Women in Dowd Chute

A nice follow up to the last video we posted. The Chute has our number this year..

The water is still huge in Colorado!

Dowd Chute at High Water!

The Men's Team ran Dowd Chute at 8 feet last night. Pretty exciting run. We definitely need to glue the footcups back into the front of the boat. Watch the video to find out why.

Creek at the Peak Race on Clear Creek

The men and women took 1st and 5th place respectively at the Creek at the Peak Race this weekend on Clear Creek. Great finish for both teams considering there was no women's division. The ladies crushed it, ending up on top of most of the men's teams that entered the race. Go USA! 

Thanks Brett for a great race, we hope you raised a pile of money for GOALS! It's a great cause and everyone should check out the site: www.goals4youth.org.

Official race results are posted here on MountainBuzz.

2011 Teva Mountain Games

The 2011Teva Mountain Games wrapped up Sunday night. What a weekend! Warm weather, tons of people, great competitions. Definitely one of the highlights of every racing season for the team. We posted out in a tent most of the weekend, handing out business cards and talking with folks about the team. We had a beautiful spot right next to Gore Creek. Not a bad place to spend a couple of warm summer days. 

The meet-and-greet hosted by Vendetta's on Friday night was a success. We were able to meet and share beers with lots of great folks. Thanks to Vendetta's for hosting and to all of you who came out a purchased t-shirts and raffle tickets. You help make all of this possible!

Sunday was the only day of competition for the teams. We entered six two-man teams into the Raft Cross event. This event is a real crowd pleaser every year. Teams of two race head-to-head down course that is a cross between a sprint and a giant slalom. This year, each team raced in a Hyside Mini-Me, a very unstable and arguably silly boat--but a hell of a lot of fun. There was plenty of carnage in the hole at the finish line which drove the crowd wild. In the end, two of our teams advanced through the qualifiers to the finals. The last race came down to the last upstream slalom gate, perched perilously close to a good-sized hole. A New Zealand team was in the lead, but was bumped out of the gate by one US Raft Team boat, and then slammed backwards by the other. One of our teams made it through the gate and to the finish first. The kiwis came in a close second, and the second Raft Team flipped in the hole and swam across the finish. We finished up the day with a first and a third place medal and $1000 in prize money. Not a bad day!