Dates

Hey all, this years event will be put on by WRI (thanks for taking the reigns this year) and the date will be June 29 & 30. Info here-- https://www.facebook.com/events/521889141684947/?event_time_id=521889148351613

SLALOM RESULTS

K1 RAC 1 CODY HARRIS 02:47.5 5 K1 RAC 2 GONZO 0:02:57 0 K1 RACE 3 PAUL H 0:03:01 0 K1 RACE 4 MARTIN B 3:07 5 K1 RACE 5 TODD R 0:03:19 5 K1 CR YOUTH 1 JUSTIN HARRIS 6:00:00 0 K1 CR 1 PAUL H 3:08:00 0 K1 CR 2 MARTIN B 0:03:14 5 K1 CR 3 DAVE R 03:26.2 0 K1 CR 4 TODD R 3:27:00 0 K1 CR 5 MITCH 4:03 50 K1 CR 6 RIO 0:04:03 50 K1 CR 7 SEBASTIAN 4:05 10 K1 CR 8 JACK S 4:10:00 50 K1 CR 9 JARED B 4:26:00 50 K1 CR 10 ETHAN 5:50 110 K1 CR W 1 LAUREN 4:39 50 K1 CR W 2 DANIELLE 5:07 55 K1 CR W 3 MADDEY 5:07 55 K1 CR W 4 ROSIE 5:26 60 K1 CR W 5 LISA 5:31 100 K1 CR W 6 BRITTANY 6:44 160 K1 PLAY W 1 DANIELLE 4:26 55 K2 1 CODY/JUSTIN 3:43 5 K2 2 TODD/DANIELLE 4:20 10 K2 3 PAUL/MADDEY 4:45 55 K2 4 GONZO/ETHAN 4:47 10 K2 5 CODY/LIAM 4:57 70 K2 6 RIO/SEBASTIAN 6:23 65 OC1 1 CODY 3:39 5 OC1 2 CHET 3:46 0 OC1 3 ALAN B 3:53 0 OC1 4 JEFF CARTY 04:18.2 0 OC1 5 JOHN G 4:34 50 OC1 6 JEFF STYLES 4:34 50 OC1 7 MARTIN 5:06 55 OC1 8 MATT Q 05:12.5 55 OC1 9 B 5:29 105 OC1 10 BRANDON STYLES 6:48 155 OC2 1 JEFF S/CHET 4:01 0 OC2 2 JOHN/ALAN 4:39 5 OC2 3 B/TODD 4:57 10 OC2 4 MATT/CHET 5:30 60 OC2 5 B/MATT 5:47 115 RUBBER 1 JEN SAUER 5:43 250 RUBBER 2 BECCA WALLACE LONGER LOTS SWIM 1 YUVAL 7:39 150 First of all sorry for the format- I dislike Excel As for reading the results- in bold is the class and then finish place. Then total time including penalties, and the last number is the total penalties. Subtract the penalty amount in seconds and that will tell you your raw time. Thanks so much to everyone that participated and especially to all of the volunteers!!!!

Downriver Results

SUP 1 DEAN LEEPER 1:21:30 SUP 2 CHARLIE BAKER 1:50:00 REC KAYAK 1 DAVID BIXBY 1:17:30 REC KAYAK 2 CHRIS CONNOR 1:25:30 REC KAYAK (W) 3~1 PAW WARD 1:27:23 REC CANOE 1 TOM & TERRY CARLSON 1:27:48 REC CANOE 2 MEG & KIP GIDDINGS 2:02:10 TOUR YAK 1 TOM YULE 1:24:42 SOLO CANOE 1 WESLEY YULE 2:02:25 RACE CANOE 1 JOHN SCOTT & CHET MORRIS 1:11:10 RACE CANOE 2 JOHN ANDERSON& JEN STRAUGHAN 1:19:22 RACE YAK 1 MIKE LESNIK 1:13:02

