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HUMPBACKS OF
NOTRE DAME
It’s rare to have fun with climate change but that’s what Robert van de Walle and Team Pineapple
accomplished with Humpbacks of Notre Dame, a human-powered vehicle that they entered in the 54th
Annual Kinetic Grand Championship. They were recognized as 2022 Grand Champions by scoring
highest in the combined categories of Art, Engineering, and Speed. This 50-mile race, with “have fun
at all times” as its first rule, takes place over land, sand, and water in Arcata, California, on Memorial
Day weekend.
What started as wordplay became, over three years, an amphibious pedal car weighing in at 500
pounds with ...