MWA Boater Bash (aka Holiday Party)
Seamus McDaniels 1208 Tamm Ave, St. Louis, MOIt's confirmed! MWA holiday party at Seamus Mcdaniels, area reserved for us, 12/9/23, 6-9 pm. All welcome. Purchase your own beverages and food. See some of your favorite boaters and their families. Questions? Contact - MWA Vice President, Devin Gates <vicepresident@missouriwhitewater.org>, (314) 904-6443
Race meeting for the 2024 Missouri Whitewater Championships
ZoomRace meeting for the 2024, 57th Annual Missouri Whitewater Championships (MWC), Thursday, Dec. 14, 2023, 6:30-8 pm, hybrid-- face-to-face or via zoom, link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81123451473?pwd=Q0F4blk1ZWs2MmFLZkJ0VUhwc0t3dz09 Mike's conference room at 3730 Foundry Way, Suite 218 (City Foundry, 2nd floor patio past PuttShack) Questions? Contact the Race Director, Mike Leininger, <racedirector@missouriwhitewater.org> cell 860-367-5054
Pool Classes – Fundamentals of Whitewater Kayaking (6-week session 3 of 4)
Mehlville Senior High Pool 3200 Lemay Ferry Rd., St. Louis, MO, United StatesRegistration is open! This is the perfect way to start the pursuit of whitewater kayaking. You will build fundamental skills indoors, in a warm pool. Skills include strokes, edging, the roll, and blending strokes for river maneuvers. Discussion will cover safety, gear, river running, and more. The curriculum is congruent with ACA Level 1: Introduction to …
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January MWA General Meeting
To be determined if January's meeting will be Zoom only (or hybrid = include a face-to-face option). The general meeting for the MWA is open to the public and prospective members. Please join us for the MWA general members meeting on ZOOM: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84537540171 Or, Dial-in: +1 312 626 6799 Meeting ID: 845 3754 0171 MWA …
Wednesday night Open Pool Sessions, weekly – led by TRR
PALLOTTINE RENEWAL CENTER 15270 Old Halls Ferry, Florissant, MO, United StatesOpen pool sessions. ALL welcome! Led by StL Team River Runner (TRR), Wednesday nights, weekly, January 10th through March 27th, 2024, 6-8:00 pm. Contact: Tom Cooke in advance, cell 314-707-0150 or stltrr@teamriverrunner.org: Free for military service members and veterans. $10.00 per night for non-veteran. Free if you are a paddler there to help coach TRR …
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Saint Francis River Clean-Up
MWA Saint Francis River Clean-up 2. Meet at Millstream Gardens. You do not need to be a whitewater boater to help. We will be down at Millstreams on January 27th at 10pm to show the Saint some love. We need tire diggers and trash pickers, on water crew and trail walkers. So come on down, …
ACA Adaptive Paddling Workshop (APW) – coordinated by TRR
PALLOTTINE RENEWAL CENTER 15270 Old Halls Ferry, Florissant, MO, United StatesThis ACA Adaptive Paddling Workshop (APW) to provide the information necessary to seamlessly integrate individuals with physical disabilities into paddlesports programs. See details here... https://americancanoe.org/education/universal-paddling/ Friday evening to Sunday evening, Feb 2-4, 2024, at the St Louis area Pallonttine Renewal Center. Registered students need to be an ACA paddlesport instructor (or gain that status w/in …
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MWA Pool Slalom 2024
Mehlville Senior High Pool 3200 Lemay Ferry Rd., St. Louis, MO, United StatesThe annual pool slalom race. Details from 2023-- Mehlville Senior High Pool, starts at 9:00am and will be last until the last racer, about 2pm, Registration is from 9 am to 1 pm. The setup starts at 8:15 am. Practice runs around 8:45 am after gates are set up. Note: entry fee is $10 for …
ACA Swiftwater Rescue, L4 – Bill Miles, instructor
Cinco De Mayo Campground 1042 Hwy H, Farmington, MO, United StatesThis course is being offered at the request of MWA & TRR. The ACA L4 Swiftwater Rescue course teaches recognition and avoidance of common river hazards, execution of self-rescue techniques, and rescue techniques for paddlers in distress. Emphasis is placed both on personal safety and on simple, commonly used skills. Fundamental and more advanced techniques …
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Race Set Up
Details to come. See the description of the 2023 races which includes set up details, 56th Annual Missouri Whitewater Championships (MWC) - Missouri Whitewater Association Instruction for slalom gate running offered for volunteers after set-up.
MWA Whitewater Championships 2024 (“the races”)
Millstream Gardens Ironton, MO, United StatesDetails to come. See description of the 2023 races, 56th Annual Missouri Whitewater Championships (MWC) - Missouri Whitewater Association
MWA Buffalo River Trip – to be confirmed
Presume these are the dates until otherwise notified. We’ll add a registration via Facebook. We will be on the river Thursday mid-day until Sunday mid-day. We plan to put in at Ponca and take out at Pruitt (24.6-mile point-to-point). We cover fewer river miles each day because we want to do a nice hike daily. We …