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

colin — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 15:31:49 +0000

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

A year in review: 2010 was great 2011 will be even better!

Robert Zwanenburg — Sat, 16 Apr 2011 02:57:56 +0000

A new season is starting in the Seaway Valley and World Kayak is right there making sure that paddlers will have events to participate in. 2010 was a great year for us and we saw a lot of new paddlers step up to our friendly competitive arena

A new season is starting in the Seaway Valley and World Kayak is right there making sure that paddlers will have events to participate in.

2010 was a great year for us and we saw a lot of new paddlers step up to our friendly competitive arena. 2011 will be even better!

3 freestyle events and 3 survivors (Boater-cross format) are what you will see in Valleyfield Quebec at the Riviere St-Charles this year. You will be able to compete , challenge your friend and yourself. For those who wish to step it up a bit more WK is implementing a ranking system (more to come on that program soon).

In the mean time enjoy the short video by Zachary Zwanenburg. The video and the images speak for themselves:

Click here to view the embedded video.

See you on the river,

Robert Zwanenburg
www.cornwallwhitewater.com

2011 Watauga River Gorge Race Recap

wildwildwes — Tue, 12 Apr 2011 17:27:13 +0000

2011 Watauga Gorge Race Start The 2 nd annual Watauga River Gorge Race went down this past Saturday (4-9-11) organized by Eric Chance. The event was a total grassroots paddling community gathering with no prizes or trophies; ALL FOR GLORY! It was a big boofing good time and full of NASCAR style “rubbin’ is racing” action!! The water level was is nice 260ish CFS flow and the weather was nice with partly cloudy skies and temps in the 70’s. 38 racers participated in the mass start downriver race!! The race started at the put-in for the gorge run. All the racers lined up with the sterns touching the river left shore. The short boats were placed at the front of the line-up and the long boats were lined up in the rear of the field. The race was launched at exactly 3:00 P.M. and the field shuffled for position to get under the low Guy’s Ford Road Bridge. The start was CRAZY to say the least, but a ton of fun! The pack stayed close together in the 1/2 mile class II-III warm up leading down to the first major class IV named rapid, Cabin. As the pack started coming into the first two major bolder garden rapids (Bump & Grind and Sh%t-kicker) the action really stepped up and carnage abound! Several good beat downs occurred at the bottom hole of Hydro, but everyone came away unharmed! Ty Racing Through Hydro The race finished at the bottom of Stateline Falls which was roughly 4 miles downstream from the start. Racers had to pace themselves to have some energy left for the bottom part of the run. The long boats were of course much faster in the flat sections between rapids and ended up with the top finishes! Congrats to the top 5 finishers of the race: 1

2011 Watauga Gorge Race Start

The 2^nd annual Watauga River Gorge Race went down this past Saturday (4-9-11) organized by Eric Chance. The event was a total grassroots paddling community gathering with no prizes or trophies; ALL FOR GLORY! It was a big boofing good time and full of NASCAR style “rubbin’ is racing” action!! The water level was is nice 260ish CFS flow and the weather was nice with partly cloudy skies and temps in the 70’s. 38 racers participated in the mass start downriver race!!

The race started at the put-in for the gorge run. All the racers lined up with the sterns touching the river left shore. The short boats were placed at the front of the line-up and the long boats were lined up in the rear of the field. The race was launched at exactly 3:00 P.M. and the field shuffled for position to get under the low Guy’s Ford Road Bridge. The start was CRAZY to say the least, but a ton of fun!

The pack stayed close together in the 1/2 mile class II-III warm up leading down to the first major class IV named rapid, Cabin. As the pack started coming into the first two major bolder garden rapids (Bump & Grind and Sh%t-kicker) the action really stepped up and carnage abound! Several good beat downs occurred at the bottom hole of Hydro, but everyone came away unharmed!

Ty Racing Through Hydro

The race finished at the bottom of Stateline Falls which was roughly 4 miles downstream from the start. Racers had to pace themselves to have some energy left for the bottom part of the run. The long boats were of course much faster in the flat sections between rapids and ended up with the top finishes!

Congrats to the top 5 finishers of the race:

1. Chris Gragtmans

2. Toby MacDermott

3. Drew Austell

4. Steven McGrady

5. Eric Chance

No one was down at the finish taking names, so I do not have a complete list of racers and finishes. I can tell you that when I boofed into the eddy below Stateline Falls I had a time of ~40 minutes and was somewhere around 25^th place? I had a blast!!!

Event Highlights:

*One kayaker piton at the bottom of Stateline falls and walked away unharmed.

*The infamous “Louie” (Who did not race, but put on a great exhibition) did a SICK crossover rail grab dropping off Stateline Falls!

Louie Rail Grabs @ Stateline

*The wild and crazy Mark Taylor did an awesome freewheel of Stateline Falls to finish his race run!

Mark Freewheelin'

Mark Freewheel Finish

*Matt Dalton nearly boofed on top of Jacob Henley from an unintentionally flip/surf at the bottom of Stateline Falls!

*Chris Gragtmans won the race by only 7 seconds with Toby MacDermott coming in a close 2^nd place!

Chris wins Race!

A big THANK YOU goes out to Eric Chance for organizing this event for the second year in a row! I look forward to it next year!! I would also like to thank Brain Plant, Ty Calwell, Matt Dalton & Mackenzie Ridnour for sharing photos for this event coverage!

Wesley Boofs @ Stateline Falls!

Good times, carnage action and big boofs!!! That’s the way we roll on Watauga!

Come get you some next year…

6th Annual BCC Demo Day, Eternity Hole Pro-Am

kleberg — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 22:32:36 +0000

Base Camp Cullowhee’s 6 th Annual Kayak Demo Day we off without a hitch this past Saturday. Pyranha, Jackson, Bliss-Stick, and Wave Sport athletes arrived the Eternity Hole just before noon, staging up todays freshest kayaks for an afternoon session which won’t soon be forgotten. Dagger and Liquid Logic boats were also available for demo, with a solid 2 ½ hours of demo time before the first event of the 2011 World Kayak Hometown Throwdowns

Base Camp Cullowhee’s 6^th Annual Kayak Demo Day we off without a hitch this past Saturday. Pyranha, Jackson, Bliss-Stick, and Wave Sport athletes arrived the Eternity Hole just before noon, staging up todays freshest kayaks for an afternoon session which won’t soon be forgotten. Dagger and Liquid Logic boats were also available for demo, with a solid 2 ½ hours of demo time before the first event of the 2011 World Kayak Hometown Throwdowns. Everyone attending the demo was encouraged to participate in the Pro-Am format event scheduled for the afternoon. Competition participants would be split into teams of three with one boater, a second good boater, and a third better boater. With 24 local paddlers registering for the event, an even eight teams were easily divided. The competition would run in 3 heats with each paddler getting two rides, each lasting for one minute. Individual scores within a team were compiled for an overall team score.

Scoring was done by the team of Jason and Samantha Miller (Charlotte Region), as well as the team of Brad Caldwell (Nantahala Region) and myself. Points were awarded as such: 1 point (any 180 degree rotation), 4 points (loop, Godzilla, or any variation), 6 points (loop, Godzilla, or any variation with air), and 10 points for the more advanced tricks (McNasty, Phonics Monkey). In addition to technical points, all paddlers were able to score a maximum of 10 style points (brow claw, paddle guitar, blowing kisses to the crowd, ECT).

Heat #1 brought the teams of Tommy Pagles/Jay Mahan/Brand Caldwell, Hugh Willard/Mike Dorsey/Paul Butler, and Andrew Blease/Michael Thurmond/Kerry Porche to the water for their much anticipated minute ride in Eternity. Heat highlights included kickflip entry moves from Kerry and Mike, well established side surfs, loops, paddle tosses, and stealth beer chugging.

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With Heat #1 coming to an end the boat swap began, everyone eager to be in their favorite demo boat. Heat #2 would welcome to teams of Shannon Christy/Trent Thibodeaux/Tommy Yon, Spencer Redmond/Ian Kennedy/Casey Jones, and Shawn Sheffield/Ashley Doty/Sam Fulbright to the Eternity Hole for a round full of cartwheeling, air-looping, and a little swimming. Big style points go to Shannon and Tommy for their excellent team work (it does take two for the Hand of God; twice…)

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Heat #3 was the smallest of the rounds with only two teams. After watching the beginning of the competition, the final teams of Matt Redmond/Mich Beardon/Chan Jones and Zach Agneu/Jackson Amburn/Chris Wing took to the water. More big loops, a few snappy window shades, and a Brown Claw or two made for a thrilling final heat.

With the competition complete, participants packed up and headed back to the Illusions Club at Western Caroina University for some prizes, pizza, and paddling porn. Final scores are as follows:

1^st: Team 4 – Shannon/Trent/Tommy 219 points

2^nd: Team 6 – Shawn/Ashley/Sam 188 points

3^rd: Team 8 – Zach/Jackson/Chris 142 points

4^th: Team 5 – Spencer/Ian/Casey 134 points

5^th: Team 1 – Tommy/Jay/Brad 119 points

6^th: Team 2 – Hugh/Mike/Paul 118 points

7^th: Team 3 – Andrew/Michael/Kerry 114 points

8^th: Team 7 – Matt/Mich/Chan 104 points

Shwag!

Ready to charge…

Many thanks go to all of our participants for starting off the 2011 World Kayak Hometown Throwdown Series off with a bang. For more information on upcoming World Kayak Events in your region check the Hometown Throwdown Site. We would like to thank all of the sponsors and supporters of this event: Base Camp Cullowhee, World Kayak, Diamond Brand, ERA, Pyranha, Jackson Kayak, Bliss-Stick, WRSI, Team Scum, Outdoor 76, LVM, River Roots, Eno, Watershed, Monster Energy, Mountain Kahki, Ripple Noseplugs, NattyShred, WCAT, and Tuck Reader.

See everyone on the water real soon,

Justin Kleberg

Slave River Big Air Competition (The Edge King Throwdown)

saskia — Fri, 04 Feb 2011 17:54:03 +0000

Time: Tuesday, July 26 · 12:00pm – 3:00pm Location: Fort Smith, NWT Are you attending? More Info: It’s going to be about 3/4 days before Paddlefest (July 26th & 27th) starts so we can go out into the river and not have to worry about spectators.

Time: Tuesday, July 26 · 12:00pm – 3:00pm

Location: Fort Smith, NWT

Are you attending?

More Info: It’s going to be about 3/4 days before Paddlefest (July 26th & 27th) starts so we can go out into the river and not have to worry about spectators. This will be an event by boaters for boaters. The feature we use for the competition will be based on the water levels that week/ day. This could be any number of places. The Edge, Sweet Spot, Rollercoaster, Rockem Sockem (not likely unless the water is uber low), Monster Schizer, Ou…trageous, No 1,2,3 wave, or something crazy like Pelican (if we ever figure out how to catch it consistently).

There’s 1000 bucks in prize money (maybe more) split by the top three, and a crown with the words “Edge King,” written on there going to the top spot.

After consultation with the kayak community here’s the rules we’ve decided on. We chose to follow rules similar to that of the White Nile’s Festival. These rules tend to promote people trying to go really big, to try new things, as opposed to safe moves. The rules with also level the playing field somewhat and allow for more people to have a chance at the top spots. Anyways the rules…

It doesn’t matter if you flush or not, this point system is to promote going huge and to the progression of freestyle. It is based on a 5 point system where your 3 best tricks count.

-0.5 point tricks
spin
shove its

-1 point tricks
roundhouse

-2 point tricks
blunt
back roundhouse
donkey flip/ silly flip
flip turn

-3 point tricks
pan am
flash back(back blunt)
Felix

-4 point tricks
Back Pan am
airscrew
helix
pistol flip/ mc nasty

-5 point tricks
-trophy moves Ex. wave monkey, Bear screw

This is the basic point breakdown for each move, but bonus points are awarded as well

Bonus

stuck(stayed on wave) -1 point

Big – 1 point
Huge -2 points
*big and huge are up to the discretion of the judges

linked -1 point, added to the sum of the two moves done

Clean -1 point, with the exception of 0.5 point moves where they are awarded 0.5

Also you can only score once for a move (we will score your best of that move though).

Heres a couple of examples

back pan am- big to stuck

4 point trick
1 point big
1 point stuck

total of 6 points

-Clean Spin- stuck

0.5 point trick
0.5 point clean
1 point stuck

total of 2 points

-Kay- y (blunt to pistol flip)- flushed

2 point trick(blunt)
4 point trick (pistol flip)
1 point link

total of 7 points

Heats are done with groups of paddlers in a session for 30 minutes (or longer depending on the feature) to narrow down on finalists for a final heat. You only get 30 seconds on the wave 45 (or longer depending on the feature) if you are doing tricks, someone will be blowing a whistle at you when your time is up.

Other prizes include best beatdown, best single trick, and maybe a smattering of others like smoothest style, most erratic style, a random “you’re great/ terrible have a prize,” prize.

