Viking Canoe Club
Viking Canoe Club 2009 Trips
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Date |
Event |
Leader |
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2/21/07 |
National Paddling Film Festival |
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3/30 |
Week of Rivers |
John A. |
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4/17-19 |
Beginner's River - tbd |
Jeremy |
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4/24-26 |
VCC Beginner's Clinic – Frozen Head, TN |
John A. |
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5/9 |
BSF – Bear Creek to Blue Heron |
Kevin Jones |
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5/22-25 |
WV – Burnwood |
Greg |
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6/5-7 |
Pigeon / French Broad |
Liz |
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6/12-14 |
Ocoee |
John A. |
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6/19-21 |
Cheoah / Ocoee |
Jess / Delaney |
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6/27 |
Canoe Fest – Brookville, IN |
Jeremy |
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7/2-5 |
WV – Burnwood |
Greg |
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7/17-19 |
PICNIC – Ocoee |
Brian |
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7/24-26 |
Yough – PA |
Jeremy |
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7/31-8/2 |
Ocoee |
John A. |
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8/21-23 |
Nanny |
Dan Molnar |
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8/30 |
Ironman |
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9/11-13 |
Gauley |
Jess / Delaney |
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9/19 |
Gauley Fest |
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9/26 |
GAF @ NOC |
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10/9-11 |
Russell Fork |
Harry |
2009 Whitewater Clinic
When: April 25-26
Where: Wartburg, Tennessee
Cost: $30 for members /$50 for non-members
DOWNLOAD REGISTRATION FORM
Includes 2 days instruction, 2009 Viking membership
(if non-member), camping and saturday night meal.
This clinic is aimed at people who are serious
about getting into the sport of whitewater paddling
but have little or very limited experience. This
two-day instruction will set you on your way to
whitewater kayaking. Topics covered will include:
boat and river outfi tting, wet exits, rolling,
boat control, reading whitewater, river running and
rescue. The instructors, depending on the skills
and desires of the students for each class, will
determine the clinic setting/river section.
Students must arrange for equipment and their own
transportation to take part in the clinic. Limited
amount of gear is available on first-come,
first-serve basis. Also it is advised to
participate in club pool sessions before the clinic
to get familiar with kayak and gear.
Registration deadline
for the Beginner Clinic is April 5, 2009.
Must be 18 and older unless accompanied by a
parent.
For more information, to inquire about gear and boats or registration for the Beginner Clinic, please contact John Albright at harryferry@gmail.com, phone: 502-338-6098.
Viking Dinner Meeting
LVM Premiere - October 21st at Nachbar
Tuesday, October 21 at 8:00PM.
Outside.
Free.
10% of proceeds during the show will benefit the Bardstown Whitewater Park.
More Info: Click Here
Elkhorn River Clean-Up
more info...
Short meeting at launch site before clean-up begins. Waivers will need to be signed before the event and all participants need to sign up at least one week before clean-up; the earlier the better. This is necessary so that proper planning can be accomplished including the number of boats needed and food can be prepared.
Annual Dinner Meeting
Viking Canoe
Club
Annual Dinner Party / Meeting
Saturday Jan. 26th
6:00 pm to 9:00 pm
Middletown Woman’s Club
Potluck and BYOB
Take Gene Snyder I-265
to exit 27. Take US-60 / Shelbyville Rd towards
Middletown. Travel approx. 2 miles, turn Right at
Bliss Ave. There is a Quiznos on the right and the
Woman’s Club is the small house on the left
with a gravel drive.
Map the directions: 11719 Shelbyville Rd
Middletown, KY 40243
Sponsored by:
2008 Trip Planning Meeting
Where: The Shade's Home
The annual trip planning meeting to schedule Viking club trips to different rivers and assign trip leaders will be on February 7th. If you would like to help design a great 2008 trip schedule for the club come on out.
If you would like to lead a trip, but cannot attend the meeting, please let Greg know the details and he will try and work the trip into the schedule.
More Info
LVM 24!
Highlands Tap Room
(across from Mid City Mall)
1279 Bardstown Road
Louisville, KY 40204
No charge! Come on out and support Penstock Productions and all of the good things they're doing for us.
This is short notice. Please help get the word out! See you there!
LVM 22
Meet at 8PM and the show starts outside at 9:30PM when it gets dark.
LVM # 22: Built to Last
FEATURING...
Tommy's Top 10
Nile Freestyle Festival '06'
Ravens Fork Clean Up
Are You Gonna Eat That
Multiple First Decents
The Brazil Experience
& lots more
Location:
The Nachbar
969 Charles St., on the corner of Charles and Kreiger
Clinic
When: Weekend of May 19 -20, 2007
Where: Upper New River, West
Virginia
Cost: $30 for members /$50 for non-members which
includes 2 days instruction,
1 year Viking membership (if non-member), 2 nights
camping and Saturday night meal.
This clinic is aimed at
people who are serious about getting into the sport
of whitewater paddling but have little or very
limited experience. This two-day instruction will
set you on your way to whitewater kayaking. Topics
covered will include: boat and river outfitting,
wet exits, rolling, boat control, reading
whitewater, river running and rescue. The
instructors, depending on the skills and desires of
the students for each class, will determine the
clinic setting/river section.
Students must arrange for equipment and
their own transportation to take part in the
clinic. Limited amount of gear is available on fi
rst come, first serve basis. Also it is advised to
participate in club pool sessions before the clinic
to get familiar with kayak and gear.
