What a difference a year makes!
Have a great birthday, Brad,
All our best,
The Racing To Rio Production Team
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Our Hero Returns
After a long flight back from Rio de Janeiro, Brad returned to a huge crowed of fans waiting for him at Tampa International Airport, including many officers and members of the Clearwater Yacht Club, friends, family, and news crews from local CBS affiliate, channel 10 WTSP, NBC affiliate WFLA Channel 8, and Bay News 9.
It was a exciting and emotional time for all.
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USA Sonar Wins Silver!
Finishing in impressive fashion, USA Sonar takes 1st in the final race to take the Silver. One second behind was New Zealand who just missed the bronze to CAN.
Congratulations to USA’s Rick Doerr, Brad Kendell and Hugh Freund and to Canada’s Paul Tingley, Logan Campbell and Scott Lutes.
The race may be over, but the story continues…
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Citius, Altius, Fortius
In every way, every sailor in Rio is a bonified Olympian. The struggle, the hard work, the intensity, the goals, the determination. These athletes are athletes, through and through.
Each and everyone of them is different, better, and more for competing. And to compete at this level, one is truly a world-class athlete.
Making it to this level is recognition of extreme talent, dedication and drive. Making it to the podium is the extreme mark of achievement.
Race hard, sail fast. You are our champions.
Todd Gould
Producer
Racing to Rio
Rio 2016 Paralympics Day 5 Update – Big Fight for Silver!
Australia has wrapped up the Gold, but it is going to be a no holds barred contest tomorrow for Silver and Bronze with six boats within 7 points of each other and more in reach!
USA had a tough day with a 10th and an 8th, but still managed to hold onto 2nd with Canada nipping at their transom by 1 point!
All those days and hours training, so much hope and hard work comes down to one race tomorrow.
Rick, Brad and Hugh, we are rooting for you! You got this!
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Day Four – Holding onto 2nd!
Only two out of three races held today, race #9 postponed till tomorrow.
The USA boys took a 7th and a 2nd. Our friends on the Canadian team, skipped by Paul Tingley, have moved into 3rd. Australia extends their 1st place lead to 11 points.
Keep sailing fast, my friends!
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Destination Rio
It’s been a long, challenging race to the Paralympic games but Sonar Team USA 1 has finally made it to Rio! We are beyond proud of Brad and the team!
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Rio 2016 Paralympics Day 3 Update – USA Sonar Rockets into 2nd
With a strong 2nd and two 3rd place finishes, USA Paralympic Sonar team of Rick Doerr, Brad Kendell and Hugh Freund rocket into 2nd place at the Rio 2016 Paralympic Game. This is the kind of consistency that wins medals.
After three days, USA has 18 points, 6 behind first place Australia and 3 ahead of third place New Zealand.
Keep up the great work, gentlemen!
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Heading to the Finish Line
As the Paralympic teams get ready to head down to Rio for the 2016 games, and USA1 Sonar is the team to beat after winning the World Championships in the Netherlands, the team at Racing to Rio is headed to our own finish line.
With multi-Emmy Award winning cinematographer Bill Mills behind the camera, we have amazing interviews with the USA1 Sonar team and footage of USA1 practicing with CAN1. We also have great interviews and footage with Warrior Sailing, Maureen McKinnon & Ryan Porteous (SKUD-18), the phenomenal Betsy Allison and so much more.
Now all we have left is to film a few more interviews and to purchase footage from several adaptive sailing events, then we are ready to send this to the editor to make movie magic. After that it’s titles, color correction, and music. Then we are off to festivals and distribution to share this great sport with the world.
However, we need your help to push Racing to Rio through the finish. We must raise a final $75,000 to complete this amazing movie – this is where you come in as a critical part of our winning team!
Please donate right now…don’t wait another minute – Help us over the finish line!
Racing to Rio is being produced by The Barbaro-Gould Foundation, a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit, so your donation to support this film is tax deductible as allowed.