more details coming soon
www.fskayak.webs.com

15th Annual Green River Narrows Race Results

wildwildwes — Tue, 09 Nov 2010 13:20:26 +0000

Congrats to all Racers in the list below! It takes a lot of guts just to show up and attempt to ride the lighting during this wild day on the river… Place Name Bib # Boat Class Time 1 Mike Dawson 29 Liquidlogic Stinger Long K1 04:26 2 Isaac Levinson 1 Liquidlogic Stinger Long K1 04:32 3 Chris Gragtmans 2 Dagger Green Boat Long K1 04:35 4 Fergus Coffey 3 Liquidlogic Stinger Long K1 04:38 4 John Grace 8 Liquidlogic Stinger Long K1 04:38 6 Eric Hurd 4 Liquidlogic Stinger Long K1 04:41 7 Geoff Calhoun 15 Dagger Green Boat Long K1 04:42 7 Dane Jackson 30 Dagger Green Boat Long K1 04:42 9 Dustin Marquart 7 Dagger Green Boat Long K1 04:44 9 Daniel Stewart 26 Dagger Green Boat Long K1 04:44 11 Tommy Hilleke 9 Liquidlogic Stinger Long K1 04:45 12 Bo Wallace 24 Liquidlogic Stinger Long K1 04:51 12 Clay Wright 28 Dagger Green Boat Long K1 04:51 12 Nik Haase 41 Prijon Tornado Long K1 04:51 15 Pablo McCandless 5 Dagger Green Boat Long K1 04:52 15 Isaac Levinson 1 Liquidlogic Remix 69 Short K1 04:52 17 Keegan Grady 62 Liquidlogic Remix 100 Long K1 04:53 17 Mike Dawson 29 Bliss-Stick Mystic Short K1 04:53 19 Michael Montagne 49 Dagger Green Boat Long K1 04:54 20 Drew Duval 13 Dagger Green Boat Long K1 04:55 20 Jules Campbell 16 Wave Sport Momentum Long K1 04:55 22 Jason Hale 10 Liquidlogic Stinger Long K1 04:57 22 Tad Dennis 83 Liquidlogic Remix 100 Long C1 04:57 24 Nicholas Troutman 35 Dagger Green Boat Long K1 04:58 25 Adriene Levknecht 18 Liquidlogic Stinger Long K1W 04:59 26 Drew Austell 12 Dagger Green Boat Long K1 05:00 27 Jeff West 23 Dagger Green Boat Long K1 05:01 27 Jakub Němec 36 Wave Sport Momentum Long K1 05:01 29 Charles King 56 Dagger Green Boat Long K1 05:02 30 Tim Bell 42 Liquidlogic Stinger Long K1 05:03 30 Chris Gallaway 71 Dagger Green Boat Long K1 05:03 30 Jason Beakes 6 Dagger Nomad 8.5 Short K1 05:03 33 Billy Murphy 20 Dagger Green Boat Long K1 05:04 33 Caleb Coaplen 34 Prijon Tornado Long K1 05:04 35 Clay Wright 28 Jackson Villain Short K1 05:05 35 Dane Jackson 30 Jackson Villain S Short K1 05:05 35 Keegan Grady 62 Liquidlogic Remix 79 Short K1 05:05 35 Seppi Strohmeier 124 Wave Sport Diesel 80 Short K1 05:05 39 Jonathan Absher 96 Dagger Green Boat Long K1 05:06 40 Mark Robertson 65 Dagger Green Boat Long K1 05:07 41 Scott McCluskey 14 Dagger Cascade Long C1 05:08 41 Gareth Tate 27 Dagger Green Boat Long K1 05:08 43 Bryan Kirk 19 Wave Sport Momentum Long K1 05:09 43 Eric Chance 61 Prijon Tornado Long K1 05:09 43 Drew Austell 12 Dagger Nomad 8.5 Short K1 05:09 46 Brian Knight 25 Prijon Tornado Long K1 05:10 46 Paul Stamilio 31 Dagger Green Boat Long K1 05:10 48 Keith Sprinkle 39 Liquidlogic Stinger Long K1HP 05:11 48 Kyle Hull 92 Liquidlogic Stinger Long K1 05:11 48 Chris Gragtmans 2 Dagger Nomad 8.5 Short K1 05:11 51 Ross Herr 139 Liquidlogic Stinger Long K1 05:12 51 Bill Clipper 53 Dagger Green Boat Long K1HP 05:12 53 Derek DelBuono 55 Dagger Green Boat Long K1 05:13 53 Mark Taylor 59 Dagger Green Boat Long K1 05:13 55 Will Pruett 58 Liquidlogic Stinger Long K1 05:14 55 Saunders Southecorvo 66 Dagger Green Boat Long K1 05:14 57 Adam Bixby 37 Perception Pirouette Long K1 05:15 57 Dustin Marquart 7 Pyranha Everest Short K1 05:15 59 Nicholas Troutman 35 Jackson Villain Short K1 05:17 60 Ben Blake 67 Dagger Green Boat Long K1 05:18 61 Adriene Levknecht 18 Liquidlogic Remix 59 Short K1W 05:19 61 Michael Patterson 74 Dagger Green Boat Long K1 05:19 63 Sean Thompson 60 Dagger Green Boat Long K1 05:20 63 Daniel Stewart 26 Liquidlogic Remix 79 Short K1 05:20 65 Clayton Gaar 61 Dagger Green Boat Long K1 05:21 65 Jeff Clewell 76 Dagger Green Boat Long K1 05:21 65 Jakub Němec 36 Wave Sport Habitat 80 Short K1 05:21 65 Kirk Eddlemon 97 Dagger Nomad 8.5 Short K1 05:21 65 Chris McCoy 102 Pyranha Karnali L Short K1 05:21 65 Charles King 56 Bliss-Stick Mystic Short K1 05:21 71 Jay Ditty 43 Dagger Response Long C1 05:23 72 Charlie Simmons 51 Wave Sport Momentum Long K1 05:24 72 Scott McCluskey 14 Pyranha Karnali L Short C1 05:24 74 Zack Dean 50 Dagger Green Boat Long K1 05:25 74 Chan Jones 95 Pyranha Burn M Short K1 05:25 76 Graham Seiler 132 Pyranha Everest Short K1 05:27 77 Mac McGee 63 Perception Pirouette S Long K1 05:29 78 Mefford Williams 40 Liquidlogic Remix 100 Long K1 05:30 79 Bradley McMillan 64 Dagger Green Boat Long C1 05:31 80 Jeff Paine 105 Liquidlogic Jefe Grande Short K1 05:32 80 Joel Kowalski 54 Jackson Villain Short K1 05:32 82 Benn Fraker 