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First place at the Northwest Creeking Competition as a Women's Pro in both the East Fork Lewis and Canyon Creek downriver races! woop ya! - 2 months ago
2013 Little White Salmon Race - Kim Becker (Russell)
The Little White holds some of the most pristine class V whitewater in the Northwest, possibly the entire West Coast, its rapids known worldwide: Gettin' Busy, Boulder Sluice, Island, Sacriledge, Double Drop, Enchanted Forest, S-Turn, Backender, Bowies, Wishbone, Horseshoe,...
2013 Clackamas River Festival - Kim Becker (Russell)
The 30th annual Clackamas River Festival took place this year the weekend of May 18/19 2013. The two day event is part of the Western Whitewater Championship Series, a summer long series of races across the Northwest. With only...
Five Ten Water Tennies: Revisited - Kim Becker (Russell)
My Five Ten Water Tennies first graced my feet on October 31, 2011. Let me be the first to say, that I am very picky about my paddling shoes and the rubber I choose to...
2013 Northwest Creeking Competition: Results - Kim Becker
Spring in the Northwest is go-time for whitewater paddlers. Rivers are full to their banks (typically), and rain boots are are out in full storm (typically)! While spring has only just sprung, this spring is different, as paddlers find...
2013 Wind River Festival: Results - Kim Becker
The Wind River Festival is part of the Western Whitewater Championship Series, a series of 8 river festivals throughout the summer and fall. Racers accumulate points throughout the series, of which the individual with the most points per category...
2012 Whitewater Symposium - Kim Becker (Russell)
The 2012 Whitewater Symposium was held at Wet Planet Whitewater in Husum, Washington on the weekend of October 12-14, 2012. It was a gathering of whitewater's most inspirational and influential individuals from all parts of the industry: instructors, professionals,...
SF Salmon Bachelorette Party - Kim Russell
What happens when four lady paddlers are getting married in the same year? You have a Bachelorette Party on the River! Earlier this month, 9 ladies from Oregon, Washington, Idaho, California and Montana, rallied for a 4-day wilderness self-support...
Beer, Bikes and Boats - Kim Russell
The best weekend ever usually consists of a long day on my bike, a solid day on the river in my kayak, and a big ol' BBQ with some friends. This last weekend was exactly that... the best weekend...
2012 Northwest Creeking Competition - Kim Russell
The Northwest Creeking Competition is to paddlers what Sea Otter is to mountain bikers. A much smaller event, the creeking comp. is in it's 7th year, and as organizer Luke Spencer, puts it,"...the NWCC is a thriving 2 day...
2012 Upper Wind River Festival - Kim Russell
For whitewater paddlers in the Northwest, the Upper Wind River Festival kicks off the season as the first downriver race of the year. Paddlers, full of nervous energy, show up wondering where they will stack up, and if their...