officially in C1 at the 2010 championships and
(fingers crossed) the 2016 Olympics.
RiveR ShoRtieS
Didn’t your Mama Warn you…
Kayaking can be a dangerous sport. Witness the
unlikely injury sustained by 16-year-old Trevor
From River to Lake and Back Again…
said after, adding that he was glad his clean land-
Church of Arden, North Carolina, while surfing be-
Rapids from drought? That’s just what is happen-
ing swept any controversy from the record, as no
neath a bridge on the French Broad River. One min-
ing on Arizona’s Lake Mead below the Grand Can-
one witnessed Oliva stick his landing.
ute he’s rocking to the cheers of the construction
yon of the Colorado. Levels in the reservoir have
Women’s Waterfall Record
crew above, the next he’s pulling a two-foot-long
plunged over 100 feet in a decade-long drought,
Less than a month after Bradt’s Palouse Falls drop,
piece of metal out of his foot—after it fell from above
and the re-exposed river is carving a new and
Christie Glissmeyer made history as the first woman
and pierced the bow of the young shredder’s kayak.
turbulent course through lake bottom sediments
to paddle over Oregon’s 83-foot Metlako Falls. In
Church needed six stitches for his injury; it’s unclear
at Pearce Ferry. Since it emerged last autumn,
doing so, she also upped the ante on the women’s
what—if any—treatment his kayak received. —VM
Pearce Ferry Rapid has developed into a high-vol-
waterfall record by 15 feet. In the realm of female
ume class IV rapid that gives downriver paddlers
freefallers, this is big potatoes—the previous record
and rafters one last muddy smack in the face be-
was set by Shannon Carroll 11 years ago. Glissmey-
WhiteWater eveNts
fore the sapphire stillness of Lake Mead. And it’s
er’s highest previous experience was just 45 feet,
getting bigger. Still a pipsqueak compared to the
but the Hood River native said after Metlako, “Why
Official Ride and exclusive spOnsOR
Grand Canyon whitewater that precedes it, some
would there be such a perfect waterfall a 30-minute
believe Pearce Ferry will grow into a cascading
drive from my house if I wasn’t meant to run it?”
waterfall as lake levels continue to drop.
August 28–30 September 18–20
C1 Woman at the World
uPPeR gatineau gauley Fest
New Waterfall Record
Championships
whitewateR Festival Summersville, WV
Maniwaki, QC americanwhitewater.org
In 2008, extreme kayaker Tyler Bradt worked with
The ICF (International Canoe Federation) made
gatineau.org
physics researchers in Portland, Oregon, to de-
a landmark decision this spring to include a
October 1–4
termine the survivable physical limit of vertical
September 12–13 eXtReMe kayaking
women’s C1 category in whitewater slalom at the
waterfall kayaking using current equipment. The
gull RiveR oPen canoe woRld chaMPionshiPs
World Championships. Women already compete
slaloM Ötztal, Austria
magic number? 186 feet. With Bradt’s 2007 record
in kayaking events at the ICF Canoe Slalom World
Minden, ON adidas-sickline.com
(107 feet) smashed this spring by Pedro Oliva, it
Championships, but the 2009 Worlds in Spain this rapidmedia.com
seems the 23-year-old decided to put that theo-
October 13–14
September will be the first time they demonstrate
September 11–13 Moose RiveR Festival
retical value to the test. In April, Bradt ran Palouse alongside the men in canoeing competition. A
aMeRican RiveR Festival Old Forge, NY
Falls—186 feet of cold, liquid reality in Washington handful of U.S. and Australian women—and one
Coloma, CA nyriverfestivals.com
State. “Palouse was a calculated decision… It’s not Canadian—have already begun training for Spain. americanriverfestival.org
worth maiming yourself or dying over a record,” he If all goes according to plan, women will compete
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