 | | APRIL 28 2007 | |  | THE LATEST ON WATER LEVELSOrganizers very cautiously optimistic - Squirt to be held on Monday at McCoy Chute. Training at Bus Eater on Tuesday. Competition Wed - Fri Bus Eater or Smoothie.Freestyle kayaking, like surfing and sailing, require help from mother nature. The Ottawa River watershed received little snow this winter. Inflows into Des Joachim (the big dam 100 km upstream pronounced locally as Swisha) were the lowest in 50 years. Outflows out of Des Joachim (which is our water) was in the 500 cms range (cubic meters per second). Adding to that is local river flow minus what is diverted into the generators at Bryson (other side of Calumet Isand) producing gauge levels about 9.
Both Ontario Hydro and Hydro-Quebc are supporting this event to the greatest extent possible. Ontario Hydro will bump up outflows from Des Joachim to almost 800 cms. That water will reach us Tuesday morning. Also, on Tuesday morning, Hydro-Quebec will open its big center gate at their control dam below McCoy Chute at 7 am and close it at 4 pm. This will bump water by another 130 cms.
With 800 cms from Des Joachim, 500 cms from local rivers and 130 cms from the center gate and we should have a gauge reading between 13 and 14 feet., maybe even a bit higher.
However, this has never been done before so we are not exactly sure how this will play out. By lunch time on Tuesday we will know exactly how much water we have. Hopefully, it will be enough for Bus Eater, if not, then over to Smoothie on the Middle Channel.
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The first ever World Championships under the ICF is now a reality
Thanks to Ontario Power Generation and Hydro-Quebec we now have our water. It is looking like spectacular Bus Eater levels. The schedule:
Tuesday - Official Bus Eater Training
Wed-Fri - Competition
Friday Evening 8 pm - Closing Ceremonies and Medals Presentation
Pictured here is local Ottawa Paddler Matt Hamilton
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 September 5 2007
Results from the Canada Cup
This is your source for the Official Results from the Canada Cup, North American Championship Series and the Canadian National Freestyle Championships 2007. Local boy and Nick Troutman takes home the gold. Check out the full results here.
|  May 12 2007
KEENERS DOMINATE WORLD FREESTYLE KAYAK CHAMPIONSHIPS
WT’s famed youth development program takes 6 of 24 medals. Pictured is Canadian Junior Katie Kowalski and USA Junior, Brynne Weeks.
|  May 5 2007
FINAL RESULTS!
Want to find out who the 2007 world champions are?
|  May 4 2007
Day 3 Comes to an end
The worlds competition is offically over, the event site is still being taken down and spectators are still being shuttled from the island as we speak. Just a quick announcement for the world that Eric Jackson Wins his 4 World Title. Full results to be
|  May 3 2007
JR WOMENS - JR MENS - WOMENS - MENS QUARTERS
huge results day! check it out!
|  May 2 2007
MENS PRELIMS
MENS prelims and video update,..check it!
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