WELLS RIVER RUMBLE

2011 Race date set!

2011-03-09T09:29:00.000-08:00

Hey friends of the Rumble. Once again the Ledyard Canoe Club will be organizing the race (no in it's 8th year) as part of their Ledyard River Festival. The race is scheduled for Sunday, April 17 at 10am. Hope to see you there!

2010 Race

2010-11-17T14:22:00.000-08:00

Well, I missed out this year but hopefully you didn't. It was the first time since I started the race back in 2004 that I hadn't attended. Needed to be home with the family. Anyway, another great turnout for the second year of the race being in ledyard's hands. Once again, John Gerstenberger walked away with the big win. Props.

Gerstenberger in full glory avec wavehopper on "the el salto falls."

Mandatory carnage

Gronski digs in.

Coming in hot on "O-face."

See the full results at:

http://www.dartmouth.edu/~lcc/riverfest/results/wells_river_rumble_2010.pdf

1 John Gerstenberger

2 Nick Gottlieb

3 Brandon Gonski

4 Lukas Wilkelen

5 Kyle Landis-Marinello

6 Tom Ebert

7 Chris Gill

8 Carl Askegnern

9 Jackson Conn

10 Graham Bell

11 Chris Cardoni

12 Owen Cadwalader

13 Mike Porter

14 Ellen Ludlow

15 Oscar Espinoza

16 Chelsea Liddell

17 Greg Sokol

18 Tom Callahan

19 Jason Phelps

DNF Kurt Kostyu

DNF Kevin McGregor

DNF Sam Lowenthal

DNF Chris Zentner

DNF Dave Goldberg

DNS Parker Reed

DNS Chris Glazner

DNS Christopher Rand

DNS Greg Wallacu

DNS Ed Meyer

All photos by Patrick Rogers

http://www.kayakingphotos.com/albums/2010/vt/wellsrace0410/wellsrace04101.html

Cohaereamus & Shalom people

Jolyon

2009 Race

2010-11-17T12:20:00.000-08:00

Well the olde Ledyard Canoe Club did herself proud. The 2009 race was a great success, with more entrants than ever before and smooth execution from a staff of thousands... well, it felt like a staff of thousands. Anyway, props to ledyard for an awesome race, and for taking it off my hands. I was happy to get to paddle and not stress about details.

Couple of firsts in this race: Xavier Engle with the first race ever in a wavehopper!

... and I was the first ever in a glass boat (slalom boat).

Xavier became a target for everyone and probably would have carried away first if he hadn't been so harassed. But that's creek racing for you. I on the other hand was in the worst shape of my life and popped my shoulder out halfway through the sprints. I managed to finish at a leisurely pace after that, but I need to remember not to push myself when I'm so out of it.

Top honors to ex-slalom guy John Gerstenberger (for the 2nd year in a row).

The Gerstenburglar out to an early lead: This guy is FAST.

Here are the results (full results at the official homepage for the festival... http://www.dartmouth.edu/~lcc/riverfest/results/wells09.html):

1 John Gerstenberger

2 Xavier Engle

3 Ted Devoe

4 Matt Young

5 Nick Gottlieb

6 James Dubenburry

7 Christian Woodward

8 Jolyon Pruszinski

9 Brynne Weeks

10 Phillip Bracikowski

11 Robert Brady

12 Mike Porter

13 Erik Debbink

14 Simone Orland

15 Chris Zentner

16 Ben Peters

17 Morgan Boyles

18 Heather Scott

19 Anna Schumacher

20 Steve Cournoyer

21 Kevin Rathin

22 Alex Toth

23 Ellen Ludlow

24 Nichole Brown

25 Laura Tabor

26 Andrew Wagner

27 Douglas Piatt

28 Emily Yen

29 Charlie Watt

30 Michael Rodrigues

All photos courtesy of Patrick Rogers

http://www.kayakingphotos.com/albums/2009/vt/wells0409/wells04091.html

Cohaereamus & Shalom

Jolyon

78 Japanese Middle-School Perverts agree!

2010-09-08T19:14:00.000-07:00

Hey so, it's been over a year since I've updated the blog, and I've been clearing out the cobwebs... And what should I discover upon my return but a 78 post long comment thread on my last post. AND all the comments were in Japanese, AND as the google translator tells me, were an exemplary display of potty-mouth. So thank you to all the hormonal middle-school commenters spicing things up around here. Wellsriverrumble.blogspot.com may not be that popular in the states, but hey, we're big in Japan.

