does anyone know what is the deal with the whitewater park??  did they
ever decide to let boarders have access??

John,

I would recommend taking a trip with www.extremenc.com so you can
test out some riverboarding equipment first before buying.  They
offer trips on the French Broad river in western NC.

Shane
--- In whitewaterriverboarding@yahoogroups.com, John Staschiak
<k1er@...> wrote:
>
> Hi my name is John. I've whitewater kayak for quite a few years
but my back problems got progressively worse so I couldn't spend as
much time in a kayak. I would like to get started riverboarding.
Living in FLA western Carolina & East Tenn are the closest places to
go. Any recommendations as far a equipment, instruction, etc. Any
advise is appreciated.
>
             Thanks,   J
>
>
>
> ---------------------------------
> Everyone is raving about the  all-new Yahoo! Mail.
>

I nearly sold out of boards and will be going to Wash DC for a demo
on the Potomac - Tuesday Oct 31 - Will stop by and get that extra
board.

Shane
--- In whitewaterriverboarding@yahoogroups.com, <kentaylo@...> wrote:
>
> Greetings Bro,
>
> How is married life treating you?
> Has she quit her day job and started running the rivers yet  ; )
>
> I will not be able to attend (halloween commitments that weekend).
> If it's easier on your wallet you are welcome to use the gear here
(a few sets of fins/suits and of course 2 brds including 1 of yours).
> If you need a place to lay your head for a night or a month just
let me know.
>
> Ken
> 770-480-9948 (cell)
>
>
> >
> > From: "Shane" <shanebolling@...>
> > Date: 2006/10/14 Sat PM 01:49:30 EDT
> > To: whitewaterriverboarding@yahoogroups.com
> > Subject: [whitewaterriverboarding] Nantahala & Ocoee
riverboarding demos
> >
> > One last weekend to ride a ripboard - Oct 27-29 RipBoard will be
> > offerring free demos.  Friday and Saturday - NOC (Nantahala
Outdoor
> > Center) GAFF (Guest Appreciation Fall Festival) will be the venue.
> > Sunday - Ocoee river.  Let me know if you're interested in giving
the
> > boards a ride.
> >
> > Shane
> >
> >
> >
> >
>

Greetings Bro,

How is married life treating you?
Has she quit her day job and started running the rivers yet  ; )

I will not be able to attend (halloween commitments that weekend).
If it's easier on your wallet you are welcome to use the gear here(a few sets of
fins/suits and of course 2 brds including 1 of yours).
If you need a place to lay your head for a night or a month just let me know.

Ken
770-480-9948 (cell)


>
> From: "Shane" <shanebolling@...>
> Date: 2006/10/14 Sat PM 01:49:30 EDT
> To: whitewaterriverboarding@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [whitewaterriverboarding] Nantahala & Ocoee riverboarding demos
>
> One last weekend to ride a ripboard - Oct 27-29 RipBoard will be
> offerring free demos.  Friday and Saturday - NOC (Nantahala Outdoor
> Center) GAFF (Guest Appreciation Fall Festival) will be the venue.
> Sunday - Ocoee river.  Let me know if you're interested in giving the
> boards a ride.
>
> Shane
>
>
>
>

One last weekend to ride a ripboard - Oct 27-29 RipBoard will be
offerring free demos.  Friday and Saturday - NOC (Nantahala Outdoor
Center) GAFF (Guest Appreciation Fall Festival) will be the venue.
Sunday - Ocoee river.  Let me know if you're interested in giving the
boards a ride.

Shane

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whitewaterriverboarding group:

How many times did you go riverboarding in 2006?

   o 0
   o Once or twice
   o Less than 5
   o 5 -10 times
   o 10 - 20 times
   o 20 - 50 times
   o 50 plus
   o 100 plus


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Thanks!

Two boarders entered the Animal this year, Gary and Liz. Gary swept the mens
division, and
Liz swept the female division!!
Gary came in first with a time of 1hour, 17min, followed closely by Liz with a
time of 1 hour,
23 min.
It was a close one! Good times! Maybe we'll have more boarders in next year's
race!!!

RipBoard will be holding a couple more demo days:

Thursday - Sept 28 in Richmond, VA on the James River. Location - 14th
Street Take-Out beginning at 4:30pm.

Saturday - Sept 30 in Wash DC on the Potomac River. Location - Little
Falls section of the Potomac (turn out on the Clara Barton Pkwy -
northwest of the Georgetown Bridge)at 9am.

