World Kayak Event Coverage

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The July throwdown was a huge event at the USNWC. Kayakers from all over the area (from Tennessee to Greensboro) where drawn to the big action this July.  The JAW (Jackson Action Wagon) with World Kayak Tri Cities Ambassador Wes Bradley was on hand for demos including the new 2010 Star and All Star.
 
The K1-A [...]

The day started off with the Slalom Survivor race on the Wilderness Channel at the USNWC, which provided a great course that included a ferry across a drop, a basketball shootout, some back paddling, playing in a whirlpool eddy and the battle for the pink flamingo.
Racers started in the eddy above Entrance Exam rapid [...]

The second Hometown Throwdown was again held at the hole known as second drop at the USNWC (United States National Whitewater Center, www.usnwc.org). The ladies started us off this time with a two new competitors Throwing it down for the first time.  The crowd started to gather, something about girls in boats always draws a crowd.  [...]

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Working along with the USNWC we have gotton the Throwdowns on the Charlottes Got A Lot Website and on the city event calendar, now we gotta bring it as hopefully we will have a huge crowd watching, learning and having fun with us in our funny little boats.

The first Hometown Throwdown started where we left off last year returning to the hole known as second drop on the instructional loop on the Wilderness channel at the USNWC (United States National Whitewater Center, www.usnwc.org). The juniors started the season off showing that weighing less than 100 lbs means being able to go huge. [...]