Martin Buser
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Martin Buser (born March 29, 1958) is sled dog racing competitor.[1]
Born in Winterthur, Switzerland, Buser began mushing at age seventeen in Switzerland. In 1979, he moved to Alaska to train and raise sled dogs full-time. His training operation, Happy Trails Kennels, is located in Big Lake, Alaska.
He entered his first Iditarod in 1980, and has run every race from 1986, to 2022. Buser has won the event four times, in 1992, 1994, 1997, and 2002. On sixteen occasions, he has finished among the top ten finishers. He ran the fastest finish time on the previous route which was a longer race than it is now. In 2002, the race started in Wasilla. Now it starts in Willow, making the race about 80 miles shorter. In 2002, his team completed the 80 mile longer race in 8 days, 22 hours, 46 minutes, and 2 seconds. He entered his first Yukon Quest in 2009 and finished in fourth place, earning him "Rookie of the Year." As of 2017, he has the most consecutive race finishes, 31. He was one of the mushers featured in a documentary about the 2008 Iditarod;[2] in that same race, Martin's son Rohn competed for the first time.
His sense of humor and positive outlook have made him a fan favorite. In 2008, he caused quite a stir among fans worldwide when he accidentally gave his GPS unit to a pilot who was transporting dogs and equipment to and from a checkpoint, when the race was first introducing GPS tracking on the racers so fans could follow their paths live.[3]
He talks in a highly exaggerated[citation needed] tone of voice to his dogs. Other top competitors in the Iditarod, like DeeDee Jonrowe and Aliy Zirkle have found this method to work well in communicating with their dogs.
Controversy
Buser has come under scrutiny for Kuskokwim 300 race violations two years running. Most recently, Buser was caught taking shortcuts and accepting help in the care of his dogs in the 2016 Kuskokwim 300. While Buser denies intentionally straying from the course, he has been officially penalized by the Kusokwim 300 Race Committee causing him to place last.[4]
References
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Episode 6 – "Dad, Musher, Champion, & Patriot." – Hear an Interview with Martin Buser". Sled Dog Podcast. Retrieved 5 March 2013.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Iditarod (Documentary, Reality-TV), David Scott, Original Productions, 2008-10-14, retrieved 2023-10-06
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: others (link) - ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Iditarod 2008: Moments to remember". 19 March 2008. Retrieved 19 March 2008.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Martin Buser penalized for rule violations in Kuskokwim 300". Alaska Dispatch News. Retrieved 2016-12-28.
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