2009 Race Date & New Era

2009-02-24T20:15:00.000-08:00

Hey friends,
This year's race is set for April 18th. Competitor's meeting at 10:30am.
And, this year I'm not the head honcho (phew). I've passed the torch to the young guns of the Ledyard Canoe Club back at my alma mater. The race is going to be a part of the first Ledyard River Festival.

For more info check:

http://www.ledyardriverfestival.com/

and for specifics on the rumble go to:

http://www.ledyardriverfestival.com/wells-river-rumble

I hope to see you out there.
God bless you
Jolyon

2008 Results!

2008-06-22T18:21:00.000-07:00

photo nick gottlieb

so this being the 5th anniversary of racing the wells, you may be thinking i've gotten you a nice anniversary present... but seeing that wood is the customary gift, i'm just going to give you the results and hope you'll keep coming back anyway.

another great race this year. good weather, good turnout. best level for the wells race yet ~400cfs. gave 'er a little more cushion. (all photos by patrick rogers www.kayakingphotos.com, unless by nick gottlieb as noted)

the racers listen to the format changes.

this year we did 2 runs of the river.
first run was split into 4 sprints. first sprint (mrs. golden's sprint) was mass start to seed heats. after that we split into heats of 4 or so paddlers each to do the next 3 sprints. you accrued points based on finish order in your heat in each sprint... 1st got you 4pts, 2nd 3pts etc etc. then on the second run we did mass start full length race. points awarded in the same fashion... 17pts for 1st, 16pts for 2nd etc.

there was some great head to head action...

some nice glamour shots...

mr. mcgregor's garden (photo gottlieb)

strauss gutting el salto (photo gottlieb)

and longboat champ john gerstenberger with some pretty boatin...

some excellent carnage...

and good stories to tell...

the results:

name sprint 1... heat... sprint 2... sprint 3... sprint 4... full course... total
John Gerstenberger 4... 1... 4... 4... 4... 17... 33
Jolyon Pruszinski 4... 2... 4... 4... 3... 15... 30
Jeff Sharpe 4... 3... 4... dnf ... 3 ... na ... 11
James Sullivan 4... 4 ... 3... 2... 2... 11 ... 22
Ben Koons 3... 1... 3... 2... 3 ... 12 ... 23
Justin Crannell 3... 2... 3... 3... 4 ... 14 ... 27
Tom Ebert 3... 3... 3... 4 ... 4... 13... 27
Jason Laselva 3... 4... 2... 4... 3... 7 ... 19
Kevin McGregor 2... 1... 2... 3 ... 2... 8 ... 17
Zoe Acher 2... 2... 2... 2... 2... 6 ... 14
Leanne Bernier 2... 3... 2... 3... 2... 4 ... 13
Owen Cadwalader 2... 4... 1... 3... 1... 10... 17
Tony Rector 1... 1... 1... 1... 1... 9 ... 13
Eric Klem 1... 2... 1 ... 1... 1 ... 2 ... 6
David Strauss 0... 4... 4... 1... 4 ... 16... 25
Jay Brazier 0... -... 0 ... 0... 0 ... 3... 3
Alex Toth 0... -... 0... 0... 0 ... 5 ... 5

