Wet Glory!

Wet Glory!

Make your own joke.

Wet Glory!

Rain, sleet, or bay, team Chain Mail is pushing toward Crab Park with its ACE still intact.

Wet Glory!

More than a dozen teams, including the crowd favorite Atomic Funguys, still obtain their ACE as the sculptures near the Eureka Waterfront on their way to Crab Park.

Wet Glory!

The Queens Cruise has Left the Dock

Day One Comes to a Klose

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Well, 6:32 p.m., the official Day One course closing time, has come and gone. Five or so sculptures — including the aforementioned Kinetic Dragonfly — remain unaccounted for. None of those sculptures therefore qualify to win ACE awards. 

Will Funguy finally secure ACE honors? Will any of this year’s crop of sculptures end up at the bottom of Humboldt Bay during Sunday’s water crossing? Will Ken Biedleman need to tinkle again? Tune in tomorrow for Day Two of LoCO and KHUM’s 2016 Kinetic Koverage. Glory, glory.

To close out today, check out the video below, courtesy Chad Johnson, chroncling the sights and sounds found this morning during the Kinetic Kick-off at the Arcata Plaza. Glory, glory. —AG

IS THIS FUNGUY'S YEAR?!?

Hmm! How Did June Get Here So Fast?

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Huh. You know, we could have sworn that we didn’t see the Kinetic Kootie out in the sand today. But when your Lost Coast Outpost arrived at Halverson Park this afternoon, by golly, there she was!

Was it “kreative kourse manipulation?” Not so says team captain June Moxon in the clip below! What a racer! —AG

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OH, UPDATE: Did we mention that the Kinetic Kootie totally, absolutely made their way through the sand today? You understood us when we said that earlier, right? In case you were out there trying to spread rumors otherwise, check out the supervisorial proof below, you ragamuffins.

Defending Champs ACE Dreams Alive

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Can you say (or spell, for that matter) three-peat (is that right?)? We’ll find out Monday. In the meantime Tempus Fugitorium is still holding strong to their ACE. 

Kinetic Dragonfly Slogs Toward an Ace Finish

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Pulling up the rear! On LoCO’s long walk back to the Manila Community Center, we ran into The Kinetic Dragonfly, the very, very last sculpture slogging it out in the sand. 

As team rep Michelle Estabrook told us, spirits remain high since their ACE is still intact, but now it’s a race with the sun to make it to the finish line before the course closes. Oh my! —AG

Ken Takes a Piss

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When nature calls, Shark captain and Kinetic legend Ken Biedleman listens as your Lost Coast Outpost discovered in this exclusive in-sculpture interview.

You Dirty Rat!

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The Manila Dunes are arguably the most difficult part of the course, sure, but it was rodent problems that almost sidelined Planet Nine earlier this fine kinetic day.

Team Captain Jennifer Weiss explains in the clip below. —AG

Burnin' Down the House

Look out, Eureka elite! There’s some volcanic activity beneath your social club! Roll up the tapestries! (Do they have those?)

Finish Photos

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