Kokatat continues their support of the HTTD series for a third season!

Kokatat has stepped up to the plate for their third season with the World Kayak HTTD series.  Kokatat is known for their amazing quality dry gear.  They are an awesome group of paddlers located in northern California who have a true passion for the sport.  Look for some seekers headed to a throwdown event near you.  There are some exciting announcements coming from Kokatat for our Championship event at NOC later this fall.  Make sure to support this great company by checking out their gear at your local retailer.

http://www.kokatat.com/

 

Later ; Colin

2011 Nantahala Hometown Throwdown Event #4

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The forth event in the 2011 Nolichucky/Nantahala Hometown Throwdown series was another great time for all in attendance!!  We had a total of 43 competitors join together for a big booming freestyle rodeo on the Nantahala River, NC!!!  There was a huge crowd of spectators who watched and cheered on the competitors from both sides of the river and bridges!  Good times abound at this throwdown!!

alex-henry-throws-the-paddle-and-a-loop 

All the novice classes competed on the Surf School Wave and the expert, intermediate, & C-1 classes competed on the NOC Wave.  The weather for the afternoon was another perfect with sunny day and warm temps.

zac-river-board 

2011 Nantahala Hometown Throwdown Event #4 Results:

Top 3 Women’s Expert K-1 

Women’s Expert K-1: 1. Rowan Stuart (106) 2. Sara Hunter (95) 3. Ann Marie Pelcher (88) 4. Tierney O’Sullivon (30)  

Top 3 Women’s Novice K-1 

Women’s Novice K-1: 1. Melissa Pennscott (43) 2. Mary Mills (41) 3. Jennifer Bradley (40) 4. Shannon Christie (39)  

Top 3 Junior Men’s Expert K-1 

Junior Men’s Expert K-1: 1. Hunter Katich (345) 2. Dylan Riddle (189) 3. Carter Davis (160) 4. Eliot Berz (156) 5. Alex Henry (149) 6. Ben Ghertner (116) 7. Mitch Bearden (70) 8. Bennett Smith (69) 8. Zach Agnew (69) 10. Bailey Mills (63) 11. Patrick Duggar (44) 12. Reece Monroe (26)   Junior Men’s Novice K-1: 1. Reece Monroe (65)  

Top 3 River Boarders 

River Board: 1. Garrett Mays (67) 2. Alex Henry (49) 2. Zach Agnew (49) 4. Iv Stuart (41) 5. Mitch Bearden (35)  

C-1 Winners 

C-1: 1. Jon Clark (263) 2. Garrett Mays (67)  

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Men's Expert K-1: 1. Tommy Yon (415) 2. Joe Barkley (396) 3. Hunter Katich (366) 4. Jeremy Adkins (312) 5. Matt Anger (226) 6. Brad Caldwell (208) 7. Andrew Koch (181) 8. Daniel Dutton (175) 9. Ty Caldwell (154) 10. Clay Lucas (122) 11. Duane Gibson (82)  

Top 3 Men's Intermediate K-1

Men's Intermediate K-1: 1. Maximillian Ovett (225) 2. Trey Lawson (102) 3. Wesley R. Bradley (57) 4. R.D. Davis (41)   Men's Novice K-1: 1. Mike Dorsey (70) 2. Jeff Weatherford (43) 3. Ryan Shealy (39) 4. Philip Byard (31) 5. Cody McNeal (30) 6. Michael McNeal (19)   Click here for PDF copy of Event #4 Results  

bennett-smith 

Thank you to all the competitors for their participation.  Congrats to all of our class winners of Event #4! Event #4 Photo Album Links:

Cheryl Killman’s Nanty HTTD #4 photo album #1

Cheryl Killman’s Nanty HTTD #4 photo album #2

Cheryl Killman’s Nanty HTTD #4 photo album #3

Cheryl Killman’s Nanty HTTD #4 photo album #4

Cheryl Killman’s Nanty HTTD #4 photo album #5

Nanty HTTD #4 Award Ceremony photo album

 mary-mills

  A BIG thank you goes out to all of our great volunteers for their help in event #4: Jennifer Bradley, Erin Weatherford, Melissa Pennscott – Registration Kerry Porche & Erin Weatherford – Technical Judges Mary Mills, Joe Dailey, Wesley R. Bradley – Scribes Rowan Stuart, K.K. Stuart, Melissa Pennscott – Time Keepers Cheryl Killman – Photographer  

andrew-koch 

A special thank you goes out to our World Kayak Partners listed in the banner at the top of this page & the local sponsors below for all the great prizes & support of the events!

