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I won the boat at Ain't Louiefest

Posted: Thu Apr 05, 2007 8:59 pm
by Denton
First of all - Thanks to Jacques and Esquif for giving away the Zephyr, this boat is awesome! I paddled the Ocoee on March 25 and this boat really performed. Easy to paddle, dry, and was certainly an eye-catcher. The fact that Esquif gave away a boat to promote openboating and Ain't Louiefest is remarkable, hades this boat could have gone to boost their financial bottom line at the end of the year. Esquif is the only canoe company developing and producing new canoe design Hats Off to Jacques and Esquif!!.

Second - Thanks to Louie and the GDI (the most exclusive canoe club in the country - ask Louie) for putting the event on. Also thanks to everyone that attended. Its pretty impressive to have over 100 OC and C boaters together for a week and getting to paddle 10 different southeastern whitewater rivers (Tellico, Little, Tremont, Chattooga, DSF, Obed, Clear Creek, Nolichuckey, French Broad, and Middle Prong of the Little Pigeon).

If you didn't attend this year - you missed out! Plan to attend next year, it goes generally something like this:

Paddle your brains out on your choice of rivers with your new friends, eat good food, drink cold beer, get up the next day and repeat.

Denton

Congrats.

Posted: Thu Apr 05, 2007 11:08 pm
by Atucky
Congrats on your new boat.

I'm certainly jealous.

The festival was great. I only made it to the first weekend though.


AdamT

way to go

Posted: Fri Apr 06, 2007 3:58 am
by oc1paddlr
I guess that franklin I slipped Louie whent to beer and tortillas(well, I can understand that). Denton, congrats on the boat! Shouda posted a maiden run,beer on the bow... Actually all open boats on the ocoee get a look of awe and admiration from the carps in the rafts and the yaks who pretend they don't see you. Yo Adam, I would like to meet up with you and or phil for some paddlin. Ifin yall hit the big O or something this way, gimmie a heads up (ride back/coolerruler clear ck)

Let's go

Posted: Fri Apr 06, 2007 12:44 pm
by philinasheville
Anytime your up in western NC, let me know and we'll hop on something around here. I'm sure I'll get down to the Ocoee a few times this year, and when I go, I'll let you know so we can link up.

I'd really like to get on the Chatooga this year!

Phil