Western Kentucky U wins 2026 concrete canoe competition

[Glenn MacGrady]

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[dutchlennart]

For a country where canoes are such a big part of your heritage (or at least that is an idea i had) the paddling skills have a bit room for improvement, So have the ergonomics of the canoes I saw.

 

[Glenn MacGrady]

For a country where canoes are such a big part of your heritage (or at least that is an idea i had) the paddling skills have a bit room for improvement, So have the ergonomics of the canoes I saw.

You don't like concrete? Where would the 22,500 km of Netherlands dikes be without concrete. Oh, maybe a lot more canoeing water.

The concrete canoe competition has been going on among U.S. universities for about 30 years. It is an engineering competition for the students, who likely don't claim to be sophisticated paddlers or paddlers at all.

 

[lowangle al]

The way things are going, I'm just glad they didn't change it to a concrete "kayak" competition.