Mahoney's NOC Logo pyranha-fish-logo

Rivergypsies_logo    Riverpark_Campground_Logo WJCW_WGOC_Logo

prizes

  The World Kayak Amateur Points System has been a great success this year for our series!  I have been contacted by several of the competitors to sign up to Get Ranked.  I encourage all participates of our events to sign up…  Don’t MISS OUT on your chance to win 1 of 4 Jackson Kayak Stars that World Kayak is giving away to all members who pay $10 to Get Ranked by September 1, 2011!  You still have one chance to win a new kayak in the September drawing.  

shannon-christy 

Participation at each event in this series is the key to bring home a point series championship this year.  After four events, the point series is tight in most classes and HTTD #5 will be an exciting final event to see who comes out on top of each class!  Daniel Dutton, Ann Marie Pelcher & Carter Davis are holding the points lead in their respective classes.  The Men’s Novice and Women’s Novice classes are in a very tight points clash for gold!  David Goodwin has established a commanding points lead in his C-1 class, but he has found some stout competition with some the other podium contenders that have join his class!  Congrats to our current top 3 leaders in their class:   Men's Expert K-1: 1. Daniel Dutton (360) 2. Matt Anger (325) 3. Duane Gibson (310)   Men's Intermediate K-1: 1. Wesley R. Bradley (460) 2. Maximillian Ovett (250) 3. Trey Lawson (220)   Men's Novice K-1: 1. Jeff Weatherford (510) 1. Mike Dorsey (510) 3. Michael McNeal (340)   Women's Expert K-1: 1. Ann Marie Pelcher (355) 2. Rowan Stuart (270) 3. Sara Hunter (250)   Women's Novice K-1: 1. Mary Mills (230) 2. Melissa Pennscott (220) 3. Annabell Plush (135)   Junior Men’s Expert K-1: 1. Carter Davis (355) 2. Hunter Katich (270) 3. Dylan Riddle (240)   Junior Men’s Novice K-1: 1. David Perrin (135) 1. Reece Monroe (135) 3. Hunter Cooper (125)   C-1: 1. David Goodwin (365) 2. Jon Clark (270) 3. Garrett Mays (230)   Click here for PDF copy of Point Series Standings after #4    

duane-gibson 

Mark your calendar to join us on Sunday, August 14, 2011 at high noon for the final HTTD #5 on the Nantahala River!  CLICK HERE to Register for EVENT #5 @ the NOC!  I hope to see you on the Nanty to throwdown!!

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2011 Nantahala Hometown Throwdown Event #4

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The forth event in the 2011 Nolichucky/Nantahala Hometown Throwdown series was another great time for all in attendance!!  We had a total of 43 competitors join together for a big booming freestyle rodeo on the Nantahala River, NC!!!  There was a huge crowd of spectators who watched and cheered on the competitors from both sides of the river and bridges!  Good times abound at this throwdown!!

alex-henry-throws-the-paddle-and-a-loop 

All the novice classes competed on the Surf School Wave and the expert, intermediate, & C-1 classes competed on the NOC Wave.  The weather for the afternoon was another perfect with sunny day and warm temps.

zac-river-board 

2011 Nantahala Hometown Throwdown Event #4 Results:

Top 3 Women’s Expert K-1 

Women’s Expert K-1: 1. Rowan Stuart (106) 2. Sara Hunter (95) 3. Ann Marie Pelcher (88) 4. Tierney O’Sullivon (30)  

Top 3 Women’s Novice K-1 

Women’s Novice K-1: 1. Melissa Pennscott (43) 2. Mary Mills (41) 3. Jennifer Bradley (40) 4. Shannon Christie (39)  

Top 3 Junior Men’s Expert K-1 

Junior Men’s Expert K-1: 1. Hunter Katich (345) 2. Dylan Riddle (189) 3. Carter Davis (160) 4. Eliot Berz (156) 5. Alex Henry (149) 6. Ben Ghertner (116) 7. Mitch Bearden (70) 8. Bennett Smith (69) 8. Zach Agnew (69) 10. Bailey Mills (63) 11. Patrick Duggar (44) 12. Reece Monroe (26)   Junior Men’s Novice K-1: 1. Reece Monroe (65)  

Top 3 River Boarders 

River Board: 1. Garrett Mays (67) 2. Alex Henry (49) 2. Zach Agnew (49) 4. Iv Stuart (41) 5. Mitch Bearden (35)  

C-1 Winners 

C-1: 1. Jon Clark (263) 2. Garrett Mays (67)  

top-3-mens-expert-k-1 

Men's Expert K-1: 1. Tommy Yon (415) 2. Joe Barkley (396) 3. Hunter Katich (366) 4. Jeremy Adkins (312) 5. Matt Anger (226) 6. Brad Caldwell (208) 7. Andrew Koch (181) 8. Daniel Dutton (175) 9. Ty Caldwell (154) 10. Clay Lucas (122) 11. Duane Gibson (82)  

Top 3 Men's Intermediate K-1

Men's Intermediate K-1: 1. Maximillian Ovett (225) 2. Trey Lawson (102) 3. Wesley R. Bradley (57) 4. R.D. Davis (41)   Men's Novice K-1: 1. Mike Dorsey (70) 2. Jeff Weatherford (43) 3. Ryan Shealy (39) 4. Philip Byard (31) 5. Cody McNeal (30) 6. Michael McNeal (19)   Click here for PDF copy of Event #4 Results  

bennett-smith 

Thank you to all the competitors for their participation.  Congrats to all of our class winners of Event #4! Event #4 Photo Album Links:

Cheryl Killman’s Nanty HTTD #4 photo album #1

Cheryl Killman’s Nanty HTTD #4 photo album #2

Cheryl Killman’s Nanty HTTD #4 photo album #3

Cheryl Killman’s Nanty HTTD #4 photo album #4

Cheryl Killman’s Nanty HTTD #4 photo album #5

Nanty HTTD #4 Award Ceremony photo album

 mary-mills

  A BIG thank you goes out to all of our great volunteers for their help in event #4: Jennifer Bradley, Erin Weatherford, Melissa Pennscott – Registration Kerry Porche & Erin Weatherford – Technical Judges Mary Mills, Joe Dailey, Wesley R. Bradley – Scribes Rowan Stuart, K.K. Stuart, Melissa Pennscott – Time Keepers Cheryl Killman – Photographer  

andrew-koch 

A special thank you goes out to our World Kayak Partners listed in the banner at the top of this page & the local sponsors below for all the great prizes & support of the events!

