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Scott, Thanks for letting us know. I heard it said once that in four minutes on the course in 1972, Jamie did as much to promote whitewater sport in the U.S. as all the clinics combined to that point. The whitewater slalom event, which was new to the Olympics that year (with the course that they cou...

On June 21, 2014, the United States Canoe Association's National Stock Aluminum Canoe/Downriver Kayak Marathon Championships will be held in western North Carolina. The course will be eighteen (18) miles on the French Broad River in Henderson County, with the finish line near the town of Fletcher. I...

Also check to see if ACA has some you can just use. The answer used to be yes; don't know what it is now.

Just bumping this back to the top since the event is next week. Hope lots of you can come!

Tom

The American Canoe Association's Whitewater Open Canoe Downriver National Championships will be held on the Nantahala River from June 19-22. Information and entry forms can be found at http://www.fbcanoeracing.org/nationals.html. Please come join the fun!

Tom

Way to go, Mike! Proud to say I know ya!!

Tom

Found this on imdb.com once I found the link for the full cast and crew: Stunts Rick Avery .... stunts Dean Raphael Ferrandini .... stunt coordinator (as Dean Ferrandini) Jack Gill .... stunts Adam Graehl .... stunts Drew Hunter .... stunts Ann Kreml .... stunts Aaron Norris .... stunts Doug Ritchie...

I can only tell you how to find out. Doug Ritchie, California boater who is still active in the wildwater racing world, was a stunt double for one of the "bad guy" kayakers. So was his brother, I believe. I can not remember the paddlers who were the doubles for the main characters (this thing was ma...

The two previous posts discuss spots that are much more likely to be what you were seeking. Here is another possibility, albeit remote. 2 or 3 miles up Highway 107 past Cullowhee/past where the road turns from 4 lane to 2 lane (as you are headed from Sylva towards Cashiers), Jackson County has a riv...

Among his many works that involve river running, John McPhee wrote a neat essay called "Reading the River" which was published in The New Yorker in 1970, and was also included in a collection of his essays called "Pieces of the Frame" published in 1975. It was about the now long-defunct Petersburg W...

Most of the businesses that outfit private trips have a good reputation. I have used PRO several times and always had a good experience. Professional River Outfitters 2800 W Route 66 Flagstaff, AZ 86001-8449 (928) 779-1512 www.proriver.com I will be surprised if you can find an acceptable C-Boat to ...

There is an easy stretch of the Tuckaseegee River in western North Carolina that starts near the Western Carolina University campus and runs down to the Webster/Sylva area. Many years ago, there was an ice cream store beside the bridge where Route 107 crossed over the river, about halfway down this ...

There is always some element of risk involved in being on the water, be it in a canoe, a rowboat, or a cruise ship. The risk is generally greater on moving water. However, I do not see a lot of difference between having an infant in a rowboat on a lake and having an infant in a canoe on moving water...

There was some noise about possibly having the Downriver Nationals in Colorado next year (2010). Perhaps the two open boat Nationals could be held in back to back weeks in Colorado; say, for example, the Downriver near Salida and the Slalom in Golden. That might generate some buzz and encourage more...

Well, I do not know for certain, but I would be very surprised if Fast and Clean, a Russ Nichols production, could be posted on YouTube legally. However, it is not out of print. You can buy it in either VHS or DVD format from Davey Hearn; see: http://www.daveyhearn.com/MWP%20Gear/Books%20Videos%20DV...