{"id":15192,"date":"2013-07-17T19:13:32","date_gmt":"2013-07-17T19:13:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/?p=15192"},"modified":"2013-07-17T19:13:32","modified_gmt":"2013-07-17T19:13:32","slug":"deerfield-river-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/deerfield-river-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"Deerfield River Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Battling for third through Dragon’s Tooth Rapid. Photo: Shannon Mercurio<\/p><\/div>\n

The Deerfield River Festival is always a highlight of my summer paddling season. \u00c2\u00a0One of my first whitewater paddling experiences occurred on the Deerfield River back in 1995, and it is always a special place for me to return to. \u00c2\u00a0The annual gathering of paddlers in Charlemont, Mass. each summer is a significant fundraiser for American Whitewater, which Pyranha supported this year with a donation of a kayak as the prize for the “Rock, Paper, Scissor, Showdown.” \u00c2\u00a0Yes that’s right, someone walked away with a brand new Burn \u00c2\u00a0for winning a rock, paper, scissor contest. \u00c2\u00a0The Deerfield River Fesitval weekend is also host to the most hotly contested “Lozer Cup” races of the season. \u00c2\u00a0The results of which go towards U.S. National Wildwater rankings.<\/p>\n

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Chattin it up at Deerfield River Fest. Photo: Joe Scavo<\/p><\/div>\n

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New Northeastern Sales rep. for Pyranha, Joe Scavo and I were on hand to get folks excited about the Nano and Loki as well as all of the other boats in the line. \u00c2\u00a0It was great to reconnect with people I only get to see once a year, and introduce them to Joe. \u00c2\u00a0After listening to some great tunes from local musician Jeff Campbell and watching the “raft guide olympics” we called it a night and I started to think about Sunday’s “Lozer Cup” Race.<\/p>\n

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I won the super fun, 18-minute race last year but was not so lucky this year. \u00c2\u00a0After getting my Speeder out to a really good start in the mass start, upstream format, I was almost immediately pushed into some rocks, flipped, and lost a lot of ground. \u00c2\u00a0The rest of the race I did a lot of catching up, and had a lot of fun battling for third. \u00c2\u00a0Myself and two other paddlers each occupied the third place at some point through one of the final rapids. \u00c2\u00a0In the end, I didn’t have a lot left for the sprint to the line and settled for 5th.<\/p>\n

I’m looking forward to improving my result at the Black River Festival this coming weekend. \u00c2\u00a0I’m super exciting for one of the best parties in paddlesports, the floateo, and the great race down the long Black River Race Course. \u00c2\u00a0Se you there…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Deerfield River Festival is always a highlight of my summer paddling season. \u00c2\u00a0One of my first whitewater paddling experiences occurred on the Deerfield River back in 1995, and it is always a special place for me to return to. \u00c2\u00a0The annual gathering of paddlers in Charlemont, Mass. each summer is a significant fundraiser for … <\/p>\n

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