Mahoney's NOC Logo pyranha-fish-logo

Rivergypsies_logo    Riverpark_Campground_Logo WJCW_WGOC_Logo

prizes

  The World Kayak Amateur Points System has been a great success this year for our series!  I have been contacted by several of the competitors to sign up to Get Ranked.  I encourage all participates of our events to sign up…  Don’t MISS OUT on your chance to win 1 of 4 Jackson Kayak Stars that World Kayak is giving away to all members who pay $10 to Get Ranked by September 1, 2011!  You still have one chance to win a new kayak in the September drawing.  

shannon-christy 

Participation at each event in this series is the key to bring home a point series championship this year.  After four events, the point series is tight in most classes and HTTD #5 will be an exciting final event to see who comes out on top of each class!  Daniel Dutton, Ann Marie Pelcher & Carter Davis are holding the points lead in their respective classes.  The Men’s Novice and Women’s Novice classes are in a very tight points clash for gold!  David Goodwin has established a commanding points lead in his C-1 class, but he has found some stout competition with some the other podium contenders that have join his class!  Congrats to our current top 3 leaders in their class:   Men's Expert K-1: 1. Daniel Dutton (360) 2. Matt Anger (325) 3. Duane Gibson (310)   Men's Intermediate K-1: 1. Wesley R. Bradley (460) 2. Maximillian Ovett (250) 3. Trey Lawson (220)   Men's Novice K-1: 1. Jeff Weatherford (510) 1. Mike Dorsey (510) 3. Michael McNeal (340)   Women's Expert K-1: 1. Ann Marie Pelcher (355) 2. Rowan Stuart (270) 3. Sara Hunter (250)   Women's Novice K-1: 1. Mary Mills (230) 2. Melissa Pennscott (220) 3. Annabell Plush (135)   Junior Men’s Expert K-1: 1. Carter Davis (355) 2. Hunter Katich (270) 3. Dylan Riddle (240)   Junior Men’s Novice K-1: 1. David Perrin (135) 1. Reece Monroe (135) 3. Hunter Cooper (125)   C-1: 1. David Goodwin (365) 2. Jon Clark (270) 3. Garrett Mays (230)   Click here for PDF copy of Point Series Standings after #4    

duane-gibson 

Mark your calendar to join us on Sunday, August 14, 2011 at high noon for the final HTTD #5 on the Nantahala River!  CLICK HERE to Register for EVENT #5 @ the NOC!  I hope to see you on the Nanty to throwdown!!  

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2011 Nantahala Hometown Throwdown Event #3

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The third event in the 2011 Nolichucky/Nantahala Hometown Throwdown series was HUGE in size and fun!!  We had a total of 61 competitors join together for a big booming freestyle rodeo on the Nantahala River, NC!!!  This event had the most participation of any whitewater freestyle event to date this year in the USA!  Nanty HTTD event #3 now holds the record for the most participation of any HTTD event that has ever been recorded in our 4 years of World Kayak hosting these events!  We also set a record for the most juniors to ever compete at a freestyle event at the NOC!  There was also a huge crowd of spectators who watched and cheered on the competitors from both sides of the river and bridges!  Good vibes were all around at this throwdown!!

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We had so many competitors show up for this event that we were afraid we were going to run out of water due to the water release schedule on the Nanty for the day.  To help solve this issue, we ran two rodeos at the same time!  All the novice classes competed on the Surf School Wave and the expert, intermediate, & C-1 classes competed on the NOC Wave.  This also meant we had to have two sets of volunteer judges, scribes & timekeepers, which we worked out thanks to a few would-be competitors volunteering to judge instead of compete.  Big thanks to all those folks for their efforts to make the event work well!

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The weather for the afternoon was perfect with sunny skies and warm temps.  The only thing that did not go as planned was a late start. This due to my wife and I getting stuck in some bad Asheville holiday traffic on the way to the event…  Due to this late start and the huge turn out, we began to run out of water at the NOC Wave before the Men’s Expert class started.  With some quick thinking from our volunteer staff, we came up with a quick format for the Men’s Experts to do a quick, one ride round robin style rodeo for double points!  Big thanks to the Men’s Expert class for going along with this plan to complete the event.  Please accept my sincere apologies for my tardiness in getting the event started.  I do not like to waste other people’s time and cut into their event fun.  I will do my best to make sure the last two events start on time ;-)  

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2011 Nantahala Hometown Throwdown Event #3 Results:

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Women’s Expert K-1:

1. Rowan Stuart (81)

2. Sara Hunter (74)

3. Ann Marie Pelcher (42)

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Women’s Novice K-1:

