Missouri Whitewater Association | Bilbo | Activity https://missouriwhitewater.org/members/bilbo/activity/ Activity feed for Bilbo. Mon, 13 Jul 2026 17:47:03 -0500 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 bdfafcc12cba9f9e812a65f8dfa29fe4 Bilbo started the topic Pyranha Scorch M in the forum Gear Exchange https://missouriwhitewater.org/forums/topic/pyranha-scorch-m/ Wed, 18 Jan 2023 22:36:15 -0600 Solar Flare (yellow/orange), fully outfitted in neoprene, Hooker thigh grips, knee blocking, heel pad. High rocker bow, stays dry, aggressively carving chines rounding out to bow. About a dozen runs on this boat. It’s not your father’s medium, runs a bit small, ideally 150-185#, but roomy, up to 6’4″. $975, southwest St. Charles county, best…Read more

]]> b054cc60d31c044d982872b2d1d41510 Bilbo replied to the topic Kids Sprayskirt help in the forum General Discussion https://missouriwhitewater.org/forums/topic/kids-sprayskirt-help/#post-15924 Fri, 31 Jan 2020 20:58:46 -0600 There was a time.

I gave all of my kids skirts away long ago.

 

]]> ea4d29683e0034dc54eabd62a7383d51 Bilbo replied to the topic Boating Wednesday 1/15 in the forum General Discussion https://missouriwhitewater.org/forums/topic/boating-wednesday-1-15/#post-15856 Wed, 15 Jan 2020 16:25:31 -0600 I’m there.

]]> e74d35d3146c2d2d8286e3f1c6090ff0 Bilbo replied to the topic MWA intermediate trip on Russell Fork (VA-KY) in the forum General Discussion https://missouriwhitewater.org/forums/topic/mwa-intermediate-trip-on-russell-fork-va-ky/#post-15580 Tue, 10 Sep 2019 22:36:01 -0500 John, wouldn’t the Russell Fork Rendezvous be more interesting?  October 25-27, higher release.  Watch the Lord of the Fork Race on Saturday.  Very well orchestrated weekend on the part of the BWA.  You can still do the Pound and Upper Russell Fork to Garden Hole.

]]> 4b3ed13c05cb75c6571a8e02c69113d5 Bilbo started the topic Celebration of Life for Freddie Carter in the forum General Discussion https://missouriwhitewater.org/forums/topic/celebration-of-life-for-freddie-carters/ Fri, 23 Aug 2019 12:15:10 -0500 A gathering is planned for Saturday, September 28, from 2-5PM, at Freddie’s cousin’s bar, The Corner Pub, 3271 W Iles, Springfield, IL.  I know we have shared many stories in response to Freddie’s untimely death in the Dominican Republic, and this will be a chance to understand the breadth of people that Jeffrey Carter’s boisterous and kind…Read more

]]> 0018509ecf5581cabc26d55682266f96 Bilbo replied to the topic TNR 16 July in the forum General Discussion https://missouriwhitewater.org/forums/topic/tnr-16-july/#post-15427 Tue, 16 Jul 2019 22:29:16 -0500 I’m in.  Will be good to ride with you guys again

]]> f35cdeb378617faa99722c3f19eb480c Bilbo started the topic Lost paddle MWC Sunday in the forum Lost and Found https://missouriwhitewater.org/forums/topic/lost-paddle-mwc-sunday/ Mon, 22 Apr 2019 20:21:06 -0500 Paddle was apparently left at the D takeout after a Sunday afternoon paddle race weekend.  Carbon Shogun 197cm bent shaft, lots of stickers on it, from Pyranha to Sweets.  Might have a faint Eades name and phone number in silver paint.  Would be nice to get this one back,

Bill

]]> ea5065599ad33dce783de13ba22487c3 Bilbo started the topic 2019 MWC Kayak Raffle Winner! in the forum General Discussion https://missouriwhitewater.org/forums/topic/2019-mwc-kayak-raffle-winner/ Thu, 28 Mar 2019 15:33:56 -0500 Congratulations to DeWayne Whitlock, part of our SE IL contingent paddling group, for buying the winning raffle ticket at the 52nd Annual Missouri Whitewater Championships. DeWayne can choose his style and size of a Pyranha kayak!

