Winter Challenge

Our February races are the annual President's Day weekend doubleheader Winter Challenge races. Saturday is Redwood City, and Sunday is Treasure Island. These have always been our biggest and most competitive races of the year and draw the most out-of-area paddlers...a large group from Southern California and others from the Pacific Northwest and the Midwest. There will be overall awards for the fastest combined times in the surfski division, OC1 division, and waterman division (OC1 one day, surfski the other day).

Winter Challenge - Redwood City, Saturday February 17, 2006

11:00 novice course (1.5 miles)
12:00 short course (4 miles)
1:30 long course (9 miles)

Directions:
Exit highway 101 at the Woodside Road -Seaport Blvd exit in Redwood City.
Go East on Seaport toward the Bay.
Turn left on Chesapeake Drive and continue to public boat ramp.
View map

Winter Challenge - Treasure Island, Sunday February 18, 2006

The start/finish line is at the northeast end of Treasure Island. The race course will be scenic (with views of Alcatraz, Golden Gate Bridge, Bay Bridge, and the San Francisco skyline) as well as challenging.

9:30 novice course (2 miles) and short course (6 miles) will be run concurrently
11:00 long course (10 miles)

Directions:
Drive across the Oakland-San Francisco Bay Bridge and take the Treasure Island Exit half way across.
CAUTION: Very short off-ramp with a sharp turn. It's a left-exit coming from the San Francisco side.
Continue on Avenue Palms, then turn right on California Avenue.
Turn left on Avenue I and follow it all the way to the small parking lot on the northeast corner of the island.
View map

[return to top]