Monday photo feature

At the Ocean Springs race on Saturday, the overall winner of each boat class was awarded a First-World-War-style combat helmet.  Just how authentic these helmets are is a thing of which I'm not entirely certain: they're made of plastic, and I'm pretty sure plastics weren't developed until the Second World War.  I think I'd want to be wearing something sturdier in an attack of mortar shells and rocket-propelled grenades and stuff like that.

But it was nice to be recognized just the same.  From left to right, the overall class winners are Laurence Cohen of New Orleans, Louisiana (single canoe); Tave Lamperez of New Iberia, Louisiana, and Joey Sturm of Youngsville, Louisiana (double canoe); Tristan Gregory of Gulf Breeze, Florida (standup paddleboard); yours truly (single kayak); and Savanna Wright and Mike Herbert of Rogers, Arkansas (double kayak).  Photo by Mike Pornovets.

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