]]> 8d2c1569a3408de1969905fb9790539e Bilbo started the topic Sorry, no Filmy Fest this year in the forum General Discussion https://missouriwhitewater.org/forums/topic/sorry-no-filmy-fest-this-year/ Tue, 30 Oct 2018 11:48:15 -0500 My tradition of a fall party has had to be postponed.  My home and barn are construction sites, and I did not complete what I wanted in time to host a film festival this year.  I do not want to abandon this entirely as I have enjoyed it a lot over the decades of foam boat racing and film watching.  Perhaps I can do this in the spring or summer to…Read more

]]> 192edc6ae247020bc6b79d8e7cb8e8a2 Bilbo replied to the topic Is WaveSport still in business? in the forum General Discussion https://missouriwhitewater.org/forums/topic/is-wavesport-still-in-business/#post-13424 Wed, 17 Oct 2018 13:01:42 -0500 Wavesport is a division of Confluence, a holding company that also holds Dagger and Perception brands, among others.  Wavesport decided 3 years ago to market only to Europe and Asia, and as I also heard recently want to come back into dealers in the US, popularity growing in their current market.

What made them decide to leave was 3 years of…Read more

]]> 95591a457fa5b2afa538e709e9688071 Bilbo replied to the topic TNR 18 Sept 6 pm in the forum General Discussion https://missouriwhitewater.org/forums/topic/tnr-18-sept-6-pm/#post-13353 Tue, 18 Sep 2018 22:28:43 -0500 You must start west, but which way?  Via Washington or via Chouteau?  I will try to ride to meet you either way, from Barnes.  I will keep my phone on.

Bill

]]> 9a402a76435cdc9c68f394da27bdb3c4 Bilbo started the topic Ripper is at the Saint today in the forum General Discussion https://missouriwhitewater.org/forums/topic/ripper-is-at-the-saint-today/ Sun, 10 Jun 2018 14:47:55 -0500 Around noon, solo.  Hope to find someone like minded.

Bill

 

]]> eca5c123cc9bf129e13b2a9d31884b63 Bilbo replied to the topic Fredericktown New Cobalt Mine in the forum General Discussion https://missouriwhitewater.org/forums/topic/fredericktown-new-cobalt-mine/#post-12687 Sun, 15 Apr 2018 16:45:28 -0500 The only place where cobalt is mentioned as a contaminant is OU5, but that may also not matter if this is a new mine.

https://cumulis.epa.gov/supercpad/SiteProfiles/index.cfm?fuseaction=second.ous&id=0701102

]]> 01fcbdea25074953073ef17caba49506 Bilbo replied to the topic 2017 Pyranha Machno Large in the forum Gear Exchange https://missouriwhitewater.org/forums/topic/2017-pyranha-machno-large/#post-12549 Sun, 08 Apr 2018 14:35:58 -0500 This boat is sold

]]> 600fd3b27f15fd58ff82fc9a5cc1385e Bilbo replied to the topic Killarney Dam in the forum General Discussion https://missouriwhitewater.org/forums/topic/killarney-dam/#post-12548 Sun, 08 Apr 2018 14:24:01 -0500 The end of the world should have been in the 90’s by that metric

]]> c4e45d50147b927c14e4322a689261f4 Bilbo replied to the topic Paddle Friday in the forum General Discussion https://missouriwhitewater.org/forums/topic/paddle-firday/#post-12449 Fri, 30 Mar 2018 14:53:49 -0500 Trying to wrangle my lovely daughter is putting me at D around 12:30PM as it looks.  We will take what we can get at that point.  Hope to see some of you, perhaps on second runs of something, hopefully creekish.

