Competitors and spectators alike
go head-over-heels for the
Paddling Life Invitational.
Paddling Life Pro Invitational 2010
May 31, 2010, Steamboat Springs, Colorado
Presented by the Steamboat Springs Chamber Resort Association
Brought to you by Kokatat, NRS, New Belgium Brewing Co., and more!
Holy throwdown, Batman!
This Memorial Day (Monday, May 31) Steamboat Springs, Colo., is the place to be for the fifth annual Paddling Life Pro Invitational, which wraps up the 30th Annual Yampa River Festival. Watch the best men and women kayakers in the world compete in a one-day, two-event competition for cash and prizes and year-long bragging rights.
Who'll be on hand for the creek race/freestyle showdown?
Some of the top competitors in the world, with past participants including current world freestyle kayak champions Nick Troutman and Emily Jackson, former world freestyle kayak champion Ruth Gordon, world kayak freestyle silver medalist Andrew Holcombe, Bryan Kirk, and more.
“It’s an awesome event,” says inaugural winner Jay Kincaid. “Not many events test both creek boating and freestyle.”
With the top overall score determining the champion, the event will be followed by a post-event party featuring local bands, beer and other surprises. Last year’s event was a raging success for competitors and spectators alike, garnering TV from Resort Sports Network.
Brought to you by:
Events
•11 a.m. Creek race – Middle Fish Creek
One mile of seat-of-the-pants, class V continuous whitewater.
•2 p.m. Freestyle - Charlie’s Hole, Yampa River
Arguably the best man-made feature in the state
•6 p.m. Paddling Life’s – Après Paddle Party
New Belgium Brewery beer, music, food & more
For more info, call (970) 870-0880 or email eugene@paddlinglife.net. And remember to visit Steamboat Springs in the Summertime! Visit www.steamboatsummer.com for complete vacation packages and information or call 877-286-2628.
"To leave a patient on the side of a river while you get your gear out of the car and set up a rescue system you read about in a book is simply not good policy"
--Duke Bradford, owner of Arkansas Valley Adventures on the rescue of a 13 yr. old girl from Clear Creek on 6/17/10. A rafting guide employed by Bradford was arrested for interfering (read=assisting) with the rescue.
I was a god-damned poster child for bad judgment...dumb, but what can you do when you're hypnotized by a force of nature?"
--North Fork Payette pioneer Doug Ammons on being lured in by record high water to come out of Class V retirement and paddle the Lower Five at a record 9,000 cfs (and subsequently swim).
"My initial goal was to not embarrass myself."
--Tao Berman, after winning his first-ever ramp competition, at the Red Bull Canal Crashers Big Air Contest during Richmond, Va.'s Dominion Riverrock Festival.
If you don't sit in the right place, you'll sink." --72-year-old Leo Swinimer (as told to the Wall Street Journal) on paddling his 600-lb. pumpkin in Nova Scotia's annual Windsor-West Hants Pumpkin Regatta.
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