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Palmer Fest By the Numbers Rapid Media’s sixth annual Palmer Fest on the May 24 long weekend transformed the Paddler Co-op in Palmer Rapids, Ontario, into tent city and party central as nearly 400 participants and exhibitors made their temporary homes under the pines. Other fun figures from this whitewater extravaganza: 145 » participants trying whitewater for the first time; 45 » instructors teaching clinics; 43 » cms running through the Madawaska River (typically 120–200 cms this weekend); 50 » per cent of people who learned to roll in two-hour clinics; 1 » number of bi- kini bottoms found near campfire Sunday morning. Learn more about Palmer Fest at www.rapidmag. com/
about.html and watch Rapid Media TV filmed on location,
www.rapidmedia.com/videos.
RIVER SHORTIES CANADA | KENYA | TIBET | NEW ZEALAND | COSTA RICA | and more
New Dog on the Block The first container of Big Dog Kayaks floated ashore in North America this June. A British manu- facturer of whitewater kayaks and canoes, Big Dog infiltrated the U.K. market in 2009 and is cur- rently that country’s fastest growing whitewater kayak company. Now, Big Dog owners Peter Or- ton, Jason Buxton and Andy “Snakey” Whiting — all long-time industry developers and designers— have turned their capitalist appetites on Canadian and American boaters. Prospective defectors can check out the full line-up of five kayaks and two canoes at
www.bigdogkayaks.com. Watch for a review of the Big Dog Havoc in our February is- sue, where we find out if this river play boat’s bite is as mean as its bark.
Rapid iPad App Now you can experience Rapid on your iPad, iPhone or iPod Touch. Rapid Media’s new app gives you the ability to purchase each digital is- sue (just like this print copy, with stunning page turning technology) through iTunes and read and store as many digital issues as you like within the same app. “We’re one of the first few magazines to be in the App Store and the first paddling mag for sure,” says Rapid founder and publisher Scott MacGregor. “I wasn’t born when they invented printing presses, but I’m here now.” Download the free app at the App Store, then read Rapid for only $2.99 per issue. —VM
WHITEWATER EVENTS For a complete event listing, go to the new
www.rapidmag.com
August 27–29 UPPER GATINEAU WHITEWATER FESTIVAL Maniwaki, QC
www.gatineau.org/index_en.html
September 11–12 GULL RIVER OPEN CANOE SLALOM Minden, ON
www.whitewaterontario.ca/com- munity/events/gull-oc-slalom. html
September 10–12 AMERICAN RIVER FESTIVAL Coloma, CA
www.americanriverfestival.org
September 17–19 GAULEY FEST Summersville,WV
www.americanwhitewater.org/ content/Wiki/aw:events_gauley
Sept 30–Oct 3 EXTREME KAYAKING WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS Ötztal, Austria
www.adidas-sickline.com
October TBA MOOSE RIVER FESTIVAL Old Forge, NY
www.nyriverfestivals.com
November 6 GREEN RIVER NARROWS RACE Hendersonville, NC
www.americanwhitewater. org/content/Photo/detail/pho- toid/18557
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