final placing... class... class placing... boat
1 John Gerstenberger... Long... 1st LB... Pirouette S
2 Jolyon Pruszinski ... Long... 2nd LB... T-Canyon
3 Justin Crannell... Short ... 1st SB... Magnum
3 Tom Ebert... Short... 2nd SB... M-3
5 David Strauss... Long... 3rd LB ... Dancer
6 Ben Koons... Short... 3rd SB ... Remix
7 James Sullivan... Short ... 4th SB ... Habitat
8 Jason Laselva ... Short ... 5th SB ... Magnum
9 Kevin McGregor... Short... 6th SB tie ... Mamba?
9 Owen Cadwalader... Short ... 6th SB tie ... Jefe
11 Zoe Acher ... Short... 8th SB ... Burn
12 Leanne Bernier... Short ... 9th SB tie ... Huck
12 Tony Rector ... Short ... 9th SB tie ... Mystic
14 Jeff Sharpe ... Long... 4th LB ... Pirouette
15 Eric Klem ... Short... 11th SB ... Micro 250
16 Alex Toth ... Short ... 12th SB ... Recoil?
17 Jay Brazier ... Short ... 13th SB ... M3

Winners took home their very own super-sweet rumble-champ hoody!
Still River Outfitters had some great prizes for top finishers including noseplugs, a drybag, and a bunch of gift-certificates.

justin crannell taking home his shortboat champ hoody

and now for a little tip for the shortboats for next year...
a new and convincing shortboat raceline has been opened up on the el salto falls by this year's winner justin crannell. check the photos:

notice how ben starts out in front, swings river right to run the falls, while justin heads left. justin drops to the left of the normal left line, shoots down the bedrock, away from the hole and zips to the front. tom (who was in 3rd) drops the normal left side line, hits the hole, flips and ends up tied with ben, with justin gone out in front. take heed for next year folks.

and then of course the old race line remains the only option for the long boats:

peace friends, God bless you
and see you next year
jolyon

THE RACE IS ON FOR SUNDAY!

2008-04-22T20:12:00.000-07:00

Hey friends
We are on for the 5th Wells River Rumble this sunday! (April 27)
First off: the level

I was just out there yesterday and let me tell you, 850 cfs is fantastic, and if my guess is correct the river should be at an AWESOME level... fun and juicy... for the race. The weather forecast looks good too.

Second: the details
The competitors meeting will be at 12:30 at the putin. The race will start immediately after that. The putin is about 1.5 miles east on Rte 302 of the I-91 exit for wells river, at an old blocked off bridge. It's pretty easy to find. Please park at the VT fish and game lot about 100 yds further east. And please show up early for practice runs. You will want one if the level stays high, and it probably will. There will be a longboat class (over 9ft long) and a shortboat class (under 9ft long) at the very least, but if there are a slew of competitors we will split it up further. In the past we've done all mass starts, some full length, some partial. We will at the very least do one full length mass start run that will count substantially toward the overall result. In addition to that we will likely continue to do 4 short sprint heats over the course of the run. For these we will likely split into brackets for fairer starts and better competitive chances for everyone than in years past. The final format will be determined on the day of the race depending on conditions and entrants. The race is being sponsored again this year by Still River Outfitters, who have generously agreed to throw in some excellent prizes as they did last year (last year's prizes included a drybag, life jacket, tshirt, gift certificates etc). In addition the top finishers in the longboat and shortboat classes will take home a sweet sweatshirt.

Thirdly: Spectation
It will be spectacular. The banks are snow free and dry. The river is pumping. This makes for easy spectating. Bring your friends.

Fourthly: Entry
Entry is $10. You must be of sane mind to enter. I will trust your inestimable powers of self-verification. For your $10 entry and assurance of sanity you get a sweet tshirt and a shot at the prizes. Witness the excellency of your future shirt:
THE FRONT

and THE BACK

yes this is navy blue.

alright enough of this blah blah blah.
let's do this!
get out there and get your practice runs in!
email creekrace at dartmouth dot edu with questions

see you SUNDAY!
jolyon

ps: i think this might fall into the category of 'irrelevant' to some dyed-in-the-wool creekers, and perhaps for those who believe surfing is an endeavor meant for warmer water, but for those who are less than singleminded with respect to their whitewater disciplines and have the disposition to endure snowmelt for good waves... probably the best 2 waves in the upper valley right now are on the connecticut river just upstream of the Rte 302 bridge. aka 2 miles from the race. bring your playboat ifn this is your thing.

