Sweet Briar College has opened up their pool for kayak roll practice on Wednesday nights from 7:30 to 9:00PM. The cost for a session is $10.00, which you are responsible for paying. I do not plan on taking any of the club’s gear to these sessions. You may bring your own personal gear, but make sure it is clean, remove …
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Intermediate Kayaking, James River Through Richmond
Let’s spend Easter Sunday on the water! I’m going to church with my fam in Richmond, so let’s meet at the 14th Street take out at 1:30 to run the Lower. The Lower James through Richmond is a short, Class III run with some fun play spots. You need to have a solid roll and good boat control to come …
Intermediate Ww Kayaking – the James Through Richmond
This is typically a great time of year for intermediate WW kayakers to paddle the lower James River through Richmond. Its a little early to tell, but I’m gonna guess the river will be close to 5 feet for our run; a great level for intermediate paddlers. Normally I would let those join that have class 2 experience with a …
Beginner Ww Kayaking – the James River Above Richmond
The section of the James River above Richmond offers lots of class 1 and 2 rapids (at current water level) and is a great place to learn and/or practice river skills. This trip is for beginner paddlers: those that have been in a white water kayak on flat water or those that have only been down a river a handful …
Beginner/Intermediate Kayaking at Balcony Falls
Let’s go paddle Balcony Falls on Friday! This run is a mostly class II with one class II+/III rapid that is easily walkable if you don’t feel comfortable running it. Balcony is about an hour and a half away and is an awesome, beautiful run; I’m so excited to get back down there! We’ll meet at Echols Dorm at 10, …
Maury River Cleanup and Paddle
There is a cleanup event being hosted by the Coastals Canoeists on Goshen Pass this Saturday from 10am to noon, followed by a grillout lunch at a Coastals member’s house in Rockbridge Baths then some paddling. Come on out and show some love for my favorite whitewater river in Virginia. Forecast calls for rain the next few days so timing …
1st Annual Recreational Alleghany Highlands Triathlon
Do you like to run, road bike, and paddle? Perfect! Join me at the Alleghany Highlands Triathalon! This is my first-ever triathalon; I am not an expert trainer, and I am more excited about doing my three favorite sports than winning first place. The main purpose of this trip (for me) is to carpool and camp together, and to HAVE …
Aca Virginia Kayaking Championships
The American Canoe (and Kayak) Association is hosting the first annual Virginia state kayaking and canoeing championships! We are going to take a team to compete in as many events as possible. The races will take place on a 5 mile stretch of the Rappahannock River near Fredricksburg, VA. The events are Men’s and Women’s one-person kayaking (K1), one-person canoeing …
Intermediate Kayaking, James River Through Richmond
The Lower James through Richmond is a short, Class III run with some fun play spots. Let’s plan to leave Charlottesville (meeting at Echols dorm) at 10 which will put us on the water by 12 hopefully. Depending on how long we play at Pipeline (last rapid on the run and the best surf spot) and if / how many …
Intermediate Whitewater Kayaking: Lower James in Richmond
The Lower James through Richmond is a short, Class III run with some fun play spots. Let’s plan to leave Charlottesville (meeting at Echols dorm) at 11 which will put us on the water by 1 hopefully. Depending on how long we play at Pipeline (last rapid on the run and the best surf spot) and if / how many …
Intermediate-Advanced White Water Kayaking – the James Through Richmond
This is typically a great time of year for intermediate WW kayakers to paddle the lower James River through Richmond. Old Man Winter does a good job of raising the water table and keeping the river at a consistent level. I suspect the level will dance between 4-4.5 feet for a while; perfect for intermediate paddlers. Normally I would let …
Intermediate Kayaking: James River Through Richmond
The Lower James through Richmond is a short, Class III run with some fun play spots. Let’s plan to leave Charlottesville (meeting at Echols drom) at 9, which will put us on the water by 11 hopefully. Depending on how long we play at Pipeline (last rapid on the run and the best surf spot) and if / how many …
Intermediate Whitewater Kayaking: Lower James in Richmond
The Lower James through Richmond is a short, Class III run with some fun play spots. Let’s plan to leave Charlottesville (meeting at Echols drom) at 12, which will put us on the water by 2 hopefully. Depending on how long we play at Pipeline (last rapid on the run and the best surf spot) and if / how many …
New Year’s Day Paddle
Start 2009 off right with a New Year’s Day paddle on the James River through downtown Richmond. This is a class III-IV run, so you should have good boat control in whitewater and a solid roll. The water and air temp will both be cold so you need to be comfortable on whitewater to attend this trip. We will meet …
New Year Celebration on the Water; Kayaking Downtown Richmond
I love to start the new year right with a day on the river. Join me on Jan 3 in a quest to celebrate the new year with James on a float trip through downtown Richmond. The James through Richmond is typically a class 2-3 run, but is more challenging this time of year because of the cold water and …
Intermediate Kayaking, James River Through Richmond
Let’s celebrate the end of exams by going kayaking! The Lower James through Richmond is a short, Class III run with some fun play spots. Let’s meet at the Mayo Island/14th Street take out at 11, email me if you need directions. Also, its supposed to rain between now and then, and if the river level goes up I may …
Kayaking Downtown Richmond
The rains last week are still flowing out through richmond, tomorrow will be around 7 feet. This is a great level for playboating big waves on the downtown run. If you are crazy enough to go kayaking big water in december , you should have all your own gear including the 5 essentials plus a drytop, pogies or gloves, and …
Intermediate-Advanced Kayaking on the Maury River!
We have water!! Take a break from exams and come kayaking tomorrow. The Maury is a sweet Class III-IV run near Lexington, VA. It’s in a beautiful area of Virgina, and the whitewater is lots of fun! To come on this trip you need to have a solid roll and solid boat control in class III water. You must have …
Intermediate White Water Kayaking – the James Through Richmond
It’s been sooo long since I’ve had a free day to kayak, but finally, I have the green light for this Sunday. Come join me on this classic urban whitewater run as the James pours alongside downtown Richmond. With the recent widespread rain and the colder temps, I expect the water table to be on its way up as it …
Winter Kayaking: Intermediate, Lower James Through Richmond
Exams study break! Take a day off and let’s go kayaking. The Lower James through Richmond is a short, Class III run with some fun play spots. Let’s plan to leave Charlottesville at 9. Plenty of time to do a few laps on the run! You NEED to have a solid roll and good boat control to come on this …
Lower James Through Richmond
The lower section of the James is a short Class III-IV whitewater run through downtown Richmond. There is actually some water in the river right now, so take advantage! We will only do one run since this is a weekday trip. To attend this trip, you should have good boat control and a solid roll. You should have taken an …
Lower James Through Richmond
The Lower James through Richmond is a short, Class III run with some fun play spots. Let’s plan to leave Charlottesville at 9. Plenty of time to do a few laps on the run! You NEED to have a solid roll and good boat control to come on this trip, as it is a class III run. PLEASE do NOT …
Intermediate Kayaking at Balcony Falls
Its supposed to rain for most of this week, and hopefully that will bring the water level up on the James. So lets go paddle Balcony Falls, its really fun at higher water! This run is a mostly class II with one class II+/III rapid that is easily walkable if you don’t feel comfortable running it. Balcony is about and …
Build a High Water Park and Play Wave on the Rivanna
Tired of driving at least an hour for a good surf when it rains? Then come out this Sunday to help build a surf wave a little closer to town. I have been eyeballing a spot on the South Fork Rivanna River immediately below the dam that already has a wave at high water. The spot is located downhill from …
Build a High Water Park and Play Wave on the Rivanna
Tired of driving at least an hour for a good surf when it rains? Then come out this Sunday to help build a surf wave a little closer to town. I have been eyeballing a spot on the South Fork Rivanna River immediately below the dam that already has a wave at high water. The spot is located downhill from …
Swift Water Rescue Course and Kayaking
Swift Water Rescue is a course designed to teach kayakers and other whitewater sports participants the safety skills needed to avoid dangerous situations and to successfully deal with them should they occur. Quintin Brubaker, a club alum and raft guide on the Gauley River, WV, is an ACA certified SWR instructor and will be teaching a modified version of the …
Kayaking: Lower James Through Richmond
Let’s go to the James River this Saturday! We’ll warm up on the mild upper section and then paddle some exciting class III runs on the lower section through the city of Richmond. We’ll leave Saturday morning and come back in the evening. It will be cold this weekend, so don’t sign up unless you can handle being cold and …
Gauley Fest!
