6th Annual BCC Demo Day, Eternity Hole Pro-Am
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 6th 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.
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…)
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:
1st: Team 4 – Shannon/Trent/Tommy 219 points
2nd: Team 6 – Shawn/Ashley/Sam 188 points
3rd: Team 8 – Zach/Jackson/Chris 142 points
4th: Team 5 – Spencer/Ian/Casey 134 points
5th: Team 1 – Tommy/Jay/Brad 119 points
6th: Team 2 – Hugh/Mike/Paul 118 points
7th: Team 3 – Andrew/Michael/Kerry 114 points
8th: 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)
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
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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