The registration deadline for the Beginner
clinic is May 1, 2007.
Must be 18 and older unless accompanied by a
parent.
For more information, to inquire about gear and
boats or registration for the Beginner Clinic,
please contact Kevin Hisel at khisel@insightbb.com or phone
(502) 445-1334.
Mark Your Calendars!
Annual Dinner
Party / Meeting
Saturday Jan. 27th
6:00 pm to 9:00 pm
Middletown Woman’s Club
Potluck and BYOB
Take Gene Snyder I-265
to exit 27. Take US-60 / Shelbyville Rd towards
Middletown. Travel approx. 2 miles, turn Right at
Bliss Ave. There is a Quiznos on the right and the
Woman’s Club is the small house on the left
with a gravel drive.
Map the directions: 11719 Shelbyville Rd
Middletown, KY 40243
This is going to be a
blast! It’s a party with a little bit of
meeting tagged in! We will have raffles, silent
auction items and door prizes! Please bring your
friends and families and anybody who might be
interested in white water fun! There will also be a
gear swap, so bring any extra gear you wish to get
rid of or trade out! <<parking can be
a booger, so be sure to get there a bit early and
be prepared to park next door at the
Quiznos>>
Bring a dish to share and to be judged! The
categories will be appetizers, main/ side dish, and
desserts. The club is providing eating utensils,
plates, cups and ice. Bring Your Own Beverage, and
remember to be safe!
Membership fees are due at the meeting: $20 per
family/individuals. Download the form here and bring it with you to the
meeting.
***For new members or
people looking for information- this is a wonderful
time to meet a bunch of great people and awesome
paddlers! Feel free to come out and check us out-
see what we’re doing this year. Bring a
guest!
We
look forward to seeing you all out for a GREAT
time!!
2nd Annual Family Day at Deams Lake
The 2nd Annual Family
Day will be held at Deams Lake again this year on
Saturday Aug. 12th from 11 to ???. Food will be
served around 12:30.
It will be held at a couple of picnic sites close
to the beach/swimming Area. The club will supply
the hamburgers and hot dogs. Please bring a side
dish and/or dessert. It is also BYOB.
E-mail Paul Webb if you will be
attendning.
West Virginia Trip
Trip Organizer: Kevin Hisel
All right boys and girls. Time to start thinking West Virginia and the weekend of July 1st. I have reserved camping for the weekend at Burnwood area of the New River Gorge which is one of the group camping sites maintained by the National Park Service. We will have this whole place to ourselves, sweet. This is on the canyon rim just outside of Fayetteville and is only minutes away from Fayette Station.
As far as the river, well we probably will be on the New. With significant rain there could be other options but the New is as guaranteed as we can get with out a dam release. The Gorge (lower) section is generally considered a class III/IV run. At lower summer flows it is probably closer to being III+ or maybe IV-. It is a gorgeous river and view. For a little less excitement the Upper New is a good class II run that includes one nice class III rapid towards the end.
I will probably be on the gorge. Last year everyone ran the upper section and the gorge paddlers continued on downstream, which made for a long and tiring day. I would be appreciative if anyone wants to volunteer to lead a group on the Upper section. Saturday only or both days would work. Sometimes people just like to run Fayette Station a bunch on Sunday and head on back home anyway.
Back to camping. This is a group site and is $50 per night. I will inquire to see if the club will be willing to pick this up to avoid me having to foot the bill and trying to collect from you drunkards after we get off the river. So if you think you are possibly maybe sorta interested PLEASE RESPOND here or by email and let me know so I can get a estimate of who will be coming. But I wont beat you up if you bail so just let me know if you are interested. This place has a pavilion so Saturday evening group dinner is a possibility if everyone is interested. Oh, since you probably have Monday and Tuesday off work (you know, Independence Day) let me know if you want to extend this trip a bit longer than the weekend.
Nantahala Trip
The Nantahala River trip is a "go." The Ocoee River portion of this event is a very definite "maybe."
Jim Gunn is headed to Colorado next week (can you blame him?) and won't be around to plan the Ocoee River portion of the trip as originally expected. Is there someone who would be willing to help Jim out with the Ocoee portion of this trip? If so, let me know so that we can discuss group camping options.
Even if the Ocoee River trip falls through, I still plan to lead the Vikings down the Nantahala River that weekend.
Viking Clinc
Great opportunity for anyone starting to paddle whitewater canoe or kayak. The clinic will be held on the Big South Fork.
Our beginner students will paddle Bear Creek to the Blue Heron Mining Community, Saturday. There should be a couple class II rapids, and the trip ends with Devils Jump. A nice class III into a pool. There is a trail on river left so this rapid can easily be run multiple times. Sunday the plan will be to paddle selected rapids on the BSF Canyon. The more advanced groups will paddle the canyon on Saturday, and probably Sunday. If the sky happens to drop some water on the area, there will be other options for both levels of paddlers. We can get them on bigger water on later trips this summer.
Camping is at Blue Heron Campground. This should make the drive time from Louisville to the Clinic at 3 hours 15 minutes.
Download Clinic Application
Questions? Contact Kyle Nicholson through the Viking Forum.
Liquid Logic Demo Days at Falls of the Ohio
3pm, @ Ohio River
The date is finalized and Bluegrass Outfitters will be hosting it's first Liquid Logic demo day on the Ohio River. Mothers day, May 14th 2006.
Meet at the GRC boat ramp and go from there.
For more info email: Todd