Gauley Fest is the biggest whitewater kayaking festival of the year. Last year pretty much every major kayaking company was there selling and giving stuff away, and about 3000 people, kayakers and groupies alike. Here’s the link to the American Whitewater website about it: http://www.americanwhitewater.org/content/Wiki/aw:events_gauley I’m planning to head down Friday afternoon, leaving around 2, and coming back late Sunday. …
Beginner/Intermediate Kayaking at Balcony Falls
Let’s go paddle Balcony Falls before the Creekathon! This run is a mostly class II with one class II+/III rapid that is easily walkable if you don’t feel comfortable running it. Balcony is about and hour and a half away and is an awesome, beautiful run; I’m so excited to get back down there! This trip is suitable for anyone …
Intermediate Whitewater Kayaking, James River Through Richmond
The Lower James through Richmond is a short, Class III run with some fun play spots. Let’s plan to leave Charlottesville (meeting at Grand Marc Parking Deck on 15th Street, where we can leave cars hopefully) around 1, which will put us on the water by 3 hopefully. When I went a couple of weeks ago, I found a way …
Intermediate Whitewater Kayaking: Lower James in Richmond
It’s no fun to tailgate in the rain…so let’s blow off the game and go kayaking instead! The Lower James through Richmond is a short, Class III run with some fun play spots. Let’s plan to leave Charlottesville (meeting at Fontain Research Park to leave cars, sort gear, and avoid the football crowds) around 11, which will put us on …
Camping, Biking, Hiking, Fishing- Whitetop Laurel
canceled due to lack of drivers and interest of enough people for this weekend…
Beginner White Water Kayaking – the James Above Richmond
The section of the James River above Richmond offers lots of class 1 and 2 rapids (at current water level) and is a great place to learn and/or practice river skills. This trip is for beginner paddlers: those that have been in a white water kayak on flat water or those that have only been down a river a handful …
Intro to White Water Kayaking – Learning the Basics on a Lake
This class is designed to teach you the very basics of white water kayaking, to prepare you for future river trips. We’ll spend 2 hours on Thursday (4/17) afternoon on the lake at Walnut Creek Park (~10 miles south of town) learning such skills as the wet exit, how to paddle a white water kayak, T-rescues, and the Eskimo roll. …
Intro to White Water Kayaking – Learning the Basics on a Lake
This class is designed to teach you the very basics of white water kayaking, to prepare you for future river trips. We’ll spend 2 hours Saturday (4/19) afternoon on the lake at Walnut Creek Park (~10 miles south of town) learning such skills as the wet exit, how to paddle a white water kayak, T-rescues, and the Eskimo roll. I’ll …
Trip Leader Workshop 2
Want to learn how to lead trips or how to lead better trips? We will be going over all the basics of trip leading in the club, reimbursements, trip descriptions, basic logistics and info, activities, etc. Also, we will go over several common problems and go over how not to lead trips (mostly by examining all of the situations Ive …
Trip-Leader’s Workshop Round 1
Want to lead a trip, but don’t know how? Want help with trip logistics or certain types of trips? Come to our officer-led trip leader workshops next week. The first one will be held in a classroom Monday at 6:00 pm in a classroom TBA. We’ll go over how to set trips up, how reimbursements work, the leader’s manual, expense …
Balcony Falls Saturday Trip
Sorry its so last minute, but let’s get a group together to go play around Balcony Falls! hike, bike, paddle…whatever, its a gorgeous Saturday!