wells is open and running

2008-03-29T12:48:00.000-07:00

so i'm sure i'm not the first one on it this season, but i got my first runs in on the wells on friday. it was at about 160cfs which is low but fun. all the drops are runnable, with a couple pieces of wood and ice if you're on the wrong side of the river. so get on out there and get your practice runs in for the race.

i also thought i'd throw up some pictures i took from my first run, all upstream vantage point from the boat, not the typical photo angle. enjoy.

above 'brett's mom'

above 'the sweetness'

1/3 of the way down 'labyrinth'

above 'the el salto falls'

just above the last drop of 'tantra'

done

Mark it dude.

2007-09-16T18:04:00.000-07:00

the 2008 wells river rumble date has been changed to Sunday April 27th, 2008.
mark it dude.

jolyon

selling my shred

2007-08-21T07:56:00.000-07:00

Hey folks,
I'm selling my Shred 8'6" squirt boat. built by The Upstream Edge. It's deck is metalflake white center fading to blue tips, white bottom. It's in great shape. I fit very well for downtime and comfort, size 8 feet, 30" inseam, 165lbs. Previous owner ditto, he was size 11 feet, 31" inseam, and 150lbs. A great downtime boat. Mt. Surf skirt size s/m included. I'm asking $600, but I'll knock down the price if you pick it up. I'm in White River Junction, VT. You can float it 100yds from my house.
email me if you're interested.

Thanks
Jolyon Rivoir-Pruszinski
jolyon at dartmouth dot edu

2007 Race Results

2007-05-03T12:35:00.000-07:00

mrs golden's sprint mass start - photo laura halls

The rumble was a big success again this year. Owing to a late spring with not much else running we had a great turnout of 22 racers! It was awesome. The weather was a bit of a damper, and had there not been a noreaster in the forecast for the day the turnout would have been much higher. Nevertheless, the hardcore came out and raced in what was probably the coldest creekrace ever held. Still River Outfitters threw in some great prizes to boot. props.

photos used courtesy of...

pat rogers:
http://www.kayakingphotos.com/albums2007/wells0407a/wells0407a1.html

david cudmore:
http://www.stillriveroutfitters.com/rumble.html

and laura halls

mike mcdonnell warming up on 'the sweetness' -photo david cudmore

the rules were: first, don't kill each other. second, only one long boat showed up so all prizes were bumped to shortboat. third, due to inadequate recording equipment for rainy weather only the top five finishers would be recorded in each race (so i guess you can kill each other if it looks like you're competitive for top five). 2 runs of the river. first run split into 4 mass start sprint sections. you earn points by finishing top 5. 5 for 1st, 4 for 2nd 3 for 3rd... etc. then on the second run of the river you mass start race the full length. that's worth 3x the points as the short sprint finishes. add it all up... there are your winners.

jolyon the organizer, cant this guy shut up? - photo pat rogers

racers
-------
nate randall
eric klem
trip burwell
ted kwasnik
justin crannell
scott andrews
mike holliday
john beardsley
jeff bate
emily theobald-harding
james joslin
ben koons
owen cadwalader
alex steinberg
anna schumacher
mike mcdonnell
aaron black
simone orlandi
ben norbrothen
damian turcotte
jerry brisson
jolyon rivoir-pruszinski (long boat)

coming out of the start on bretts mom - photo cudmore

bretts mom sprint - photo cudmore

holliday passing mcdonnell on the hero line of the sweetness - photo rogers

mrs. golden's sprint - shortboat finish
----------
1) mike holliday
2) mike mcdonnell
3) scott andrews
4) justin crannell
5) alex steinberg

breather after mrs golden's sprint - photo rogers

labyrinth is the shortest sprint and always subject to pile-up and a real boatercross feel. this year was no exception with a major pile-up in the final hole. mass chaos.

