Dash drafting
December 9th, 2012

Dash drafting

I shot this photo of three kayakers “drafting” Sunday morning as they approach the bridge during the Deception Pass Dash, a kayak adventure featuring about 80 hearty souls. According to the dash website, the event started in 2006, “the brainchild of evil sadistic paddlers Will Robens and Don Kiesling.” Their idea: “Challenge  racers to sprint 2.5 miles around Deception Island and into the mouth of Deception Pass, before the current gets so strong that they can’t make it all the way to Strawberry Island on the far end of the Pass.” It was cold on the bridge, raindrops looking suspiciously like snowflakes from time to time.

Steve Berentson

About Photographer Steve Berentson

A fourth generation Skagit County native who was moved kicking and screaming from this island community in 1960. I finally reclaimed an Anacortes address in 1980, and I have been in constant celebration of my return since that time. Many of us who call Anacortes home love Fidalgo Island for its natural assets: among them are rugged beaches, pristine lakes, thousands of acres of forestland and some awesome views of the Skagit Valley and surrounding islands. Another element of my love affair with this community is its people, both natives and immigrants. They will “star” in many of my journal entries.

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