USRA Nationals race to be held at the Royal Gorge Whitewater Festival June 21-22, 2013
For more details on the Men’s, Women’s, and Junior’s R6 Nationals Race, please visit the USRA Nationals Event page here or the Race Organizer’s page here.
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Habitat video premier and ORT fundraiser this Friday 3/8 in Portland, OR
Oregon Rafting Team (ORT) Fundraiser this Friday March 8th at Next Adventure Paddle Sports in Portland, Oregon! All ages! Tons of high quality new gear to be auctioned off! Ninkasi! In store discounts! Films! Portland premier of Habitat. Lots of carnage and several new whitewater shorts. Live band! No cover! Free t-shirts! More details here: http://nextadventure.net/community/event/ort-fundraiser
2013 Western Whitewater Championship Series (WWCS) Racing
For all you northwest boaters out there, a tentative schedule for local raft racing can be found on the Oregon Rafting Team site below! http://www.oregonraftingteam.com/events-2/western-whitewater-championship-series-iv/
Western Whitewater Championship Series (WWCS) racing underway in the Pacific Northwest!
Check out some great raft, kayak, and cataraft racing in Oregon, Washington, and Northern California. Here’s a link to the series.
2012 USRA racing schedules updated!
Check out the 2012 USRA Race Series Schedules page here. Dates, locations, and race organizer contact information can be found on the page. Looking like a great 2012 season across the Nation! worse thereby
AIRE USRA Nationals Results
Man, those AIRE boats are shiny! 4 pro men and 4 pro women teams competed in this year’s USRA Rafting Nationals on the Upper Clackamas. Add in 5 recreational teams to the mix and we had one heck of a good time! Team Teva (CO) took 1st ahead of the Ark Sharks (CO) and the Oregon Rafting Team (ORT, OR). Some local press: Oregonian article on UCWWF featuring ORT Oregonian article on USRA Nationals featuring ORT Team Teva leads the pack out of Fish Creek during the mass start downriver race to Memaloose. AIRE graciously provided race boats for all…
2011 USRA Nationals this weekend in Oregon!
This weekend’s Upper Clackamas Whitewater Festival outside of Portland, OR will play host to the most competitive whitewater event in the US. Teams from across the country are competing in this 4 event race, comprised of sprint, downriver, slalom, and head-to-head disciplines. For more information, please visit the Upper Clackamas Festival website. The UCWWF is an event open to all boaters (kayaks, driftboats, riverboards, IKs, cats, etc) and attracts hundreds of people from the Northwest. Come and join the action as a participant or spectator! Upper Clackamas Whitewater Festival 2009 from CRG Video on Vimeo. Writing a thesis means making…
Oregon Rafting Team puts on Wildwater Premier in Portland, OR Feb 16th
FORGE Link FB Event Link where to apply for a loan The Wildwater Story “When ordinary people, share a singular passion, the extraordinary emerges. WildWater is a journey into the mind and soul of whitewater, into the places only river runners can go, places of discovery, solitude and risk. Its a visually stunning feast for the senses, and an expedition into new ideas. We set out to create a new kind of adventure film. One where image, sound and ideas trump all else. We wanted to communicate the essence of the thing – wild places and whitewater – and put…
CO Raft teams volunteer with Eagle River Watershed
The Colorado men and women’s raft teams volunteered in October 2010 with the Eagle River Watershed Council as part of the Edwards Eagle River restoration project. Team members cut willow branches to create will wattles, or “logs” made from willow clippings. The wattles were used in an effort to stabilize the stream banks from further erosion and to provide shade and cooling to benefit the health of the river and fish. Check out some photos from the day: What you really should know is that one of the factors which influence your grade is the way your thesis is proven…