Shane

Coming soon - pics from the first riverboarders on the USNWC -
contrary to what people are saying - riverboarders were on the
whitewater park yesterday - Wed Sep 27.  It may take some more time
for the staff to get comfortable with the idea of riverboarding but
the rafting manager and paddle sports director were sold on them.

Shane

--- In whitewaterriverboarding@yahoogroups.com, "Kev"
<warrior_poet_sixty_three@...> wrote:
>
> A  few members of the local Charlotte, NC area paddling club,
> Mecklingburg Regional Paddlers, have posted some picks of the
newly
> opened center.
>
> www.mrponline.org
>
> Look through the 2 or 3 most recent pages of posts for topics such
> as "more pictures of the center", "raft carnage at the center"
etc.
>
> Also, while we're waiting for that petition to take form, here is
> the main contact address for the center.
>
> info@...
>
> Why don't we all write them a polite letter letting them know that
> while we understand that they are just starting out and not able
to
> offer riverboard rentals, those of us with experience and our own
> gear ought to be allowed to use the park just like paddlers.
>
> P.S. Whenever we do get access to this gem, bring your wallet with
> you.  It ain't cheap.
>

Gauley Fest was awesome - more riverboarders on the river and I'm
anxious to hear who won the Animal Race? The festival Saturday night
was a ton of fun in spite of the rain - several people decided the mud
would be perfect for mud wrestling and so they went after it.  If you
have a pic from your riverboarding trip on the Gauley - post 'em on
the photos section of the message board.  I know there is one pic out
there of 4 boarders all surfing the same wave.

Shane
--- In whitewaterriverboarding@yahoogroups.com, "gingerwatergirl"
<gingerwatergirl@...> wrote:
>
> Hey gang! GauleyFest is coming up fast!
> GauleyFest is September 22-24th and RipBoard will be there! We'll
have
> a booth at the festival with new boards and screaming deals! So stop
> on by and see us. More info about the festival at
> www.americanwhitewater.org .
>
> There will also be a riverboard class in the Animal Upper Gauley
Race
> this year on Monday, Sep. 25. For more info go to
> http://www.gauleyrace.com/ . I challenge you all!
>

Gauley Fest was awesome - some more riverboarders this year on the
river than ever.  The festival Saturday night in spite of the rain had
a ton of deals - several lucky attendees walked away with a kayak and
RipBoard raffled off a riverboard as well. The rain only made the mud
pit better and before long - Mud Wrestling - WILD. Wrestlers drew a
large crowd and soon became the main event.  If you have riverboarding
pics or pics from the Festival post 'em here on the message board.

Shane

--- In whitewaterriverboarding@yahoogroups.com, "gingerwatergirl"
<gingerwatergirl@...> wrote:
>
> Hey gang! GauleyFest is coming up fast!
> GauleyFest is September 22-24th and RipBoard will be there! We'll
have
> a booth at the festival with new boards and screaming deals! So stop
> on by and see us. More info about the festival at
> www.americanwhitewater.org .
>
> There will also be a riverboard class in the Animal Upper Gauley
Race
> this year on Monday, Sep. 25. For more info go to
> http://www.gauleyrace.com/ . I challenge you all!
>

Hey gang! GauleyFest is coming up fast!
GauleyFest is September 22-24th and RipBoard will be there! We'll have
a booth at the festival with new boards and screaming deals! So stop
on by and see us. More info about the festival at
www.americanwhitewater.org .

There will also be a riverboard class in the Animal Upper Gauley Race
this year on Monday, Sep. 25. For more info go to
http://www.gauleyrace.com/ . I challenge you all!

Hi.
My name's Liz. I'm up in Husum, WA, on the White
Salmon River, about 20 mins from Hood River, OR, and
an hour and 30 mins from Portland. I've been here all
summer, but I'm leaving in a couple days for WV for
Gauley season.

I will be back here in october or november for the
winter and will be staying next summer also.

I'm a rep for RipBoard, so I have boards and gear if
you don't have your own and would like to try a
RipBoard.

You can reach me at gingerwatergirl@..., or call
me at 954-495-0672.

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Hi! I'm moving to the PacNW, after living in CA for many years. I discovered
Riverboarding on
the South Fork American back in 2002, have done many runs there, as well as
guide school
(to learn more about rivers) and Swift Water Rescue (SRT1) with Julie Munger
(she boarded the
Grand Canyon with 2 other women!) I trained on the lower Kern a bit and boarded
there, as
well as on the Kings and the E Fork Carson (the hot springs did not make up for
the lack of
significant whitewater and the snow melt!)

Anyway, I am looking for advice on fun runs around Portland, and for folks
interested in
coordinating trips and adventures. Please email me at jencourage@....
Thanks!