1. Annabell Plush (54)

2. Francheska Barreto (52)

3. Catherine Hardin – Jr. (51)

4. Mary Mills (48)

5. Julia Kendrick (47)

6. Melissa Pennscott (43)

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Junior Men’s Expert K-1:

1. Hunter Katich (284)

2. Carter Davis (199)

3. Dylan Riddle (146)

4. Miles Murphy (137)

5. David Jaben (133)

6. Matt Smith (112)

7. Bennett Smith (92)

8. Alex Andrews (85)

9. Ben Ghertner (83)

10. Joey Brown (64)

11. Ted Ballenger (63)

12. George Boss (54)

13. Zac Agnew (43)

13. Eric Mount (43)

15. Eric Lee (42)

16. Michael Egues (28)

17. Davis Morrs (20)

jr-men-novice-winners

Junior Men’s Novice K-1:

1. David Perrin (77)

2. Hunter Cooper (57)

3. Jack Egues (45)

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C-1:

1. Jon Clark (249)

2. Jezz (96)

3. Alex Vargas (57)

4. Garrett Mays (37)

5. David Goodwin (34)

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Men’s Expert K-1:

1. Tommy Yon (234)

2. Matt Anger (210)

3. Brad Caldwell (144)

4. Ryan Baudrand (130)

5. Andrew Koch (122)

6. Clay Lucas (118)

7. Casey Jones (104)

8. Ty Caldwell (88)

9. Paul Butler (62)

10. Duane Gibson (50)

11. Chan Jones (34)

12. Zach Sanders (28)

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Men’s Intermediate K-1:

1. Sam Ovett (159)

2. Jared “Blue” Smith (119)

3. Maximillian Ovett (115)

4. Emerson Clauss (95)

5. Trey Lawson (65)

6. Rick Thompson (63)

6. Ryan Richardson (63)

8. Steven Naylor (20)

 

Men’s Novice K-1:

1. Wayne Dickert (68)

2. Mike Dorsey (56)

3. Jeff Weatherford – Hand Paddler (52)

4. Mitch Odom (45)

5. Shaun Freudeman – Hand Paddler (41)

6. Don Robertson (37)

7. Michael McNeal (34)

 

Click here for PDF copy of Event #3 Results

 

andrew-koch

Thank you to all the competitors for their participation and patience.  Congrats to all of our class winners of Event #3!

 

Event Highlights:

*Several of our Johnson City Team River Runner Chapter members came down from the Tri-Cities area to represent & compete in this event!  They all really seem to be loving this event series and the sport of kayaking with the great TRR program.  A sincere thank you to all of them for their service to our country as veterans!

 

*Jr. Men’s K-1 class winner, Hunter Katich, had the highest score of the event out of the entire field of compeditors!!  He had some of the most text book McNasties I have ever seen!

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*There was bromance in the eddy…

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*Of Course their were brown claws thrown!

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*Much respect to Jezz for all his kids camp work he does over the summer and thanks for bringing a ton of Jr’s to compete in this event! 

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*We had 3 swimmers during the event that went home with with the coveted River Gypsies “Everybody Swims” sticker award.

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*Everyone who competed or volunteered in the event went home with a prize thanks to all of our awesome sponsors!

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Event #3 Photo Album Links:

Cheryl Killman’s Nanty HTTD #3 photo album #1

Cheryl Killman’s Nanty HTTD #3 photo album #2

Cheryl Killman’s Nanty HTTD #3 photo album #3

Nanty HTTD #3 Award Ceremony photo album

brad-caldwell 

A BIG thank you goes out to all of our great volunteers for their help in event #3:

Jennifer Bradley, Erin Weatherford, Melissa Pennscott, Brad Caldwell – Registration

Jennifer Bradley, Erin Weatherford – Surf School Wave Technical Judges

Jeremy Adkins, Wesley R. Bradley – NOC Wave Technical Judges

Daniel Dutton, Tommy Yon, Francheska Barreto – Scribes

Mike Seek, Melissa Pennscott, Wayne Dickert – Time Keepers

Cheryl Killman – Photographer

judges-island

A special thank you goes out to our World Kayak Partners listed in the banner at the top of this page & the local sponsors below for all the great prizes & support of the events!

Mahoney's NOC Logo Pyranha

Rivergypsies_logo    Riverpark_Campground_Logo WJCW_WGOC_Logo

The World Kayak Amateur Points System continues to gain excitement at our events this year!  I have been contacted by several of the competitors to sign up to Get Ranked.  I encourage all participates of our events to sign up…  Don’t MISS OUT on your chance to win 1 of 4 Jackson Kayak Stars that World Kayak is giving away to all members who pay $10 to Get Ranked by September 1, 2011!  You still have two chances to win a new kayak in the August & September drawings.

david-goodwin

Participation at each event in this event series is the key to bring home a point series championship this year.  After three events, the point series is heating up to be a great rivalry in all the classes!  Daniel Dutton, Ann Marie Pelcher & Carter Davis have taken over the points lead in their respective classes.  Matt Anger & Michael McNeal now find themselves on a possible podium spot in their respective classes thanks to their consistent participation!  The Men’s Expert & Novice classes are in a very tight points clash for gold!  David Goodwin has established a commanding points lead in his C-1 class, but he has found some stout competition with some new competitors that have join his class!  Congrats to our current top 3 leaders in their class:

 

Men’s Expert K-1:

1. Daniel Dutton (295)

2. Duane Gibson (275)

3. Matt Anger (230)

 

Men’s Intermediate K-1:

1. Wesley R. Bradley (315)

2. Steve Moore (210)

2. Chris Vella (210)

 

Men’s Novice K-1:

1. Jeff Weatherford (385)

2. Mike Dorsey (375)

3. Michael McNeal (285)

 

Women’s Expert K-1:

1. Ann Marie Pelcher (240)

2. Taylor Dwyer (135)

2. Jo Ann Pasqua (135)

2. Rowan Stuart (135)

 

Women’s Novice K-1:

1. Annabell Plush (135)

2. Francheska Barreto (125)

2. Catherine Hardin (115)

 

Junior Men’s Expert K-1:

1. Carter Davis (240)

2. Alex Andrews (200)

3. Zac Agnew (160)

 

Junior Men’s Novice K-1:

1. David Perrin (135)

2. Hunter Cooper (125)

3. Jack Egues (115)

 

C-1:

1. David Goodwin (365)

2. John Clark (135)

3. Jezz (125)

3. Chris Vella (125)

 

Click here for PDF copy of Point Series Standings after #3

zac-agnew 

Mark your calendar for July 17, 2011 at high noon to join in on more HTTD fun & CLICK HERE to Register for EVENT #4 @ the NOC!  I hope to see you on the Nanty to throwdown!!

July’s winner of a JK 2010 star is…………………………….

Samantha Collins from Atlanta, GA is our second winner of a Jackson Kayak star.  We are drawing a winner each month for the next two months from the pool of folks that have registered to be tracked in the WK Hometown Throwdown series.  It only costs $10 to get ranked and you can look at it as a super inexpensive opportunity to win a free boat!  Sign up at www.worldkayakblogs.com/throwdown/get-ranked/ to make sure you are in the running for the remaining two boats this summer.

Later ; Colin

2011 Nolichucky Hometown Throwdown Event #2

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The second event in the 2011 Nolichucky/Nantahala Hometown Throwdown series was a rockin’ rodeo at Big Rock on the Lower Nolichucky River, TN!  We had 32 competitors join in for some fun freestyle competition!  We also had several spectators who watched and cheered on the competitors from the Riverpark Campground bank.  The river level was around 800 CFS which made the Big Rock wave/hole feature nice and fluffy for big air!  The weather for the afternoon was sunny skies and warm temps. 

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2011 Nolichucky Hometown Throwdown Event #2 Results:

womens-k-1 

Women’s K-1:

1. Taylor Dwyer (65)

2. Ann Marie Pelcher (64)

3. Alisa Royen (54)

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Junior Men’s K-1:

1. Kai Franken (155)

2. Zac Agnew (86)

3. Carter Davis (82)

4. Mitch Bearden (67)

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C-1:

1. David Goodwin (91)

2. Chris Vella (35)

mens-k-1-expert 

Men’s Expert K-1:

1. Ty Caldwell (215)

2. Duane Gibson (212)

3. Andrew Koch (208)

4. Matt Anger (203)

5. Daniel Dutton (198)

6. Rick Franken (190)

7. Brad Barker (156)

8. Clay Lucas (149)

9. Brad Caldwell (142)

10. Paul Butler (119)

mens-k-1-int 

Men’s Intermediate K-1:

1. Mark Tomlinson (124)

2. Chris Vella (111)

3. Steve Moore (97)

4. Wesley R. Bradley (91)

5.  Jason Miller (78)

6. Travis Vaughn (55)

mens-k-1-novice 

Men’s Novice K-1:

1. Jeff Weatherford – Hand Paddler (98)   

2. Mike Dorsey (55)

3. Ian Watson (52)

4. Michael McNeal (27)

5. Shaun Freudeman (11)

6. Pat Ladner (8)

7. Cody McNeal 

Click here for PDF copy of Event #2 Results

 

Thank you to all the competitors for their participation and congrats to all of our class winners of Event #2!

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Event Highlights:

*Several of our Johnson City Team River Runner Chapter members came to represent & compete in this event!  A sincere thank you to all of them for their service to our country as veterans!  That makes them all a big winner of the day in my book!!!

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*I think we set a new world record of largest amount of Brown Claws thrown in one event…

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*We had 5 swimmers during the event that went home with with the coveted River Gypsies “Everybody Swims” sticker award.

swimmers 

*Finely aged paddler, Mike Dorsey, joined us again to show that you can have fun in these events at any age!

mike-dorsey 

*Mahoney’s, Pyranha, & the Jackson Action Wagon set up nice vendor booths on site for folks to check out their latest paddling gear for sale & demo.

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*Everyone who competed or volunteered in the event went home with a prize!

prizes 

Event #2 Photo Album Links:

Cheryl Killman’s Noli HTTD #2 photo album #1

Cheryl Killman’s Noli HTTD #2 photo album #2

Cheryl Killman’s Noli HTTD #2 photo album #3

Cheryl Killman’s Noli HTTD #2 photo album #4

Noli HTTD #2 Award Ceremony photo album

  

Event #2 Video highlights by Paul Butler:

 

Click here to view the embedded video.