32 Dagger Green Boat Long C1 05:35 83 Laura Farrell 44 Dagger Green Boat Long K1W 05:36 84 Van Nall 78 Perception Corsica Long K1 05:37 84 Trent Thibodeaux 100 Bliss-Stick Mystic Short K1 05:37 86 Taft Sibley 69 Liquidlogic Remix 100 Long K1 05:38 86 Tad Dennis 83 Pyranha Karnali L Short C1 05:38 86 Gareth Tate 27 Dagger Nomad 8.5 Short K1 05:38 89 Scott Magley 79 Dagger Green Boat Long K1HP 05:39 90 Cruise Quenelle 52 Dagger Green Boat Long K1 05:40 91 Joe Scarborough 111 Dagger Nomad 8.5 Short K1 05:41 92 Derek DelBuono 55 Dagger Nomad 8.5 Short K1 05:43 93 Charley Bartlett 85 Dagger Green Boat Long K1 05:45 94 Elijah Smith 98 DragoRossi Critical Mass Short K1 05:46 94 Stephen Forster 57 Pyranha Burn M Short K1 05:46 96 Michael Montagne 49 Pyranha Burn M Short K1 05:47 96 Andy Hobson 106 Jackson Villain Short K1 05:47 98 Jon Crain 68 Dagger Green Boat Long K1 05:48 99 Mariann Saether 46 Liquidlogic Remix 69 Short K1W 05:49 99 Stephen Forster 57 Dagger Green Boat Long K1 05:49 99 Nick Murphy 75 Dagger Green Boat Long K1 05:49 99 Sam Wells 103 Dagger Nomad 8.5 Short K1 05:49 99 Yonton Mehler 112 Liquidlogic Remix 69 Short K1 05:49 99 Colin Hunt 118 Liquidlogic Remix 79 Short K1 05:49 105 Scott Magley 79 Pyranha Burn M Short K1HP 05:50 106 Jordan Finke 113 Dagger Nomad 8.5 Short K1 05:52 107 Chris Wing 86 Wave Sport Momentum Long K1 05:53 108 Clay Lucas 120 Pyranha Burn L Short K1 05:54 108 Brian Ward 122 Liquidlogic Remix 79 Short K1 05:54 110 David Herman 38 Dagger Green Boat Long K1 05:55 110 Robert Bone 121 Dagger Nomad 8.5 Short K1 05:55 112 Katrina Van Wijk 48 Dagger Green Boat Long K1W 05:57 113 Curtis England 115 Savage Designs Skreem Short K1 05:58 114 Zack Dean 50 Dagger Green Boat Long K1HP 05:59 114 Chris Young 134 Necky Blunt Short K1 05:59 116 Greg Garrard 90 Liquidlogic Stinger Long K1HP 06:03 117 Dave Hepp 45 Liquidlogic Remix 100 Long C1 06:06 118 Rob Ellis 130 Riot Magnum Short K1 06:10 118 Matt Anger 101 Pyranha Burn L Short K1 06:10 120 Nelson Jones 93 Dagger Animas Long K1 06:11 120 Michael Thurmond 126 Dagger Nomad 8.5 Short K1 06:11 122 Chris Baer 104 Wave Sport Habitat 80 Short K1 06:14 122 Chris Pesce 119 Jackson Villain Short K1 06:14 124 Ty McNeely 73 Dagger Green Boat Long K1 06:16 125 David Carey 88 Eskimo Cerro Long K1 06:17 126 Ryan Bell 33 Liquidlogic Remix 59 Short K1 06:18 127 Jay Mahan 116 Liquidlogic Jefe Short K1 06:22 128 Chris Erdahl 142 Dagger Nomad 8.5 Short K1 06:23 129 Adam Hackenberg 145 Liquidlogic Remix 69 Short K1 06:25 130 Mariann Saether 46 Liquidlogic Stinger Long K1W 06:27 130 Chris Vella 109 Pyranha Burn L Short K1 06:27 132 Terran Viehe 123 Liquidlogic Remix 69 Short K1 06:29 133 Justin Kleberg 131 Jackson Villain S Short K1 06:30 134 Sam Causey 81 Dagger Crossfire Long K1 06:33 135 Tyler Houck 128 Bliss-Stick Mystic Short K1 06:38 136 Josh Wall 70 Dagger Green Boat Long K1HP 06:42 137 Jeff Joyce 125 Jackson Rocker Short K1 06:44 138 Bryan Lusk 143 Liquidlogic Jefe Short K1 06:45 139 Zach Fraysier 117 Jackson Villain Short K1 06:46 140 Taylor Brandt 129 Liquidlogic Remix 79 Short K1 06:51 140 Burke Addison 144 Dagger Nomad 8.5 Short K1 06:51 142 Kevin Kuuskvere 107 Fluid Solo L Short K1 06:56 143 Josh Parker 108 Dagger Nomad 8.5 Short K1 06:58 144 Charles Armentrout 133 Jackson Villain Short K1 07:05 145 Jiri Vala 140 Jackson Villain Short K1 07:25 146 Blake McCurdy 84 Perception Corsica S Long K1 07:33 147 John Stephen 114 Pyranha Micro 240 Short K1 07:34 148 Katie Worley 47 Dagger Green Boat Long K1W 07:45 149 Christine Boush 72 Dagger Green Boat Long K1W 12:09 150 Tim Gill 136 Prijon Pure XL Short K1HP 12:42 151 Jason Beakes 6 Dagger Green Boat Long K1 12:48 152 Corey Volt 11 Dagger Green Boat Long K1 13:25 153 Andy Perkel 135 Jackson Villain Short K1HP 15:37 154 Jon Dale 91 Dagger Green Boat Long K1 20:07 155 Jason Burton 141 Dagger Nomad 8.5 Short K1 21:59 156 Curt Lamberth 80 Dagger Freefall Long K1 DNF 156 Jeffrey Larimer 82 Dagger Cascade Long C1 DNF 156 Alex Ohman 146 Pyranha Burn M Short K1 DNF 156 David Ledford 148 Pyranha Burn L Short K1 DNF Total Runs: 159 Click here for complete race results by Class Event Photo Album Links: Cheryl Killman’s 2010 Green River Narrows Race photo album#1 Cheryl Killman’s 2010 Green River Narrows Race photo album#2 Big Thanks to Cheryl for these great shots of the race action! Event Video Coverage: Thanks to Pilot Collective Media and Rapid Media TV for these videos: Gorilla Carnage Click here to view the embedded video. Live Interviews & Coverage Click here to view the embedded video.

