Open Canoe National Photos Minden

[Dooleyoc-1]

Can someone please post a link to the photos Mark Scriver's wife took at the race over the weekend? Thanks.

Also, I know Colin took a lot of great pics too but he won't be able to post his until next week.

[msims]

http://www.flickr.com/photos/scriverpaddleski/

Some other photos, havent looked atem yet

http://nwpa.spaces.live.com/photos/

[sbroam]

Nice pictures! Haven't seen all of them by any stretch, but it sure looks like half of the solo boat runs were in Sparks!

[Jon]

It really was a Spark course. With all the rain we've had, the flow was about 50% higher than usual for this time of year, and the Dam guys increased it to that level just as they were starting to set the course at noon on Tuesday. Plan 'B'. The flow was fast and pushy. Most moves were full power and watch your angle. Initial reaction from many of the paddlers new to the Gull were "Wow! I don't think I'm paddling that!", but once they got used to it everyone had a good time. The finish was through two downstream gates in large standing waves. What a hoot.

Based on watching other paddlers (mainly from the US) I'm out on flat water, breaking in a whole new set of muscles.

Thanks for coming up. A long drive, but I hope it was worth it.

[old and in the way]

...it sure looks like half of the solo boat runs were in Sparks!

Either that, or a bunch of people were going duck hunting...