Upper Clackamas Whitewater Festival 25

Photo courtesy of Alan Dyck:
Luke Spencer takes flight.

"The 25th Annual Upper Clackamas Whitewater Festival was a huge success with record setting water levels, crowds and temperatures! Saturday's events kicked off with the Clackacraft Drift boat Slalom and continued with raft, hard shell kayak, cataraft and even river boards. The afternoon events wrapped up with the highly anticipated return of the Big Air Ramp Competition with kayakers hurling themselves through the air to showcase the biggest kayak aerial moves possible. Evening festivities kept the festival alive late into the night with Next Adventure's free BBQ, CRG's movie premiere of "Northwest Video Scrapbook", and a great band to dance into the night. Thirsty festival goers were not disappointed as Hopworks Brewery was on tap to quench their thirst! Sunday morning brought more sun and even more water. The events got started with the Shilo Inn's Armed Forces race and the highly competitive Next Adventure Boater X with kayakers racing head-to-head to see who crosses the finish line first. The Sotar West Coast Championship Series wrapped up the event with the competitors competing for a chance to head to the Nationals taking place in Idaho in a couple of weeks. All in all we couldn't have asked for anything more and we look forward to seeing everyone at next years Upper Clackamas Whitewater fest.

-Luke Spencer (competitor, NA kayak guru)

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Upper Clackamas Whitewater Festival- official site