Slave River Big Air Competition (The Edge King Throwdown)

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

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

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. 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