that's a good watch DJ. Goes to show that it takes time to get there. Cant just be a good runner or "fit" and expect to jump straight on and kill it ha....

I suspect they jumped on the boat for the last half of the distance. At the speed they were going they'd be lucky to make it before the light went for filming. They don't actually claim to have paddled it all, even on their knees, and they looked suspiciously fresh at the end. Strange decision to do it on a 28" wide 12-6 board, but I guess they wanted to make sure that it looked as hard as possible. They needn't have bothered because it looked pretty much impossible for someone who hadn't trained specifically for that event, probably for several months at least. It certainly gives you even more respect for the people who do it, especially solo.

That's like a horror story. As soon as they got up on the board for the first time, it was clear they were not going to be able to do it. Mind you, even for someone interested in downwinders, that M2O channel crossing looks like not much fun at all.

enjoyed that thanks

I gotta give them a big thumbs up!

I remember my first paddles in a calm ocean.... I don't care how foolish they were.... what they accomplished is amazing.
Just standing in those conditions would be near impossible for most intermediates, and they put in a lot of miles regardless.
That was one heck of a week of workouts.... they hung pretty tough considering.

Cool insight into a lot of watermen along the way.