2001 Whitehorse Whitewater Rodeo

RESULTS - 2001 YUKON CANOE AND KAYAK CLUB WHITEWATER RODEO

SLALOM: a difficult course of 9 gates threaded through a wild stretch of whitewater, this course challenged all the paddlers who put on a great show for the spectators who lined the river to watch. Time was added for gates touched, and for gates missed.

FREESTYLE RODEO: here is where the paddlers get to show their "tricks", throwing out spins, surfs, cartwheels, blunts, roundhouses, and just plain great moves for the crowd to appreciate and admire. This event attracted both kayaks and canoes, and gave the spectators lots to cheer about.

Competitors got points for the difficulty of the moves they did, and the variety of different moves, as well as crowd appreciation. Owen Holmes was the undisputed classiest showman of the bunch!

GIANT SLALOM: in the interest of time and spectator fun, we did a mass start for this final event. Competitors were SUPPOSED to pick up 7 streamers from posts along the way, but most cheated just a little here and there... The judge's subjective final ranking for competitors out of the resulting pandemonium is:

A BIG thanks to all the Whitehorse businesses who donated prizes or provided other forms of support for this rodeo. And a BIG thanks to all the volunteers who make events like this a reality in the Yukon - we couldn't do this without you!

A particular thanks to John Quinsey for taking the lead in setting up and organizing the Slalom course and event, and to Kevin Daffe for organizing the freestyle wave event.

Be sure to get out there and try out the slalom course - it is exciting, and will only be there for a while!

Yukon Energy Corp: use of their waterway, and funds for club equipment and program supports