To register your women’s, men’s, or junior’s R-6 teams, please visit the Royal Gorge Whitewater festival here: http://www.royalgorgewhitewaterfestival.com/events/usa-rafting-nationals/. Hope to see you in Colorado!

For more details on the Men’s, Women’s, and Junior’s R6 Nationals Race, please visit the USRA Nationals Event page here or the Race Organizer’s page here.

Oregon Rafting Team (ORT) Fundraiser this Friday March 8th at Next Adventure Paddle Sports in Portland, Oregon!

• All ages!
• Tons of high quality new gear to be auctioned off!
• Ninkasi!
• In store discounts!
• Films! Portland premier of Habitat. Lots of carnage and several new whitewater shorts.
• Live band!
• No cover!
• Free t-shirts!

More details here: http://nextadventure.net/community/event/ort-fundraiser

For all you northwest boaters out there, a tentative schedule for local raft racing can be found on the Oregon Rafting Team site below!

http://www.oregonraftingteam.com/events-2/western-whitewater-championship-series-iv/

Check out some great raft, kayak, and cataraft racing in Oregon, Washington, and Northern California. Here’s a link to the series.

Canyon Creek, WA

Sunset Falls- East Fork Lewis, WA

Horseshoe Falls- East Fork Lewis, WA

Check out the 2012 USRA Race Series Schedules page here. Dates, locations, and race organizer contact information can be found on the page. Looking like a great 2012 season across the Nation!

Man, those AIRE boats are shiny! 4 pro men and 4 pro women teams competed in this year’s USRA Rafting Nationals on the Upper Clackamas. Add in 5 recreational teams to the mix and we had one heck of a good time! Team Teva (CO) took 1st ahead of  the Ark Sharks (CO) and the Oregon Rafting Team (ORT, OR).

Some local press:
Oregonian article on UCWWF featuring ORT
Oregonian article on USRA Nationals featuring ORT

Team Teva leads the pack out of Fish Creek during the mass start downriver race to Memaloose.

AIRE graciously provided race boats for all the pro men and women teams during Nationals, thanks!

ORT peels out of upriver gate B above Carter Falls.

ORT members Law (left) and Ox (right) punch their way through the holes in Carter Falls rapid during the Slalom run.

A big thanks to the UCWWF organizers, event staff, USRA, and all who continue to support the USRA in our endeavors into bringing whitewater raft racing mainstream.

This weekend’s Upper Clackamas Whitewater Festival outside of Portland, OR will play host to the most competitive whitewater event in the US. Teams from across the country are competing in this 4 event race, comprised of sprint, downriver, slalom, and head-to-head disciplines.

For more information, please visit the Upper Clackamas Festival website.

The UCWWF is an event open to all boaters (kayaks, driftboats, riverboards, IKs, cats, etc) and attracts hundreds of people from the Northwest. Come and join the action as a participant or spectator!

Upper Clackamas Whitewater Festival 2009 from CRG Video on Vimeo.

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