2018 Info

Important info for this years event: Downriver Race- July 7 10:30AM Johnsrud Park to Weigh Station access, 11 mile class I+-II-. Most of the course is just moving water, however there are a few minor rapids to negotiate. The rapids are not technical, just a few waves and rocks to dodge, if you want to keep your boat dry. This is a really great stretch of river for a downriver race as it is suitable for any type of paddle powered craft, canoe-kayak-sup, and beginner to advanced paddlers will enjoy the course. The fastest boats may complete the race in around an hour with the slower boats often times around an hour and twenty minutes, this of course depends on water flow, maybe a little longer if you are a more relaxed 'racer'. Registration will be held prior to the start of the event, usually around 9:30am, until about 10:30am which is when the racer meeting is held with the race starting at 11am, hopefully. The race starts in 3 heats, with the Recreational class(es) going first, the standard class second, and the Race class starting last. This usually works out so that most of the boats get to the finish line around a similar time, making the finish exciting to watch. Your boat class is determined by your boat type/length (we will help with this at the race site). Sprint Race- July 7 4pm Roundup Rapid mile mark 26.7 Hwy 200 (Slalom course site). Class II-II+ Rapid. This race is always different every year. Some years its boater cross style other years it has been head to head or one at a time or even giant slalom style, maybe even an upstream race ;)(which we have done in the past and it was awesome). I always leave it open to the racers to vote on and help decide what they would enjoy more. Generally it is a race from the top of the slalom course to the bottom, fastest time or boater wins, usually done in multiple heats. This is open to canoes, kayaks and sup, each as a different class or we could do it all together, again this event is ever changing. Registration for this event can be done in the morning at the downriver start or at Roundup before the event, usually starting at 3pm or so( I have to cleanup after downriver and get to Roundup). Slalom Race- July 8 10am Roundup Rapid mile mark 26.7 Hwy 200. Class II-II+ Rapid 15-20 gate course. Negotiate upstream and downstream gates from start of the course to the finish line. Making your way through gates that are either going downstream or in an eddy going back upstream. Touching a gate adds 5 seconds to your time and missing a gate adds 50 seconds to your time. Classes are separated by canoe (solo, tandem, decked(c1)), kayak (play boat, creek boat, race) and SUP (stand up paddleboard), and sometimes a swimmer class ;). 2 runs per class, best time is kept, fastest time wins. Usually this race takes all day, or a large part of the day. You may race in more than one class (solo canoe, creek boat etc...). We always need folks to judge gates so if you have friends or family, or maybe when you are not racing you might watch a gate station. Because this race is time consuming we will have the racers meeting at 10 and start races at 10:30. After the races are all complete you get your scores and we find out the winners. Slalom Course construction- July 6(Friday) 10:30am. We will be constructing the course the Thurs. of the event. This is a big undertaking and we always need more hands on deck. If you have helped in the past we could use your know how, if you have never helped in the past we can guide you and would appreciate the person power. This usually takes 6-8 hours to complete. Often times we have folks show up right away and others show up later in the day. This works well as the second wave brings some more energy to help finish it out. If you are interested in helping with this please email me for more details blackfootriverchallenge@gmail.com. Food Drive/ Fundraiser for Missoula Food Bank- this whole event is a food drive/fundraiser for the Missoula Food Bank. All of the proceeds from entry fees and sponsor donations are donated directly to the Missoula Food Bank. We also do a non-perishable food drive during the event. Please bring any amount of non-perishable food items to donate. We will have bins on site that will be taken to the Food Bank with the proceeds. Entry Fees- Unfortunately we do have to charge for the event. The fees do go to a good cause though (see above). 1 event is $20. 2 or more events is $25. (downriver + slalom = $25, slalom only = $20, downriver + sprint + slalom = $25). Registration can be done on site, however if you want to register early please email me and I can send you a registration form that you could mail back to me.

2018 dates!! July 7-8

Hey all the dates have been chose!! July 7 and 8 is what has been chosen for this year. We should have a good runoff this year (it has already been big) and we should have plenty of water left in July as well. The past few years the flow has been low but very fun for the weekend of the event. I suspect it may be a little higher this year, but even if it is low the last few years have shown that we can run the event at pretty much any water flow (We generally error towards lower flows as it is more forgiving and usually warmer). Hope to see you all out again this year...This will be the 10th Annual!!!

2017 Results

Finally Right!? Blackfoot River Challenge 2017 Slalom Results OC1 1 Brandon Salayi 2:42.03 2 Jeff Styles 2:43.22 3 Chet Morris 2:43.90 4 John Gallagher 2:48.69 5 Alan Burgmuller 2:50.38 6 Matt Quinlan 3:45 7 Ileana Areiza 3:50 8 Sean Sullivan 4:08 9 Paul H 4:14 10 Brandon Styles 4:20 11 Judd 7:02 K1W 1 Jess Huckins 2:58 2 Danielle 3:16 3 Lisa Ronald 3:35 K1 CR. 1 Kyle Sillars 2:42 2 Paul 2:44 3 Brandon Salayi 2:52 4 Jack 2:53 5 Alan B 3:03 6 Danielle 3:20 7 Todd 4:59 C1 1 B Salayi 2:48 2 Chet 2:50 K1 RACE 1 Paul 2:42 2 Alan B 3:41 K1 PLAY 1 Paul 2:57 2 Jack 3:13 3 Piotr 4:48 OC2 1 Jeff/Chet 2:59 2 John/Alan 3:18 3 Ile/ Chet 3:34 4 Renee/B 3:55 5 Matt/John 4:21 6 Ile/Alan 4:33 Downriver Results Rec Kayak W 1 Annie Butler 1:39:20 2 Pam Ward 1:46:39 Rec Kayak 1 Kipton Giddings 1:51:04 2 Piotr 1:58:04 Solo Canoe 1 Jeff Styles 1:33:44 2 Lee Bartlett 1:34:10 3/1Nadia White 1:44:32 Rec Canoe 1 Trev & Jake 2:35:00 Tour Kayak 1 Karl 1:38:59 Standard Canoe 1 Taira & Brandon 1:41:47 2 Richard & Judy 1:55:48 Standard Canoe W 1 Lily & Ile 2:51:10 2 Meg & Beth 2:11:16 Race Kayak 1 Mike Lesnik 1:30:52