Bill

]]> 0118ea11bb3a4952e8e1a4c6f800cb7d Bilbo replied to the topic 51st MWC Results in the forum General Discussion https://missouriwhitewater.org/forums/topic/51st-mwc-resluts/#post-12395 Sun, 25 Mar 2018 21:04:15 -0500 Chris thanks as always for being a constant workhorse for scoring and results presentation.  Any rant I submit saves you very, very harmless.

 

 

]]> ad552822594bcea13ba58cf346392abb Bilbo replied to the topic Downriver Results? in the forum General Discussion https://missouriwhitewater.org/forums/topic/downriver-results/#post-12393 Sun, 25 Mar 2018 20:09:19 -0500 Chuck, thanks greatly.  I talked to you about this during the races, but it needs to get out.

The races are about the MWA, not individuals within it, regardless of volunteers with decades of tenure.  I really don’t care if a sign was donated or not, a sign for an MWA event should never have an individual’s name on it, only the organization, as i…Read more

]]> b29c3be87d93ce294381a7975097c45c Bilbo replied to the topic Downriver Results? in the forum General Discussion https://missouriwhitewater.org/forums/topic/downriver-results/#post-12376 Sun, 25 Mar 2018 03:32:47 -0500 David, good job, you legitimately beat me by 14 seconds and won the short class downriver.  That is way cool.  Seriously!

I have my own opinions of the way the races are held now, and how the organizers are considering themselves more important than the racers, and my opinions are immaterial now, because the race results are locked in.  I say th…Read more

]]> 89b74021ec7d72a0f42d4ecd75c326da Bilbo replied to the topic Filmy Fest 2017 in the forum General Discussion https://missouriwhitewater.org/forums/topic/filmy-fest-2017/#post-10966 Wed, 01 Nov 2017 02:48:47 -0500 Food theme is simply Barbecue Pulled Pork and Italian beef sandwiches, bring your favorite sides.

]]> d78cfa78c5689c38f604575a5eede1b6 Bilbo started the topic Filmy Fest 2017 in the forum General Discussion https://missouriwhitewater.org/forums/topic/filmy-fest-2017/ Tue, 10 Oct 2017 13:47:18 -0500 Filmy Fest is Saturday, November 4, and if you remember, it has and will always be the first Saturday in November.  Playlist starts at 3PM, ends midnightish, quiet time pretty firmly midnight, camping available.  This also serves as a call for locally produced videos involving whitewater and/or the MWA, and you must have content to me no later t…Read more

]]> 95c3d413a01b43b02fff5af5d4de69a3 Bilbo started the topic Filmy Fest 2017 in the forum General Discussion https://missouriwhitewater.org/forums/topic/filmy-fest-2017/ Tue, 10 Oct 2017 13:47:18 -0500 Filmy Fest is Saturday, November 4, and if you remember, it has and will always be the first Saturday in November.  Playlist starts at 3PM, ends midnightish, quiet time pretty firmly midnight, camping available.  This also serves as a call for locally produced videos involving whitewater and/or the MWA, and you must have content to me no later t…Read more

]]> 05429c3e599b6043a07abe75e4245e49 Bilbo started the topic 2017 Pyranha Machno Large in the forum Gear Exchange https://missouriwhitewater.org/forums/topic/2017-pyranha-machno-large/ Tue, 26 Sep 2017 15:33:44 -0500 Turquoise, Fucsia, White. Very little use, maybe 4 runs. Reason for selling, well, I lost weight and fit better in the medium. Tremendously forgiving and fast creeker. Possibly my favorite in that genre of all time. Boofomatic.
$750

please email only at bilbo@pyranhaus.com

]]> 9d58e45a49eb9966a8442c524e9e206b Bilbo started the topic 2017 Pyranha Machno Large in the forum Gear Exchange https://missouriwhitewater.org/forums/topic/2017-pyranha-machno-large/ Tue, 26 Sep 2017 15:33:44 -0500 Turquoise, Fucsia, White. Very little use, maybe 4 runs. Reason for selling, well, I lost weight and fit better in the medium. Tremendously forgiving and fast creeker. Possibly my favorite in that genre of all time. Boofomatic.
$750

]]> f62bbb3c8a33fa4ee4056e922dda9621 Bilbo replied to the topic TNR @ Morgan Street Brewery for 29 Aug, and more about TNR (below) in the forum General Discussion https://missouriwhitewater.org/forums/topic/tnr-for-29-aug/#post-10754 Tue, 29 Aug 2017 21:39:57 -0500 I’m there.

