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Wenatchee fest provides, along with a lot of fun, shuttle rides from Cashmere to Rodeo hole. Its awesome. Saturday, after eating breakfast provided by the Virostek family, I headed up stream to the start of the down river race. I borrowed Dave’s Nomad 8.1 and hauled arse paddling downstream. I liked the boat a lot, but felt sad when i glanced left and right and saw all the wonderful surf waves I was missing. Race over, I immediately headed straight to Grannies to get some practice in. The level had changed from the previous day and it took me 3 attempts to get on that wave, due to unexpected flushiness. I had about 1 hour to practice before the rodeo and scored an entry loop on my last practice ride, which was sadly unreplicatable in the actual rodeo. Oh well, I did okay. It was great to watch all the other guys and gals out their doing their thing! Bret Barton had a great entry loop and Darren Albright had a loop too! I’ll have some video up soon.

Photos (L to R): waiting for the shuttle; Blunt; Blunt.