When: Memorial Weekend, May 23-24, 2008
Where: New River, West Virginia
Cost: $30 for members /$50 for non-members

Includes 2 days instruction, 1 year Viking membership (if non-member), 2 nights camping and saturday night meal.

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This clinic is aimed at people who are serious about getting into the sport of whitewater paddling but have little or very limited experience. This two-day instruction will set you on your way to whitewater kayaking. Topics covered will include: boat and river outfi tting, wet exits, rolling, boat control, reading whitewater, river running and rescue. The instructors, depending on the skills and desires of the students for each class, will determine the clinic setting/river section. Students must arrange for equipment and their own transportation to take part in the clinic. Limited amount of gear is available on first-come, first-serve basis. Also it is advised to participate in club pool sessions before the clinic to get familiar with kayak and gear.

Registration deadline for the Beginner Clinic is May 1, 2008. Must be 18 and older unless accompanied by a parent.

For more information, to inquire about gear and boats or registration for the Beginner Clinic, please contact Brian Sandman at sandmannb@bellsouth.net, phone: 502-767-0741 or Darrin Hines at: darrinlhines@bellsouth.net, phone: 502-216-5627.

• Swiftwater rescue class will be $115 per person. WIll by hosted by Mike Morrow & Thomas Fisher of BWA. 1st w/e June (7-8) @ Russel Fork or Nolichucky. 6 already committed, 4 more openings. Motion made for club to front $695 for initial costs.

• Spring clinic. Currently 2 students have signed up; still looking for more applications.

• Beargrass cleanup: Darrin wants to continue cleanup. Local flooding has contributed to a lot of trash getting dumped on the river.

• Elkhorn campground owner wants each boater to display club pass for each boater, rather than per car. Considering other options for parking.

• Ironman prefers to pay 503b organizations. Motion made to explore re-filing club under this status.


Viking rosters have been sent out and should arrive at your homes next week. The campground owner is getting really particular about the display of the passes, so even if you don't plan to park on the campground, display your passes on the shuttle vehicle parked on his campground so he won't give you problems. Apparently he feels like he's getting ripped off by non-club members, even though we are all probably assuming that the pass is for parking on his property, not for giving us the rights to the river, but whatever.

I think our president has considered discussing the parking option with some of the other landowners in the area, most notably the church down the street. Hopefully this will culminate in some options that are less stringent to our cause.

Date	Event	Leader
2/22-23	NPFF	Frankfort
3/8-9	Obed System or BSF	John A.
3/22-23	Smokies / Tellico	Darrin
4/18-20	Green - NC	Dave A.
4/25-27	Nanty - Rattlers Forge	Jeremy C.
5/10	Elkhorn River Cleanup	Sumo
5/17-18	Blue River	Richard M.
5/17-18	Cheoah	John A.
5/17-18	Jerry Greenlee Memorial Raft Trip	Dan M.
5/23-26	Beginner's Clinic WV	Brian S.
5/31	Beech Fork River Cleanup	Spalding Hurst
6/6-8	Ocoee	John A.
6/20-22	Nanty	Dan M.
7/3-6	Burnwood - WV	Kevin H.
8/1-3	Pigeon / French Broad	Greg
8/15-17	Picnic - TBD	Darrin
TBA	Yough	Dave A.
8/31	2008 Louisville Ironman Triathlon	Todd
9/5-7	Gauley	Jess & Delaney
9/21-23	Gauley Festival WV
9/26-28	GAF NC
10/10-12	Russell Fork	Harry
10/24-26	Russell Fork	Dave A.

Jason has updated the club roster in the Vikings Only section of the website. Those of you who gave an email address should have received one with instructions on how to get inside. If you have not received an email, it is likely because either you didn't provide one on the membership form or because Jason couldn't make it out correctly. So, in that case, email me or call Jason to give him an email contact so he can send you the correct instructions. He plans on making printed pamphlets by next week, so look at the roster if you think you should be a member to verify your info is correct.

Go here to for more info.

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Slow forum no more!

Please update your bookmarks, the forum is getting a makeover. The new link for the Viking Canoe Club forum is www.vikingcanoeclubforum.org All the messages from the old forum will be moved to this new one. It will happen around 8pm March 17th, 2008.

Special thanks to Greg Miller for setting this up for everyone.

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