Corbin Park Big Move Throwdown

Last nights event was held at the scenic Corbin Wave. The level was prime with the wave maintaining its pile most of the time and the eddy was very negotiable. Judge Jud Keiser, freshly back from Boise, setup a Big Tricks Format that allowed competitors to make the most of their arsenal of moves. The top tricks were: Donkey Flip, Pan Am, Air Back Blunt and Felix - bottom line: competators were forced to step up and throw their moves bigger and sooner! We also had people surfing the wave for the second time of their boating carrear making them truly push their limits to learn and control their craft.

With over 30 people in attendance and over half spectating we were able to raise $40 for the Spokane Whitewater Park! Atheletes were pushed to learn and people steped up their rides in a big way. Top 5 went to finals: here are the final results from the night:

5th Dave Spoelstra
4th Dave Turner
3rd Dan Temple
2nd Dustin Semb

Sponsors stepped up big again and everyone walked away with some love. Our local producers are supporting us so be sure to support them while makign your next purchase decision!!!
Major thanks to:

• Bumble Bar (Spokane Valley Wa)
• Werner Paddles (Sultan WA)
• Turner Physical Therapyu (Spokane WA)
• NRS (Moscow ID)
• Mountain Goat Outfitters (Spokane WA)
• Omega Pacific (Airway Heights WA)
• Mountain Gear (Spokane WA)
• Riot Kayaks (Quebec CA)
• EPIC Adventures (Cheney WA)
  
  We will be back in action on July 17th if not sooner. Look for upcoming sponsorship support from EPIC Adventures for prizes in August!

Tough Call

After input from the community a difficult decision had to be made: Where to hold Hydrotherapy.

Corbin Park Wave: A fast dynamic wave which gives up spins, blunts, but can be very temperamental with spectacular spectator platform and a switch from previous events. Certainly there are some gnarly whirlpools so we would need to set safety.

Or

Dead Dog: A excellent hole feature that would allow spins, loops, back loops, cartwheels and a bigger variety of tricks and possibly a bit nicer to beginner/intermediates.

What to do? With river levels dropping by the day it looks like Thursday will be a toss up between the venues. Both have their advantages and disadvantages but in the interest of aesthetics and variety (wave moves) lets meet at Corbin and play hard! We will have plenty of time to do loops at Dead Dog and Trailer Park but lets make the most of one of Spokane’s best options! Both locations are within 10 minutes of each other and both provide excellent parking. In the event that the river stays high and the attending paddlers mutiny we will move back to Dead Dog so be prepared in the case of a change.

Hydrotherapy on Thursday

Summer is here and its time to celebrate with Hydrotherapy Sessions. Can Dave T. hang on to his top spot lead? Will the NRS crew roll north for a out of town upset? Will the Hoffers combine their scores for a team effort? Will Pat step up with his amplitude to win his last Session of the summer? Find out the answers to all of the exciting drama this Thursday!

Prizes from Werner Paddles, Bumble Bar, Riot Kayaks, NRS, Mountain Gear, Mountain Goat and others will all be awarded. Be sure to tip your sponsor as this is a fundraiser for the Whitewater Park so improve your odds by purchasing additional raffle tickets! $2 each or 3 for $5. If its your first time to Hydrotherapy you get a 2nd raffle ticket so be sure to invite your friends to come play!

Tell your friends, have the family bring the video camera, dogs are welcome - This Thursday is going to be sick!

Corbin and Dead Dog are both possible locations. I'll post Tuesday night/Wednesday morning on final decisions.

Emergency Session for an Emergency Closure!

Its true the river was closed and the Fuzz gave us the dirty eye when we tried to paddle. As such we are holding and EMERGENCY SESSION on June 12th!! That's right one week from today we will be out celebrating our freedom to use the river by paddling our hearts out during another Hydrotherapy Session

Who: You and friends
Where: To Be announced on June 10th but most likely Dead Dog Wave
When: Standard timeline for June 12th
Why: To Celebrate your Right to float the Spokane River, and to learn, win prizes and see friends

SPREAD THE WORD that the Emergency Session is on!

May 22nd Hydrotherapy Session Officially Canceled

It breaks my heart to say this but the event scheduled for this Thursday know at Hydrotherapy Sessions #2 is hereby canceled. Thanks to your county commissioners the river is officially closed until further notice. That's right, its illegal to run the river with or without a boat right now! Here is the KXLY public story.

Hydrotherapy Is canceled until further notice....

Call your friends if your going to paddle ;)

Session #2 This Thursday!! No Feature Selected Yet

Its been three weeks and the water has finally come up - WAY UP!!! It is soo high that Dead Dog might be flooded out by Thursday. No feature has been selected at this time for Hydrotherapy Session #2 so keep your ear to the ground on where we might hold the event on Thursday.

This is a rare sighting of one of the fiercest water dogs on the river: Dead Dog at 30+K CFS! “Beware of Dog” is the sign Dave T. is bringing to the Comp this week because this hole/wave is not for the light hearted. With no eddy service it is a one hit wonder that will give up amazing tricks at the cost of comfort. It is retentive everyone should know that it can produce epic swims in the strong current. There is also alot of debris comming downstream so keep your eyes up!

This Thursday we will feature prizes from our sponsors: Bumble Bar, Mountain Goat Outfitters, Mountain Gear, Northwest River Supply, Omega Pacific and Riot Kayaks. Be sure to tell your friends that we will play rain or shine, high or higher water. It might be at Dead Dog, it might be a boatercross through the Toenail, it might be a throwbag contest at Corbin.... Yet to be seen!

Best in the West

If you did not hear Missoula is holding their annual Best in the West competition this weekend. Saturday is at Brennans Wave and Sunday is at the Comp Hole on the Clarkfork. Flows look like they will jump there as well so it could get interesting. New for 08 this event is a sanctioned USAFK event – meaning they follow all the rules in the rulebook including the judges platform. Check out http://www.worldclassacademy.com/comp_schedule.phtml for more information.