4 Corners and Hotel Charley 2 go BIG in Durango by Will Richardson | May 6, 2007 | Rockers, WhitewaterBy Jesse Coombs Andy Corra and 4 Corners River Sports put on a great show at the Abbey Theater and had their annual huge gear swap. I arrived in Durango on Thursday, and kayaked the play park in Animas a minimum of twice each day that I have been here. Saturday...
Hotel Charley 2 rocks Gunnison by Will Richardson | May 6, 2007 | WhitewaterBy Jesse Coombs Chris Larsen and Greg Osgood from the Gunnison Valley Paddle Club put on a great show at Quigley Hall at Western Colorado State University . Greg did a ton of work to prepare for the event and had a great raffle and presentation. I gave the...
Alpine Quest Sports of Edwards CO hosts Hotel Charley 2 by Will Richardson | May 6, 2007 | WhitewaterBy Jesse Coombs Alpine Quest Sports hosted Hotel Charley 2 tonight, and it is always great to see Sean and the crew. They provided pizza and beer for the showing. It is great to see how Alpine Quest Sports supports the kayaking community and I could clearly see that...
Winter Park has a big turn out at Hotel Charley 2 by Will Richardson | May 6, 2007 | WhitewaterBy Jesse Coombs Dave Costlow of Mad Adventures and Rocky Mountain Adventures hosted a great showing in Winter Park . We had a really strong turnout, and as always Dave puts on some of our most successful and professional shows. Dave gave the film and me a solid...
Hotel Charley 2 plays in Steamboat Springs by Will Richardson | May 6, 2007 | WhitewaterBy Jesse Coombs The Friends of The Yampa River hosted Hotel Charley and gave a great presentation by Kent Vertrees before the show. The presentation before the show was to discuss the Bureau of Land Management’s possibly changing the Yampa ‘s...
EJ’s Winning Ride Video by Will Richardson | May 6, 2007 | WhitewaterEJ’s Winning Ride (QuickTime 2.7 MB) Emily’s Ride (QuickTime 792 KB) Dane’s Ride (QuickTime 596 KB) Video by Ben Stookesberry – Clear H2O Films
Worlds Results Posted by Will Richardson | May 6, 2007 | WhitewaterMay 7, 2007 2007 World Championships Results (PDF)
Inspired World Championships by Will Richardson | May 5, 2007 | WhitewaterBy Devon Barker Friday was Semi Finals and Finals on Mini Bus Eater Wave on the Ottawa River in Canada. I finished 7th but missed my air blunts which would have advanced me into the finals. As I watched the Women’s finals I was so inspired by the skill level...
Day After by Will Richardson | May 5, 2007 | WhitewaterIt is 6:40 am on Saturday morning and I can’t sleep anymore. We were at the finals party until 2am last night and definitely left “early”. I arrived in good form in my checkered flag tie and checkered flag Vans but the USA Team Uniforms by Nike...
Mission: late for the show, back in pants and the afterparty by Will Richardson | May 5, 2007 | WhitewaterBy Billy Harris Well I was sitting in my underwear doing email in Beachburg when the men were called into the eddy for warm up rides. The French brought me some cheese and told me to eat it in the morning and I was snacking on it all stretched out at Jen...
7am- World Championships Semi-Finals and Finals Day- final thoughts… by Will Richardson | May 4, 2007 | WhitewaterToday is the day where all current World Champions, like myself, will be stripped of their titles, and those titles are now up for grabs. No everyone gets a shot at becoming the next world champion. Only those who made their countries teams and could compete in the...
Down the Road a Motivational surprise, and Talent sitting in an eddy by Will Richardson | May 4, 2007 | WhitewaterBy Billy Harris Well yesterday saw some pretty amazing rides, no doubt some of the highest scoring rides of the competition. What a lot of people miss is the training that goes into this. Not just skills, however there are tones of tricks to learn. But the time, it...
