Chili Bar Rodeo 1988

Come browse through photos from the April 1988 Chili Bar Whitewater Rodeo, and then join us at the next American River Festival for another exciting competition.

My apologies for the size of the photos -- these were scanned back in 1995 before we had the good image compression software available. I promise to find time to shrink them into nice polite JPEGs one of these days.

Pro-circuit boater Bob McDougall, tongue showing his concentration as he surfs with webbed gloves. (172 k)

Nantahala's Kathy Bolyn, winner of the Expert Women's category. (99 k)

Local legend Chuck Stanley waiting for his paddle to return. (204 k)

Master kayaker/photographer Rob Lesser wakes up from his whitewater nap. (151 k)

Harpo Sher in a radical side surf position. (178 k)

Griff Gilbert, North Carolina C-1 paddler works the hole. Griff is also known for the 1st known C-1 descent of Tapeats Creek on the Grand Canyon. (139 k)

Unidentified open canoeist. (250 k)

Chuck Stanley throws in the paddle to Expert Men's winner Tim Madden. (198 k)