labyrinth sprint - shortboat finish
---------
1) alex steinberg
2) mike holliday
3) scott andrews
4) mike mcdonnell
5) justin crannell

mike holliday busting out the race line on the el salto falls - photo rogers

holliday landing - photo cudmore

justin crannell risks the race line to sneak into 2nd - photo cudmore

alex steinberg edges mcdonnell for 5th - photo cudmore

the race line on the el salto falls sealed the deal for good placing for holliday, crannell, and burwell.

salto sprint - shortboat finish
-------
1) mike holliday
2) justin crannell
3) scott andrews
4) trip burwell
5) alex steinberg

the tantra sprint is the longest and crannell showed his stamina to pull out first in shortboat.

tantra sprint - shortboat finish
------
1) justin crannell
2) mike mcdonnell
3) mike holliday
4) john beardsley
5) ben koons

hiking back up to the cars for the 2nd run - photo rogers

the steady rain changed to snow just in time for the full course race.

full course mass start - photo halls

at the lip of brett's mom - photo halls

heading out of brett's mom amid the flakes- photo halls

there was some serious time lost in the hole at the bottom of labyrinth for some of the top competitors, shaking up the lineup coming into the waterfall...

steinberg cements his lead in the full course race on the el salto falls - photo rogers

holliday and koons head to head at el salto falls - photo rogers

crannell looking to make up time on the race line - photo rogers

damian turcotte not looking to make up time on the el salto falls - photo rogers

full course race - shortboat
----------
1) alex steinberg
2) scott andrews
3) ben koons
4) mike holliday
5) mike mcdonnell

steinberg held on to win the full length race followed by veteran scott andrews. ben koons peaked late with great staying power to beat out other top paddlers.

awards 'ceremony' - photo rogers

In the end, Mike Holliday's strong showing in the sprint round carried him through the Rumble to first place. It was very closed between the top three finishers though, and Alex Steinberg and Scott Andrews gave him a run for his money. 5th place Justin Crannell took home a LL t-shirt. 4th place Mike McDonnell took home a sweet drybag from Still River Outfitters. In 3rd Scott Andrews took home a $25 gift certificate to Still River. 2nd place Alex Steinberg took home a lifejacket from still river. And in 1st Mike took home a $50 gift certificate to Still River and a sweet Wells River Rumble Sweatshirt proclaiming him the SHORTBOAT CHAMPION!

final point totals
----------
1) mike holliday (LL el jefe) 23
2) alex steinberg (dagger nomad) 22
3) scott andrews (dagger mamba)21
4) mike mcdonnell (necky blunt) 13
5) justin crannell (riot magnum) 12
6) ben koons (payranha m3) 10
7) john beardsley (LL el jefe) 2
7) trip burwell (Dagger CFS) 2

mad props to patrick rogers, addie smith, laura halls, and andrew mccauley for photos and shuttles and mega thanks to david cudmore of still river outfitters for all that, great prizes, and a bag of potato chips.

hope to see y'all next year!
jolyon

2007 race flyer

Early Season Warmup 2007

2007-04-11T22:00:00.000-07:00

hey y'all the wells is ice-free, strainer-free, and running. the race is on for sunday april 15. competitors meeting at the put-in at 12:30pm. entry fee of $10 gets you a t-shirt and a shot at the prizes. the boat classes are longboat > 9ft, shortboat < 9ft. here are some photos from this spring so far. the level in these photos is 400 cfs. get psyched. - jolyon

an overhead shot of labyrinth

eric klem and andrew mccauley scouting the el salto falls

john beardsley finishing tantra

scott andrews done with tantra

Zoe Acher punching the 'o-face' hole

and a short video

2006 Race

2007-04-11T21:11:00.000-07:00

The third annual rumble was again a great success, this time a bit more chill on the planning front. Entrants got tshirts, winners got cash prizes, and a quasi-team-boatercross event was added. No sponsors, just boating. Photos from the event are courtesy of patrick rogers, mike holliday, and lucas schulz.

pat's:
http://www.kayakingphotos.com/albums2006/WellsAPR9/WellsAPR91.html

mike's:
http://engineering.dartmouth.edu/~Michael_J_Holliday/SCW/

naney warms up cresting 'the sweetness'-photo by mike

warm up on tantra-photo by mike

the format of the main race was the same as in 2005: 4 sprints and 1 full course race, ALL MASS START. YEEEEEEEAH! Racers accrued points by place in each race: last place = 1 point, 2nd to last = 2pts, 3rd to last = 3 pts etc... the sprints were weighted x 1, the full course weighted x 3. you accrue the most points = you WIN.

