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Scotian Chute Out #3 needs more snow!

By Mark Richard • May 4th, 2008 • Category: Throwdown Results, WK Hometown Throwdowns

The third Throwdown was our first event with no snow ,but the levels are dropping so maybe we could use a little more…. however the sun came out and Nova Scotian paddlers were putting on sunscreen for the first time and enjoying much warmer water temperatures. We had several boaters out to their first competition […]



Scotian Chute Out #2 gets more snow!

By Mark Richard • Apr 7th, 2008 • Category: Throwdown Results, Feature Story, WK Hometown Throwdowns

It snowed again the night before our second Chute Out and I wondered whether it was better to brings my skis to the river instead of my new All Star. Fortunately the winds changed overnight and by 11am it was about 20 degrees celcius warmer than our first event and the atmosphere was even more […]



March 1 Scotian Chute Out Results

By Mark Richard • Mar 3rd, 2008 • Category: Throwdown Results, WK Hometown Throwdowns

Thanks to everyone who braved the nasty storm and helped make it such a fun event for our first WK Throwdown! It is definitely harder to paddle with ice pellets in your face! Big thanks Harold Cox coming all the way from New Brunswick for his first paddle after heart surgery and especially the young […]



Nova Scotia throws down the gauntlet! -11C, snow and freezing rain, and a great turnout for WK’s first Hometown Throwdown

By Mark Richard • Mar 2nd, 2008 • Category: Feature Story, WK Hometown Throwdowns

It was well below freezing, the snow was heavy, the freezing rain knocked out the power… but Mark Richard and the gang in Nova Scotia pulled off the first ever World Kayak Hometown Throwdown this Saturday.  The gauntlet is tossed… if they can do it in these conditions and get an above average participation level, […]