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St. Francis River

Current level: -3.3 inches
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    ChrisMatsuno started the topic MWA Store – Tshirt sales in the forum General Discussion 10 months ago

    Dear MWA Store Customer,

    Due to the impact of the COVID-19/Corona virus, we will not be able to maintain our normal high levels of service for the foreseeable future.  Additionally, our Customer Service and Product Support teams are anticipating increases in hold times and delayed call backs.  Your business is important to us, and our hope is t…[Read more]

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    ChrisMatsuno replied to the topic SLU Pool Slalom 10/6 in the forum General Discussion 1 year, 3 months ago

    Bump.

    Drop boats off at the loading/unloading zone in front of the entrance on the south side of the Simon Recreation Center on Laclede Ave.  There is street parking on Laclede (free on weekends).  Those spaces are usually filled on weekdays but there may be openings on Sunday.  If not, park in the parking garage across the street.

    SYATP  (…[Read more]

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    ChrisMatsuno started the topic River level in the forum General Discussion 1 year, 7 months ago

    The river level today (Saturday 25 May) was 9″+ at 1030 AM  and 8″+ at 2:00 PM on the D bridge gauge.  The water temp is just cool enough to be refreshing.

    Guesstimate for Sunday:  5-4″; Monday 3-2″.

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    ChrisMatsuno started the topic 52nd MWC results in the forum General Discussion 1 year, 9 months ago

    Review of all race data for accuracy (a few corrections are usually required) is finally complete.  Here is a link to the results (thanks to JimW for putting them into PDF.)

    https://missouriwhitewater.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/2019-MWC-Results-Rev-B1.pdf

    If you have any questions, please contact the scorebores (send a PM).

    Medals and…[Read more]

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    ChrisMatsuno replied to the topic New Medal Design for The Races in the forum General Discussion 1 year, 10 months ago

    Designed by Johnny Bling.  Thank him if you win one!

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    ChrisMatsuno replied to the topic gasket replacement??? in the forum General Discussion 1 year, 10 months ago

    Jerry,

    The NRS instructions look pretty good.  I have a couple of comments:

    The form should be at least 2” thick.  If you don’t have 2” thick mincell or ethafoam, you can use pink building insulating foam.  Wrap a couple of layers of plastic wrap tightly around the form  and hold the wrap in place with tape.

    Push the form into place from insi…[Read more]

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    ChrisMatsuno replied to the topic Help!! Pool slalom specs. in the forum General Discussion 1 year, 10 months ago

    The actual course is 30 feet by 40 feet.  The 50 foot dimension refers to the minimum recommended length of the pool itself  – you need some space between the gates and the end of the pool.  I would say 5 feet is too tight.  I’m guessing that the standard distance for the backstroke flag poles is 5 yards from each end, since that is about what the…[Read more]

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    ChrisMatsuno started the topic Pool Slalom Results in the forum General Discussion 1 year, 11 months ago

    Results of the 2019 Pool Slalom are shown below.  Sorry, but Excel doesn’t copy well into the message board.

    Here is a PDF version of the 2019 Pool Slalom results.

    If you would like a copy of the Excel file, send me a PM with your email or reply here.
    MISSOURI WHITEWATER ASSOCIATION POOL SLALOM  10 FEB 19
    MEHLVILLE HIGH SCHOOL POOL
    MWA C…[Read more]

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    ChrisMatsuno replied to the topic 2019 Pool Slalom in the forum General Discussion 1 year, 11 months ago

    Twenty hardy (foolhardy?) paddlers and several supporters braved the icy roads to attend the pool slalom on Sunday.  For some of us, maneuvering around the stalled and stranded cars on the highway was much more challenging than negotiating the pool slalom course.

    68 timed runs were recorded with Joe Sartori logging the only sub-2 minute runs.  R…[Read more]

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    ChrisMatsuno started the topic 2019 Pool Slalom in the forum General Discussion 1 year, 11 months ago

    This year, the pool slalom will be held on Sunday, February 10 at the Mehlville High School pool

    Course setup will be at approximately 7:30 AM.  We have a simplified gate system so it should go quickly.  After that the course will be open for practice runs.  Racing will start at approximately 9:00 AM

    Racing will be in order of sign-up, and in th…[Read more]

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    ChrisMatsuno replied to the topic gabe in the forum General Discussion 2 years, 2 months ago

    The reason for the difference is that this particular USACE graph is stuck at 0900 Nov 7.  This graph constantly has problems with dropping offline or missing readings from the gauge.

