# @howlaophotography on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/BJYWYBJgkBq
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/2531487-howlaophotography-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/6f43a661e0.jpg
- **Posted:** 2016-08-21T18:16:05.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Howard Lao (@HowLao) — https://gondola.cc/HowLao

## Caption

Hung out with @red.truck / @athlete_garage yesterday at the 2016 Naish Columbia Gorge Paddle Challenge (CGPC). The course had this "W" shape (pictured, bottom left corner of the "W") but paddlers (like the guy on the white GoPro board) can use their one time "Hot Lap" and cut from the bottom right corner, straight across to the left corner. Alot of strategy comes into taking the Hot Lap because you only get 1 AND doing it by yourself is said to be harder than doing it in a group (a line, so you can draft off of the rider in front) so paddlers that were saving the Hot Lap for the latter part of the race opted to use it in the middle because a whole group of them went for it. 
AND Look at that view - less than an hour away from my house!
Gotta say my first water related sporting event went well, since I didn't fall in and ruin my camera. 😂

#HowLaoPhotography #RedTruck #AthleteGarage #Naish #HoodRiver #ColumbiaGorgePaddleChallenge #CGPC #ColumbiaGorge #PaddleBoard #StandUpPaddleBoard #FocusUP #GoPro #QuickBlade #starboardsurf #Starboard

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## Credits

| Name | Username | Profile | Role |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Howard Lao | @HowLao | https://gondola.cc/HowLao | Photographer |

## Tags

redtruck, cgpc, columbiagorge, starboardsurf

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