]]> 0946af2a983a00bad30947f190e1f24a Bilbo replied to the topic Tues Night Cycle 8/8 in the forum General Discussion https://missouriwhitewater.org/forums/topic/tues-night-cycle-88/#post-10643 Tue, 08 Aug 2017 21:15:29 -0500 I’m there, done with coaching volleyball for the season!

]]> 92599944afc141a7f57dc7647a4f40a0 Bilbo replied to the topic Southeastern trip - Memorial Day Weekend in the forum General Discussion https://missouriwhitewater.org/forums/topic/southeastern-trip-memorial-day-weekend/#post-10339 Tue, 23 May 2017 22:55:27 -0500 There has been a decent amount of rain in the Southeast very recently, with some rivers pretty high, and others optimal.

Cindy Cullen has been of great help and put together choices of the area, and what I can say is that not everyone is able to make it down Friday, including Nate. That said, the big question is what difficulty to do. Frankly…Read more

]]> b65e2c7a947dd7826f8314710fc0ec14 Bilbo replied to the topic Southeastern trip - Memorial Day Weekend in the forum General Discussion https://missouriwhitewater.org/forums/topic/southeastern-trip-memorial-day-weekend/#post-10339 Tue, 23 May 2017 22:55:27 -0500 There has been a decent amount of rain in the Southeast very recently, with some rivers pretty high, and others optimal.

Cindy Cullen has been of great help and put together choices of the area, and what I can say is that not everyone is able to make it down Friday, including Nate. That said, the big question is what difficulty to do. Frankly…Read more

]]> 25e62cbaa44c9dfcea3df7fb72c06feb Bilbo started the topic Pyranha Burn small in the forum Gear Exchange https://missouriwhitewater.org/forums/topic/pyranha-burn-small/ Mon, 15 May 2017 14:48:24 -0500 Generation 2, bought 2014 for Natalie. She has outgrown, simply. Ideal weight 120-160, height 5′-5’9. Forgiving , point and shoot creek boat. Yellow, white grey. Outfitted with thick neoprene knee cups, thigh hook pads, and minicell lower knee blocking. Great shape, $475
Bill

]]> 2bd2c3b46351ac130ece8e217dc3ffc5 Bilbo replied to the topic Annual Picnic and Filmy Fest? in the forum General Discussion https://missouriwhitewater.org/forums/topic/annual-picnic-and-filmy-fest/#post-10279 Mon, 15 May 2017 12:45:51 -0500 Foamy Fest and Filmy Fest (funny to write and say) has always been the first Saturday in November since 1998.

]]> 4dbace0931f4502d4a2e27e364985e5b Bilbo replied to the topic Does anyone have flood pictures from the weekend? in the forum General Discussion https://missouriwhitewater.org/forums/topic/does-anyone-have-flood-pictures-from-the-weekend/#post-10178 Sun, 07 May 2017 13:30:04 -0500 We were lucky that this gentleman Steve Deiters, apparently not a boater but just checking out the crazy level, had the position and timing to take video of Nate and Alex. It is the only video I have of Nate doing it.

]]> cf83cca3fb9e34651a77b01007dc038b Bilbo replied to the topic CHUNDERED? in the forum General Discussion https://missouriwhitewater.org/forums/topic/chundered/#post-10105 Mon, 01 May 2017 21:48:59 -0500 I’ll get you a beer just so my son can get his cow tail and paddle biner back. Thanks,
Bill

]]> 55c7a86e3e80a56e5c6a27b620fac8ad Bilbo replied to the topic Boating Sunday in the forum General Discussion https://missouriwhitewater.org/forums/topic/boating-sunday-3/#post-10098 Mon, 01 May 2017 20:24:32 -0500 Perhaps a little more detail. Red, white and Blue Pyranha Jed large. No name in the boat (John Kuthe, don’t do it, I do not want to see a reply here), and no flotation, so the boat actually has a good chance to have lodged on the outside of a turn. Boat was lost between just before Double Drop and where they all got off at Turkey Creek.
Bill

]]> 349d6f30b85f70a9f39998adffabe6c5 Bilbo replied to the topic TNR 18 April in the forum General Discussion https://missouriwhitewater.org/forums/topic/tnr-18-april/#post-9969 Tue, 18 Apr 2017 17:39:10 -0500 Fraid I’m out, till about June.

]]> 1f0c85f5da62ef3f755760ec1615f75e Bilbo replied to the topic TNR in the forum General Discussion https://missouriwhitewater.org/forums/topic/tnr-8/#post-9602 Mon, 03 Apr 2017 22:36:57 -0500 Great idea, but I have Blues tickets

]]> 99ad1c4909d6f0980fb82de565de6782 Bilbo replied to the topic Tuesday P.M. Cycling 3/28 in the forum General Discussion https://missouriwhitewater.org/forums/topic/tuesday-p-m-cycling-328/#post-9535 Tue, 28 Mar 2017 13:37:46 -0500 I will be there at 6PM, with Wahoo’s new roadie.
Bill

]]> 53c558670e948fb1950ceae748c6e825 Bilbo replied to the topic FOR SALE: Pyranha Varun in the forum Gear Exchange https://missouriwhitewater.org/forums/topic/for-sale-pyranha-varun/#post-9050 Tue, 07 Mar 2017 23:55:48 -0600 Rachel is in Louisville. It is a medium Varun and used to belong to my son. It is in good shape and outfitted well. If there is something broken I may have a replacement if needed.
Bill

]]> 9bffc8571e32a8df2a430fedd7c6a05e Bilbo replied to the topic What About Postponing Setup to Sunday? That's the plan now. in the forum General Discussion https://missouriwhitewater.org/forums/topic/what-about-postponing-setup-to-sunday/#post-9023 Tue, 07 Mar 2017 13:59:52 -0600 I cannot attend Saturday anyway, so Sunday would be better.

]]> 4e5cefc451586fa399159304a1698d92 Bilbo replied to the topic Downriver classes in the forum General Discussion https://missouriwhitewater.org/forums/topic/downriver-classes/#post-8960 Sat, 04 Mar 2017 14:32:29 -0600 Lateral simply means similar to other downriver races I have attended, entered into, or known about in the region in the last 5 years.

The idea of 9 or 10 foot cutoff means a lot to the style of river we are racing on, because the Saint is pretty forgiving. Our area also has a lot of legacy kayak owners (the boats being legacy, not necessarily…Read more

]]> 4bdd366c7b4956030f840d136772afb7 Bilbo replied to the topic Raffle Tickets... in the forum General Discussion https://missouriwhitewater.org/forums/topic/raffle-tickets-2/#post-8929 Fri, 03 Mar 2017 13:41:33 -0600 In light of a questionable water year for the races, not well timed for a 50th, I want to encourage everyone to do their best to sell as many raffle tickets as possible. The club has invested a lot into this year because of the 50 year milestone, and could definitely use the support of raffle ticket sales.

]]> dff9a541ea52d04358d20a069d355dfb Bilbo replied to the topic Downriver classes in the forum General Discussion https://missouriwhitewater.org/forums/topic/downriver-classes/#post-8928 Fri, 03 Mar 2017 13:35:04 -0600 FYI, this is lateral to many downriver races in the region. The main exception to this involves 9″ division of length versus 10′. For extreme downriver (Green Race as the best example), the cutoff is 9′, because you will never see Speeders or Wildwater boats on the Green Narrows. For most “recreational” downriver races, 10′ has been used to be…Read more

]]> fdc47f6b8d9731d1849cbcf59ec76b26 Bilbo replied to the topic Looking for boat recommendations for MWA races! in the forum General Discussion https://missouriwhitewater.org/forums/topic/looking-for-boat-recommendations-for-mwa-races/#post-8847 Sun, 26 Feb 2017 23:32:05 -0600 Do you still have your Inazone 242?

