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The League of Northwest Whitewater Racers is an all-volunteer group of paddlers in the Pacific Northwest. Under the auspices of the American Canoe Association, USA Canoe&Kayak, and the Washington Kayak Club, the League organizes wildwater races as well as races and training clinics in whitewater slalom. Come and join us! |
The Latest Pacific Northwest Racing News & Results
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IMPORTANT RACE CALENDARS !!
2025 Pacific Northwest Slalom Races HERE
2025 National Slalom and Kayak Cross Races HERE
November 2-3 - WKC Fall Cedar Slalom
Cedar River, class II+, Ravensdale, WA
contact Bob Duffner bduffner[at]comcast.net
race info HERE (PDF) or HERE (DOCx)
Results HERE
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RECORD
TURNOUT FOR THE WKC FALL CEDAR RIVER INTERNATIONAL SLALOM
What a
turnout!!! 60+ participants from <14 to >70 paddling K1, K2, C1, OC1,
OC2, and Packraft raced at the fall slalom WKC event on the Cedar River.
Racers came from all over Washington, Hood River, Portland and Bend,
Oregon and British Columbia. In addition, many other paddlers were
there on the course on Saturday and/or participated in the slalom
clinics. We definitely hit the record for the biggest Cedar River
Slalom in history and the most open boaters at a slalom race in
Washington in my memory.
The biggest
class of the day was the under 16 crowd! Sure most of them were
Canadians, but not all. We can’t wait to watch these kids progress
over the next few years. And finally, the SOG (Sixty and over) class
was NOT the largest (although the 70+ class is gaining momentum).
Thanks to
our course Designer, Jacob Selander, and our course construction and
race organization crew Karl Guntheroth, Bob Duffner and Dawn
Meekhof. And thanks to all who went with the flow and helped out during
the day to ensure that 60 racers can do 2 to 4 runs each and still be
done in less than 5 hours!
Put the
Spring Cedar River International Slalom on your calendar now: April 5
and 6, 2025. And until then, don’t forget to take advantage of the
permanent slalom gates on the Cedar River and keep that slalom buzz
alive! Look for group paddling opportunities and clinics on the
Washington Kayak Club website and the League and WKC facebook pages.
For some fabulous photos, check these two sites out. Richard Ivey says you are welcome to use the photos as you like. (Always nice to give credit, though!)
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The 2024 NW Whitewater Slalom Cup Series The Northwest Whitewater Slalom Cup Series is a series of local whitewater races in the Pacific Northwest. Everyone who enters any of these races will receive a minimum of 10 points for every class they participate in (regardless of whether they make it to the finish line!). Join us for cool end-of-season prizes! For Cup rules click HERE. Earn points at each race for end of season prizes.ne 1-2. Salmon la Sac. February 24-25 - Bull Run Slalom #1 * Bull Run River, class III+, Sandy, OR David Johnson johnsoda7@gmail.com
March 24-29 – Tentative Spring Training Camp March 30-31 – Tentative Bull Run Race #2
April 6-7 - WKC Spring Cedar Slalom Cedar River, class II+, Ravensdale, WA Jennie Goldberg theleague@nwwhitewater.org
April 13-14 - Rich Weiss Memorial Slalom Chilliwack River, class III, Chilliwack, B.C. Jennie Goldberg theleague@nwwhitewater.org
June 1-2 - WKC Salmon la Sac Slalom/Downriver Cle Elum River, class II+, Roslyn, WA Jennie Goldberg theleague@nwwhitewater.org
November 2-3 - WKC Fall Cedar Slalom Cedar River, class II+, Ravensdale, WA Bob Duffner bduffner@comcast.net
November 16-17 - Bull Run Slalom #3 Bull Run River, class III+, Sandy, OR David Johnson johnsoda7@gmail.com
* If cancelled due to water level, alternate weekend is March 2-3 For More information: www.nwwhitewater.org Download the NW Cup Series Schedule HERE |
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It's time of the annual (smiling fish)
Washington Kayak Club's
JUNE 1-2, 2024
Salmon la Sac slalom race (and Clive Lister Memorial Toasting)
logo designed by Lilian and Kira Andrews
Race info HERE as doc or HERE as PDF
As they used to say: BTBS
[or, Be there or be square!]
Bring you instrument for the music fest Saturday night for the toasting
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WKC’s 63rd Annual Salmon la Sac Races Trip Report as a Word DOC
60 racers aged 7 to 75 came from Washington, Oregon, British Columbia, Idaho and Montana.
They converged on the Cle Elum River June 1-2, 2024
to celebrate and participate
in the longest consecutively run slalom race in the United States
WKC’s Bottoms-Up Regatta!
2024 SLS RESULTS
all results XLS | results by class PDF | results by class-time PDF | DR results PDF |
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Spring Cedar River WA Race results HERE. And it hardly rained!!!!
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Results and postings from 2023 are HERE
NW Cup Results from 2022 overall winners are HERE and winners by name are HERE
USA Slalom Olympic Trials Montgomery, AL. April 13-14
International Athletes Montgomery
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Rich Weiss Memorial slalom race / Chilliwack, British Columbia Join us for the Rich Weiss Memorial Race on Sunday, April 14, at Tamahi Rapids. This event welcomes all experience levels (capable of navigating the rapids at Tamahi) and ages, featuring slalom and plastic boat classes. The race starts at 10 am, with a registration cost of $20. You can register online or in person on race day by 8:30 am. We also need volunteers to assist with timing, judging, and more. Spectators are encouraged to come and cheer on the participants!
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OPEN CANOES, PLASTIC KAYAKS, SLALOM KAYAKS AND CANOES, K-2’s, AND IK’S Come practice your river running skills or hone your slalom race skills. Get ready for spring
Boating Season! |
February 24-25, 2024 Bull Run Slalom all info is HERE
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The 2024 Bull Run Slalom [summary] There is a
real possibility that the river will be too low or too high that weekend.
Levels need to be at or above 500 cfs or below 1800 cfs on the Bull Run @
Bull Run gauge: https://www.americanwhitewater.org/content/River/state-summary/state/OR.
Contact the race organizer: Rufus Knapp (rufus.knapp@thermofisher.com)
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A new boat for sale HERE
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The International Canoe Federation
has scheduled a Canoe Slalom Masters World Championships
23 - 25 August, 2024 in Krakow, Poland.
https://www.canoeicf.com/canoe-slalom-masters-world-championships/krakow-2024
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With great sadness we will be celebrating the life of our beloved fellow paddler David "Z" Zimmerman Friday and Saturday March 24-25, 2023. Dave died unexpectedly on March 12, 2023. Z was a stalwart of the Washington slalom community; Active as a racer, an instructor and an expert course constructor putting in many hours over 20 years. Always happy to teach others and always showed up to help and race. Z was a strong and beautiful paddler and won many races and numerous NW Cup Series titles. Together we were the best K2 paddling team west of the Mississippi! Information on his memorial March 25 is here: http://sites.google.com/view/davez/ There will also be a memorial slalom paddle on the Cedar Gates on March 24th from 2:30-5:30. A memorial paddle on the Middle Fork Snoqualmie still be held Saturday morning meeting 10 am at the Memorial site on the river. With love, Jennie Goldberg
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this page updated on: Wednesday January 29, 2025 02:07 PM -0800
