Here in the Columbia River Gorge, we have many rivers to keep even the most skilled boaters coming back for more. Some of the best paddlers in the world call this area their home. Tao Berman, Nate and Heather Herbeck and Christie Glissmeyer just to name a few, live within a few miles of the Green Truss section of the White Salmon River. This section is home to the Gorge Games down river race and many other races. The rest of the river is filled with sections for all skill levels. That is just one river of the many we are blessed with in this region.
Other rivers worth mentioning are the Clackamas River, home to the upper Clackamas River Whitewater Festival in the spring and the East Fork of the Lewis River, home of the Northwest Creeking Competition. Rumor has it that Canyon Creek is back after begin shut down for the last few years due to a landslide blocking the put in. The Hood River is a great river for folks who are just starting to creek and want a continuous creeky style river.
All of the above rivers plus many more are detailed in the book, Soggy Sneakers, written and updated by several local paddlers. This book is now in it’s fourth edition and is also available in the “Kindle” ebook edition.
The one thing that makes this area the absolute best place to paddle is the people. One day you can paddle with a world record holder and the next you can paddle with an ordained minister, heck, he even married my wife and I.
Last year we invited the ocean to our ¼ century anniversary and she showed up in force. She started with a tsunami, excited everyone with epic pre-contest glassy overhead surf, and finished with the biggest storm we ever had. We had to shut down the PaddleFest a day early, the first time ever, not for ... Read More →
Preceding the Creek Comp will be WWCS Event#1 the Upper Wind Festival March 17th and 18th.
Luke Spencer will be coordinating the kayak events this season.
We all can fuel our tanks for WWCS-IV at the season kickoff party February 22nd at the Blitz Ladd.
Download the details here:
http://www.oregonraftingteam.com/
At this time we have about 10 kayak paddles from Aquabound and 3 (4) piece breakdown paddles.
Lamiglass oars.
Team ... Read More →
Western Whitewater Championship Series
Event # 2: 2012 Northwest Creeking Competition April 21 & 22nd
for more info on the series go to http://www.oregonraftingteam.com/events-2/western-whitewater-championship-series-iv/
The date is set for the 2012 NW Creeking Competition and we are excited to have everyone out for more fun and exciting competition!
This years event will challenge racers on two courses which includes Saturday’s East ... Read More →
