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10 HEAD OVER HEELS – In this multiple exposure image, Kent Bretzlaff performs a loop – an aerial somersault – in his kayak during the annual Yukon Canoe and Kayak Club rodeo. Held at multiple locations on the Yukon River, paddlers competed in a number of different disciplines including the whitewater rodeo, a slalom race and a downriver race.

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UPSTREAM FOCUS – Left, Brendan Zrum glances upstream during his ride. Zrum competed in the advanced kayaking division, finishing off the podium.

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BARREL ROLL – Alex Jessup flips over in the play feature on the Yukon River during the boogie-boarding competition. Jessup captured the adult title with her wild rides.

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BARREL ROLL – Alex Jessup flips over in the play feature on the Yukon River during 23 Pelly Vincent-Braun.

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Olivier Roy-Jauvin.

Paddlers dazzle in multiple disciplines at annual Yukon Canoe and Kayak Club rodeo

Water levels were at their prime for the annual Yukon Canoe and Kayak Club rodeo

By Marissa Tiel on August 17, 2017

Water levels were at their prime for the annual Yukon Canoe and Kayak Club rodeo on the Yukon River Wednesday night. Paddlers and boogie-boarders tackled the popular play feature upstream of the pedestrian bridge on the Millennium Trail.

They flipped rafts and weaved through slalom gates and finally, as the sun sunk further in the sky, they raced an all out sprint from the dam to the bridge.

Results:

Freestyle

Boogie-Boarding Youth

  1. Luanda Pronovost

  2. Hazel Lewis

  3. Felicity Vangel

Boogie-Boarding Adult

  1. Alex Jessup

  2. Will O’Brian

  3. Lyndsay Patenaude

C-1/ Open Canoeing

  1. Trevor Braun

  2. Pelly Vincent-Braun

  3. Brian Groves

Beginner/Intermediate Kayaking

  1. Merick Moritz

  2. Kieran Knowles

  3. Nadine (no last name available)

Advanced Kayaking

  1. Olivier Roy-Jauvin

  2. Jason Zrum

3. Luke Morris

Slalom Race

  1. Olivier Roy-Jauvin

  2. Connor Oliver-Beebe

  3. Luke Morris

Downriver Race

  1. Olivier Roy-Jauvin

  2. Will O’Brian

  3. Luke Morris

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