Results

The 2008 Boatercross was held in O-Deck.  Instead of the preliminary heats advertised in the event description, the competitors voted for a mass start race.  They lined up against the Flake, waited for the starting judge to shout "Go!" and then careened through the rapid.  There were two buoys to negotiate: one in the big river left eddy and one at the bottom of Fisherman's Eddy.  After rou

The 2008 Community Gorge Paddle was a great success, with several participants saying it was the best ever.  After handing out the awards, we paddled through S-Turn, Rocky Island, and Wet Bottom as a group.  In the flatwater below Wet Bottom we performed many "stupid human tricks" including standng up in our boats, lining up for a kayak boom run, fitting five people onto a Pirouette S, and h

Downriver Squirt

1. Steve "Stro" Strothers - 39 pts
2. Jeremy Laucks - 28 pts
3. Jim Buley - 25 pts
4. Steve Graybill - 25 pts
5. Risa Shimoda - 19 pts
6. Josh T - 15 pts
7. Monique Hubshman - 12 pts

Eddyline Squirt

Here are the tables showing the points each competitor scored, and their final place within their class. Each competitor took 3 rides. Their lowest-scoring ride was dropped, and their final score is the combination of the other two rides.

Expert

Scored according to the USAFK variety-only system.

Here are the tables of the full Great Falls Race times and placings.

Thank you to all who came to participate in this year's Community Downriver Paddle. Congratulations to those of you who paddled down Mather Gorge as fast as you could (it is a long flat water stretch!) - and congratulations to those of you who floated down the Gorge chatting with friends, throwing a Frisbee around, and looking good in silly costumes!