During the pandemic, the crazies behind the infamous "Race to Alaska" (R2AK) were banned from holding an event that entered Canadian maritime waters. So the pivoted and hosted the WA360 - a 360 mile boat race that maximized the many arms and island of Puget Sound. It was non-stop an pitted sail boats, kayaks and any other non-motorized Frankenstein contraptions you could dream up all all against each other.

Dan and I entered, fresh memories of success in the Everglades Challenge and Yukon River Quest. We had a new new plan for dealing with pee too, and a race proclaimed "World Champion" belt up for grabs. What could go wrong.

Day 3 is when we encountered the Boogie Barge and Captain Blake Hansen. And then Dan started crying - a feeling of futility and unfairness overcoming his usually steely demeanor.

Did our pee solution work? Did we overcome the evil that is the Boogie Barge? Tune in to find out, as we prepare to join (as Dan describes it) the DARK SIDE in just a few days in the iconic Seventy48 race.

Peter left a mark on the AR community that is hard to argue with. His tragic packrafting accident in 2022 left a huge hole in the lives of his teammates at Team Checkpoint Zero, as well in the entire landscape of expedition racing.

But he made his legendary mark on me way back in 2010. He may not ever have know how his small actions had such big impacts on who I have become as a racer, and who our team is as a whole. I'm sorry I never told him while he was around, but I am hoping that he knew it somehow.

Sometimes we witness people do things that change who we are...and the people that do them never realize that their "normal" seeming actions are perceived by another person as "the stuff of legends". These shorts are about those moments, and those people. Welcome to Bend Racing Legends.