1st Leg = MRS GOLDEN'S SPRINT
from above 'brett's mom' to below 'the sweetness'

naney and beardsley right out of the gate-photo by lucas

start pack on mrs. golden's sprint-photo by mike

the pack opening up on 'the sweetness'-photo by patrick

mrs. golden's sprint
----------------
1 jolyon pruszinski
2 mike holliday
3 alex steinberg
4 scott andrews
5 sam naney
6 john beardsley
7 jeff bate
8 austin lashley
9 trip burwell
10 jerry brisson
11 russ kelley
12 eric klem

2nd Leg = LABYRINTH SPRINT
from the top of 'labyrinth' to the bottom.

1 jolyon pruszinski
2 scott andrews
3 alex steinberg
4 mike holliday
5 austin lashley
6 trip burwell
7 jeff bate
8 john beardsley
9 sam naney
10 jerry brisson
11 russ kelley
12 eric klem

3rd Leg = SALTO SPRINT
from the below 'labyrinth', through 'cafe yo boof', to the eddy on the left below 'the el salto falls'

jerry brisson dropping in on 'the el salto falls'-photo by patrick

1 jolyon pruszinski
2 mike holliday
3 austin lashley
4 scott andrews
5 john beardsley
6 alex steinberg
7 sam naney
8 jeff bate
9 trip burwell
10 jerry brisson
11 russ kelley
12 eric klem

4th Leg = TANTRA SPRINT
from below 'the el salto falls', through 'elevator', through 'tantra', ending in the flatwater below.

beardsley in the lead on the tantra sprint-photo by patrick

steinberg and holliday neck&neck heading for 'o-face'-photo by mike

tantra sprint finish line-photo by mike

tantra sprint finish
----------------
1 john beardsley
2 jolyon pruszinski
3 sam naney
4 mike holliday
5 alex steinberg
6 scott andrews
7 jeff bate
8 trip burwell
9 jerry brisson
10 russ kelley
11 eric klem
12 austin lashley

FULL COURSE BOOGIE
got any energy left?

scott andrews diggin in on 'the sweetness' (full course race)-photo by patrick

jolyon leads the pack on tantra... backwards-photo by patrick

naney in tantra, pack behind -photo by lucas

full course finish
1 jolyon pruszinski
2 mike holliday
3 alex steinberg
4 sam naney
5 scott andrews
6 john beardsley
7 jeff bate
8 jerry brisson
9 russ kelley
10 trip burwell
11 austin lashley
12 eric klem

TEAM BOATERX
this was the last run of the day, and on labyrinth we did a new event. we formed teams of 3. each team had one racer and two blockers. two teams would 'race'. that meant that you have 2 racers racing each other through the rapid, and they each have two people from the opposite team trying to slow them down and block where they want to go. CHAOS! it was excellent.

team boaterX-photo by patrick

team boaterX-photo by patrick

team boaterX-photo by lucas

team boaterX-photo by lucas

heat 1:
Alex/Jeff/Mike W
John/Sam/Scott L

heat 2:
Russ/Jerry/Jolyon W
Eric/Trip/Austin L

heat 3:
Russ/Jerry/Jolyon W
Alex/Jeff/Mike L

heat 4:
John/Sam/Scott W
Eric/Trip/Austin L

final
1 Russ/Jerry/Jolyon
2 Alex/Jeff/Mike
3 John/Sam/Scott
4 Eric/Trip/Austin

good fun on the boatercross.

