The second annual Auburn River Festival served as a celebration of the community’s effort to improve access at this great recreational spot and a fundraiser for Year I and 2009 Junior World Freestyle Kayaking Champion, Jason Craig. Visitors from abroad like David Stefan from Brazil spiced up the participant pool with great energy and enthusiasm! …
The City of Green River welcomed paddlers May 20-21 at the first Green River Expedition Freestyle Whitewater Competition. This was the first time freestyle paddlers have been invited to Expedition Island in a few years and for many paddlers it also introduced them to the remodeled course. High water levels provided a challenge but a decent …
A tough chore, but someone had to do it. One May 10th Ben gave river managers, planners and agency representatives an overview of engineered river improvements at the 2011 River Management Workshop and 30th Annual International Submerged Lands Conference. He stood in for Rick, and he was accompanied by Risa describing the growth of this specialty and American Whitewater’s Kevin …
The 2014 Canoe Slalom World Championships will take place at the Adventure Sports Center International (ASCI) whitewater course September 16-21, 2014 designed by MWDG in McHenry, MD USA. The International Canoe Federation (ICF) announced this award following its April 15 spring board meeting in Paris. ASCI’s “Deep Creek 2014: ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships” bid over competing entries from Vienna, …
Since the 1970’s the Nantahala River Gorge has distinguished itself, time and again, as a destination for rafting, paddling instruction and whitewater competition. Until recently, the opportunity to practices freestyle moves and watch high level freestyle competition has not exactly been an impressive draw. That’s about to change. The McLaughlin Whitewater Design Group will be …