Hometown Throwdown #2 – Brilliant Wave!!!

This Saturday September 3rd World Kayak will be hosting a fun-loving competition at our famous Brilliant Wave.  In true WK style there will be a feature for the eager beginner on the entry eddy of Brilliant wave and for the daring intermediate paddlers the surf off will take place on Brilliant itself! Two categories for double the fun and something for everyone.

Details…

Date:  Saturday August 3rd

Time: 11:00 am

Location: Brilliant Wave, Castlegar BC, below Brilliant Dam on the Kootenay River

Directions From Nelson or Slocan Valley:  Drive West towards Castlegar on Highway 3A from Nelson. Before entering Castlegar over the Kootenay River Bridge take a right towards Robson. Your next left is Brilliant Rd. Take this over the railroad tracks and another left on Brilliant Rd.  This road will turn into a dirt road after passing through the Brilliant community, don’t speed please.  Once you are on a dirt road you will pass under  the Kootenay River Bridge and past the Doukabour Bridge.  Park at the roads dead end and walk further upstream just past a white temporary building walk towards the river and find a gravel trail built for the 1998 Nationals.  take this trail past the wave and switch back to the wave for a perfect spectator and put in for the eddy.

Directions from Trial, Rossland, Castlegar:  Drive from Castlegar  East on Highway 3A towards Nelson.  Take a right switchback on the Highway to Robson and left on Brilliant Rd.  Follow above directions from this point.

Scoring:  Do your best, be playful and smile, you will be rewarded for your fun factor!

Ranking:  If you wish to be ranked on the World Kayak Circuit for a chance to win a Jackson Kayak annual $10 fee is all you need.  If you do not want to be ranked the event is FREE!!!

Prizes:  Of course!

Contact Information: Endless Adventure , Chris Ryman  (250) 359-8181

East Race Throwdown Results!

Hey Everyone,

Last Saturday we had a great time at East Race. Those of you who weren’t there missed out!

We started off the festivities with some playboating in rodeo hole

I don’t know why, but everyone was feeling kinda shy and didn’t want to subscribe to a particular group… so there were no “advanced” or “beginner” boaters… just boaters. I guess people wanted to let the scores speak for themselves.  Well, here they are:

Playboating Champs:
1^st – Jeff – 59pts
2^nd – Kem (“Frogger”) – 45 pts
3^rd – Conner – 43pts
4^th – Bernie – 39pts
5^th – Jason – 34pts
6^th – Dan – 33pts
7^th – Tim – 21pts
8^th – Cory – 20pts
9^th – Diana – 14 pts

 

After some fun in the hole we all hiked up to the top for a free-for-all boatercross (my favorite event).  Things got pretty intense halfway down the course as a skirt got pulled! It was an accident I’m sure   – Check out the Video: Boatercross at East Race

Congrats to Bernie for taking first place.

After the fun on the river we headed off to Barnaby’s for some pizza and beer

A big thanks to all the sponsors who donated the sweet prizes: Astral, Smith Optics, Immersion Research, Mountain Khakis, and Jackson Kayak.

Also a big thanks to Jeff and Bernie for helping me judge, Jason for setting up the boatercross gates, and Suzanne for taking some sweet pics. (check out more of Suzanne’s work at http://www.asianpearproductions.com/portfolio3.html )

Hope everyone had fun, Cheers!

-Bob

Idaho Throwdown #2

Yesterday was this seasons opening day for Kelly's Whitewater park and the second Throwdown for Idaho. The weather forecast was bleak with snow expected for the day, however we arrived in cascade with sunny skies and a temp of 36 degrees. We began the day at 8:30 with a fantastic KWP opening-day breakfast of pancakes with awesome berries and sausage - what a way to start the day! Next we had a dedication of the bridge to rock island. It's pretty incredible to watch an entire community back a whitewater park - you gotta love Valley County Idaho! The waves were all at a great stage. A bit of tweaking of the top wave has actually directed more water to feature 2 on the far side of the island which will make it even better than last year. We didn't know how many competitors would show up given the forecast and the recent snow, but there ended up being ten of us in all, which included four or five  people new to the Throwdowns. Turned out to be a great group of really nice paddlers of all skill levels.  A few spectators showed up and watched us playing around in the cold water. We ran two hole rides and then held a boater cross that seemed to be a big hit.  Natural features at the park made for a great course.  Surprisingly we had close finishes and everyone had a blast. We all went up to the grassy hill afterwards to divvy up the prizes and chat about upcoming events. About ten minutes after we left the snow showed up, but it didn't matter then. turned out to be a great day and we were happy with the weather and waves! We were also treated to a little Red-Bull Booty display as Tanner and Brian had a little bet going as to who would have the best score in the Throwdown. Since Brian had the higher score in the Freestyle and Tanner placed higher in the Boater-X we got a double disgusting show :-P Looking forward to our June Throwdown and WARMER  weather! Scores:

Youth
Name
Tanner Griffith	1
Troy Wilson	2
Connor Jackson	3
Mens K1A
Mark Cecchini	1
Brian Ward	2
Tristin McClaran	3
Daniel Dixon	4
Mens K1B
Tyler Wilson	1
Andrew chamberlain	2
Womens
Kate Beaver	1

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

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