the racers -photo by mike

FINAL RESULTS - points - boats
1 jolyon pruszinski - 83 - green dancer
2 mike holliday - 72 - grey embudo
3 alex steinberg - 66 - blue nomad
4 scott andrews - 58 - blue jefe
5 sam naney - 56 - orange jefe
6 john beardsley - 54 - purple jefe
7 jeff bate - 40 - red h3
8 austin lashley - 31 - blue gus
9 trip burwell - 29 - yellow huck
10 jerry brisson - 27 - necky blunt
11 russ kelley - 22 - orange crux
12 eric klem - 8 - red micro

chillaxin at ledyard (katie sporting a rumble T)-photo by mike

a reporter from the valley news was around for the race and put together a little photo spread of the race for the paper. the following photos were published in the Tuesday April 11, 2006 Valley News sports section. All photos by Denise Farwell:

full page

2005 Race

2007-04-06T08:11:00.000-07:00

The second annual rumble in 2005 saw some beautiful weather, corporate sponsors, and a very competitive field of sixteen.
All photos by patrick rogers www.kayakingphotos.com

Most paddlers started with a warmup run:

molly malone - right on line

nate monnig - about to dig in

tom ebert - ready to meltdown

the format of the race changed this year; we went a point system. there were four mass-start sprints followed by the mass-start full length race. where your ordinal finish placing was subtracted from the total number of racers to convert to a point score. the sprints were weighted X1 and the full course race weighted X3, so you could win on sprints even if you blew the full length race, but your stamina on the full length still mattered a lot...

mrs. golden's sprint X 1
labyrith sprint X 1
salto sprint X 1
tantra sprint X 1
full course sprint X 3

clown show on mrs. golden's sprint

laura jorgensen leading the pack into the el salto falls

jorgensen in the lead on tantra

steinberg, holliday, and strauss looking down into O-face.

close finish on tantra sprint

post-sprint breather

mrs golden's sprint
(aka sprint #1 through 'brett's mom' and 'the sweetness')
finish name points
1 alex steinberg 16
2 mike holliday 15
3 tom ebert 14
4 nate monnig 13
5 nicole mansfield 12
6 steve endy 11
7 david strauss 10
8 scott andrews 9
9 laura jorgensen 8
10 nell campell 7
11 jay hanna 6
12 molly malone 5
13 ben zabar 4
14 jeff woodward 3
15 katie ammons 2
16 john demming 1

labyrinth sprint
(aka sprint #2 through the labyrinth)
finish name points
1 alex steinberg 16
2 mike holliday 15
3 nicole mansfield 14
4 laura jorgensen 13
5 nate monnig 12
6 tom ebert 11
7 jay hanna 10
8 david strauss 9
9 scott andrews 8
10 nell campbell 7
11 steve endy 6
12 ben zabar 5
13 katie ammons 4
14 molly malone 3
15 jeff woodward 2
16 john demming 1

salto sprint
(aka sprint #3 through 'cafe yo boof' and 'the el salto falls')
finish name points
1 Alex Steinberg 16
2 laura jorgensen 15
3 david strauss 14
4 tom ebert 13
5 nicole mansfield 12
6 jay hanna 11
7 nate monnig 10
8 mike holliday 9
9 scott andrews 8
10 steve endy 7
11 jeff woodward 6
12 ben zabar 5
13 nell campbell 4
14 katie ammons 3
15 molly malone 2
16 john demming 1

tantra sprint
(aka sprint #4 through 'elevator' and 'tantra')
finish name points
1 Laura Jorgensen 16
2 Tom Ebert 15
3 nate monnig 14
4 alex steinberg 13
5 mike holliday 12
6 david strauss 11
7 jeff woodward 10
7 nicole mansfield 9
7 jay hanna 8
10 nell campbell 7
11 katie ammons 6
12 ben zabar 5
13 steve endy 4
14 molly malone 3
15 scott andrews 2
16 john demming 1

alex steinberg managed to dominate most of the sprints, with laura jorgensen coming on strong in the longest one: tantra. newly arrived local tom ebert came as a big surprise sneaking into second after the sprints...

