Reno River Festival 2019 by Jessica Yurtinus | Aug 8, 2019 | Event Coverage, Events, Playboating, Rockstar 4.0, Whitewater, WW DisciplinesIf you are looking for a freestyle competition that is full of energy, excitement, and up to 40,000 spectators, then you need to come to the Reno River Festival. This year featured a freestyle competition, boater cross, kayak slalom, SUP cross, SUP surf,...
Reno River Festival by nicktroutman | Jun 4, 2019 | Canada, Event Coverage, Events, Internationalisation, Playboating, Rockstar 4.0, Video, Whitewater, WW DisciplinesWe made our annual venture west again this year to take part in the Reno River Festival. It was an incredible year this year as water levels were high, the weather was hot, and the crowds showed up in the masses. The weekend was a total blast with live concerts, tons...
Reno River Festival: 2019 Recap by Courtney Kerin | May 24, 2019 | Event Coverage, Events, Internationalisation, New Zealand, Playboating, Rockstar 4.0, Whitewater, Wrap Ups, WW DisciplinesNestled in the desert on the southwest outskirts of Nevada sits “the worlds biggest little city”, and every spring kayakers flock to the manmade whitewater park in downtown Reno to test their skills in front of huge crowds in the snow melt waters of the Truckee River...
Reno River Festival 2019 by Jessie Stone | May 17, 2019 | Event Coverage, Events, Playboating, Rockstar 4.0, Whitewater, Wrap Ups, WW DisciplinesThis year the Truckee River was a terrific high flow with an enormous snow pack in the Sierras and warm weather arriving just in time for the 2019 Reno River Festival. With high water in the whitewater park, there were a number of great play features to choose from...
Reno River Festival by nicktroutman | May 19, 2018 | 2016 Rock Star Competition, Event Coverage, Events, Playboating, rivers, Whitewater, Wrap Ups, WW DisciplinesThis past weekend was the annual Reno River Festival. I have been coming here to Reno for many years due to it’s downtown location, great river features, huge festival, as well as the fact that we have many amazing friends who live locally. The River Fest is always...
Reno River Fest 2017 by sagedonnelly | Jun 11, 2017 | 2016 Rock Star Competition, Event Coverage, Events, Family Zone, Playboating, Trip Reports, Trips, Video, Whitewater, WW DisciplinesAfter training slalom for 6 months straight and winning both K1 and C1 Slalom Jr. Team Trials, in North Carolina, I flew home to compete in my local river festival after missing it for three years! We have been in a severe drought in Nevada to the point where the...
Reno River Festival ‘14 by colinkemp | May 26, 2014 | Whitewater Another Reno River festival is in the books, and it was an interesting one for sure. We started off the festivities in the Ninkasi Penthouse overlooking the WW park for judges meetings and a out of town boater party. Needless to say the beer was top notch and...
Getting Ready for the Reno River Festival by sagedonnelly | Apr 24, 2014 | Whitewater It’s that time of year! The Reno River Festival is just around the corner and the Reno Whitewater Park is primed to deliver a great festival. Even though the Sierra Nevada Mountains have a low snowpack, the Reno Whitewater Park was designed to have...
Jessica’s 2012 – Surviving the Apocalypse by Jessica Yurtinus | Dec 30, 2012 | Whitewater“What. . . you’re taking more time off?” I am pretty sure I heard the above sentence from just about everyone this year. Patients, family, boss, bosses boss, friends, strangers, and I think the fat homeless guy down the street. Apparently I took a lot of time off. So....
TRF “River Fun and Safety Fair” by colinkemp | Jul 29, 2012 | WhitewaterThis past Saturday JK team members Ruth Gordon, Jessica Yurtinus, and myself got to spend our Saturday teaching river safety to the youth of Reno. The river fun and safety fair is hosted by the Truckee River Foundation. Families can sign their kids up in the morning...
JK Women at Reno River Fest by Jessica Yurtinus | Jul 3, 2012 | Rockstar, WhitewaterI may be biased because it is my home town, but the Reno River Festival is one of my most favorite events of the entire year. This year was no exception. . . It was a blast. The event was moved from the middle of May to the middle of June so the water level was a...
Reno River Festival 2012 by colinkemp | Jun 21, 2012 | Events, Rockstar, WhitewaterAnother Reno River Festival is in the books. A big thanks goes out to team JK’s own Ruth Gordon for organizing the event! Well done Ruth. It was great to have Jason Craig back in action at the festival again after his super speedy recovery from his accident 18 months...
