The Whitewater Grand Prix Is Here

<body> <h1><img src='http://playak.com/images/paddle-news/headlines/th-1479731.jpg' align='left'><a href='http://cksblog.com/2012/12/whitewater-grand-prix-is-here-stay-up-to-date/'>The Whitewater Grand Prix Is Here</a></h1> <p>“Extreme” competitions are nothing new to kayaking. What’s unique about the new era of downriver racing is the heightened level of race difficulty, the recent technology advancements in boats and paddling gear, the fitness and ability level of the athletes participating, and the quality of media coverage.</p>  <script type="text/javascript"> _qoptions={ qacct:"p-caxN4R7Sm1pto" }; </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://edge.quantserve.com/quant.js"></script> <noscript> <img src="http://pixel.quantserve.com/pixel/p-caxN4R7Sm1pto.gif" style="display: none;" border="0" height="1" width="1" alt="Quantcast"/> </noscript>  <script type="text/javascript"> __compete_code = 'f5ce360215a93b36d13349b6a65e881b'; (function () { var s = document.createElement('script'), d = document.getElementsByTagName('head')[0] || document.getElementsByTagName('body')[0], t = 'https:' == document.location.protocol ? 'https://c.compete.com/bootstrap/' : 'http://c.compete.com/bootstrap/'; s.src = t + __compete_code + '/bootstrap.js'; s.type = 'text/javascript'; s.async = 'async'; if (d) { d.appendChild(s); } }()); </script> <script type="text/javascript"> var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www."); document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" + gaJsHost + "google-analytics.com/ga.js' type='text/javascript'%3E%3C/script%3E")); </script> <script type="text/javascript"> try{ var pageTracker = _gat._getTracker("UA-482486-1"); pageTracker._trackPageview(); } catch(err) {}</script> <script src="/js/gaAddons.js" type="text/javascript"></script> </body>