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46 sw14338_2 Offline Nov 15, 2002
2:04 am
Go to this link for the short version of the story. http://www.dmregister.com/life/stories/c2224444/19731043.html Make sure you go to the photos section to see...
47 sw14338_2 Offline Nov 15, 2002
5:48 pm
If you've ever wondered if you have the skills to paddle certain rivers - go here http://www.geocities.com/keelhauler/khcc/khcsr.htm...
48 sw14338_2 Offline Nov 28, 2002
5:08 pm
Here's a link to a recent Des Moines Register article...http://www.dmregister.com/news/stories/c4780932/19847052.htm l sw...
49 sw14338_2 Offline Nov 28, 2002
5:17 pm
Copied below is a post from Nate Hoogeveen concerning the upcoming Des Moines Riverwalk - Whitewater meeting. This concerns ALL boaters as the first City in...
50 sw14338_2 Offline Jan 8, 2003
7:43 pm
Ty, Reece and I went to the playhole yesterday. An excellent day. We did a few mods to the playhole and practiced a couple new mechanical advantage techniques...
51 sw14338_2 Offline Jan 9, 2003
2:41 am
Sounds like Cedar Rapids and Cedar Falls got some Vision $$$$. Iowa is moving into the 21st Century....
52 wsanford2002 <wsanfor...
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Jan 10, 2003
10:41 pm
Southeast Trip Report On December 27, our intrepid group of paddlers headed southeast in search of icefree moving water. After crawling through what must be...
53 sw14338_2 Offline Feb 3, 2003
3:45 pm
Just a reminder of several paddling events coming up: One is the Iowa Paddlesport Expos Feb. 14, 15 and 16. It's at Canoesport Outfitters in Indianola. They've...
54 sw14338_2 Offline Feb 11, 2003
5:03 pm
Fun nite at the pool...come practice your rolls, get familiar with a new boat or equipment, or just float about. The Prairie Rapids Paddlers has the YWCA pool...
55 sw14338_2 Offline Feb 12, 2003
4:31 am
The following is an excerpt from a message just received from Nate Hoogeveen, President of the Iowa Whitewater Coalition...."Boaters, Gerry and I were at the...
56 sw14338_2 Offline Feb 25, 2003
5:33 pm
More info to follow in the near future....
57 sw14338_2 Offline Feb 25, 2003
6:16 pm
Just click on the calendar link to the left. More events to follow. Feel free to add your own....
58 sw14338_2 Offline Feb 25, 2003
6:27 pm
The East Race White Water Park in South Bend, IN will be opening in June. I plan to make a few weekend trips there for public events. Also, The East Race WW...
59 sw14338_2 Offline Mar 8, 2003
8:12 pm
Finally added links for the Black Hills and the IWC...sorry Nate that it took so long. sw...
60 sw14338_2 Offline Mar 14, 2003
2:21 pm
Go to "Files" then click on "fest". These plans are set in stone. Directions to the area and the final flier will be posted ~3-28 when I get back from the SE....
61 sw14338_2 Offline Apr 4, 2003
2:30 am
labeled "March '03" Sorry if the brightness is too much. We couldn't keep the sun from shinin and the temps below 88 deg. F. Water level was 2200 cfs. Stay...
62 sw14338_2 Offline Apr 6, 2003
7:19 pm
For details see http://sweliver.home.mchsi.com/pfest03.html...
63 sw14338_2 Offline Apr 20, 2003
11:05 pm
Just got back from a 760 mile (13 hour)round-trip to the East Race in South Bend, IN. Great fun. Others came from Chicago (1.5 hrs)and Anderson (3 hrs)away....
64 oltmgm Offline Send Email Apr 21, 2003
12:14 pm
I did my first ever whitewater run. It was on South Bends half mile, man made course. That is an impressive piece of work. Three cheers for that town! There...
65 sw14338_2 Offline Apr 29, 2003
4:02 am
May 4 Paddlefest...The river's dropping nicely. Barring any heavy rains it should be playable the 4th. Short boats will rule. See ...
66 wsanford2002 Offline Send Email Apr 29, 2003
10:26 pm
Check out the photographic highlights of pour spring trip to North Carolina. New photos in the North Caroloina folder on the photo page. whitney...
67 sw14338_2 Offline May 7, 2003
9:51 pm
The camp-out was fun, the paddlin' was great, the food really hit the spot, but best of all there were close to 20 paddlers enjoying the water and as many more...
68 pyank Offline Send Email May 8, 2003
7:20 pm
I live in Southern Iowa (Fairfield) and am looking for decent places to play. I just saw your web site and was wondering if the wave in Waterloo or Cedar...
69 sw14338_2 Offline May 9, 2003
5:09 am
The Cedar is "bank-full" and all features are flat. The best levels are between 1700 and 4300 cfs. Though one can still surf down to 500. Be sure to check the...
70 sw14338_2 Offline May 9, 2003
5:15 am
Sorry for the late notice but a couple of us are heading to the Vermillion Fri. We'll meet at the Starved Rock cg at 2 and knock off a late day run. I'll be...
71 Pat Yankaus
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May 9, 2003
3:18 pm
Thanks for the tips on the Vermillion and St. Francis Pat Yankaus [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
72 Reece Peterson
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May 11, 2003
1:30 am
Pat - I don't know if you got the word but... If the Cedar at Waterloo is over 4000 cfp don't bother about driving up here. Anything up to there is good. 4000...
73 ld_rec Offline Send Email May 13, 2003
1:36 pm
I grabbed and uploaded a bunch of video frames from the latest event to the ThunderFest 2003 folder. Nice spin sequence, Piper!...
74 sw14338_2 Offline May 13, 2003
5:49 pm
I've been scoping out the boulder rapids, looking for a play spot in Chickasaw Park on the Little Cedar R. Last week after hearing about it from Nate, I...
75 ld_rec Offline Send Email May 15, 2003
10:01 pm
I have not checked, but I would think that Clay Hole still has too much water. So I'm looking to hook up with a ww day trip on Sunday, the 18th, that is...
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