KERN RIVER FESTIVAL - WEST COAST SEASON KICKOFF - APRIL 19-20

Kick off the season on the Kern River with competitive Slalom and Boardercross races, and if you're up for some extreme creeking, take a trip down the epic Brush Creek section of the river! With the heavy snowpack this year's event promises to be ripping.

EVENTS: Slalom, Boardercross
POINTS: Standard
PRIZES: Standard
DIRECTIONS:
CONTACT: Face Level, 971.570.9006 or This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

CAL-SALMON NORDHEIMER EXTREME DOWNRIVER - MAY 2-4

The Cal-Salmon race was an epic riverboarding adventure, some of the most fun whitewater that the trio of Ice, Docta P, and Kevin Yount had ever experienced. Since it was just the three of them there was no race, but the event was great and we're hoping to be a part of it in 2009, but with enough riverboarders to have a race! The river is incredible.

EVENTS: Extreme Downriver
POINTS: Standard
PRIZES: Standard
DIRECTIONS:
CONTACT: Face Level, 971.570.9006 or This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

EDDY FLOWER VERTICAL CHALLENGE - 32 DAYS MAY 15 to JUNE 15

The competition is not just for cool prizes and bragging rights, though - it's also for a good cause. Eddy Flower has teamed up with First Descents, an organization that "offers young adults with cancer outdoor experiences that will forever change their lives."

Face Level is stoked to be part of this event and will be providing prizes for the winning teams in the Riverboarding category. Boarders can race in the Open category for this year.

EVENTS: Vertical Challenge - teams of 1-5 people compete to see who can notch the most vertical feet of whitewater rivers in a month
POINTS: Eddy Flower
PRIZES: Eddy Flower
RIVERS: Click here for the river list
CONTACT: Face Level, 971.570.9006 or This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

PBR REVIVAL - BOISE & PAYETTE, IDAHO - MAY 30-JUNE 1

With all the great bodyboarding that goes on at The Gutter on the Main Payette, we were sure this was going to be a highly competitive freestyle surfing event, and it didn't disappoint! These guys can throw the surfing moves and we're looking forward to seeing them perform at the Gorge Games.

EVENTS: Surfing
POINTS: Standard
PRIZES: Standard
DIRECTIONS:
CONTACT: Face Level, 971.570.9006 or This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

PRIMAL QUEST MONTANA 2008 - RUSH HD TV

Primal Quest's whitewater sections were crazy, and the riverboarding was the biggest, most intimidating stretch of whitewater ever used in an adventure race. Team NIKE scorched the course on their Mean Monkey sponsored "extreme boards", beating Ice's pre-race time trial by 10 minutes. They did have a lot more water, but still...they flew! NIKE easily had the fastest overall team time with 1 hour 10 minutes to cover the 9+ miles on riverboard.

EVENTS: Extreme Downriver
POINTS: Primal Quest
PRIZES: Primal Quest
WEBSITE: EcoPrimalQuest.com
CONTACT: Face Level, 971.570.9006 or This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

GORGE GAMES 2008 - JULY 17-20 *ON TV, FOX SPORTS*

Click here for Gorge Games Riverboarding info

This event was huge, with riverboarders arriving from all over the country and even from as far away as New Zealand! Although local riders took first in 3 out of 4 events, it was the youngest athlete in the competition that walked away as the Gorge Games Riverboarding Champion, Alex Koutzoukis.

This was definitely the defining event of the summer for Riverboarding, so check it out on FSN August 18-22nd. We will post the exact TV episode schedule soon.

Congrats to all our winners and competitors and thanks for a great turnout!

OVERALL PODIUM FINISHERS:
Gorge Games Riverboarding Champion: Alex Koutzoukis (42 points)
2nd Place: Liz Arnold (37 points)
3rd Place: Rory Camm (30 points)

POINTS:
1st place - 25
2nd place - 18
3rd place - 12 

Extreme Downriver:
1. Sean O'Shea (Hood River, OR)
2. Alex Koutzoukis (O.C., Cali)
3. Liz Arnold (Husum, WA)

Sprint Time Trial:
1. Liz Arnold (Husum, WA)
2. Rory Camm (New Zealand)
3. Alex Koutzoukis (O.C., Cali)

Freestyle Surfing:
1. Levi Gallas (Denver, CO)
2. Morgan Donaldson (Boise, ID)
3. Rory Camm (New Zealand)

Boardercross:
1. Peter Lamka (Portland, OR)
2. Rochelle Parry (Bellingham, WA)
3. Alex Koutzoukis (O.C., Cali)

POINTS: Gorge Games for podium finish, Standard for entry
PRIZES: Gorge Games
DIRECTIONS: Everything you need to know is here >>>
CONTACT: Face Level, 971.570.9006 or This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

DEERFIELD BOARDERCROSS - JULY 26th

Saturday, July 26 2008, 1:00pm - 1:30pm

Sprint Riverboardercross. Deerfield as part of American Whitewater's Deerfield Festival. We're thrilled for AW to be allowing us to have a race as part of the festival.  Meet at the top of False Tooth rapid ready to go at 1pm.  We will race in Boardercross heats and should be done fairly quickly.  Then we plan to set shuttle and run the whole river for fun. 

Dinner and drinks at the Charlemont Inn will follow in the evening.

EVENTS: Boardercross, fun downriver (not a race)
POINTS: Standard
PRIZES: Standard
DIRECTIONS:
CONTACT: Kevin Yount, 828.514.2374 or This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

KENNEBEC ENDUROCROSS & FREESTYLE SURFING - AUGUST 2nd

Saturday, August 02 2008, 9:00am - 5:00pm

Riverboard Endurocross and Surfing. Meet at the take out at 9:30. We will launch at the put-in after the first raft trips go down, racing from a few rapids above Big Mama through the bottom of Magic Falls. Then we will set up again and have a surf competition at Big Mama. 

Dinner and Drinks to follow at Marshall's Inn after everyone has showered up.

EVENTS: Extreme Downriver, Freestyle Surfing
POINTS: Standard
PRIZES: Standard
DIRECTIONS:
CONTACT: Kevin Yount, 828.514.2374 or This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

GORE CANYON EXTREME DOWNRIVER - AUGUST 16th

Gore Canyon in Colorado is one of the most challenging stretches of whitewater that you'll ever riverboard. At an elevation around 9,000 feet, and with 4 miles of continuous Class IV / V whitewater, you'll be both mentally and physically challenged in a way you never have before.

The record for this race is sub-28 minutes, held by Aspen Seals guide Gary Pera. He's a competitor and will definitely be looking to defend his record on his home turf!

NOTE: You must run this stretch prior to the actual race. We will be riverboarding it a day or two before the race, so make it a point to be there to scout and learn the rapids.

EVENTS: Extreme Downriver (!)
POINTS: Standard
PRIZES: Standard
DIRECTIONS:
CONTACT: Face Level, 971.570.9006 or This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

GAULEYFEST 2008 - SEPTEMBER 19-21

GauleyFest is one of the most popular whitewater events in the world, and with good reason - big, fluffy whitewater, thousands of people, and great food and fun.

We're looking at this as kind of the "All-Star Weekend" to follow up to the season finale the week before in Charlotte. Come out and have some fun, and if you've been wanting to test your mettle on some bigger Class IV whitewater, this is the weekend to do it and to ride with some of the most experienced riverboarders around.

EVENTS: TBA
DIRECTIONS:
CONTACT: Face Level, 971.570.9006 or This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it