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Due to high water in the Pine Creek section of the Arkansas River, the 10 a.m. CKS Pine Creek Boater X Thursday moved to Number 4 in the Numbers.
The FIBArk Whitewater Festival takes place Thursday through Sunday in and around Salida, where boaters gather for races, freestyle competitions, live music and beer from New Belgium Brewery and more.
The Pine Creek race is the first competition for the weekend. Because commercial rafting cutoff for the section is at 1,200 cubic feet per second and as of Wednesday it was running at about 3,000 cfs, officials decided to move it downstream.
“Safety first,” FIBArk Board president Samantha Lane said. “We might scare everyone away if we held it in Pine Creek because it's so big.”
Moving the event to Number 4 allows greater spectatorship, a safer situation for boaters and potential more competitors “because it's not as daunting,” Lane said.
Other events are scheduled as normal. Visit http://fibark.net/ for more details.
The FIBArk Whitewater Festival takes place Thursday through Sunday in and around Salida, where boaters gather for races, freestyle competitions, live music and beer from New Belgium Brewery and more.
The Pine Creek race is the first competition for the weekend. Because commercial rafting cutoff for the section is at 1,200 cubic feet per second and as of Wednesday it was running at about 3,000 cfs, officials decided to move it downstream.
“Safety first,” FIBArk Board president Samantha Lane said. “We might scare everyone away if we held it in Pine Creek because it's so big.”
Moving the event to Number 4 allows greater spectatorship, a safer situation for boaters and potential more competitors “because it's not as daunting,” Lane said.
Other events are scheduled as normal. Visit http://fibark.net/ for more details.
