I’ve been rushing around trying to get all the details covered for the first event and I forgot to even post about it. As you may know, I am a volunteer coordinator for the seven night, ASCI Priday Night Fun Series. It will include freestyle (Friday), Boatercross, and Giant Slalom.
The newly formed Yough Paddling Club decided to take on the task of organizing and hosting a summer-long local-level series of competitions. I had significant help from Paige, Chara, Chuck and others in the club in designing the competions and their framework. Chuck’s wife designed the poster for the series.
The ASCI staff helped with finding prize sponsors and site logistic. Thaks especially to Jesse, Nancy, Brian H, and Matt.
Our sponsors have been a great help too. Jason Rigby at stonyboater.com and Stonyboater Paddle Wax is maintianing the event website, providing wax for prizes, and taking pictures and video taping each event to put content on the website shortly after each event. He’s really been a big help, and he is donating one of his new stonyboater paddles for the end of the series prizes.
Wavesport stepped up big with a donated a boat of choice for the ASCI King of the River prizes, schwag for nightly prizes, and two of the Team Wavesport paddlers will be helping with judging at Friday’s Wavesport Freestyle Rodeo.
Immersion Researchis giving 2 drytops, as well as rash gaurds, backbands, overthrusters, and other schwag for prizes.
Riversport School of Kayaking stepped up wit h ~$1500 in in prize from the school and the Mad Dog Cafe next door.
Last but not least Brad at Starkkmoon Kayaks shipped me 2 boxes full of a bunch of stuff to giveaway for prizes and nightly raffles. These sponsors have put up over $6,000 in prizes
So after much work over the last 5 months its finally here. For more info go to ascikingoftheriver.com
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