by Keith and Heather Nicol
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| Tarp and Play rapid is a great play feature |
Last year the
Puntledge River Paddling Festival was cancelled due to the dry winter and
spring but this year with a more normal snow pack the event took place and it
was impressive. The event has been going on for 12 years and is usually held
toward the end of May when a weekend dam release of water raises water levels
to make things interesting on the Puntledge River located in Courtenay, B.C. We
do some whitewater canoeing and sea kayaking but we definitely enjoyed seeing
the expert kayakers drop over Stoten Falls and perform at the “Tarp and Play” wave
on May 28 and May 29. We even saw
several surfers strutting their stuff at “Tarp and Play” rapids which was also
exciting.
This is a great spectator
event and we suggest people who are interested in watching some great river paddling
and surfing should make a note of it for next year. For more information see:
http://surfkayak.org/ Here are 2 videos of the action- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQgh_P803jM (surfers) and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G50QcIU2qxU (kayakers) .
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| Dropping off of Stoten Falls |
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| Tarp and Play Wave is located close to the shore which is good for spectators |
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| The river surfers where impressive | |
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