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Colorado River 2011 Race Dominated by SUPs (Stand-Up Paddlers)

Marek — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 17:31:35 +0000

Yesterday, I paddled the Colorado River Race in the Glenwood Canyon – 10 miles on the Colorado River from Dotsero to Hanging Lake Area. The race is organized by Jerry Nyre from Canoe Colorado. At the same time it was also Regional Open Canoe Downriver Championships and Wildwater Race setup by Nate Lord.

I missed a couple of previous races. Last year at that time I was paddling in postponed Missouri River 340 race. This year the MR340 was canceled due to flooding. So, I took my Sea Wind canoe to the Colorado River instead.

The weather was beautiful and water level pretty high at 2400 cfs. The race was dominated by stand-up paddlers (SUP). There were about dozen of them. Certainly SUP is getting popular in Colorado. There were also two tandem canoes, two solo canoes (including my Sea Wind), a wild water racing kayak (Jeremy Rodgers), Huki surfski and one recreational kayak. I could miss somebody.

I took some pictures with Pentax Optio W30 at the start and a few at the finish. It was the staggered start. SUPs went first.

I finished the race in 1:21h more than 1 minute behind Nate. It was a great workout for me. I managed to keep a pretty even heart rate (142-146) over the entire race. See the race results below pictures.

Do I need to switch to SUP if I want to do some paddle racing in Colorado?

2011 Colorado River Race Results

	SUP (Stand Up Paddle Board)
1	Brent Redden	1:22:00
2	Ken Hoeve	1:25:18
3	Steve Hamilton	1:20:34
4	John Bridenbaugh	1:30:21
5	Andy Lanes	1:33:21
6	Carl Selles	1:35:12
7	Jeff Lanes	1:37:44
8	Heather Prentice	1:44:10
9	John Cowper Thwaite	1:51:32
10	Tyler Thompson	2:12:38
11	Eric Samdall	2:12:41

	Unlimited Kayak
1	Jeremy Rodgers	1:05:18
2	Mark Levesque	1:09:21

	Recreation Kayak
1	Kathy Selles	1:31:45

	Recreation Canoe
1	Paul Wetsel & Travis Baumgart	1:37:17
2	John Putnam & Ethan Putnam	1:47:10

	Solo Canoe
1	Nate Lord	1:20:04
2	Marek Uliasz	1:21:04

Sea Wind Canoe on the Loveland Pass

Dillon Lake Challenge and Colorado River Race

Marek — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 21:58:02 +0000

There are two flatwater kayak and canoe races in Colorado during the summer.

Lake Dillion Challenge

Sunday, July 31, 2011

Highest and Most Scenic Regatta in North America. Celebrating “green”, healthy recreational uses of the lake and environment

Open to all human-powered rowing and paddled boats, including shells (sweep/ scull, racing/ recreational), canoes, and kayaks

Choice of 2 courses: 2.5 mile and 6 mile
Head race for rowing shells
Kayaks, canoes, paddle boats, SUP will mass start according to categories

Kayaks, canoes, and paddle boats can be rented from Frisco Bay Marina. Reserve ahead of time (970- 668-4334).

Lake Dillon Challenge medals awarded to first place finishers in competitive categories (four or more entries)

more information, contacts, pictures, results

Colorado River Race

Sunday, August 21, 2011

Dotsero to Hanging Lake in Glenwood Canyon
10 miles class I – Canoes, Sea Kayaks and SUPs

contact Canoe Colorado for more information

2010 Dotsero to Hanging Lake Race – Colorado River in Glenwood Canyon

Marek — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 13:39:10 +0000

10 miles
class I
divisions for canoes & sea kayaks

The Dotsero to Hanging Lake Race will be on Sunday August 22nd.
Registration will begin at 6:30 at the put-in, shuttle leaving 7:00, races start 8:00

Entry fee is $10 per person CASH!

The Dotsero launch is on the SE corner of the old hwy 6/ Green Bridge over the Colorado River at Dotsero. Take I-70 west to exit 133 and follow the frontage road.

Hanging Lake is a rest area inside Glenwood Canyon. It’s currently closed, but will re-open around August 1st.

Prizes for each division are all entry fees + $100, split 50-30-20 for 1st, 2nd and 3rd place

There is also a prize drawing with over $500 worth of paddling goodies, with all race participants names drawn out of the hat for that drawing. Prizes often include good paddles, PFD’s, guidebooks, drybags, throwbags, and assorted odds and ends. Even if you don’t win a cash prize, you’ll probably win something in the drawing (lots of prizes, first name pulled chooses first and we keep pulling names until we run out of prizes or names).

For more information contact:
Jerry Nyre
303-344-2813

2009 Dotsero to Hanging Lake Paddling Race on Colorado River

Marek — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 19:53:37 +0000

Jeremy Rodgers with his JKK Supernova at the finish of 2007 race

Annual race on the Colorado River from Dotsero to Hanging Lake Rest Area in Glenwood Canyon
10 miles class I $10 per person entry fee
Date: August 23, 2009 (Sunday)

Registration will begin at 7am at the green bridge at Dotsero. Take I-70 to exit 133 and follow the frontage road to the river. Shuttle will leave shortly thereafter and the race itself will begin approximately 8am. Please pay the $10 per person with cash. PFD’s must be worn while racing.

Race classes will vary depending on who shows up, but are generally:
Solo canoes
Tandem Recreation/ Touring Canoes – canoes under 18′
Tandem Cruiser Canoes – canoes 18′ and longer
Solo Recreation/ Touring Kayaks – kayaks under 17′
Solo Sea/ Cruiser Kayaks – kayaks 17′ and longer

We’ll add $500 to the pot for prizes, prizes for each class are $100 + entry fees split 50-30-20 to 1st, 2nd and 3rd

There is also a prize drawing with over $500 in merchandise after the race, we put all racers names in a hat and draw for prizes. The first name gets to choose from anything in the prize pool, second name chooses anything not yet taken and so forth.

This is a fun race, even if you don’t win you’ll probably still win something.

For more information contact
Eric Nyre, CanoeColorado.com

2008 Colorado River Kayak and Canoe Race in Glenwood Canyon

Marek — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 15:38:47 +0000

The annual 10 mile race from Dotsero to Hanging Lake rest area on the Colorado River organized by Jerry Nyre (Canoe Colorado) took place on August 24, 2008. I didn’t race this year due to wrist tendonitis (more related to my computer work than paddling).

solo canoe
1st	Lee Bartlet	1:26:54
2nd	Clem McHale	1:43:40
touring kayak
1st	Eric Nyre	1:23:18
2nd	Pam Noe	1:26:07
unlimited kayak
1st	Jeremy Rodgers	1:04:32
2nd	Andy Howell	1:08:33
3rd	Mike Lesnik	1:09:01

I believe that Jeremy paddled his JKK Supernova multisport kayak and Mike Lesnik – WSBS X-par Missile. Andy Howell is a South African marathon paddler transplanted to Denver this summer. He was paddling a Fenn surf ski.

Jeremy Rodgers:
I was hell bent on breaking course record of 1:05 which I did set by a composite tandem K2 set back in 1999. Hanging Lake was no longer a flowing river this year as Shoshone Dam was functioning as usual. Cfs was about 1600 or medium to low. None of the surprise drops from last year were encountered.

Results, reports, pictures, movies and animations from the previous races: