Hey Everyone,

 

For those interested in whitewater competitions, this spring marks the first annual 2008 Western Whitewater Championship Series. This will be a total of 7 races in Washington, Oregon, Idaho and California with categories for paddle rafts, cat boats and kayaks (plus an unlimited category if you want to drag out an old sea kayak or pool toy).

            I’m exited about having some additional river festivals to go to and encourage anyone interested in whitewater competition to get in touch with the race organizers listed below. With Skyfest a thing of the past, we don’t have as many local boating festivals as we should. I’m going to make as many of these events as I can – any excuse for a kayak road trip.

 

Here is the official release from the race organizers:

 

 

 

2008  Western  Whitewater  Championship  Series

(WWCS)

I just saw this announcement the other day while checking out the dates for the 2008 Oregon River Games. Was just going to post something tonight but Otter Boy beat me to it.

So - the Oregon River Games site (http://www.oregonrivergames.com/design/pages/westcoastraftingchampionships.html)

only mentions four events for the West Coast Rafting Championships (Oregon Games, Wenatchee, PBR, American River Fest). This post leaves out the American River Fest in Sept. Is this a separate thing, or do they overlap?

Anyway, I am game for putting together a raft team from Western WA to compete. Sounds fun and great motivation to make it to all these river fests. I know there are some other rubber pushers out there (Brad, Beth, Will, Chris, Paul, who else?) I think I can road trip out to all of these dates, so let's get a team together.

As a side note, what is the class V on the Upper Clackamas?

Cheers,

Gabe