To all of you interested in the 2010 Whitewater Stand Up Paddling Championship (coming up this Memorial Day)...please check out the event's new website www.whitewatersupchampionship.
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The 2010 Whitewater Stand Up Paddling Championship will be held Memorial Day (May 31) in Glenwood Springs, Colorado. This one of a kind event will feature the world’s best river stand up paddlers displaying their paddling prowess on the snowmelt swollen Colorado River. This new and innovative competition promises to be fierce. Returning Men’s champion Dan Gavere and local C4 Waterman team paddler and owner of the Aspen Kayak Academy (www.aspenkayakacademy.com) Charlie MacArthur will be battling it out for the top spot but anything can happen and the competition promises to be fierce. Some of Hawaii’s top stand up paddlers will be traveling to the mainland for the event. C4 Waterman (www.C4waterman.com) will be well represented at the competition with members of their SUP team heading to CO for this unique test of skill.
The event starts with a downriver race from Two Rivers Park in Glenwood Springs down to South Canyon. This fast and furious whitewater 7 mile (approx) balancing act will feature a mass start with the fastest paddler winning this segment of the championship. Next up is a timed technical sprint competition being held a spectator friendly portion of the river next to Two Rivers Park.
The championship’s culmination will be a surfing contest on the world famous wave at the Glenwood Springs Whitewater Park. Each competitor will get 3 - 1 minute rides with the surfer’s best score being counted towards their final results. The champion(s) will be determined by a point system with scoring accrued during the 3 events. After the surf contest, the SUPers would head back to the Two Rivers Park for the award ceremony and to celebrate.
Stay tuned as more detailed event information will be available on-line soon. As this epic event’s logistics are just being finalized and there is a short lead time to the big day, you can email paultefft (at) enviroactionproductions.com or cpmacarthur (at) comcast.net for an immediate update on the second annual Whitewater Stand Up paddling championship.
Here is a bit of footage of the 2009 event in the RiverSUP DVD promo video. You can also order the DVD via a link from the site. In addition to being a great visual lesson on how to stand up paddle in whitewater, RiverSUP contains outrageous action and a bonus movie featuring amazing footage from last year’s event. We’ll see you on the river!
