The League of Northwest Whitewater Racers is an all-volunteer group of paddlers in the Pacific Northwest. Under the auspices of the American Canoe Association, USA Canoe&Kayak, and the Washington Kayak Club, the League organizes wildwater races as well as races and training clinics in whitewater slalom. Come and join us!

Rich Weiss Memorial slalom race / Chilliwack, British Columbia 

The Washington Kayak Club presents:

SPRING CEDAR RIVER SLALOM

PRACTICE AND RACE

April 6-7, 2024


OPEN TO ALL WHITEWATER BOATS: 

OPEN CANOES, PLASTIC KAYAKS,

SLALOM KAYAKS AND CANOES, K-2’s, AND IK’S

Saturday:  course open to all. 

Come practice your river running skills or hone your slalom race skills. 

Get ready for spring Boating Season!  
Maple Valley, WA  https://www.google.com/maps/place/Landsburg+Park,+Landsburg+Rd+SE,+Maple+Valley,+WA+98038

Course:  class II+

Classes:  by gender, age, and type of boat (both plastic and raceboat classes)

Prizes:  Worth staying for! ☺   (Everyone is a winner!)

REGISTRATION

Please register online, pay and e-sign the ACA liability waiver on the WKC events page   

https://wakayakclub.clubexpress.com/content.aspx?page_id=4002&club_id=821680&item_id=2215164

If you register online, you will get the entire weekend for $20. 
What a deal!  If you are unable to register online, please email your intent to race and include your class, gender, age, and type of boat to Jacob at selander.kayak@gmail.com by 8pm on Saturday, April 6.

FEES:  Thank you for supporting our permanent slalom course!  $20.00 for one day or for both Saturday/Sunday, if register online.  $25.00 Saturday/Sunday at event.  $15.00 for the weekend for paddlers 17 and under.  $5.00 additional for 2nd race class.


SATURDAY SCHEDULE
All Day  – course open for slalom practice

SUNDAY SCHEDULE
10:00 AM - Mandatory Racer’s Meeting  
11:30 – 12:00   Morning runs
1:00 - 2:30   Afternoon runs
3:30 (approx.) - Awards Ceremony

CAMPING: 8 miles away at Kanaskat-Palmer State Park

The 2024 NW Whitewater Slalom Cup Series

 The Northwest Whitewater Slalom Cup Series is a series of local whitewater races in the Pacific Northwest.  Everyone who enters any of these races will receive a minimum of 10 points for every class they participate in (regardless of whether they make it to the finish line!).  Join us for cool end-of-season prizes! For Cup rules click HERE.

Earn points at each race for end of season prizes.ne 1-2. Salmon la Sac.  

February 24-25 - Bull Run Slalom #1 *

Bull Run River, class III+, Sandy, OR

David Johnson   johnsoda7@gmail.com

March 24-29 – Tentative Spring Training Camp

March 30-31 – Tentative Bull Run Race #2

April 6-7 - WKC Spring Cedar Slalom

Cedar River, class II+, Ravensdale, WA

Jennie Goldberg   theleague@nwwhitewater.org

April 13-14 - Rich Weiss Memorial Slalom

Chilliwack River, class III, Chilliwack, B.C.

Jennie Goldberg   theleague@nwwhitewater.org

June 1-2 - WKC Salmon la Sac Slalom/Downriver

Cle Elum River, class II+, Roslyn, WA

Jennie Goldberg   theleague@nwwhitewater.org

November 2-3 - WKC Fall Cedar Slalom

Cedar River, class II+, Ravensdale, WA

Bob Duffner   bduffner@comcast.net

November 16-17 - Bull Run Slalom #3

Bull Run River, class III+, Sandy, OR

David Johnson   johnsoda7@gmail.com

* If cancelled due to water level, alternate weekend is March 2-3 

For More information:   www.nwwhitewater.org

Download the NW Cup Series Schedule  HERE

The 2024 Bull Run Slalom [summary]

There is a real possibility that the river will be too low or too high that weekend.  Levels need to be at or above 500 cfs or below 1800 cfs on the Bull Run @ Bull Run gauge: https://www.americanwhitewater.org/content/River/state-summary/state/OR. Contact the race organizer: Rufus Knapp (rufus.knapp@thermofisher.com) to make sure the water is suitable.
He will send out an email on Wed evening or Thursday night if the race is postponed one week.

With great sadness we will be celebrating the life of our beloved fellow paddler David "Z" Zimmerman Friday and Saturday March 24-25, 2023.  Dave died unexpectedly on March 12, 2023. Z was a stalwart of the Washington slalom community; Active as a racer, an instructor and an expert course constructor putting in many hours over 20 years.  Always happy to teach others and always showed up to help and race.  Z was a strong and beautiful paddler and won many races and numerous NW Cup Series titles. Together we were the best K2 paddling team west of the Mississippi!  Information on his memorial March 25 is here:  http://sites.google.com/view/davez/

There will also be a memorial slalom paddle on the Cedar Gates on March 24th from 2:30-5:30. A memorial paddle on the Middle Fork Snoqualmie still be held Saturday morning meeting 10 am at the Memorial site on the river.

With love, Jennie Goldberg