Congrats to all Racers in the list below! It takes a lot of guts just to show up and attempt to ride the lighting during this wild day on the river…

Place	Name	Bib #	Boat	Class	Time
1	Mike Dawson	29	Liquidlogic Stinger	Long K1	04:26
2	Isaac Levinson	1	Liquidlogic Stinger	Long K1	04:32
3	Chris Gragtmans	2	Dagger Green Boat	Long K1	04:35
4	Fergus Coffey	3	Liquidlogic Stinger	Long K1	04:38
4	John Grace	8	Liquidlogic Stinger	Long K1	04:38
6	Eric Hurd	4	Liquidlogic Stinger	Long K1	04:41
7	Geoff Calhoun	15	Dagger Green Boat	Long K1	04:42
7	Dane Jackson	30	Dagger Green Boat	Long K1	04:42
9	Dustin Marquart	7	Dagger Green Boat	Long K1	04:44
9	Daniel Stewart	26	Dagger Green Boat	Long K1	04:44
11	Tommy Hilleke	9	Liquidlogic Stinger	Long K1	04:45
12	Bo Wallace	24	Liquidlogic Stinger	Long K1	04:51
12	Clay Wright	28	Dagger Green Boat	Long K1	04:51
12	Nik Haase	41	Prijon Tornado	Long K1	04:51
15	Pablo McCandless	5	Dagger Green Boat	Long K1	04:52
15	Isaac Levinson	1	Liquidlogic Remix 69	Short K1	04:52
17	Keegan Grady	62	Liquidlogic Remix 100	Long K1	04:53
17	Mike Dawson	29	Bliss-Stick Mystic	Short K1	04:53
19	Michael Montagne	49	Dagger Green Boat	Long K1	04:54
20	Drew Duval	13	Dagger Green Boat	Long K1	04:55
20	Jules Campbell	16	Wave Sport Momentum	Long K1	04:55
22	Jason Hale	10	Liquidlogic Stinger	Long K1	04:57
22	Tad Dennis	83	Liquidlogic Remix 100	Long C1	04:57
24	Nicholas Troutman	35	Dagger Green Boat	Long K1	04:58
25	Adriene Levknecht	18	Liquidlogic Stinger	Long K1W	04:59
26	Drew Austell	12	Dagger Green Boat	Long K1	05:00
27	Jeff West	23	Dagger Green Boat	Long K1	05:01
27	Jakub Němec	36	Wave Sport Momentum	Long K1	05:01
29	Charles King	56	Dagger Green Boat	Long K1	05:02
30	Tim Bell	42	Liquidlogic Stinger	Long K1	05:03
30	Chris Gallaway	71	Dagger Green Boat	Long K1	05:03
30	Jason Beakes	6	Dagger Nomad 8.5	Short K1	05:03
33	Billy Murphy	20	Dagger Green Boat	Long K1	05:04
33	Caleb Coaplen	34	Prijon Tornado	Long K1	05:04
35	Clay Wright	28	Jackson Villain	Short K1	05:05
35	Dane Jackson	30	Jackson Villain S	Short K1	05:05
35	Keegan Grady	62	Liquidlogic Remix 79	Short K1	05:05
35	Seppi Strohmeier	124	Wave Sport Diesel 80	Short K1	05:05
39	Jonathan Absher	96	Dagger Green Boat	Long K1	05:06
40	Mark Robertson	65	Dagger Green Boat	Long K1	05:07
41	Scott McCluskey	14	Dagger Cascade	Long C1	05:08
41	Gareth Tate	27	Dagger Green Boat	Long K1	05:08
43	Bryan Kirk	19	Wave Sport Momentum	Long K1	05:09
43	Eric Chance	61	Prijon Tornado	Long K1	05:09
43	Drew Austell	12	Dagger Nomad 8.5	Short K1	05:09
46	Brian Knight	25	Prijon Tornado	Long K1	05:10
46	Paul Stamilio	31	Dagger Green Boat	Long K1	05:10
48	Keith Sprinkle	39	Liquidlogic Stinger	Long K1HP	05:11
48	Kyle Hull	92	Liquidlogic Stinger	Long K1	05:11
48	Chris Gragtmans	2	Dagger Nomad 8.5	Short K1	05:11
51	Ross Herr	139	Liquidlogic Stinger	Long K1	05:12
51	Bill Clipper	53	Dagger Green Boat	Long K1HP	05:12
53	Derek DelBuono	55	Dagger Green Boat	Long K1	05:13
53	Mark Taylor	59	Dagger Green Boat	Long K1	05:13
55	Will Pruett	58	Liquidlogic Stinger	Long K1	05:14
55	Saunders Southecorvo	66	Dagger Green Boat	Long K1	05:14
57	Adam Bixby	37	Perception Pirouette	Long K1	05:15
57	Dustin Marquart	7	Pyranha Everest	Short K1	05:15
59	Nicholas Troutman	35	Jackson Villain	Short K1	05:17
60	Ben Blake	67	Dagger Green Boat	Long K1	05:18
61	Adriene Levknecht	18	Liquidlogic Remix 59	Short K1W	05:19
61	Michael Patterson	74	Dagger Green Boat	Long K1	05:19
63	Sean Thompson	60	Dagger Green Boat	Long K1	05:20
63	Daniel Stewart	26	Liquidlogic Remix 79	Short K1	05:20
65	Clayton Gaar	61	Dagger Green Boat	Long K1	05:21
65	Jeff Clewell	76	Dagger Green Boat	Long K1	05:21
65	Jakub Němec	36	Wave Sport Habitat 80	Short K1	05:21
65	Kirk Eddlemon	97	Dagger Nomad 8.5	Short K1	05:21
65	Chris McCoy	102	Pyranha Karnali L	Short K1	05:21
65	Charles King	56	Bliss-Stick Mystic	Short K1	05:21
71	Jay Ditty	43	Dagger Response	Long C1	05:23
72	Charlie Simmons	51	Wave Sport Momentum	Long K1	05:24
72	Scott McCluskey	14	Pyranha Karnali L	Short C1	05:24
74	Zack Dean	50	Dagger Green Boat	Long K1	05:25
74	Chan Jones	95	Pyranha Burn M	Short K1	05:25
76	Graham Seiler	132	Pyranha Everest	Short K1	05:27
77	Mac McGee	63	Perception Pirouette S	Long K1	05:29
78	Mefford Williams	40	Liquidlogic Remix 100	Long K1	05:30
