The 2011 Midwest Freestyle Championships, a video review
If you have read my past stories about this event it comes as no shock that I love going to this event every year. Enjoy this great video made by some of my Wausau friends.
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Later ;Colin
Gauley Festival Throwdown 2011
All right sports fans we have some exciting news. Ace Adventure Gear has joined this years list of sponsors for the Gauley throwdown. This throwdown will take place on Gauley festival Saturday at diagonal ledges on the lower Gauley. It will be a video contest, so it does not interferewith normal surfing at the wave. Here is how you get involved. Register on line at the link below and show up to the lower Gauley put it and look for our WK ambassador that will be handing out numbered stickers. Once you are set head down to the wave. Once in line at the wave show your sticker to the camera man and take your 1 min ride. If you flush it is over. You will get two scored rides and they will be judged at the Chaco booth that evening. Event details are available at the link below. This event has the richest prize purse of any throwdown this year, so make sure you sign up. There is even a 2010 JK Star in the prizes! Video judging will happen from 12-3. All prizes are given out based on participation.
http://worldkayakblogs.com/throwdown/register/444/
Later ; Colin 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 
