Final Reno HTTD of 2016

tommygunn wrote 674 days ago:

After 3 years of low to no water…

2016 saw five great Hometown throwdowns, an awesome US Freestyle championships at the Reno River Festival, and the return of everyone’s favorite creek runs in the Sierras. World Kayak hosts events around the world but here in Reno we’ve seen a great comradery built from these events over the past few years. One of the big drivers of this has been the support of Ninkasi Brewery, who has provided specialty libations that keeps everyone hanging out for hours after each throwdown.

This year we had 3 freestyle events at the Reno whitewater park and 2 races at the Floriston rapids. The final event involved the sum of 2 runs down the 2-minute course which involved a backwards ferry across the river, mandatory gate and big boof at the crux of the run.

Categorized as:accent-paddles • backwards-ferry • floriston • great-comradery • ninkasi • optics • smith-optics • whitewater-park accent-paddles • backwards-ferry • floriston • great-comradery • ninkasi • optics • smith-optics • whitewater-park accent-paddles • backwards-ferry • floriston • great-comradery • ninkasi • optics • smith-optics • whitewater-park accent-paddles • backwards-ferry • floriston • great-comradery • ninkasi • optics • smith-optics • whitewater-park

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Final Reno HTTD of 2016

james wrote 674 days ago:

After 3 years of low to no water…

2016 saw five great Hometown throwdowns, an awesome US Freestyle championships at the Reno River Festival, and the return of everyone’s favorite creek runs in the Sierras. World Kayak hosts events around the world but here in Reno we’ve seen a great comradery built from these events over the past few years. One of the big drivers of this has been the support of Ninkasi Brewery, who has provided specialty libations that keeps everyone hanging out for hours after each throwdown.

This year we had 3 freestyle events at the Reno whitewater park and 2 races at the Floriston rapids. The final event involved the sum of 2 runs down the 2-minute course which involved a backwards ferry across the river, mandatory gate and big boof at the crux of the run.

Categorized as:Reno • floriston • ninkasi • ninkasi-brewery • optics • over-the-past • smith-optics • whitewater-park Reno • floriston • ninkasi • ninkasi-brewery • optics • over-the-past • smith-optics • whitewater-park Reno • floriston • ninkasi • ninkasi-brewery • optics • over-the-past • smith-optics • whitewater-park Reno • floriston • ninkasi • ninkasi-brewery • optics • over-the-past • smith-optics • whitewater-park

Tagged with:river • river-festival- • water

2016 Reno Throwdown #4

natefry wrote 696 days ago:

As the snow in the Sierras started melting and filling our rivers we transitioned from freestyle to creek racing for our Reno HTTDs. Last Wednesday saw a fun crew take 2 runs down a 2-3 min course on the Truckee River’s Floriston Rapids. Colin and I set up a fun course that involved a switch section and tough S-Turn maneuver. Toby kept things going as the sun was setting and everyone improved on their second run over their first.

Categorized as:Rivers • accent-paddles • after-the-race • floriston • optics • sierras • smith-optics • snow • truckee Rivers • accent-paddles • after-the-race • floriston • optics • sierras • smith-optics • snow • truckee Rivers • accent-paddles • after-the-race • floriston • optics • sierras • smith-optics • snow • truckee Rivers • accent-paddles • after-the-race • floriston • optics • sierras • smith-optics • snow • truckee

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2016 Reno Throwdown #4

bozemankayaker wrote 696 days ago:

As the snow in the Sierras started melting and filling our rivers we transitioned from freestyle to creek racing for our Reno HTTDs. Last Wednesday saw a fun crew take 2 runs down a 2-3 min course on the Truckee River’s Floriston Rapids. Colin and I set up a fun course that involved a switch section and tough S-Turn maneuver. Toby kept things going as the sun was setting and everyone improved on their second run over their first.

Categorized as:Rivers • accent-paddles • after-the-race • floriston • optics • sierras • smith-optics • sponsors • truckee • world-kayaks Rivers • accent-paddles • after-the-race • floriston • optics • sierras • smith-optics • sponsors • truckee • world-kayaks Rivers • accent-paddles • after-the-race • floriston • optics • sierras • smith-optics • sponsors • truckee • world-kayaks Rivers • accent-paddles • after-the-race • floriston • optics • sierras • smith-optics • sponsors • truckee • world-kayaks

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2016 Reno Throwdown #4

saskia wrote 696 days ago:

As the snow in the Sierras started melting and filling our rivers we transitioned from freestyle to creek racing for our Reno HTTDs. Last Wednesday saw a fun crew take 2 runs down a 2-3 min course on the Truckee River’s Floriston Rapids. Colin and I set up a fun course that involved a switch section and tough S-Turn maneuver. Toby kept things going as the sun was setting and everyone improved on their second run over their first.

Categorized as:Rivers • after-the-race • alignnone-size-medium • floriston • optics • sierras • smith-optics • snow • sponsors • truckee • world-kayaks Rivers • after-the-race • alignnone-size-medium • floriston • optics • sierras • smith-optics • snow • sponsors • truckee • world-kayaks Rivers • after-the-race • alignnone-size-medium • floriston • optics • sierras • smith-optics • snow • sponsors • truckee • world-kayaks Rivers • after-the-race • alignnone-size-medium • floriston • optics • sierras • smith-optics • snow • sponsors • truckee • world-kayaks

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2016 Reno Throwdown #4

james wrote 696 days ago:

As the snow in the Sierras started melting and filling our rivers we transitioned from freestyle to creek racing for our Reno HTTDs. Last Wednesday saw a fun crew take 2 runs down a 2-3 min course on the Truckee River’s Floriston Rapids. Colin and I set up a fun course that involved a switch section and tough S-Turn maneuver. Toby kept things going as the sun was setting and everyone improved on their second run over their first.

Categorized as:Rivers • accent-paddles • floriston • optics • smith-optics • snow • sponsors • truckee Rivers • accent-paddles • floriston • optics • smith-optics • snow • sponsors • truckee Rivers • accent-paddles • floriston • optics • smith-optics • snow • sponsors • truckee Rivers • accent-paddles • floriston • optics • smith-optics • snow • sponsors • truckee

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2015 Reno HTTD Info

bozemankayaker wrote 1102 days ago:

2015 Hometown Throwdown Events

Wednesdays 4-22, 4-29, 5-6

Sign Waivers 5 pm, Races start at 5:30 pm, Beer and Swag after

Locations

4/22 Timed Races, Floriston Rapids, off I-80 Floriston Exit

4/29 Timed Races, Floriston Rapids, off I-80 Floriston Exit

5/06 Slalom Surviver or Boatercross, Reno Whitewater Park

NOTE: The River Festival is still happening on 5/9-10, should the water

be below 300 cfs the freestyle competition will be replaced with races on Sat

in addition to the normal Sun races. There will be no slalom this year.

We decided to shrink the event schedule to give us the best chance to play

in the small amount of water we will have in the Truckee River this year.

Categorized as:event-schedule • floriston • floriston-rapids • races • races-on-sat • slalom-surviver • still-happening • timed-races • truckee event-schedule • floriston • floriston-rapids • races • races-on-sat • slalom-surviver • still-happening • timed-races • truckee event-schedule • floriston • floriston-rapids • races • races-on-sat • slalom-surviver • still-happening • timed-races • truckee event-schedule • floriston • floriston-rapids • races • races-on-sat • slalom-surviver • still-happening • timed-races • truckee

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2015 Reno HTTD Info

tommygunn wrote 1102 days ago: