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The Cardboard Boat Race: An epic tale of tape, teamwork and engineering under pressure

April 10, 2025

Four students paddle a cardboard boat through whitewater rapids on Clear Creek during the Colorado School of Mines E-Days Cardboard Boat Race, as a large crowd watches from the bank.

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By Leilani Reyes

From the creators of E-Days comes a high-stakes saga where helluva engineers build the impossible and launch it into the cardboard boat race on Clear Creek. Premiering April 12.

Guggenheim

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