Reno Hometown Throwdown #7 09′
By colin • Jun 11th, 2009 • Category: Feature Story, WK Hometown Throwdowns
Another season of the Reno hometown throwdowns has come to a close. We capped the season off last evening with a slalom survivor and a boatercross. This was our second slalom survivor of the season and the course had a few new twists to it. There was a mandatory back ferry across the second feature in the new Sparks Park. At the finish line you had to quickly get out of your boat and run up the shore with all of your gear to the finish line/tree. This proved to be a great equalizer in Noah’s run. Since he was in his Core(squirt boat) he had a nice speed and length advantage the whole way, but as he was getting out of his boat the lack of volume caused him to sink and have to empty his boat before he could run up to the finish tree. John Fairchild ended up taking the slalom survivor win in a kinetic.
After the slalom survivor we decided to have a quick boatercross. We had both short boat and long boat heats. Charles had a great idea for a quick start. All competitors lined up in the current paddling up stream to hold position and then had to have a quick spin to get going. It provided some quality entertainment right out of the gate as people were catching bows and sterns. The short boat heat was evenly matched, and the long boat category saw everyone gang up on John Fairchild to ensure that he did not get two wins in a single day. Thanks to everyone for another great season.
colin is a dude who has maintained a paddling lifestyle in soooo many ways. As a previous retail owner, former rep and holder of many other paddling dude positions in many of our paddling regions... Colin simply knows EVERYONE.
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