 

A big thank you goes out to all of our great volunteers for their help in event #2:

Jennifer Bradley – Technical Judge & Registration

Shannon Christy – Technical Judge

Erin Weatherford – Scribe & Registration

Ben Carr – Scribe

Susan Jarvis – Time Keeper

Cheryl Killman – Photographer

duane-gibson 

A special thank you goes out to our World Kayak Partners listed in the banner at the top of this page & the local sponsors below for all the great prizes & support of the events!

Mahoney's NOC Logo Rapid_Straps_Logo_web

Rivergypsies_logo    Riverpark_Campground_Logo WJCW_WGOC_Logo

pyranha-logo-web

The World Kayak Amateur Points System really seems to be generating some new excitement at our events this year!  I have been contacted by several of the competitors to sign up to Get Ranked.  Don’t MISS OUT on your chance to win 1 of 4 Jackson Kayak Stars that World Kayak is giving away to all members who pay $10 to Get Ranked by September 1, 2011

daniel-dutton 

Participation in the events is the key to bring home a point series championship this year.  After two events, each class is already stacking up in tight competition!  Congrats to our current top 3 leaders in their class:

Men’s Expert K-1:

1. Duane Gibson (230)

2. Daniel Dutton (210)

3. Ty Caldwell (135)

3. Michael Patterson (135)

 

Men’s Intermediate K-1:

1. Wesley R. Bradley (230)

2. Steve Moore (210)

2. Chris Vella (210)

 

Men’s Novice K-1:

1. Jeff Weatherford (270)

2. Mike Dorsey (250)

3. Ian Watson (230)

 

Women’s K-1:

1. Jo Ann Pasqua (135)

1. Taylor Dwyer (135)

3. Ann Marie Pelcher (125)

 

Junior Men’s K-1:

1. Kai Franken (135)

2. Zac Agnew (125)

3. Carter Davis (115)

 

C-1:

1. David Goodwin (270)

2. Chris Vella (125)

 Click here for PDF copy of Point Series Standings after #2

mark-tomlinson

Mark your calendar for July 2, 2011 to join in on the fun & CLICK HERE to Register for EVENT #3 @ the NOC!  I hope to see you on the Nanty to throwdown!!

2011 Nolichucky Hometown Throwdown Event #2

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The second event in the 2011 Nolichucky/Nantahala Hometown Throwdown series was a rockin’ rodeo at Big Rock on the Lower Nolichucky River, TN!  We had 32 competitors join in for some fun freestyle competition!  We also had several spectators who watched and cheered on the competitors from the Riverpark Campground bank.  The river level was around 800 CFS which made the Big Rock wave/hole feature nice and fluffy for big air!  The weather for the afternoon was sunny skies and warm temps. 

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2011 Nolichucky Hometown Throwdown Event #2 Results:

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Women’s K-1:

1. Taylor Dwyer (65)

2. Ann Marie Pelcher (64)

3. Alisa Royen (54)

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Junior Men’s K-1:

1. Kai Franken (155)

2. Zac Agnew (86)

3. Carter Davis (82)

4. Mitch Bearden (67)

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C-1:

1. David Goodwin (91)

2. Chris Vella (35)

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Men’s Expert K-1:

1. Ty Caldwell (215)

2. Duane Gibson (212)

3. Andrew Koch (208)

4. Matt Anger (203)

5. Daniel Dutton (198)

6. Rick Franken (190)

7. Brad Barker (156)

8. Clay Lucas (149)

9. Brad Caldwell (142)

10. Paul Butler (119)

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Men’s Intermediate K-1:

1. Mark Tomlinson (124)

2. Chris Vella (111)

3. Steve Moore (97)

4. Wesley R. Bradley (91)

5.  Jason Miller (78)

6. Travis Vaughn (55)

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Men’s Novice K-1:

1. Jeff Weatherford – Hand Paddler (98)   

2. Mike Dorsey (55)

3. Ian Watson (52)

4. Michael McNeal (27)

5. Shaun Freudeman (11)

6. Pat Ladner (8)

7. Cody McNeal 

Click here for PDF copy of Event #2 Results

 

Thank you to all the competitors for their participation and congrats to all of our class winners of Event #2!

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Event Highlights:

*Several of our Johnson City Team River Runner Chapter members came to represent & compete in this event!  A sincere thank you to all of them for their service to our country as veterans!  That makes them all a big winner of the day in my book!!!

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*I think we set a new world record of largest amount of Brown Claws thrown in one event…

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*We had 5 swimmers during the event that went home with with the coveted River Gypsies “Everybody Swims” sticker award.

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*Finely aged paddler, Mike Dorsey, joined us again to show that you can have fun in these events at any age!

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*Mahoney’s, Pyranha, & the Jackson Action Wagon set up nice vendor booths on site for folks to check out their latest paddling gear for sale & demo.

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*Everyone who competed or volunteered in the event went home with a prize!

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Event #2 Photo Album Links:

Cheryl Killman’s Noli HTTD #2 photo album #1

Cheryl Killman’s Noli HTTD #2 photo album #2

Cheryl Killman’s Noli HTTD #2 photo album #3

Cheryl Killman’s Noli HTTD #2 photo album #4

Noli HTTD #2 Award Ceremony photo album

  

Event #2 Video highlights by Paul Butler:

 

Click here to view the embedded video.

