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USWWRA — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 01:37:00 GMT

Burnt Ranch Gorge, CA

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2010 Southwest Races

Date	Race	Class	Section	River	State	Craft	Series	Official
Random	Duzen Dash	IV(-)	Grizzley Park	Van Duzen	CA	K(S)	-	PH
April 10	NF Yuba	IV(+)	Goodyears	NF Yuba	CA	K(S,L,SL,W)C,R(~)	-	NFY
April 17-18	Kern River Fest	II/IV(+)	Multiple	Kern/Brush	CA	K(S,L,SL,W)	-	KRF
May 1-2	Nordheimer Race	V	Nordheimer	Cal-Salmon	CA	K(S,L,SL,W)C,R(~)	-	CP
May 7-9	Reno	III	-	Truckee	NV	K(S)R(~)	-	Reno
Sept 10-12	American River Fest	III	-	SF American	CA	K(S,L)R(~)	-	ARF
Oct 8-10	Cali-Burn Fest	V	Burnt Ranch	Trinity	CA	K(S)R(~)	-	CP
Unknown	NFA Race	IV(-)	Chamberlain	NF American	CA	K(S,L)R(2,4)C	-	CW
Unknown	American 3x Crown Race	IV(+)	Multiple	NF/MF/SF American	CA	K(S,L)R(2,4)C	-	WET
Unknown	Budo Fest	V	-	Embudo	NM	-	-	NMH20
Unknown	The Creek Race	V	-	Cherry Creek	CA	K(S,L)R(~)	-	-
Unknown	Moke Race	II/III	-	Mokelumne	CA	K(S,L)R(~)	-	Moke
Unknown	Feather River Fest	V	Tobin	NF Feather	CA	K(S,L)	-	FRF
Unknown	Box Canyon Race	IV+(V)	Box Canyon	Sacramento	CA	K(S)	-	-
Unknown	Cache Creek Race	II/III	-	Cache Creek	CA	K(S)R(~)	-	-
Unknown	Scott River Race	IV+(V)	-	Scott	CA	K(S,L)R(~)C	-	ORT

Cali-Burn Fest '08

USWWRA — Thu, 25 Dec 2008 23:54:00 GMT

Big Air Expression Session Winner: Will Parham - Photo by Wes Schrecongost Burnt Ranch Gorge Race Winner: Charlie Center - Photo by Robin Stocum.
Cali-Burn Fest '08 from Daniel Brasuell on Vimeo Over the weekend we managed to raise $1,200 for the Sun Catchers Project. Thanks to everyone who helped out! BRG Results: 1. Charlie Center 2. Rush Sturges +:15 3. Alex Wolfgram +:25 4. Brandon Gonski +:27 5. Will Parham 6. Ben Wartburg 7. Ian McClaren 8. Orion Merrideth +:51 9. Joe Carberry 10. Seth Naman 11. Diane Gaydos 12. Peter Malkin 13. Mike Lee 14. Davey O'Hare 15. Megan Harpham +2:01 Writeup at Canoe&Kayak. Thanks again to Kokatat, C&K, Colorado Kayak Supply, Farmer Brown's Garden Supply, Etna Brew CO, Cali-Product, American Whitewater. Also huge thanks to Daniel Brasuell of AWetState for putting together the video. Hope to see you all there next year! Sparking everything off is a show at Humbrews Thursday Oct 9th. Subliminal Sabatoge and Adrenaline Rush show following the showing of YoungGunProduction's newest film "Source". In addition to a great show everyone who shows up will be making a difference on a global scale, feeding those in need. Show starts at 9pm. $5 doors. Adrenaline Rush Myspace SubSab Myspace Combining an Explosive Big Air Ocean Expression Session with TWO days of racing through Burnt Ranch Gorge, this year's Cali-Burn Fest is set to be one hell of a good time! New events to look forward to include a Boater-X through the Falls, Slalom through Hennessey, Team Relay (Bottom of #3 to Grays), along with the Classic Burnt Ranch Race (above Son of Scrapper - #2). Safety Boaters are GREATLY APPRECIATED! Free camping will be available at Rita's Place (Same spot as last year). If you don't know where to go, come to the race and we'll give you directions from there. Fundraiser - Please Help Out. Rita Riewert's Sun Catchers Project is sponsoring this event and providing a spot for everyone to camp at. If everyone could kick down $10 as a Thank You and to help her cause, that would be awesome. She'll also have some shirts and sweatshirts available if anyone wanted to help out that way as well. The Sun Catchers Project is a non-profit organization which builds and donates solar ovens to impoverished African villages. These ovens come in a family size version as well as a village size which can cook up to 1,500 meals a day! For her to be able to continue this great cause she needs your support. Rough Plan: Friday, October 10th at Noon, Big Air Expression Session, Camel Rock - Westhaven, CA. No Rules, just surf and have a good time. The best aerials,rides,carnage, etc caught on video wins. Directions to Camel Rock:
View Larger Map Saturday, October 11th. "11am" - meet at the Dump. Classic Burnt Ranch Race + Hennessey Slalom. Race will go from above Son of Scrapper to Bottom of #2, Rafts welcome. After the Classic there will be a Slalom through the rapid Hennessey. Racers will have to navigate gates (if we get them up in time), catch certain eddies, etc. After the race head back to Rita's place. Sunday, October 12th. - NO Long Boats this day - 9' Max Length! (For sake of competition during team event) "11am" - meet at the Dump. Boater-X through the Falls. Team Relay from bottom of 3 to Grays. The Boater-X will be 4 person head-to-head style heats. Top racer (or two) from each heat moves on until there's a winner. No Long Boats - 9' Max Length. Team Relay - 2 Person Teams from Bottom of the Falls to Grays. Exchange Race Bibs/Racers around Walrus Rapid. Lower section will be divided in half (roughly near Walrus Rapid). Race will have one of the racers paddle down to a partner waiting near Walrus. 1st Racer will hand off racebib and the 2nd paddler will race down from there to Gray's. First across the finish line at Gray's wins. Directions to Burnt Ranch Dump (Put-in):
View Larger Map Winner History: 2005 - Alex Wolfgram - 3,700cfs 2006 - Charlie Center (LB) Rush Sturges (SB) 2007 - Charlie Center (LB) Todd Baker (SB) Bigfoot (Raft) For more info on last year's race: Click Here 2006 Results Video 2006 Promo Video var woopra_id = '928492645';