2017 Event Info

Important info for this years event: Downriver Race- July 22 10:30AM Johnsrud Park to Weigh Station access, 11 mile class I+-II-. Most of the course is just moving water, however there are a few minor rapids to negotiate. The rapids are not technical, just a few waves and rocks to dodge, if you want to keep your boat dry. This is a really great stretch of river for a downriver race as it is suitable for any type of paddle powered craft, canoe-kayak-sup, and beginer to advanced paddlers will enjoy the course. The fastest boats may complete the race in around an hour with the slower boats often times around an hour and twenty minutes (slightly lower water this year may add a little to the total time), this of course depends on water flow, maybe a little longer if you are a more relaxed 'racer'. Registration will be held prior to the start of the event, usually around 9:30am, until about 10:30am which is when the racer meeting is held with the race starting at 11am, hopefully. The race starts in 3 heats, with the Recreational class(es) going first, the standard class second, and the Race class starting last. This usually works out so that most of the boats get to the finish line around a similar time, making the finish exciting to watch. Your boat class is determined by your boat type/length (we will help with this at the race site). Sprint Race- July 22 4pm Roundup Rapid mile mark 26.7 Hwy 200 (Slalom course site). Class II-II+ Rapid. This race is always different every year. Some years its boater cross style other years it has been head to head or one at a time or even giant slalom style, maybe even an upstream race ;)(which we have done in the past and it was awesome). I always leave it open to the racers to vote on and help decide what they would enjoy more. Generally it is a race from the top of the slalom course to the bottom, fastest time or boater wins, usually done in multiple heats. This is open to canoes, kayaks and sup, each as a different class or we could do it all together, again this event is ever changing. Registration for this event can be done in the morning at the downriver start or at Roundup before the event, usually starting at 3pm or so( I have to cleanup after downriver and get to Roundup). Slalom Race- July 23 10am Roundup Rapid mile mark 26.7 Hwy 200. Class II-II+ Rapid 15-20 gate course. Negotiate upstream and downstream gates from start of the course to the finish line. Making your way through gates that are either going downstream or in an eddy going back upstream. Touching a gate adds 5 seconds to your time and missing a gate adds 50 seconds to your time. Classes are seperated by canoe (solo, tandem, decked(c1)), kayak (playboat, creekboat, race) and SUP (stand up paddleboard), and sometimes a swimmer class ;). 2 runs per class, best time is kept, fastest time wins. Usually this race takes all day, or a large part of the day. You may race in more than one class (solo canoe, creekboat etc...). We always need folks to judge gates so if you have freinds or family, or maybe when you are not racing you might watch a gate station. Because this race is time consuming we will have the racers meeting at 10 and start races at 10:30. After the races are all complete you get your scores and we find out the winners. Slalom Course construction- July 20(Thursday) 10:30am. We will be constructing the course the Thurs. of the event. This is a big undertaking and we always need more hands on deck. If you have helped in the past we could use your know how, if you have never helped in the past we can guide you and would appreciate the person power. This usually takes 6-8 hours to complete. Often times we have folks show up right away and others show up later in the day. This works well as the second wave brings some more energy to help finish it out. If you are interested in helping with this please email me for more details blackfootriverchallenge@gmail.com. Food Drive/ Fundraiser for Missoula Food Bank- this whole event is a food drive/fundraiser for the Missoula Food Bank. All of the proceeds from entry fees and sponsor donations are donated directly to the Missoula Food Bank. We also do a non-perishable food drive during the event. Please bring any amount of non-perishable food items to donate. We will have bins on site that will be taken to the Food Bank with the proceeds. Entry Fees- Unfortunately we do have to charge for the event. The fees do go to a good cause though (see above). 1 event is $20. 2 or more events is $25. (downriver + slalom = $25, slalom only = $20, downriver + sprint + slalom = $25). Registration can be done on site, however if you want to register early please email me and I can send you a registration form that you could mail back to me.