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The 2002 Teva Potomac Whitewater Festival is one of the most unique festivals in the country with its large number of different comeptitions which include squirt competitions, down river racing, extreme racing, hole riding, free riding, and attainment racing. Great weather and lots of spectators capped off a great event. Thank you to all of the new members of American Whitewater who joined up at the event. Check out results under the Events heading on the web page. Thank you

RHINELANDER WHITEWATER COURSE (PELICAN RAPIDS) 2002 RELEASES Note: Releases are water flow dependent, check for schedule updates DATE: May 29 (Work Day Brushing & Clean Up)TIME: 5:00 pm – 8:00 pmFLOW: No Release DATE: June 4TIME: 5:00 pm to 8:00 pmFISH RESCUE: 8:00 pm – 900 pmFLOW: 600 cfs DATE: June 24 (Paper Mill Shut Down)TIME: 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm (please no paddlers before 5:00)FLOW: Run of River Flows DATE: June 25 (Paper Mill Shut Down)TIME: 8:00 am –

You get water in the North Fork of the Feather!! What IBR (Whaaaatt? Show up and find out!) Show up with your boat and gearWhen Saturday, June 15:00 p.m.Where Belden ResortWhy Because William says so. He’s watching you This will be the kickoff to an evening of celebration for the first release on the North Fork Feather, thanks to the years of work, angst and devotion to whitewater river restoration. The rest of the evening will also make William proud

You get water in the North Fork of the Feather…. Nealy Lives!Join the eclectic with a post river-run event that will celebrate and memorialize the king of the hilarious understatement. William Nealy continues to teach and delight through his wit and talent for being able to surprise and teach us, despite ourselves. What IBR (Whaaaatt? Show up and find out!) Show up with your boat and gearWhen Saturday, June 15:00 p.m.Where Belden ResortWhy Because William says so. He’s watching you

You get water in the North Fork of the Feather…. Nealy Lives!Join the eclectic with a post river-run event that will celebrate and memorialize the king of the hilarious understatement. William Nealy continues to teach and delight through his wit and talent for being able to surprise and teach us, despite ourselves. What IBR (Whaaaatt? Show up and find out!) Show up with your boat and gearWhen Saturday, June 15:00 p.m.Where Belden ResortWhy Because William says so. He’s watching you

The new edition of Kayak Session is waiting for you, at California Canoe & kaya, the NOC Outfitters Store, Zoar Outdoors, Idaho River Sports and many dozens of other retailers across the US and Canada! Issue No. 2 includes the writing of AW Access Director Jason Robertson on the recent victory for boaters on the Grand Canyon, and Dunbar Hardy covering AW Executive Director Risa Shimoda in a personal profile. As always, the creative and production are impressive and you

This June 1st and 2nd marks the first whitewater releases in the Rock Creek and Cresta sections of the North Fork Feather. These releases are the result of a long and arduous battle for restoring these natural whitewater flows to the Feather. American Whitewater fought long odds to resurrect these flows which were historically a common occurrence in the river channel prior to construction of the hydropower dams, tunnels and powerhouses. The Saturday, June 1 release is set for 1600

In late May and early June there are scheduled releases on the Tiger Creek (Class IV) and Ponderosa Way (Class III) sections of the Mokelumne River. American Whitewater secured these releases in the relicense process for the Mokelumne Hydroelectric Project. Releases will occur on Tiger Creek on the following weekends: May 25 and 26; June 1 and 2; June 8 and 9. The Tiger Creek section is roughly three miles long. The put in is directly downstream of the Tiger

If you are a boater in the Southeast and like music, you need to be at the5th Annual French Broad River festival this weekend. The festival will beheld Friday and Saturday May 10th and 11th in the metropolis of Hot Springs,NC and will benefit AWA and The Eliada Home for Children this year. Themusic lineup includes Southern Culture on the Skids, Hobex, Jubal Foster, TheJennifer Nettles Band, Scrappy Hamilton, Tater and The Laura Blackley Bandand many more! There will also

Warm weather and excellent water levels combined for an awesome event. Competitors travelling the east coast circuit of the Teva Tour found out that New York paddlers have been keeping one of the best park and play areas under their hats. Sixty paddlers and a couple hundred spectators enjoyed some fantastic rides by some of the best competitors in the nation. Amateurs said they loved paddling and talking with many of the traveling pros. Visiting pros included Christie Dobson and

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEWednesday, April 24, 2002 Contact: Risa ShimodaOffice: (301) 589-9453 Contact: Bryan LindseyOffice: (720) 946-2174 American Whitewater and MeetingOne Teleconferencing Partner to Conserve and Protect Whitewater Rivers MeetingOne Corp., a leading provider of advanced business teleconferencing services and American Whitewater, the nation’s leading advocate for the protection and restoration of whitewater river resources, announced they have entered into a partnership that will benefit America’s whitewater rivers. “The partnership offers American Whitewater members access to the services of MeetingOne,” notes

After days of miserable cold, snow, wind, and rain, American Whitewater’s first eastern event on the Teva Tour lucked out with sun and minimal wind. All morning competitors readied themselves to compete in one of the most unique whitewater competitions in the United States. Athletes scurried up and down the banks of the Bottom Moose trying to learn as much as they could about a river that many of them had never run before. The Teva Whitewater Extreme Games presented