Awesome levels on the Root
April 1st, 2008
It’s springtime and you don’t have to travel far to find phenominal playboating. Going on weekend trips are fun and all, but so is an hour drive to park and play. Standing waves are sometimes hard to find on rivers…but not on the Root. Waves are a plentiful feature on this river.
MPG and I rolled in during the afternoon on Friday and paddled till we could no more. We knew Saturday would be a big day on the Root so we called it a little earlier then normal and headed back to Chicago.
Saturday proved to be an excellent day. There was a pretty good interest in our first Rapid Renegade Boater X. The levels were excellent…every feature was in. Malted Milk provided an awesome Surfer X impromptu.
Sunday is when I had the most fun though. Getting to Racine around noon, the water levels had dropped but there was still plenty of play to be had. Friday and Saturday were moderate days for me. I had a tough time getting comfortable on the waves and wasn’t feeling 100%. Today proved much different. From Upper Pipepline down to All Evil, I dialed in every feature. Spins on Upper Pipeline and Tundra came easy and I even got a few spins on All Evil. Sunday was tons of fun with a good and easy level, and moderate air temps. The icing on the cake would have to be the 10 min surf on a standing green wave just above All Evil.
Hopefully WV will be my destination next weekend.
Red Baron
April 1st, 2008 at 2:05 pm
Hey Kev, sounds sweet! I wish I was there throwing down with you guys! Right now we’re still buried in SNOW… AHHHHHH, luckily once the temps come up the rivers are gonna get HUGE!!!! If you’re interested, you’ve got a place to stay right in the epicenter of Bozeman’s best whitewater…my new place! Hope the boating is going well back in the Middle East, totally jealous. Keep up the great work buddy, Adios!