79	Bradley McMillan	64	Dagger Green Boat	Long C1	05:31
80	Jeff Paine	105	Liquidlogic Jefe Grande	Short K1	05:32
80	Joel Kowalski	54	Jackson Villain	Short K1	05:32
82	Benn Fraker	32	Dagger Green Boat	Long C1	05:35
83	Laura Farrell	44	Dagger Green Boat	Long K1W	05:36
84	Van Nall	78	Perception Corsica	Long K1	05:37
84	Trent Thibodeaux	100	Bliss-Stick Mystic	Short K1	05:37
86	Taft Sibley	69	Liquidlogic Remix 100	Long K1	05:38
86	Tad Dennis	83	Pyranha Karnali L	Short C1	05:38
86	Gareth Tate	27	Dagger Nomad 8.5	Short K1	05:38
89	Scott Magley	79	Dagger Green Boat	Long K1HP	05:39
90	Cruise Quenelle	52	Dagger Green Boat	Long K1	05:40
91	Joe Scarborough	111	Dagger Nomad 8.5	Short K1	05:41
92	Derek DelBuono	55	Dagger Nomad 8.5	Short K1	05:43
93	Charley Bartlett	85	Dagger Green Boat	Long K1	05:45
94	Elijah Smith	98	DragoRossi Critical Mass	Short K1	05:46
94	Stephen Forster	57	Pyranha Burn M	Short K1	05:46
96	Michael Montagne	49	Pyranha Burn M	Short K1	05:47
96	Andy Hobson	106	Jackson Villain	Short K1	05:47
98	Jon Crain	68	Dagger Green Boat	Long K1	05:48
99	Mariann Saether	46	Liquidlogic Remix 69	Short K1W	05:49
99	Stephen Forster	57	Dagger Green Boat	Long K1	05:49
99	Nick Murphy	75	Dagger Green Boat	Long K1	05:49
99	Sam Wells	103	Dagger Nomad 8.5	Short K1	05:49
99	Yonton Mehler	112	Liquidlogic Remix 69	Short K1	05:49
99	Colin Hunt	118	Liquidlogic Remix 79	Short K1	05:49
105	Scott Magley	79	Pyranha Burn M	Short K1HP	05:50
106	Jordan Finke	113	Dagger Nomad 8.5	Short K1	05:52
107	Chris Wing	86	Wave Sport Momentum	Long K1	05:53
108	Clay Lucas	120	Pyranha Burn L	Short K1	05:54
108	Brian Ward	122	Liquidlogic Remix 79	Short K1	05:54
110	David Herman	38	Dagger Green Boat	Long K1	05:55
110	Robert Bone	121	Dagger Nomad 8.5	Short K1	05:55
112	Katrina Van Wijk	48	Dagger Green Boat	Long K1W	05:57
113	Curtis England	115	Savage Designs Skreem	Short K1	05:58
114	Zack Dean	50	Dagger Green Boat	Long K1HP	05:59
114	Chris Young	134	Necky Blunt	Short K1	05:59
116	Greg Garrard	90	Liquidlogic Stinger	Long K1HP	06:03
117	Dave Hepp	45	Liquidlogic Remix 100	Long C1	06:06
118	Rob Ellis	130	Riot Magnum	Short K1	06:10
118	Matt Anger	101	Pyranha Burn L	Short K1	06:10
120	Nelson Jones	93	Dagger Animas	Long K1	06:11
120	Michael Thurmond	126	Dagger Nomad 8.5	Short K1	06:11
122	Chris Baer	104	Wave Sport Habitat 80	Short K1	06:14
122	Chris Pesce	119	Jackson Villain	Short K1	06:14
124	Ty McNeely	73	Dagger Green Boat	Long K1	06:16
125	David Carey	88	Eskimo Cerro	Long K1	06:17
126	Ryan Bell	33	Liquidlogic Remix 59	Short K1	06:18
127	Jay Mahan	116	Liquidlogic Jefe	Short K1	06:22
128	Chris Erdahl	142	Dagger Nomad 8.5	Short K1	06:23
129	Adam Hackenberg	145	Liquidlogic Remix 69	Short K1	06:25
130	Mariann Saether	46	Liquidlogic Stinger	Long K1W	06:27
130	Chris Vella	109	Pyranha Burn L	Short K1	06:27
132	Terran Viehe	123	Liquidlogic Remix 69	Short K1	06:29
133	Justin Kleberg	131	Jackson Villain S	Short K1	06:30
134	Sam Causey	81	Dagger Crossfire	Long K1	06:33
135	Tyler Houck	128	Bliss-Stick Mystic	Short K1	06:38
136	Josh Wall	70	Dagger Green Boat	Long K1HP	06:42
137	Jeff Joyce	125	Jackson Rocker	Short K1	06:44
138	Bryan Lusk	143	Liquidlogic Jefe	Short K1	06:45
139	Zach Fraysier	117	Jackson Villain	Short K1	06:46
140	Taylor Brandt	129	Liquidlogic Remix 79	Short K1	06:51
140	Burke Addison	144	Dagger Nomad 8.5	Short K1	06:51
142	Kevin Kuuskvere	107	Fluid Solo L	Short K1	06:56
143	Josh Parker	108	Dagger Nomad 8.5	Short K1	06:58
144	Charles Armentrout	133	Jackson Villain	Short K1	07:05
145	Jiri Vala	140	Jackson Villain	Short K1	07:25
146	Blake McCurdy	84	Perception Corsica S	Long K1	07:33
147	John Stephen	114	Pyranha Micro 240	Short K1	07:34
148	Katie Worley	47	Dagger Green Boat	Long K1W	07:45
149	Christine Boush	72	Dagger Green Boat	Long K1W	12:09
150	Tim Gill	136	Prijon Pure XL	Short K1HP	12:42
151	Jason Beakes	6	Dagger Green Boat	Long K1	12:48
152	Corey Volt	11	Dagger Green Boat	Long K1	13:25
153	Andy Perkel	135	Jackson Villain	Short K1HP	15:37
154	Jon Dale	91	Dagger Green Boat	Long K1	20:07
155	Jason Burton	141	Dagger Nomad 8.5	Short K1	21:59
156	Curt Lamberth	80	Dagger Freefall	Long K1	DNF
156	Jeffrey Larimer	82	Dagger Cascade	Long C1	DNF
156	Alex Ohman	146	Pyranha Burn M	Short K1	DNF
156	David Ledford	148	Pyranha Burn L	Short K1	DNF
				Total Runs:	159

Click here for complete race results by Class

Event Photo Album Links:

Cheryl Killman’s 2010 Green River Narrows Race photo album#1

Cheryl Killman’s 2010 Green River Narrows Race photo album#2

Big Thanks to Cheryl for these great shots of the race action!

Event Video Coverage:

Thanks to Pilot Collective Media and Rapid Media TV for these videos:

Gorilla Carnage

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Live Interviews & Coverage

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2010 Green Race T-shirts are still available for sale at http://amongstit.tv/?p=357

Seaway Valley ends the year with a Boatercross Survivor

Robert Zwanenburg — Mon, 04 Oct 2010 03:57:39 +0000

Saturday October 2nd 2010. Riviere St-Charles, Valleyfield, Quebec

Saturday October 2nd 2010.
Riviere St-Charles, Valleyfield, Quebec.

2010 has been an awesome year in the Seaway Valley. This year we decided to end the World Kayak series with something a bit. A Boatercross!
The weather did not do much for us but despite the cool temps 8 paddlers turned up to try the first ever boatercross in Valleyfield.
The site gets it’s water from 2 huge pipes them run under the road at the top of the river. This is a great place to Launch paddlers (2 at a time) down through the course.
The question on everyone’s mind was who will get the better start position and how was I going to decide who raced who. GThe Answe for both: Rock Paper Scissors So adult like

The first run was awesome. There are 3 great places for entertainment. The drop at the start brings the boaters close together. Manic offers a bit of a challenge and we ran everyone through our local keeper hole where we were blessed with a few good shows of “oh no… I am stuck…”. Not big carnage but just enough to keep it interesting for the newer kids

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Each race brought up closer and closer sorting out the paddlers into an A and a B class.In the end the results were as follows:

A Class:
1st place went to Sean Hakvoort
2nd went to Zachary Hakvoort
3rd place weent to Sebastien
4th went to Cheryl McGregor

B Class

1st place was Zachary Zwanenburg
2nd place went to Sylvie Lebel
3rd place went to Aime-Jean Lavigne
4th place went to Emily Zwanenburg

The truth is, everyone won! Sylvie gained loads of confidence during the start process. Emily ran the tubes for the first time and came back to do it again . Sebastien (despite getting a boat in the face at the bottom of the start chute) came back and stepped up his game. This kid has a lot of potential and I am hoping to see him train and compete for more serious events next summer.

The Hakvoort brothers…. What can I say about my 2 favorite young giants? They are awesome. No fear, loads of enthusiasm and did I mention they are big boys? Holding them back in the start gate kept this old guys arms under stress for a long time
Aime-Jean and Zachary Z. put on a great show getting in each others way and keeping the other at arms reach till the end. Well done. Cheryl is always fun to paddle with and puts on a great effort and showing at every event I get to host. Nice This time she also gave us the best trashings in every hole she could find:) And we are always proud of her.

So, what do we do now? Plan for pool competitions and fun.

Thank you all for being part of another great summer WK Seaway Valley Season

Cheers

Robert Zwanenburg
www.cornwallwhitewater.com

2010 N.O.C. G.A.F. Hometown Throwdown Event Coverage

wildwildwes — Wed, 29 Sep 2010 14:38:49 +0000

The N.O.C. Guest Appreciation Festival Hometown Throwdown was HUGE FUN! We had 36 competitors join in for some fun & friendly freestyle competition at the NOC Wave. We had hundreds of spectators who watched and cheered on the competitors from all sides on the river and on the old steel bridge below the feature. We also had a really cool whitewater wakeboarding show going on beside the feature between heats that wowed the crowd. This event turned out to be one of the biggest Freestyle events of the year in the southeast! 2010 N.O.C. G.A.F

2010 N.O.C. G.A.F. Hometown Throwdown Results:

Open Novice K-1:

1. Mike Dorsey (45)

2. Emerson Clauss (35)

3. Mitchell Bearden (27)

4. Alex Verson (21)

5. Gordy Davenport (18)

5. Walt Johnston (18)

Junior Men K-1:

1. Hunter Katich (149)

2. Elliot Berz (95)

3. Garrett Mays – Hand Paddler (87)

4. Miles Murphy (33)

5. Jack Orr (28)

6. David Jaben (22)

Open C-1:

1. Dane Jackson (271)

2. Tadd Dennis (257)

Expert Women K-1:

1. Rowan Stuart (68)

2. Alexis Grace (33)

3. Haley Popp (15)

Expert Men K-1:

1. Will Rudisill (139)

2. Ty Caldwell (113)

3. Brad Caldwell (112)

4. David Wei (106)

5. Kerry Porche – Hand Paddler (90)

6. Eric Hoffman (60)

7. Michael Biantchi (52)

8. Chase Simmons (47)

Pro Women K-1:

1. Emily Jackson (138)

2. Adriene Levknecht (97)

Pro Men K-1:

1. Eric Jackson (429)

2. Johnathon Shales (412)

3. Dane Jackson (375)

4. Michael Patterson (293)

5. David Fusilli (266)

6. Eric Bartl (211)

7. Casey Jones (184)

8. Stephen Forester (143)

9. Duane Gibson (131)

Click here for a copy of the 2010 G.A.F. HTTD Competition Results

Congrats to all of our division winners & thank you to all the competitors for their participation!

Event Photo Album Links:

Cheryl Killman’s GAF 2010 HTTD photo album#1

Cheryl Killman’s GAF 2010 HTTD photo album#2

Cheryl Killman’s GAF 2010 HTTD photo album#3

Event Video Coverage:

Thanks to David Wei and his lovely wife for these videos:

Whitewater Wakeboarding & Junior Men K-1

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Open C-1

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Expert Men K-1

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Pro Women K-1

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Pro Men K-1 – Heat #1

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Pro Men K-1 – Heat #2

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Don Frank’s Hometown Throwdown Slide Show

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A big thank you goes out to all of our great volunteers for their assistance in the event:

Steve Moore – Technical & Style Judge

Wesley R. Bradley – Variety Judge

Shirley Tharp & Billy Long – Scribes

Francheska Barreto & Amanda McDaniel – Registration & Gofers!

Ian Watson – Time Keeper

Cheryl Killman – Photographer

A special thank you goes out to our World Kayak Program Partners listed in the banner at the top of this page & the local sponsors below for all the great prizes & support of this event! Thanks to them everyone who participated in the event went home with a prize!

That’s a wrap for me as host for the 2010 World Kayak HTTD Season… It’s been a fun one and look I forward to throwing down with folks next year; but until then drag the creek boats out and I hope to see you getting your boof on