]]> 85c278459d0e02dbb25390a765144d88 Bilbo replied to the topic 50th Anniversary article in on-line Terrain-Magazine.com in the forum General Discussion https://missouriwhitewater.org/forums/topic/50th-anniversary-article-in-on-line-terrain-magazine-com/#post-8846 Sun, 26 Feb 2017 23:30:35 -0600 I sent a letter to the editor to spell Joe, Josh, and Danielle’s last name correctly.

]]> 0f2205549ec7c3e6b2fed1220b6b5534 Bilbo replied to the topic Race question/opinion in the forum General Discussion https://missouriwhitewater.org/forums/topic/race-questionopinion/#post-8844 Sun, 26 Feb 2017 23:17:05 -0600 The older set had better be grateful that the Downriver race is on a school day, and that some of the potential contestants cannot make it without truancy.

]]> 67f4edce06c23bfcfb72ee7d81057b5e Bilbo replied to the topic Phones in the forum General Discussion http://missouriwhitewater.org/forums/topic/phones/#post-8437 Sun, 05 Feb 2017 22:56:49 -0600 I’m out. My talk is curvaceous.

]]> bfc71f820966c4dabaf01a21a3967ff8 Bilbo replied to the topic Drysuit Buying Advice in the forum General Discussion http://missouriwhitewater.org/forums/topic/drysuit-buying-advice/#post-8323 Sun, 29 Jan 2017 17:02:24 -0600 Jason, I once saw a guy at the Tellico put in who used an ancra strap and a biner small enough to run through the zipper pull and still go over the strap. Worked every time for him, on or off, just having it binered to his zipper just before and putting the strap around a tree.

For the rest of the topic, I will never get a drysuit without a…Read more

]]> acb67a83e78bbf67d6c4ab30b4017e2d Bilbo replied to the topic Pyranha 9r FS in the forum Gear Exchange http://missouriwhitewater.org/forums/topic/pyranha-9r-fs/#post-8285 Wed, 25 Jan 2017 18:30:33 -0600 It is a medium, Julie

]]> 5b0d4394238b468ef7be883e8f065996 Bilbo replied to the topic found my boat; boats can fly in the forum General Discussion http://missouriwhitewater.org/forums/topic/found-my-boat-boats-can-fly/#post-8282 Wed, 25 Jan 2017 18:12:13 -0600 When I first met Freddie it was at the Ozark Paddlers float on the Spring River, we decided to go to breakfast together and he forgot to tie his Aquaterra boat on the truck rack, and as he was traveling up and down hills, the boat would lift off, then come back to rest on the rack going up a hill.  It was like a cartoon.  It never fell off.  …Read more

]]> bf33bbad48adcd969d2b4ec832456398 Bilbo replied to the topic found my boat; boats can fly in the forum General Discussion http://missouriwhitewater.org/forums/topic/found-my-boat-boats-can-fly/#post-8282 Wed, 25 Jan 2017 18:12:13 -0600 When I first met Freddie it was at the Ozark Paddlers float on the Spring River.  We decided to go to breakfast together and he forgot to tie his Aquaterra boat on the truck rack, and as he was traveling up and down hills, the boat would lift off, then come back to rest on the rack.  It was like a cartoon.  It never fell off.  That is until he sto…Read more

]]> 76241e2014d39106f502aac6cbb2e90a Bilbo replied to the topic found my boat; boats can fly in the forum General Discussion http://missouriwhitewater.org/forums/topic/found-my-boat-boats-can-fly/#post-8241 Mon, 23 Jan 2017 14:08:32 -0600 Yeah, Dan and Dustin show up to the put in without you, and I am thinking, crap, there aren’t many S-8s left, and fewer that I don’t have to repair in about 4 places.  Glad you found it!  How did it fair after flying?  Does it need another barn trip?

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