It was about over 20 degrees warmer this year than last and there were over 20 kayakers that came from New Brunswick and Nova Scotia to paddle at the first World Kayak Hometown Throwdown. Yes it was 10 degrees above zero but the was still a chilly wind blowing downstream, hey it was March in [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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, [...]
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