The Snowy River Extreme race is to be held on the 1st of October on the section of the Snowy River between Munyang Power Station and Island Bend.
Three classes of event will be held, catering for expert and intermediate kayakers as well as pack rafters and inflatable kayakers. The Random Adventure Gear Expert kayak race will be contested on a 2km Class III-IV stretch of the river, starting just below the “Can Opener” rapid and ending at the “Rafter’s Track”. The White Water Adventures Nepal Intermediate race will be held following the expert race on the 1.7km class III stretch of the river, starting at the “Rafter’s Track” and ending at the flying fox at the gauging station. The PacKraft inflatable kayak and pack raft race will be also be held on the intermediate course following the intermediate kayak race conclusion. All events will be run as “pairs” time-trial races, which require competitors to race in groups of two.
Non-AC members will be required to pay for a day entry, and will be required to sign the PaddleNSW single event membership form on the day of the race. A copy of the form can be found here: http://www.paddlensw.org.au/book/membership/single-event-membership
On the day of the race, all participants will be required to sign a waiver indemnifying PaddleNSW--Snowy River Extreme Race, its staff and volunteers, the Minister for the Environment, the National Parks and Wildlife Service, Snowy Hydro Limited, or the officers, staff and contractors of any of those above. In addition, a parent or guardian must sign for participants under 18 years of age.
Gold Sponsor: Random Adventure Gear, White Water Adventures Nepal
Silver Sponsors: Electric Water, Tom's Outdoors, www.kayakfactorydirect.com.au, PacKraft, Paddle Sports Australia, Horizon Line Canoes, Wild Magazine, Immersion Research
Bronze Sponsors: Wetspot Watersports, Kayak4Play, North East Canoe Club, Titan Kayaks, Toba Caldera Championships
If you have any trouble with the registration process email us at snowyriverextremerace@gmail.com
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Snowy River Extreme Race
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Environment, the National Parks and Wildlife Service, Sno
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