Veteran Paddler Andy Corra Sets Record At 2011 FIBArk

Congrats go out to veteran paddler Andy Corra of Durango, CO, who won his seventh title in the 26 mile 2011 FIBArk downriver kayak race on Sunday, June 19, setting a record in the process. Aided by near-record flows on the Arkansas River, Corra, 50, finished the race in 1:58.07, which was the best time since Nelson Oldham posted a course record time of 1:47.18 in 1995.

Corra credits his decades of river-running and water-reading experience for his success at an age when many whitewater paddlers have retired to less-thrilling pastimes.