River Notes Archive

River Notes for Thursday, September 28, 2000

Important information about River Notes.

In just a few hours four U.S. Flatwater Sprint boats will be paddling in semi-final races. Stein Jorgensen will be competing in the Mens K1 500m at 9:00; Kathy Colin in the Womens K1 500m at 9:40; Peter Newtonand Angel Perez in the Mens K2 500m at 10:10; and Kathy Colin and Tamara Jenkins in the Womens K2 500m at 10:30. (Times are Friday morning, Sydney time.) Qualifying boats will be racing in the finals on Sunday, Sydney time.

The Men's Flatwater K4 team of Stein Jorgensen, John Mooney, Peter Newton, and Angel Perez will be racing in the 1000m finals on Saturday, at 10:55 a.m. Sydney time.

In a story reported on NBCOlympics.com a house rented by members of Men's Canoe/Kayak team was robbed and a team vehicle stolen. The stolen items were recovered and three men arrested. According to the story, "One of the men who denied being involved in any part of the crime was strip-searched. Police discovered he was wearing Olympic team-issue shorts."

Here is a snapshot of today's flow and reservoir data. Click on "Current" to get the latest info. (SCE reports that flow phone data is updated twice daily. For current information call 877-537-6356 or 760-376-8821.)

More information concerning flow and weather can be found on our LINKS page.

River Notes for Thursday, September 21, 2000

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U.S. whitewater slalom kayaker Scott Shipley qualified 5th and then finished 5th in the Men's Kayak Singles medals round Wednesday. Shipley would have had to have a near perfect run to beat Gold medal winner Thomas Schmidt from Germany, but a touch on run 1 and "getting stuck at 15" on run 2 cost him a Silver or Bronze. See "Shipley improves but still no medal " and "Picture Show: Gold at Penrith".

Rebecca Bennet-Giddens placed 7th in the Women's Singles Kayak on Monday; a solid performance for the young U.S. paddler. She did awesome this year in International competition and is just going to get faster!

A difficult artificial course with sticky holes, big waves and surging, pushy water were not the only challenges that paddlers had to face at the Penrith Whitewater Stadium. Gusty winds blew gate poles all over the place, requiring paddlers to take conservative lines and to try to make instantaneous adjustments on a course where line is critical. Rules require that paddlers go through the gate poles, however windblown they may be. Olympian and National Champion C1-er Davey Hearn talks about the wind and how it affected his runs in this NPR All Things Considered audio segment. Also check out the video of Davey paddling the Kern at the 2000 Nationals earlier this summer!

U.S. C2 paddlers Matt Taylor and Lecky Haller missed a gate in a qualifying run, accruing a 50 second penalty that ruined their chances for making it into the medal round.

With the completion of the Whitewater events, Canoe/Kayak takes a break until Tuesday, September 26 at 8:30 a.m. (Sydney time) when the Flatwater events start with the Men's 1000m prelims. Check NBC's TV schedules for days that will have Canoe/Kayak coverage.

Here is a snapshot of today's flow and reservoir data. Click on "Current" to get the latest info. (SCE reports that flow phone data is updated twice daily. For current information call 877-537-6356 or 760-376-8821.)

More information concerning flow and weather can be found on our LINKS page.

River Notes for Tuesday, September 19, 2000

Important information about River Notes.

U.S. whitewater slalom kayaker Scott Shipley qualified 5th in the Men's Kayak Singles Qualifying yesterday, just 1.8 seconds behind the top time of Switzerland's Mathias Roethenmund. The difference was a single gate touch on Shipley's first run. See "Shipley advances easily to the finals ". The K1 finals are scheduled for 1:30 PM today (Sydney time). Today's taped TV coverage of Canoe/Kayak is scheduled on NBC at 12:41-2:11 a.m. and MSNBC at 10 a.m.-5 p.m. (ET/PT).

A difficult artificial course with sticky holes, big waves and surging, pushy water are not the only challenges that paddlers have had to face at the Penrith Whitewater Stadium. Gusty winds have been blowing gate poles all over the place, requiring paddlers to take conservative lines and to try to make instantaneous adjustments on a course where line is critical. Rules require that paddlers go through the gate poles, however windblown they may be.

Rebecca Bennet-Giddens placed 7th in the Women's Singles Kayak on Monday; a solid performance for the young U.S. paddler. She did awesome this year in International competition and is just going to get faster!

Check out the video of Olympian and National Champion Davey Hearn paddling the Kern at the 2000 Nationals. The 41 year old paddler qualified for the finals in the Whitewater Canoe Singles, but was about 10-12 seconds behind the medal winners in the finals. (To put this in perspective, that's about 0.5 second per gate.)

Here is a snapshot of today's flow and reservoir data. Click on "Current" to get the latest info. (SCE reports that flow phone data is updated twice daily. For current information call 877-537-6356 or 760-376-8821.)

More information concerning flow and weather can be found on our LINKS page.

River Notes for Monday, September 11, 2000

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WOW!! What a great sale. Thank you all for your support throughout the year. All of the fleet boats left will be posted to the Used Boat Barn in the next couple of days... There are still some great deals on boats and other equipment. Selected items will be on sale until the end of the month. Watch here and on the 15th Annual End of Summer Sale page for updates, or call 800-376-7303 or 760- 376-3745 to see if we have a boat you're looking for!

Residual moisture from weakening Hurricane Lane may find its way into central California Tuesday or Wednesday as the system dissipates in the eastern Pacific and interacts with an upper low off the coast.

Here is a snapshot of today's flow and reservoir data. Click on "Current" to get the latest info. (SCE reports that flow phone data is updated twice daily. For current information call 877-537-6356 or 760-376-8821.)

More information concerning flow and weather can be found on our LINKS page.

River Notes for Tuesday, September 5, 2000

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Get the paddlesports gear you want! The 15th Annual End of Summer Sale is this weekend, Sept. 9-10. All in stock items will be on sale!! 20%-40% off boats -- over 150 new and used boats to choose from including Whitewater, Touring, and Recreational Kayaks, Sit-on-Tops, Inflatable Kayaks and Hyside Rafts! 15%-50% off all store merchandise: Paddling gear, footwear, men's, women's and kid's apparel, dry bags, gear bags and more! 30%-70% off rental gear: Life jackets, paddles, helmets, paddle jackets, spray skirts, wetsuits, booties, etc!

This year we have decided to help our customers with the introduction of a lottery system. This will end the need for camping on the sidewalk the night before the sale. You will pick a number at 8am on Saturday, September 9th , line up in order, and get set to go. This should allow everyone a more equal opportunity to get to the goodies.

Here is a snapshot of today's flow and reservoir data. Click on "Current" to get the latest info. (SCE reports that flow phone data is updated twice daily. For current information call 877-537-6356 or 760-376-8821.)

More information concerning flow and weather can be found on our LINKS page.

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