Kettle River Paddle Festival

[tonyvav]

Join the fun in Sandstone, Minnesota May 2-4
Down-river race, white water rodeo, demo boats and paddling clinics.
http://www.kettleriverpaddlefest.com/

[kcanoe]

Thanks for the heads up Tony! Is anyone going to the Kettle river this weekend?

I just found another race here in MN -- http://www.snakerivercanoerace.org/ its gonna be a chilly one!

kcanoe

[tonyvav]

The Kettle River Paddle Festival is happening again, May 1,2,3 2009-- in Sandstone MN on the Beautiful and Wild Kettle River.
Flat water and white water paddling for canoers and kayakers. http://kettleriverpaddlefest.com/

[tonyvav]

Here's a link to some Kettle River video.
http://kettleriverpaddlefest.com/kettle%20river%20run%20video.htm

[tonyvav]

The event keeps getting better, this year we had perfect weather and a great water level. Kayaks, canoes, and rafts all on a class 3 river. Over 100 paddlers showed up for the festival, for a few it was the first time going down the river.
Mike Manger took first place in the white-water rodeo, second went to Brody Johnson, third place and the crowd favorite was Dave Jergenson in a Mohawk Probe canoe.
This year's winner of the "Kettle River Run" was a Perception Pirouette, paddled by Natalie Griffith. The race combines white water skill and paddling strength, great job Natalie.
River race, rodeo, fireworks, a big paddlers party with great sponsors. Put it all on a beautiful, wild river and it's no secret the Kettle River Paddle Fest is getting a reputation,
"laid back and action packed".
I'm already looking forward to next year.
Tony Vavricka