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...
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...
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...
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...
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....
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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
So far three of us would like to hit Lizard Creek on Sunday. For more details about the water, see Nate's message to the IowaWhitewater Yahoo group on 4/15. He...
Sunday, 5-18-03 Level, ~6.175 Ben, Ryan, Leonard, Lyle and I met at the take-out. Lyle and I had play boats and opted for the short run with Leonard while Ben...
Too bad I had to work that Saturday, otherwise I would have been there. How much water were they releasing? Does the power plant usually run at the full 1600...
