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Update From Devon Barker Regarding Junior Team Trials
Gary Wilson wrote 25 days ago:
Devon sent me this today – thought it was good to post. Hoping to have a pack of juniors at the Team Trials!
Here are some pictures of the Missoula wave. They were taken in mid-May during the Best in the West event. I look forward to seeing all of you in Missoula, Montana for USA Team Trials. If you can, plan a little time for paddling in Idaho before or after the event. You can paddle the Lochsa, Salmon, and the Payette between Missoula, Montana and Boise, Idaho! Kelly’s Whitewater Park is hosting a July 4th concert and freestyle event for July 5th. Cascade, Idaho is between McCall and Boise, Idaho on the North Fork of the Payette.
Paddle with you soon! Devon
USA Freestyle Kayaking is pleased to announce that US Team Trials for the 2011 Freestyle World Championships in Plattling, Germany will be held June 30-July 2, 2010 in Missoula MT. Choosing an event to host the trials has been a difficult task. With the World Championships likely being held around the beginning of June, 2011, holding Team Trials in 2011 would have been difficult with regard to avoiding school conflicts with Juniors, making arrangements for the team to travel to Germany, and risking adverse weather conditions. We believe that the Missoula event offers the best option for selecting a team that will continue our dominance at the World Championships. Our event partners in Missoula are working hard to welcome paddlers for the 2011 Team Trials, which will also serve as the final event in the first ever USAFK point series National Championships. USAFK looks forward to seeing our nation’s best freestyle competitors in July!
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Kelly’s Whitewater Park – Cascade, Idaho
Gary Wilson wrote 30 days ago:
I don’t even know where to start. Last year at this time when I heard that Cascade was on board to open a whitewater park I though – “yea, there going to throw a couple of rocks in the river and call it a park”. I could not have been more wrong about Kelly’s Whitewater Park!
With 6 main features, a visitors center, changing room/facilities, expansive viewing areas, and park atmosphere I’m totally impressed. I don’t think anyone could have put together a better team to make this happen. The visionary approach taken by Mayor Carter, Mark and Kristina Pickard, Jim Litchhfield, Gary Lacy, Devon Barker and others is what will catapult this to be the best whitewater park in the country – seriously. The community spirit behind this project was evident at last nights meeting. With a standing-room-only crowd of several hundred, many with more gray hair than I, only a hand full even paddle – they see the benefits this will provide the community in addition to paddlers.
The park is slated to open this spring- not bad when construction only started this fall!! We are scheduled to host 4 Hometown Throwdows there this summer and I couldn’t be more excited. I see my family spending lots of time at KWP this summer 
Pics are from our drive up. Our car and ice at the bottom of the Cabarton Run, and the Legion Hall sign for the Town Hall meeting.
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Dates Set For Idaho Hometown Throwdowns
Gary Wilson wrote 34 days ago:
Hope to see you there!
May 1 – Cascade, KWP (Saturday)
May 20 – Horseshoe Bend, Gutter (Thursday)
June 12 – Cascade, KWP (Saturday)
June 24 – Horseshoe Bend, Gutter (Thursday)
July 5 – Cascade, KWP (Monday)
July 24 – Horseshoe Bend, Gutter (Saturday)
Aug 6 – Cascade, KWP (Friday)
Aug 19 – Horseshoe Bend, Gutter (Thursday)
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If Your boating in Idaho Don’t Forget Your IIS Sticker
Gary Wilson wrote 34 days ago:
If your an Idaho paddler, or visiting Idaho to paddle – don’t forget to get your Idaho Invasive Species stickers. Cost is $5 for the year. Go HERE for more info!
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Petition to stop dam on Boise River
Gary Wilson wrote 53 days ago:
Idaho Rivers United has presented “Stop the Twin Springs Dam” petitions with over 500 signatures to the Idaho Water Resource Board. We will continue to gather signatures and present them to the Board. Please sign the petition today and encourage your friends to sign it too.
Sign our Petition to the Idaho Water Board
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It’s dry in Idaho- Think Snow!
Gary Wilson wrote 60 days ago:
While we do have snow at our house in Horseshoe Bend, we don’t have much. River levels may be a little more ‘normal’ this year unless precip picks up… You can also check out the Snow-Water Equivalent graph for Payette Basin HERE.
by Associated Press
Posted on January 13, 2010 at 10:44 AM
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TWIN FALLS — A report from the U.S. Natural Resources Conservation Service shows that snowpack levels across Idaho are lower than normal, but could still recover if precipitation picks up.
