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Reno Day 3 - boatercross

By James • May 11th, 2008 • Category: Feature Story, Reno River Festival, WK Pro Event Coverage

Guess what. The sun was shinin’ again in Reno. Biiiiig surprise! After a well behaved evening of Reno frivolity (dinner at a cool Spanish place and blackjack with EJ) I was suprisingly well rested for the day. Day 3, the final day was boatercross. With the Truckee river set at [...]

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Reno Day 2 - Pro class comps

By James • May 10th, 2008 • Category: Feature Story, Pro Circuit Results, Reno River Festival, WK Pro Event Coverage

Ohhhh baby, sun up we were on #5 and Colin was trying to teach me how to loop… er… I see the move in my head, just got to transfer it from the head, to the arms, paddle and body. Not so good at the loop my friends, even though the kiddies from Reno [...]

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Reno - Day 1 - Open class comp

By James • May 9th, 2008 • Category: Feature Story, Reno River Festival, WK Pro Event Coverage

Ok, Day 1 on the Truckee River in downtown Reno saw my first tour of the river from both a playboating and whitewater development stand point… this is an amazing class II river run with top of the line play spots… two standing out (#3 and #5), both are shallow holes with great retention. Both [...]

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Reno - Day Minus One

By James • May 8th, 2008 • Category: Feature Story, Reno River Festival

Day minus one in Reno… well, Nevada… cause today was not tooo much about Reno. It seems the town of Reno is ready for James. Got here at, like, 1:30 am EST… after an epic day of travel, too much rain in Chicago made the metal birds go boing. Luckily Bruce (said with a nice [...]

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