 

A big thank you goes out to all of our great volunteers for their help in event #2:

Jennifer Bradley – Technical Judge & Registration

Shannon Christy – Technical Judge

Erin Weatherford – Scribe & Registration

Ben Carr – Scribe

Susan Jarvis – Time Keeper

Cheryl Killman – Photographer

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A special thank you goes out to our World Kayak Partners listed in the banner at the top of this page & the local sponsors below for all the great prizes & support of the events!

Mahoney's NOC Logo Rapid_Straps_Logo_web

Rivergypsies_logo    Riverpark_Campground_Logo WJCW_WGOC_Logo

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The World Kayak Amateur Points System really seems to be generating some new excitement at our events this year!  I have been contacted by several of the competitors to sign up to Get Ranked.  Don’t MISS OUT on your chance to win 1 of 4 Jackson Kayak Stars that World Kayak is giving away to all members who pay $10 to Get Ranked by September 1, 2011

daniel-dutton 

Participation in the events is the key to bring home a point series championship this year.  After two events, each class is already stacking up in tight competition!  Congrats to our current top 3 leaders in their class:

Men’s Expert K-1:

1. Duane Gibson (230)

2. Daniel Dutton (210)

3. Ty Caldwell (135)

3. Michael Patterson (135)

 

Men’s Intermediate K-1:

1. Wesley R. Bradley (230)

2. Steve Moore (210)

2. Chris Vella (210)

 

Men’s Novice K-1:

1. Jeff Weatherford (270)

2. Mike Dorsey (250)

3. Ian Watson (230)

 

Women’s K-1:

1. Jo Ann Pasqua (135)

1. Taylor Dwyer (135)

3. Ann Marie Pelcher (125)

 

Junior Men’s K-1:

1. Kai Franken (135)

2. Zac Agnew (125)

3. Carter Davis (115)

 

C-1:

1. David Goodwin (270)

2. Chris Vella (125)

 Click here for PDF copy of Point Series Standings after #2

mark-tomlinson

Mark your calendar for July 2, 2011 to join in on the fun & CLICK HERE to Register for EVENT #3 @ the NOC!  I hope to see you on the Nanty to throwdown!!

2011 Nolichucky Hometown Throwdown Event #1

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The first event in the 2011 Nolichucky/Nantahala Hometown Throwdown series was a fun change in format and a great time for all!  Rock splats, rock spins, split wheels, splat wheels, wave wheels, eddy wheels, and macho moves abound in the throwdown!  We had 19 competitors join in for some friendly downriver freestyle/slalom competition!  We had 25-30 spectators who watched and cheered on the competitors from the Riverpark Campground bank.  The event was held at Big Rock on the Lower Nolichucky River, TN. 

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The river level was around 1,200 CFS which made the main Big Rock wave/hole feature too flushy for our typical rodeo format.  So we took a lemon and made lemonade by laying out a fun slalom course through the rapid.  The first part of the course involved catching 3 eddies down through the rapid marked with traffic cones on the rocks.  The competitors got 10 points for each of the marked eddies they caught.  The next part of the course was a football toss into a bucket for 10 points.  The last part of the course was a paddle toss through a hula hoop for 10 points.  Competitors had 2:00 minutes to complete the course while attempting downriver freestyle moves along the way to earn additional points from our Variety and Technical judges!  A big thanks to Daniel Dutton for helping us set this fun course!

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The weather for the afternoon began with partly sunny skies and mild temps.  As we were finishing up the first heat of competitors, a small severe thunderstorm rolled through the valley that made us stop the event for 45 minutes to seek shelter.  After the storm passed the event went back into full swing with warmer water thanks to the storm! 

 

2011 Nolichucky Hometown Throwdown Event #1 Results:

 

Women K-1:

1. Jo Ann Pasqua (99)

 

C-1:

1. David Goodwin (223)

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Men’s Expert K-1:

1. Michael Patterson (377)

2. Kerry Porche – Hand Paddler (215)

3. Daniel Dutton (198)

4. Duane Gibson (184)

5. David Ledford (155)

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Men’s Intermediate K-1:

1. Alex Andrews (198)

2. Wesley R. Bradley (161)

3. Andrew Bentley (160)

4. Travis Vaughn (153)

5. Steve Moore (148)

6. Chris Vella (142)

7. Randy Pasqua (133)       

8. Ryan Shealy (125)

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Men’s Novice K-1:

1. Jeff Weatherford (154)   

2. Mike Dorsey (145)

3. Ian Watson (135)

4. Michael McNeal (15)

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(Click here for a PDF copy of Event #1 Results)

 

Thank you to all the competitors for their participation and congrats to all of our class winners of Event #1!

 

Event Highlights:

*Michael McNeal, from our Johnson City Team River Runner Chapter, competed in his first ever kayaking event at this throwdown!  He has only been in moving current on the river twice before this event… He completed his run through the Big Rock rapid and showed a lot of GUTS to represent for JCTRR!  Congrats to Michael on this feat and a sincere thank you to him for his service to our country as a veteran!  That makes him the big winner of the day in my book!!!