FibArk festival was a blast - people from all over - NY, TX, Costa
Rica, and other places - all tried riverboarding for the first time.
Jim Weber set a course record for riverboarding 10 miles - Sunday -
finishing in an offical time of 1 hour and 35 minutes. The kayak pro
rodeo was held for the first time under lights at night - awesome! If
you missed it this year - put it on your calendar for next year.

Shane

The FibArk (First in boating Arkansas River) whitewater festival
begins today in Salida, CO. The festival runs through Sunday.
Riverboarding demos are sponsored by InMotion365.com and will begin
Friday afternoon.  This should be one of the biggest whitewater
festivals in the country so come enjoy the many activities (kayak
rodeo & slalom, 5K & 10K runs, parade, skateboard & bike
competitions...)and look for the InMotion 365 tent on the boat ramp
upstream from the 'F' Street bridge.

This weekend is a huge sports festival called the Capital One
Adventure games.  As part of the festivities - Chris Washnock of
RipBoard Inc will be providing riverboarding demos.  The plan is to
have extra boards and gear available on Brown's Island (tent with
RipBoard banner) - Saturday June 17.  Contact Chris Washnock by e-mail
chriswashnock@... to arrange details.

Forgot to mention that RipBoard will have a booth there and will have a
drawing for a pair of fins. Stop by and check it out!!

White Salmon RiverFest & Symposium

June 7th 2006

an event for the white salmon river community

to educate ourselves, unite our community and celebrate our river



Location: Wind River Cellars, Husum WA

Fee: $15 per person

includes lunch & dinner and lots of good raffle schwag!



8:00                  Registration

                         coffee & bagels


9:00                  Opening & welcome

9:15                  Condit Dam Panel


9.15 - 9.30         History, Removal & Restoration
Steve Stampfli, White Salmon Watershed Group

9.30 - 9.45         Dam Removal

Gail Miller, project manager Pacificorp


9:45 - 10.00       Benefits & Costs of Dam Removal
                           Emily Platt, Gifford Pinchot Task
Force

10:00 - 10.15     Fish Habitat
Cheri Anderson, Education Mgr USF&W Spring Creek Nat. Fish Hatch


10:15 - 10:30     Questions and Discussion

10.30 - 11.00     Break & raffle


11.00- 11.20      Native American Historic & Current Uses of the
White Salmon
                           Paul Ward, Yakama Nation

11.20 - 11.40     Dam Removal & Whitewater Recreation
                           Thomas O'Keefe, American Whitewater


11.40 - 12.30     Video: Taking a Second Look: Communities and Dam
Removals

12.30 - 1.30       Lunch & raffle


1:30 - 1:50         White Salmon Wild & Scenic River

Brent Foster, Columbia River Keeper

1.50 - 2.10         Hydrology
Bengt Coffin, Gifford Pinchot National Forest


2.10 - 2.30         Break & Raffle

2.30 - 2.50         Local Birds
Bill Weiler, Washington State Fish and Wildlife


2:50 - 3:20         Carpool to Cane Property in Husum

3.20 - 4.00         Plants & Tree Identification
Andrea Rutchy, Gifford Pinchot National Forest


4.00 - 4.30         Guiding on the White Salmon River, In Memory of
Jeff Driver
Val Shaull

End of symposium

  4.30                  Optional Float Lower or Middle White Salmon
                           In Memory of Jeff Driver


6.30                                    Dinner & Raffle catered by
Acres Coffee House

Fest at Wind River Cellar
Featuring music by Richard Tillinghast
Video – Liquid Insanity (locally produced)
Slide show of collected photos:
Pioneers till 2006 – by the local guide community

The following whitewaterriverboarding poll is now closed.  Here are the
final results:


POLL QUESTION: Based on your experience, how do kayakers and riverboarders feel
about each other?

CHOICES AND RESULTS
- Hate each other, 0 votes, 0.00%
- Can't stand each other, 1 votes, 16.67%
- Barely stand each other, 0 votes, 0.00%
- Get along OK, 2 votes, 33.33%
- Respect each other, 3 votes, 50.00%
- Love each other, 0 votes, 0.00%



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Saturday May 27 is the Clear Creek Festival in Golden, CO located at
the Clear Creek Whitewater park.  Events will include freestyle rodeo,
downriver boater and boardercross race.  This is where the first
boardercross race was held back in 2000.  Golden River Sports is the
primary sponsor of this event and will be registering competitors at
9am.  The freestyle begins at 10am and the other events will follow. I
expect to the riverboarders can get organized and race at 12:30 as the
kayakers will be taking a lunch break.  Come on out and enjoy the
festival.