The Times-News reports that the numbers from the Conservation Service show most streams and rivers in south-central Idaho could run at just half or 70 percent of their average flows this spring and summer.
According to the National Weather Service, Idaho was one of only four states in the contiguous U.S. to get below-average rain and snow in December.
It’s Salmon Middle For Permit Time
Gary Wilson wrote 73 days ago:
OK, time to get those permits in! Go HERE for links to get your dates in.
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Boise Hometown Throwdown for June Moved – Too Much Water!
Gary Wilson wrote 281 days ago:
Hey everyone – We have decided to postpone the June Throwdown and move it to another date. We have so much water that the gutter is full and has no good waves, Most of this weekend there was even too much water for the bladder wave – it just glassed out. And when it is in it may only be in for a short time and then change again.
In Boise the 36th street wave is pushing to the far side of the river and many would miss the must-make eddy on the near side and end up washing down stream where the river is flowing through the brush/trees with no eddies. I checked it out today and right now the hole is pretty trashy.
I’ll talk to everyone at the next TD and find what works best, I imagine that we will add it in the first or second week of September – But I’ll leave that up to the participants
Thanks and see you at the Kickoff meeting for the Boise River Park on Thursday!
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Boise Hometown Throwdown and Jackson Demo’s Wednesday June 10th
Gary Wilson wrote 283 days ago:
[singlepic=83,320,240,,left]Our next Throwdown is Wednesday, June 10th at the Gutter. We have moved the date in order to accommodate the kickoff for the Boise River Recreation Park that was scheduled on the 11th.
So we will meet Wednesday for this month at 5:30 for registration and hit the wave at 6pm. I’ll bring my grill, so bring you favorite grill food for after the event if you would like to stick around and enjoy the warm evenings that are here! As usual we will draw for prizes after the event.
We are teaming up with Alpenglow Mountainsport in order to add Jackson Kayak Demo-Daze to the mix. Alpenglow will provide a slew of boats for you to test out during the evening.
If possible, please register for the event online at http://worldkayakblogs.com/throwdown/register/ (then click on the link for Boise Throwdown #3). If you have ANY problems creating a login, registering, etc – let me know. I can fix you up pretty fast.
Also – don’t forget the PBR this Friday!
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Alzar School Fundraiser – ‘Call of the River’
Gary Wilson wrote 287 days ago:
Come for a fun evening of live music, great refreshments, and the Boise premiere of Whitewater Hall of Famer Kent Fords new documentary on the history of whitewater kayaking and canoeing.
Date: Friday, June 12th
Time: 7-9 PM
Location: Muse Building, 1317 W. Jefferson St, Boise ID 83702 (Map)
Admission: $10, benefiting the Alzar School and a scholarship fund for Idaho teens.
There will be door prizes for oldest kayak on your car, oldest kayaking t-shirt, and more. Live music is from Travis and Ali Ward of Hillfolk Noir, a great local Boise band. There will also be a silent auction on some amazing desserts. Proceeds from the event will go to benefit the Alzar School (a local Boise 501c3 nonprofit) and a special scholarship fund for Idaho students.
Movie Description:
The Call of the River: The Twisted History of Whitewater Paddling
The story of whitewater is a collage of unexpected influences. The canoeing roots of the sport were in summer camps, explorer scouts, and clubs. Early exploration of rivers was in elegant wood and canvas boats. Early kayaking participants were often chemists, scientists, and engineers unfazed by the barriers presented by newly evolving resins that it took to build boats.
In the early days you had to be willing to build your own boat, teach someone to paddle so you had a shuttle, mail 30 cents of stamps in exchange for a water level, and attend races to obtain paddles and other gear. A sixpack of beer could persuade a damkeeper for a water release.
Growth of paddling in the US exploded in the 70andrsquo;s, spurred by the movie Deliverance and the Olympic Games, and more recently by indestructible plastic kayaks. Now nearly 16 million participants crave the outdoor sport lifestyle.
Featuring old school canoeing and kayaking footage, and riveting interviews with the early pioneers andldquo;The Call of the Riverandrdquo; provides a behind the scenes look at the ingenuity that made kayaking, from the European emigrants escaping communism to the American entrepreneurs who build the boats of today. We meet many of the wonderfully eclectic personalities involved in the evolution of paddling, and watershed moments of how paddling became one of the premiere outdoor sports of today.
Preview: http://www.performancevideo.com/The_Call_of_the_River
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