Photos of Sweet Creek and Little White

Here's a photo from the recent Sweet Creek race near Eugene, Oregon. For a recap of the race, check out the previous post.


Trip Jennings just ahead of Josh Matsell on Sweet Creek...

This second photo is Spirit Falls on Washington's Little White Salmon.


Trip Jennings running Spirit Falls...

Sweet Creek Race Recap

Well, we finally got some water and got to go boating.

Two weekends ago we had the Sweet Creek Race. It was a smashing success in it's beautiful laid back organized chaos. The entire race was head to head single elimination over narrow class V rapids and drops. The biggest drop was only 10 feet, but we did get to watch people battle for the lead and every now and then run it on top of their competition. In the end, I ended up second, missing first by 2 or 3 feet as Andy Beddingfield passed me at the last second before crossing the finish line. After the race an informal freestyle event was held which I again got second in to Lane Jacobs. We both did super past vertical freewheels/barrel roll in the air and land flat on your hull at the bottom of the drop type things. Super fun, and we can't wait to do it again next year. After the race we went to the beach and pollished off two kegs of New Belgium beer and hopped in our tents and cars just as it started to pour down rain! In all, I weekend I won't soon forget, with a super fun race and great people.

peace,
trip