Category Archives: Charlotte

Charlotte / Tri-Cities Hometown Throwdown Event #2

Check out this web site for all the 411 on the event:
http://www.worldkayak.com/event_wk.cfm?eventid=456
For any one who has a facebook profile make sure to join our guest list with this link:
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=10752367698
So you can check out photos and chatter from other participates before the event.
We encourage you to use the on-line registration system to help us better [...]

Hometown Throwdown Event #1 Results & Photos

Location: Charlotte, NC - USNWC, 2nd drop of the Instructional Channel - AKA “Meltdown”
16 competitors and more fun than you can shake a stick at…
Event Competition Results:
Men’s K-1A:
1. Chris Wing
2. Fergus Coffey
3. Josh Learn
4. (Mad) Mike Patterson
5. Brad Barker
Men’s K-1B:
1. Richard Ellington
2. Chad Grindstaff
3. Andrew Bentley
4. Wesley R. Bradley
5. Dallas
6. Chad Penley
Woman’s K-1:
1. Aleta McCleskey
2. [...]

JAW demo all day at the USNWC on 4-5-08

In conjunction with the Hometown Throwdown, I am going to pull down the JAW  to the USNWC for people to check out the new ‘08 Jackson Boats! I am planning on being there around 9:00ish a.m.
I hope to see you in the ditch!  Peace out!

Charlotte / Tri-Cities Hometown Throwdown Event #1

Check out this web site for all the 411 on the event:
http://www.worldkayak.com/event_wk.cfm?eventid=455
For any one who has a facebook profile make sure to join our guest list with this link:
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=12201568331
So you can check out photos and chatter from other participates before the event.
We encourage you to use the on-line registration system to help us better [...]

Tri-Cities / Charlotte Hometown Throwdown

More details coming soon, but make sure to mark theses dates on your calendar in the event poster link below!
 Charlotte / Tri-Cities Hometown Throwdown Event Poster
It is sure to be an super fun time!  Stay tuned for more details… 

Help Wesley to Select the 2008 JAW Fleet

Howdy Paddling Friends!
It is that time of the year again for me to select and place my order for my JAW Fleet.  Below is a list of boats that I have come up for this year’s fleet.  The JAW can only hold 10 boats safely, so that is my limit concerning quantity.

Super Hero
Hero
Sidekick
4 Fun
Fun
2 Fun
Fun [...]

The Saluda Boyz are at it Again!

Eighth  Annual
Millrace Massacre
And
Iceman Championships
January 5, 2008
Columbia, SC on the Saluda River Home of the Saluda Boyz
Registration: 9:30-11:00
Racing Begins at High Noon
Cost: 20 Dollars
Millrace Massacre
The first race of the day will be the Millrace Massacre which will commence at high noon.  The length requirement for the race is 8′-6″ and under, no exceptions.  Must be a plastic boat.  A set [...]

An Awe-Inspiring Labor Day at the USNWC

A couple friends and I had an awesome day kayaking at the whitewater park in Charlotte on Labor Day 2007!  Stuart Everett and I met up with my good buddy Andrew Bentley at the park bright and early to have a big day of fun!
Andrew arrived at the park about 30 minutes before Stuart and [...]

A Great Day of Boating @ the

http://www.usnwc.org/
Check out the USNWC Facility Map below that I have created with the major rapid names and locations FYI.

One of my best paddling buddies, Andrew Bentley, has wanted - for the past couple of weekends - to meet up again at the USNWC.  We finally got our schedules to work out together and we [...]

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