What a weekend we had! With a drought in firm place throughout most of the country paddlers flooded into the mountains of
The festival is a huge fundraiser for American Whitewater’s stewardship work. In addition to AW’s largest fundraiser the Gauley Festival also hosts the largest membership drive with just fewer than 400 memberships taken at the event. A big thank you to Clif Bar, Dagger Kayaks, Jackson Kayak, Kayak Session, KEEN, Kokatat, Mion Footwear, NRS, Outdoor Play, Pyranha Kayaks, and Wave Sport for contributing to this year’s Gauley Festival membership drive.
Making the festival happen was an incredible group of volunteers who set the festival up, ran it smoothly, and helped pack things away in record time. A big thank you to Stacey Johnson from
No river festival would be complete without some great on water activities and this year we had the 4th Wave Sport Open, which included a mass start Pillow Rock Race. AW would also like to thank Anna Levesque from Girls at Play, North American River Runner, and Kokatat for hosting the Ladies on the Lower G which raised money for AW’s River Stewardship efforts.
At this year’s Gauley Festival American Whitewater and Wave Sport presented the Steward of the Year Award to Barry Adams of
We would like to thank all those who attended the fest, the volunteers, the vendors, and
American Whitewater is in the process of conducting an economic impact study of Gauley Fest so that we can help educate the local community on the benefits of adventure recreation and the Gauley River. Please see link below.
If you attended the event please take a moment and help American Whitewater out by completing this economic impact survey at:
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=oMPmdbPR2l63iZ7YaYX3pw_3d_3d