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SLADEO 2007
This year's Sladeo was the Best yet!! This fun event just keeps getting better and better! We even had warmth and sunshine for all of our competitors! We want to say thank you to everyone who made the trip to compete, and for our great volunteers. Special Thanks to: Jeff Leach, who spent hours hanging from trees to help us get up our slalom gates, and to John and Gail Easley who brought tons of Great food for Saturday nights party. Also thanks to Patrick Brown (www.ShadowDetails.com) and Jennifer Kerr for taking so many great pictures and Phil Pinkington for brining the projector so we could share them Saturday night!
Check out all of the Pictures Here!!
Results:
Overall Winners:
Men: *Scores reflect a combined percentage from Slalom and Freestyle
John Grover
Court Wiggins
Matt Taylor
Women:
Chelsea Bourneman
Jennifer Kerr
Kelly Howard
Boater Cross: *Scores reflect finishes in Boater Cross I and II
Bruce Litton
Al Kaufman
Court Wiggins
Brief history
1998 Flood benefit event in which more people learned to cartwheel and Tom Maloney sold more whitewater boats in one night than in the whole year before in Texas, in part, because this was the first time that El Tumolo was officially approved for use by the City of San Marcos and therefore it was the first time that many paddlers had heard of it! Tom Maloney also donated more than $1000 to the Red River Racing Team which helped us to field our biggest team to date in the Jr. Olympics the next year! This evening was also noteworthy because it was the first time that we'd brought out major lights to illuminate our fun!
1999 This year was the year of the whitewater course. With so many opportunities for whitewater features being built in and around Texas Sladeo was a minor event this year.
2000 Though overshadowed by the biggest whitewater events ever held in Texas at Six Flags that year sladeo returned on a cold wintery day in November.
2001 Carrying on the tradition of Sladeo at night we held the entire event after dark complete with underwater lights and it was the first time that the event was sponsored by the City of San Marcos thanks to Scott Hickman! This was the most fiercely competitive Sladeo ever with Truman Hornsby winning the championship over Kyle Scarborough, and others including Jared Leon. More than 100 people were counted on the sidelines enjoying the festivities. Most thought that they were watching a bull fight or worse because of the color commentary. What can I say. . . I was on a roll.
2002 Brought a great head to head competition between Ben and Jared in the only Denim Tumolo design to date on a cold November day with the remains of El Foamelo stuck at the bottom of the course.
2003 Was the first Sladeo in which loops were landed. It brought together an new group of friends who had to fight off the grand total of 0 spectators that showed up because El Tumolo might be a hazard to all the people swimming on a cold, windy day in November.
2004 Was the first sladeo to see freewheels landed in competition because it was held at Michelle's Smile on the Lower Loop of the town run on the San Marcos River. Anna Dale took home more hardware than anyone since her dad won the top volunteer's award, and Michelle gave her, her medal.
2005 Saw the beginning of the latest campaign to get Rio Vista converted into a whitewater park. The Slalom was held at Michelle's Smile again, but the rodeo moved back to the cracked up Rio Vista Dam.
2006 Funds were raised for the San Marcos Youth Foundation, and held at the beautiful new Rio Vista Park!! What a dream come true!!
2007 Were looking forward to seeing you there......
For more info, contact:
The Power Olympic Outdoor Center
Cell: (512) 203-0093 (Ben Kvanli)
Land Line: (512) 392-9910
www.kayakinstruction.org