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* Mike Patterson once again dominated the competition and entertained the crowd with a variety of downriver tricks!  He remains the undefeated champion of the Noli!

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* Andrew Bentley gave us a great show in the new Jackson Kayak Coosa with a dance & crash in one run!

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* Dave Ledford got loose in turn #2 and had a wild roll over NASCAR style crash over the ledge into the eddy!  He rolled up finished the rest of the run in style!

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*Chris Vella finished his last run with an open cockpit seal launch!

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*We had 6 swimmers (3 Experts) during the event who went home with with the coveted River Gypsies “Everybody Swims” sticker award.

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*Finely aged paddlers, Mike Dorsey, Jo Ann Pasqua, & Randy Pasqua, join us in event #1 to show us that you can have fun in these events at any age!

jo-ann-pasquamike-dorsey 

*Mahoney’s & the J.A.W. set up a nice vendor booth on site for folks to check out their latest paddling gear for sale & demo.

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*Everyone who competed or volunteered in the event went home with a prize!

Prizes!!! 

Event #1 Photo Album Links:

Cheryl Killman’s Noli HTTD #1 photo album #1

Cheryl Killman’s Noli HTTD #1 photo album #2

Cheryl Killman’s Noli HTTD #1 photo album #3

Noli HTTD #1 Award Ceremony photo album

 

A big THANK YOU goes out to all of our great volunteers for their help in event #1:

Jennifer Bradley – Variety Judge & Registration

Melanie Patterson – Technical Judge

Brian Vermillion, Mike Patterson & Ben Carr – Scribes

Susan Jarvis – Time Keeper

Cheryl Killman – Photographer

Andrew Smith – Football Toss Referee

 

A special thank you goes out to our World Kayak Partners listed in the banner at the top of this page & the local sponsors below for all the great prizes & support of the events!

Mahoney's NOC Logo 

Rivergypsies_logo    Riverpark_Campground_Logo WJCW_WGOC_Logo

The World Kayak Amateur Points System really seems to be generating some new excitement at our events this year!  I have been contacted by several of the competitors of event #1 to sign up to Get Ranked.  Don’t MISS OUT on your chance to win 1 of 4 Jackson Kayak Stars that we are giving away to all members who pay $10 to Get Ranked by June 1, 2011

 

Participation in the events is the key to bring home a series championship this year!  Check out the current standings below:

Tri-cities Regional Throwdown Standings

Novice Class
Men's Bracket
Place Paddler (Age Group) Points
1st georgiaboyntenn (17+) 260
2nd Mike Dorsey (N/A) 210
3rd Ian Watson  (N/A) 190
4th Michael McNeal  (17+) 170
5th Kai Franken  (N/A) 135
6th Zac Agnew  (N/A) 115
7th Carter Davis  (N/A) 105
8th kayakmb1993 (17+) 95
9th Shaun Freudeman  (N/A) 55
10th Pat Ladner  (N/A) 45
11th Cody McNeal (N/A) 35
11th taylormj (17+) 35
Women's Bracket
Place Paddler (Age Group) Points
1st slchristy1 (17+) 135
Intermediate Class
Men's Bracket
Place Paddler (Age Group) Points
1st wildwildwes (17+) 230
2nd Chris Vella Chris Vella  (N/A) 210
2nd boilermaker (N/A) 210
4th Travis Vaughn  (N/A) 190
5th Alex Andrews  (N/A) 135
5th Mark Tomlinson  (N/A) 135
7th peripateo (N/A) 115
8th millers (N/A) 95
9th Randy Pasqua  (N/A) 75
9th lucascr (17+) 75
11th Ryan Shealy  (N/A) 65
Women's Bracket
Place Paddler (Age Group) Points
1st Taylor Dwyer  (N/A) 135
1st Jo Ann Pasqua  (N/A) 135
3rd Ann Marie Pelcher  (N/A) 125
4th Alisa Royen  (N/A) 115
Expert Class
Men's Bracket
Place Paddler (Age Group) Points
1st Duane Gibson  (17-24) 230
2nd Daniel Dutton (N/A) 210
3rd Kerry (30+) 160
4th Ty Caldwell  (N/A) 135
4th Michael Patterson (N/A) 135
6th Andrew Koch  (N/A) 115
7th Matt Anger  (N/A) 105
8th David Ledford  (N/A) 95
9th Rick Franken  (N/A) 85
10th Brad Barker  (N/A) 75
11th Clay Lucas (N/A) 65
12th brad (N/A) 55
13th Paul Butler  (N/A) 45
14th kpkayaker (25-29) 35


The paddlers above are participating in the World Kayak Throwdown Amateur Ranking Program.
To participate you need to Register for and attend a WK Throwdown event as a PAID member of World Kayak ($10.00 annually).

** NOTE: Currently the rankings include all paddlers, whether paid members or not. This is just for a taste of where paddlers COULD be, if they were in the rankings.

If you are already registered or competed this year, you can still Get Ranked and complete your registration. (Your previous scores will be included in our system.)

Register For an Event | Get Ranked




 

Click here for a PDF copy of Point Series Standings

 

Mark your calendar for June 11, 2011 to join us &  for event #2!  I hope to see you on the Noli to throwdown!!

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