Nordheimer Race 2008

USWWRA — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 23:28:00 GMT

A huge thanks to Darin McQuoid for creating the flier.Also a big thanks to Jesse Coombs, Ben Stookesberry, and Rush Sturges for showing their films. For more info on each of the films: Nordheimer Race 2008 Thanks to Daniel Brasuell of AwetState for not only putting the video together but for all the help with the raffle and MC work. Total amount raised for Sean's Memorial Fund was $893. Thank You to everyone who made this possible.Results: Kayak Long Boat: 1st Place: Dan Menten 40:15 2nd Place: Charlie Center 41:07 3rd Place: Chris Hatton 41:41 Kayak Short Boat: 1st Place: Ben Hawthorne 43:24 2nd Place: Austin Rathman 43:32 3rd Place: Unknown Lime Green 45:52 Email me if you know who 3rd was. Raft: 1st Place: ORT 46:00 2nd Place: BIGFOOT 48:11 3rd Place: Cali Women 49:29 Cataraft: 1st Place: Tom Hoeck 49:43 Oar Assist: 1st Place: Mike Mcgee 1:04:49 But we all know the real winners of the race were: For more photos go to: James Mitchell's Photos He mentioned something about selling pictures so if you're interested you can get a hold of him at: trinityalpsphoto@gmail.com Last year's race video: Thanks to Daniel Brasuell and James McLeod for putting last year's video together.

Event Details: Current Sponsors: Cali-Product, Colorado Kayak Supply, Darin McQuoid Photography, Face Level, Grapevine Apparel, Immersion Research, Information Miner, Kokatat , Meredith Family Vineyards, New Belgium Brewery, Somes Bar Store, American Whitewater and AWetState. When: May 2-4th, 2008 - Race on May 3rd. Where: Nordheimer section of the Cal-Salmon. Cost: As always everything is free. Raffle tickets are $1 each. Themed Race: There is a Pirates vs Superhero theme to the race. Supervillains are also welcome. Everyone is encouraged to race in their costume, just be sure you'll still float... Memorial Race Fundraiser ($1 Raffle Tickets): On November 9th 2007, Sean Langevin, 23, a longtime friend of several paddlers, was ambushed and killed near the eastern border of Afghanistan with his Army Unit. One of 9 killed in that attack, Sean left behind a wife, Jessica, who is expecting their 1st daughter, Zoe, in March of 2008. The hope is that we will be able to solicit enough donations to be able to make a sizeable contribution to Sean’s unborn daughter’s Trust Fund established with Wells Fargo. Raffle tickets will be available throughout the weekend for $1 a piece. 100% of the proceeds will be deposited into the memorial fund. So bring some cash cause you could win some pretty cool gear and at the very least you'll be making a huge difference in someone's life. T-Shirts: Event T-Shirts will be available thanks to Grapevine Apparel and Daniel Brasuell of www.Awetstate.com all weekend for $10. If you would like to buy a t-shirt please register for the race and put down what size you wear. This will help us predict the quanity and sizes to order. 100% of the T-Shirt proceeds will be deposited into the Memorial Fund as well. Camping: Free camping will be available at "Campground B" at the Nordheimer Campground (Same spot as last year). Event Schedule: Friday, May 2nd 2007 - Free party and camping at Nordheimer Campground Site B. Party starts when the first person gets there. Saturday, May 3rd 2007 - Race time TBD. This is the reason you should register, fill out the space that asks what time you would like the race to start. Please remember everyone will most likely be going big Friday night and won't want to wake up at 8am to race. Mass Start Format. Post Race Wiffle Ball Game - After the race head back to Campground B for one of the largest and most wild Wiffle Ball games you have ever played. Saturday Night Festivities - Race and Raffle Winners will be announced. I'm working on getting Live Music, let me know if you can help me out with this at all. For Information on last year's race: Click Here