Gear Garage Ultimate River Runner Contest
Join our first ever Ultimate River Runner Contest! You'll need to submit videos for review by the judges to show off your abilities.
Grand Prize: Immersion Research $1000 gift certificate
Rules
1. Be safe!
2. The rules of this contest will change as we go.
3. There will be 2 brackets and 3 winners will be chosen from each bracket to enter the final round.
First Bracket - Throw Bag Assessment
Enter video by: Bracket Finished
How to enter: Use the entry form below
Bracket winner prize: Throw bag of your choice
First Bracket Winners:
1. Heidi Hansel-Pauly (video)
2. Nicole Smedegaard (video)
3. Brent Botta (video)
Second Bracket - Ropework Assessment
Enter video by: December 16, 2022
How to enter: Use the entry form below
Bracket winner prize: 200' 7/16" diameter HTP Sterling Static Rope
Second Bracket Winners
1. Johnny S-R (video)
2. Andrew Arnold (video)
3. Heidi Hansel-Pauly (video)
Final Round
Enter video by: March 1, 2023
How to enter: Use the entry form below
Bracket winner prize: $1000 Immersion Research Gift Certificate
Winners of the first and second bracket are invited to enter this final round competition. For this video we're asking you to demonstrate your on river skills.
Your video entry needs to demonstrate you performing the following tasks/maneuvers:
- Pulling a swimmer into your raft/cataraft (10 points)
- Catching an eddy aggressively by piercing through the eddy line (10 points skill / 5 points difficulty)
- Catching an eddy by ferrying across the eddy line (10 points skill / 5 points difficulty)
- Ferry gliding across the river (10 points skill / 5 points difficulty)
- Surfing a wave/hole (10 points skill / 5 points difficulty)
- Running a rapid that demonstrates you're skill and control of your craft (10 points skill / 10 points difficulty)
- Artistic quality of the video (10 points)
This intention of this challenge is to allow you to demonstrate your skill as the "ultimate river runner" and share with others what a high level of skills is.
Entry Form
Please upload your video to YouTube, Vimeo, or another video platform and share the link using the form below.