subtotal rank after sprints
rank name points
1 Alex steinberg 61
2 tom ebert 53
3 laura jorgensen 52
4 mike holliday 51
5 nate monnig 49
6 nicole mansfield 48
7 david strauss 44
8 jay hanna 37
9 steve endy 28
10 scott andrews 27
11 nell campbell 25
12 jeff woodward 21
13 ben zabar 19
14 katie ammons 15
15 molly malone 13
16 john demming 4

shuttle, pre-full course race

monnig leading as the pack crests 'the sweetness' - full course race

Full Length Course
finish name points
1 mike holliday 33
2 laura jorgensen 30
3 nate monnig 27
4 alex steinberg 24
5 nicole mansfield 21
6 tom ebert 18
7 ben zabar 15
8 jay hanna 12
9 scott andrews 9
10 david strauss 6
DNF jeff woodward 3

in the full course race is where stamina and familiarity with the run really come in handy. mike holliday broke out and snagged first place with laura a close second, and a strong showing by monnig in third. steinberg took fourth but mananged to hang on to the overall title due to his huge lead from the sprints.

WELLS RIVER RUMBLE '05 TOTAL FINAL RESULTS
FINISH NAME POINTS BOAT
1 Alex Steinberg 85 - NOMAD
2 Mike Holliday 84 - EMBUDO
3 Laura Jorgensen 82 - M3
4 Nate Monnig 76 - M3
5 Tom Ebert 71 - HUCK
6 Nicole Mansfield 69 - M3/KENDO
7 David Strauss 50 - HUCK/HUKA
8 Jay Hanna 45 - CFS
9 Scott Andrews 36 - CFS
10 Ben Zabar 34 - CFS
11 Steve Endy 28 - Y
12 Nell Campbell 25 - HUKA
13 Jeff Woodward 24 - HUCK
14 Katie Ammons 15 - H3
15 Molly Malone 13 - M3
16 John Demming 4 - BLUNT

all in all a great race.
we followed it up with a team relay again... good fun.

nate monnig helping pull the finish buoys.

BIG thanks to the sponsors for throwing down some great prizes.

many thanks to:
woody at LIQUIDLOGIC
bruce at ZOAR OUTDOOR
joe at UMIAK OUTFITTERS
ben at STEEPCREEKS.COM
daniel at LVM
jerry at SAILBOARDERS

2005 race flyer:

2007 Flyer

2007-03-12T22:41:00.000-07:00

2004 Race

2006-11-08T14:23:00.000-08:00

2004 was the inaugural year for the rumble.
The format was simple: run the 1 mile stretch of river the fastest in a mass start.

alex steinberg leading the pack at 'the sweetness'
(from http://www.kayakingphotos.com)

nicole mansfield near the finish on 'tantra'
(from http://www.kayakingphotos.com)

jolyon pruszinski on 'the el salto falls'
(from http://www.kayakingphotos.com)

long boat and short boats competed together since there was only one long boat. jolyon took home the #1 spot, with andy hunter in the #2 in an embudo...

andy hunter - 'the el salto falls'
(from http://www.ziggy-photo.com)

after the individual race, we had a relay. teams of three.
good fun. handoffs were ridiculous.

results:
1) jolyon pruszinski - dancer
2) andy hunter - embudo
3) alex steinberg - cfs
4) dan dellwo - blunt
5) mike holliday - huck
6) nicole mansfield - h3
7) ben zabar - cfs
8) steve endy - Y
9) heather schlott - phat
10) magdelena dale - centrifuge
11) ryan ? - rpm
12) allison forbes - hoss

wells river rumble relay 2004
1) mike holliday - huck, andy hunter - embudo, heather schlott- phat
2) jolyon - dancer, dan dellwo - blunt, steve endy - y
3) allison forbes - hoss, nicole mansfield - h3 , nell campbell - huka

Race Flyer:

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2006-10-30T18:44:00.000-08:00

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jolyon