, Patrik Gajarsky of host country Slovakia.
The 2013 International Canoe Federation’s Junior Slalom Championships were held July 17-21 and featured the best young paddlers from around the world.
Lokken later teamed up with Tyler Hinton, of Denver, and Charlie Kieft, of Lafayette, in the U-23 canoe team event, in which they placed 10th, 24.23 seconds behind the first place Slovakians.
Earlier in the month, Durango native Cully Brown, 16, also did his part to represent our fair city at the ICF Wildwater Canoeing World Championships, held in Lofer, Czech Republic, July 9-13. Cully’s parents Lynn and Brent traveled to Lofer to cheer on Cully, who now trains in Vail.
Gettin’ busy in B.C.
Durango paddlers weren’t the only local athletes making a name for themselves recently. Earlier this month, Ska/Zia/Trek mountain bike race team members Nick Gould and Miles Venzara took an impressive third in the Duo Pro category at the B.C. Bike Race, held June 29-July 6 in British Columbia, Canada.
Durango paddlers weren’t the only local athletes making a name for themselves recently. Earlier this month, Ska/Zia/Trek mountain bike race team members Nick Gould and Miles Venzara took an impressive third in the Duo Pro category at the B.C. Bike Race, held June 29-July 6 in British Columbia, Canada.
Gould and Venzara were the top Americans, finishing behind the Germans (2nd) and the hometown Canadians (1st).
The B.C. Bike Race is a seven-day mountain bike stage race that averages 37 miles (60k) a day and includes two enduros. Touting itself as “The Ultimate Singletrack Experience,” the race claims to have the most singletrack of any multi-stage MTB race in the world. Each year, the BC Bike Race route changes, but has always included Vancouver Island, the Sunshine Coast, and the Sea to Sky Corridor.
The 2013 version consisted of a loop that started on Vancouver’s North Shore, then headed over to Nanaimo, north to Cumberland, and around the horn to Powell River, Earls Cover, Sechelt, Langdale and Squamish before ending in Whistler. Some 550 racers from 27 countries participated in the race, which entailed racers being ferried between stages.
In this week's issue...
- January 25, 2024
- Bagging it
State plastic bag ban is in full effect, but enforcement varies
- January 26, 2024
- Paper chase
The Sneer is back – and no we’re not talking about Billy Idol’s comeback tour.
- January 11, 2024
- High and dry
New state climate report projects continued warming, declining streamflows