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Richmond’s Derek Gottenbos and Jaspal Sidhu.
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Two Richmond guys in ‘Amazing Race’
Published 11:03 PDT, Fri August 18, 2023
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Richmond Sentinel’s Aug. 1 publication provided our readers with information on Canada’s most-watched summer series, the Amazing Race (episodes one to four). The reason we were following the series is because, two young guys from Richmond, Derek Gottenbos and Jaspal Sidhu are competing as a team.
Derek and Jaspal met in Richmond high school and have been inseparable since. Today, at age 28 they have a YouTube channel with a following of two million viewers. How they decided to apply as contenders for the Amazing Race, we’ll have to wait for their answer to that.
They are constantly performing the challenges with a sense of humour supporting each other in every challenge and they’re not easy tasks mentally and physically. They always have a smile on their face and are always joking around but underneath this light-hearted performance they have not had it easy growing up. Derek grew up with a single mom and understands the hardships and sacrifices his mom made to keep the family together. Jaspal’s father fell victim to brain cancer so he too understood the sacrifices made including giving up his dream to become a professional soccer player. Their goal, if they successfully win the title of ‘Best Duo’ will be to use the money to help their families.
In our last publication, the 10 teams travelled and competed in Manitoba and Alberta in episode one, then the next four episodes were in British Columbia. The production company should be commended for showcasing not only the major destinations but the smaller communities too like Smithers B.C. and Uculet. The photography is breathtaking and since it’s a national TV series, hopefully this will bring more tourists to B.C.
We said we’d keep you informed, well in our last publication 7 teams were leaving Sooke BC to take a bus to Victoria where they picked up trucks and drove to Uculet and Tofino to receive the next clue but first, they must compete in such challenges like diving into icy water searching for a list of articles underwater, taking a fishing vessel up the coast to gather a boatload of Kelp, and if they don’t complete the challenge as instructed or quit because they find the challenge to tough they will face a severe penalty or even elimination. Once the judge approves they successfully completed the task they then travel by truck into the forest where they have to perform a dance routine with an instructor, while hanging from a tree by a rope.
Once they have successfully completed this final challenge they are given a clue that instructs them to drive themselves to Long Beach to the next pit stop, where Jon Montgomery awaits their arrival. Derek and Jaspal were the third team to arrive, a team was eliminated and now there are six teams. Next stop Niagara Falls, Ontario.
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