{"id":21888,"date":"2016-03-02T09:52:27","date_gmt":"2016-03-02T09:52:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.unsponsored.co.uk\/press\/?p=21888"},"modified":"2016-03-02T09:52:27","modified_gmt":"2016-03-02T09:52:27","slug":"wairoa-extreme-race-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unsponsored.co.uk\/press\/wairoa-extreme-race-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"Wairoa Extreme Race 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A great event and a great edit from the 2016 Wairoa extreme race.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"21889\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.unsponsored.co.uk\/press\/wairoa-extreme-race-2016\/screen-shot-2016-03-02-at-09-48-12\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.unsponsored.co.uk\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Screen-Shot-2016-03-02-at-09.48.12.png\" data-orig-size=\"736,453\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Wairoa Extreme Race 2016\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.unsponsored.co.uk\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Screen-Shot-2016-03-02-at-09.48.12.png\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unsponsored.co.uk\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Screen-Shot-2016-03-02-at-09.48.12.png\" alt=\"Wairoa Extreme Race 2016\" width=\"736\" height=\"453\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-21889\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unsponsored.co.uk\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Screen-Shot-2016-03-02-at-09.48.12.png 736w, https:\/\/www.unsponsored.co.uk\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Screen-Shot-2016-03-02-at-09.48.12-300x185.png 300w, https:\/\/www.unsponsored.co.uk\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Screen-Shot-2016-03-02-at-09.48.12-676x416.png 676w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 736px) 100vw, 736px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Every year on the Wairoa River out of Tauranga the kayaking community gathers for one of New Zealand&#8217;s best extreme kayak races. The head to head is an exciting race format where racers are seeded against each other till one athlete is crowned the winner. This year saw Jen Chrimes beat Toni George in the womens final and Jamie Sutton take down Kenny Mutton for the mens title.<\/p>\n<p>Check out this highlights video for action from the race. <\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/157385455\" width=\"500\" height=\"213\" frameborder=\"0\" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/157385455\">Wairoa Extreme Race 2016<\/a> from <a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/joshneilsonphotography\">Josh Neilson Photography<\/a> on <a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\">Vimeo<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>For more information on event videography or drone services contact me on joshneilson.com or at joshneilson@gmail.com<\/p>\n<p>Drone operator &#8211; Rapha\u00ebl Boudreault-Simard<br \/>\nDrone Camera &#8211; Josh Neilson<br \/>\nLand Camera &#8211; Phil Boorman, Josh Neilson<br \/>\nEdit &#8211; Josh Neilson<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A great event and a great edit from the 2016 Wairoa extreme race. 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