Mulberry Fork (Warrior River) Canoe and Kayaka Races 2010

The MFCKR 2010 was a blast, despite the 19 degree low temp for friday night, the weather for the rest of the weekend turned out to be rather pleasant, here are a few shots of what went down!
(Above)Me running the gates for my C1 Championship class.... resulted in 2nd place to one time USA paddler Trevor Soileau.

Surfs Up!!





(Above) Me running the slalom gates on my SUP or Stand Up Paddleboard. Notice the Sweet Ophion SUP Paddle!

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Click above for a link to a video of the SUP in action!

(skeeter splat)

(Above) Big Thanks to Phil Foti for letting Tony D use (or try to use) your skeeter and in turn finally letting me get my first test drive in the old girl.

(Above) more shots of yours truly in action on the course. Big Thanks to CHIP for giving me the old Dagger Zealot to cut down and race!

-Lots more photos to be seen on my facebook page, check it out here:- http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/album.php?aid=2049512&id=1044090800

Unitl Next time,

-Charlie-

Locust Fork Invitational Canoe and Kayak Races 2010

The Locust Fork Invitational kicks off the Alabama Slalom series of races which consists of 3 race events culminating to make the "Alabama Cup." This year the original date scheduled was last weekend (feb 6-7) which was rescheduled due to high water (who would have thought a white water event there could be too much water?) to the weekend of Feb 13-14. And as the weekend rolls around it turns out we were predicted 1-4" of snow. Combine the two and you have a recipe for a low turn out, in both spectators and racers but we still had a HUGE low country shrimp boil friday night followed by a great time throughout the weekend.........And to top it all off my division, Mens Championchip C1, was the first division to race on Saturday and i was lucky bib #1..... needless to say it was quite brisk, but beautiful and fun nonetheless.Despite the abnormal weather conditions and the low numbers of spectators and even racers, i think its safe to say all in attendance had a great time myself included. And with a first place finish in my division im all smiles.
So to sum up my complete weekend..... i got to playboat with a good buddy at a great spot while the snow was falling, got to do a little Alabama back country snowboarding with a some decent log grinds, and compete in the first event of the "Alabama Cup" slalom races the Locust Fork Invitational 2010. And when you put it all together it = a GREAT TIME!!!!

-BIG THANKS- to Chip and Joel for letting me use the Vajda its a sweet boat!
Also to Tyler and Jessica for letting me crash in the warmth of your home
-charlie-