My 18 mile ride was on the Colorado River and it included Class III-
IV rapids.
--- In whitewaterriverboarding@yahoogroups.com, minotmaser@... wrote:
>
> Thanks for the info.  Checked out the article, interesting. I
have extremely
> light weight camp gear  -- as I've been an alpine  climber for
years. So I'm
> pretty sure I could fit all I need in a 20 liter dry  bag for the
3-4 days
> down the Middle Fork.  Question is, what's it like to  surf waves
(the whole
> point of the trip) with a dry bag on one's back?  I'm  going to
test my gear here
> once I get some free time in a week.  Also, what  grade water were
you running
> when you did the 18 miler and where was it?   The Middle Fork can
get pretty
> solid with a number of IV+'s with high  water at the end of May.
I don't
> think I'm going to do it if  it's forecast above 4,500 cfs.  Where
are you based?
> I'm in  Missoula~Minot
>

Did it last year...had my raft for support.  jumped in when it was
comfortable temp.  really cold in june.  4/3 wetsuit is not warm enough.
couple of good waves for surfing.  couple good rapids for down river.
  cold...cold...cold.

Epic trip.  do it for the hot springs...

Nope...check mountainbuzz.com for flow levels for south canyon.


optimum flow range:

2850-3650..... Prime level: 3200-3500


call me when you see it come in...

brenden

Minot, i'm a Missoula riverboarder too. I was just thinking today that
its about time i surfed Brennan's wave.  Have you tried it yet?  I
just got back from a 5 day Main Fork of of the Salmon rafting trip but
i didn't have my board.  I kept seeing every wave and thinking how
perfect it'd be on a board.  I've worked and boarded with Missoula
River Guides before and worked for Serious Fun River Surfing in NZ.
Give me a buzz if you're interested in hitting some local rivers.  561-
632-4537. New email:  rosstopher@...

Later!

Ross


--- In whitewaterriverboarding@yahoogroups.com, "Shane"
<shanebolling@...> wrote:
>
> Minot,
>
> I have heard of people boarding the Middle Fork of the Salmon river.
> Here's a link to one of the most epic journeys using riverboards
> http://www.gcrg.org/bqr/15-1/boarding.html
> the Grand Canyon.
> The furtherest distance I've traveled is 18 miles and used a drybag
> that fit on my back to carry supplies.
>
> Shane
>

hey man i've surfed some with a drybag on my back before... the only
thing in the bag was a video camera and some fleece and a towel for
padding/wetness protection.  now i was surfing some pretty decent
waves, not holes, in a hole i think it wouldnt matter quite as much but
on a wave it kinda throws off your balance and obviously wave riding
posture with your back arched kinda sucks with a backpack on. one thing
we would do is take turns with the back pack. one person goes down
without it and surfs, as soon as you see that person wipeout we'd throw
the bag in and then that person downstream would get it. it is for sure
logistically possible though.

Hi everybody,

Excuse my English, I'm Raphael from France.  4 years ago, I made a
hydrospeed (nearly riverboard) trip with friends in Canada.  Four
days all alone, with camp gear and food in one dry bag per person.
We drag our floating bag with a 4 meters rope. When there were big
waves, we caught our bag with one hand, with the rope coiled, ready
to leave it in case of emergency. On very big wave, we left the bag
just before the wave and catch it after the wave.

Wath this,
http://www.dreamnev.org/fr/article.php3?id_article=147

Everything is here, in french, sorry.

Regards

Raphael
Webmaster of http://www.dremanev.org
Join the RIPH, http://www.riph.net


--- In whitewaterriverboarding@yahoogroups.com, minotmaser@... wrote:
>
> Thanks for the info.  Checked out the article, interesting. I
have extremely
> light weight camp gear  -- as I've been an alpine  climber for
years. So I'm
> pretty sure I could fit all I need in a 20 liter dry  bag for the
3-4 days
> down the Middle Fork.  Question is, what's it like to  surf waves
(the whole
> point of the trip) with a dry bag on one's back?  I'm  going to
test my gear here
> once I get some free time in a week.  Also, what  grade water were
you running
> when you did the 18 miler and where was it?   The Middle Fork can
get pretty
> solid with a number of IV+'s with high  water at the end of May.
I don't
> think I'm going to do it if  it's forecast above 4,500 cfs.  Where
are you based?
> I'm in  Missoula~Minot
>

Brendan,

I haven't heard the front range boaters talking about the South Canyon
wave - is it running at a good level?
Shane