    The NWS graph is generally more reliable though you can see it is currently missing data from Nov 6 to Nov 8.

    This USACE Roselle graph below is more reliable.…[Read more]

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    ChrisMatsuno started the topic 51st MWC Results in the forum General Discussion 2 years, 10 months ago

    Race results have been reviewed and are ready for release.  The results will be archived under “Competition” when our hard working webmaster is able to do so.  Thanks for your patience.

    For now, a PDF copy of the results are HERE.  If you would like a copy of the Excel file, please send me a PM with your email address or respond here.

    As was me…[Read more]

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    ChrisMatsuno replied to the topic Thanks folks! in the forum General Discussion 2 years, 10 months ago

    We are working on the results and will have them ready in (hopefully) a couple of days.  If you are wondering how we can award medals and still be “working on the results” – after each day’s racing we do have complete results which are used to award medals.  Back home after the race, we do a check of all the judging sheets vs what is entered in t…[Read more]

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    ChrisMatsuno replied to the topic Downriver Results? in the forum General Discussion 2 years, 10 months ago

    David,

    Congratulations!  You were first in the <10 feet class with a time of 30:57.

    I will mail you your medal and race tshirt soon.

    Fastest overall time in the downriver race was Levi in the >10 feet class with a time of 27:19.

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    ChrisMatsuno replied to the topic Pint Night is THIS WEEK Fri 2March in the forum General Discussion 2 years, 10 months ago

    As noted above, the club will have an info table at the Expo this weekend, March 2/3/4.  Any volunteers to staff the table, please sign up below:

    Friday:  6:00 PM to 9:00 PM – Chris Matsuno

    Saturday:  10:00 AM – 1:00 PM – Chris Matsuno

    1:00 PM – 4:00 PM –

    4:00 PM – closing  –

    Sunday:  11:00 AM – 2:00 PM  –

    2:00 PM – closing – Chris Matsu…[Read more]

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    ChrisMatsuno started the topic Pool Slalom Results in the forum General Discussion 2 years, 11 months ago

    Pool slalom results have been completed.  Unfortunately, the results do not copy well from Excel into text here.  If you would like a copy of the Excel file, send me a PM with your email and I’ll send you a copy.  Also, when our hard working webmaster has time, a copy will be archived in the Competition section of the message board.

    There were 25…[Read more]

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    ChrisMatsuno replied to the topic Pool slalom is a GO! for Sat 3 Feb in the forum General Discussion 2 years, 11 months ago

    Location:  the pool (building 63) is in the building with the gray roof, next to the building with the brown roof (the gym).  It’s on the west side of the hospital complex.

    https://www.google.com/maps/search/building+63+va+medical+center,+jefferson+barracks,+mo/@38.4964722,-90.2843759,183m/data=!3m1!1e3

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    ChrisMatsuno replied to the topic Pool slalom is a GO! for Sat 3 Feb in the forum General Discussion 2 years, 11 months ago

    All sign up is on race day.  There are some Team River Runner boats and paddles at the pool, but I don’t know specifically what models they are.

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    ChrisMatsuno replied to the topic Pool slalom is a GO! for Sat 3 Feb in the forum General Discussion 2 years, 11 months ago

    The pool slalom is on – Super Bowl Saturday, Feb 3.

    The building should be open at 7:00-ish for us to start setting up the course.  Any help would be appreciated.  The faster we get set up, the faster we can start racing.  Generally the course is ready around 9:00.  We will have some practice time – maybe 30 minutes, then begin timed runs…[Read more]

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    ChrisMatsuno replied to the topic Pool slalom? in the forum General Discussion 3 years ago

    As far as I know, we have approval from the VA to hold the pool slalom on Super Bowl Saturday.

    The usual schedule applies.  Setup ~7:30-9:00, practice runs for a while, then race until you are tired.  Volunteers needed to help set up and time.  (Racers are expected to help also.)

    More details to follow.

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