Happy Paddling
South Florida’s Holiday Boat Parades!
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HAPPY PADDLING HOLIDAYS!
Kayaking a Parade of Lights (Seminole Winterfest Boat Parade)!
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The Winterfest Holiday Boat Parade has become of the top 20 world-wide parades to see with over ONE MILLION cheering spectators lining the 12 mile route in boats and on shore.
The year 2021 marked the
50th annual Seminole Hard Rock Winterfest Holiday Boat Parade
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My own Holiday Parade paddling goes back to 1997 with the crew from the “Waterways Kayak” shop, which was then and still remains to this day the biggest kayak pro shop that South Florida has ever seen! Since moving back to South Florida in 2006, I have paddled the main Winterfest Parade every year except for 2012 when I was “spectating” and in 2020 when it was cancelled due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The Ft Lauderdale Winterfest Parade route has not changed since 2007 when it was extended to start in downtown Ft Lauderdale rather than by Port Everglades in years prior to that. In 2008 the Parade organizers started placing all non-motorized watercraft at the head of the Parade, instead of the tail end.
So as paddlers,
we are always leading the Winterfest Boat Parade!
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Through the years, the Kayak Jeff shop also organized a run of the Parade. However it was with the South Florida Kayaking Meetup that all the regular subsequent runs took place, organized by the late Whitney Turner and currently by Kayak Ted of the Palm Beach Water Yaks group. Ted has also organized and pioneered additional runs of other South Florida Holiday Parades, namely in Boca Raton and Pompano Beach. I have had the great pleasure of participating in all the events listed below and owe a debt of gratitude to both of the aforementioned gentlemen! It has also given me much joy over the years to document these events, all the while having fun experimenting with with different photographic techniques for you viewing pleasure!
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Please enjoy and
HAPPY PADDLING HOLIDAYS!
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The Parade paddling events:
Prior to 2013 all the previous Parade runs were condensed into my original story
Kayaking a Parade of Lights (Seminole Winterfest Boat Parade)!
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Kayaking the Boca Raton Holiday Boat Parade (2013).
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Kayaking the 2014 Seminole Hard Rock Winterfest Holiday Boat Parade.
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Kayaking the 2014 Boca Raton Holiday Boat Parade.
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Paddling the 2015 Seminole Hard Rock Winterfest Holiday Boat Parade through Ft Lauderdale.
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Paddling the windy 2016 Seminole Hard Rock Winterfest Holiday Boat Parade on the New River!
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Kayaking the 2016 Boca Raton Holiday Boat Parade with Rudolph!
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Kayaking the 2017 Winterfest Boat Parade through Ft Lauderdale!
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Whipped It Good – Winterfest Boat Parade 2018!
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Paddling the 2019 Winterfest Boat Parade – seeing the Light(s)!
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Paddling the 2020 Pompano Beach Holiday Boat Parade.
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Winterfest Holiday Boat Parade 2021 – First Annual Whitney Turner Holiday Parade Paddle.
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More on paddling the main Winterfest Parade:
Kayaking a Parade of Lights (Seminole Winterfest Boat Parade)!
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! Bless UP
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Blessings friends!
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