Intermediate Ww Kayaking
FINALLY, we have rain! And lots of it. All of the local rivers were so low, that even all of this rain hasn’t done much yet. Richmond is almost up to a runnable level and Balcony Falls is climbing fast, but the Maurey, Tye, and Piney haven’t jumped much yet. As of now the plan is to hit the “downtown” …
New River Kayaking, Canoeing, Fishing, and Camping Trip!
For reading days, I’m planning a canoeing, kayaking, fishing, and camping trip on a few sections of the river south of the Gorge. This water ranges from flat water to Class III, so you should definitely have some experience on whitewater if you’re going to sign up for this trip. Below is our itinerary: Friday night: camp at Glade Creek …
Gauley Fest!
Gauley Fest is the whitewater kayaking festival of the year on the East Coast. American Whitewater hosts this event every year to celebrate the halting of a hydro-electric plant that would have ruined the boating on the Gauley, it has attracted thousands of canoers and kayakers each year. Check out the website at http://www.americanwhitewater.org/content/Wiki/aw:events_gauley. The Gauley is a big river, …
Advanced Kayaking: Gauley River
This adventure is appropriate for class IV+ kayakers. We will paddle the middle section of the Gauley River at least once Saturday morning and at least once Sunday morning, perhaps running the lower Gauley as well on Sunday. We will camp Friday and Saturday nights. Please come prepared (clothes and sleeping gear), and feel free to ask me if you …
Gauley Fest: Kayaking and Outdoors Dream Come True
The Gauley Festival (known as “the paddling world’s biggest party”) is the largest river festival in the world, and it’s coming up this weekend. Located only 3.5 hours from Charlottesville, this is really a can’t miss opportunity. The jist of the festival is kayak (or climb) during the day, hangout with other fun outdoors-oriented people during the evening, and camp …
Intermediate Whitewater Kayaking on the James Through Richmond
The lower James is a solid class III run right through downtown Richmond. Hollywood and Pipeline rapids are both Class III, and the rest of the run is class II and below, with one short flat section. The run itself is on the shorter side, but there’s a great play spot in Pipeline. You should have a pretty solid roll …
Beginner/Intermediate Kayaking at Balcony Falls
The Balcony Falls run on the James is a great beginner/easy intermediate run. It is technically mostly class II with one class II/III, but with the low water levels, Balcony Falls (the II/III rapid for which the run is named) should be a solid II. The water is still somewhat low, but is totally still paddle-able and will be as …
Whitewater Kayaking Downtown Richmond Class 3
Let’s get wet! This is the standard trip from Reedy Creek to Mayo Island. For those that don’t know the run it’s mostly class 2-3 ledges with Class IV Hollywood Rapid (easily portageable) to spice things up and get your adrenaline fix. Plan on sessioning the handful of surf waves and the big hole at Pipeline. Rolling is highly recommended, …
Intermediate White Water Kayaking – James Through Richmond
The recent downpour finally brought the James up enough to run the Richmond downtown section. Sorry for the short notice, but the runnable window is so short this time of year. In fact, the river may drop too quickly to be worth the trip tomorrow, so this may cancel if that happens. You do not need to have a bombproof …
Playakin’ in Richmond
Come join me for an after work paddle trip down the James in Richmond (Reedy Creek to Mayo Island). The plan is to leave town at around 4:00, put in around 5:30, stop and play where we can, take out at 7:30-ish, hit up Legends and be home by 10. There are class 3 and 4 rapids so you must …
Downtown Paddling
Downtown James river is a Class III-IV paddling experience. Don’t sign up unless you have solid Class III experience and a very solid roll. Check out details of the run here http://www.americanwhitewater.org/content/River/detail/id/1952/ This is the same stretch of river as Dave’s trip on Thursday. The club provides whatever gear you don’t have (boat, paddle, pfd, skirt, helmet). You should wear …
New River Gorgathon
TRIP CANCELLED, sorry