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www . h o o d r i v e r n ew s . c om S PORTS H o o d R i v e r N ew s , W e d n e s d a y , J u l y 2 2 , 2 0 1 5 A9 T a rd y w ind s c an ’ t k e ep Hood R i v e r Hu c k f e s t down B i g -a i r k i t e b oa r d in g c omp e t i t i on ha s b i g g e s t y ea r y e t d e sp i t e r e lu c tan t w ind s B y BEN M I TCHE L L N ew s s t a f f w r i t e r The w ind s may have taken the ir swee t t ime ge t t ing to Ru fu s th i s weekend for the annua l Hood R iver Huck fe s t com - pe t i t ion , bu t for bo th par t ic ipan t s and spec ta tor s , i t wa s wor th the wa i t . Near ly 60 compe t i tor s and numerou s spec ta tor s headed ou t to the ea s tern par t o f the Gorge on Sunday to wa tch the th ird annua l runn ing o f the b ig -a ir k i teboard ing compe t i - t ion , wh ich a t trac t s bo th pro s and ama teur s who compe te aga in s t one ano ther to see how h igh they can launch them - se lve s o f f the sur face o f the Co lumb ia R iver . The even t wa s or ig ina l ly suppo sed to be he ld on Sa turday , bu t wa s pu shed back to Sunday morn ing and then to Sunday a f ternoon a s the w ind s were e i ther non -ex i s ten t or non -comp l ian t . “W e were ge t t ing pre t ty nervou s abou t i t a l l ,” sa id even t organ i zer M ike Duha ime , who no ted tha t the even t ’ s three - day perm i t w indow ended tha t even ing , “bu t we had a show - mu s t -go -on a t t i tude .” De sp i te the se tback s and a “ super - l igh t f ir s t hea t ,” the w ind gradua l ly go t cook ing by la te a f ternoon/ear ly even ing , w i th su s ta ined speed s o f around 25 mph and gu s t s over 30 . Moreover , the 58 compe t i tor s who turned ou t were the mo s t in the even t ’ s h i s tory and Duha ime sa id the spec ta tor s were the mo s t he ’d seen a s we l l — l ike ly a t tr ibu ted to the fac t tha t th i s year ’ s Huck fe s t wa s the f ir s t to be he ld on a weekend . The even t wa s s tar ted back in 2013 a s a way to lend some credence to the “ f i sh s tor ie s” k i teboarder s m igh t sp in from t ime to t ime abou t how much a ir they ’ve go t ten o f f a jump . In the f ir s t two year s , Huck fe s t u sed a te leme try dev ice ca l led Xen sr tha t cou ld accura te ly record k i teboarder s ’ leap s and o ther da ta , se t t l ing once and for a l l the que s t ion : Who jumped h igher ? For th i s year ’ s even t , k i teboarder s u sed a s im i lar dev ice ca l led the “WOO ,” wh ich record s he igh t , a long w i th hang t ime , G - force , and o ther da ta . Duha ime exp la ined the gadge t c l ip s on to the r ider ’ s k i teboard , s im i lar to a GoPro , and the da ta can be synced w i th the r ider ’ s iPhone through an app . A f ter a run , the compe t i tor send s the WOO dev ice back to the judge s , who down load the da ta , and then po s t the re su l t s to soc ia l med ia . “ I t wa s a very connec ted even t ,” Duha ime sa id . Huck fe s t a t trac t s peop le from a l l over the wor ld ( the w in - ner o f the men ’ s f ina l , Ewan Ja spen , who had an even t -h igh jump o f over 45 fee t , ha i l s from Au s tra l ia ) , bu t a fa ir amoun t from the Gorge en tered a s we l l and f in i shed near the top o f the heap ( top f ive re su l t s are a t r igh t ) . Though the even t i s grow ing , Duha ime sa id tha t i t i s s t i l l very much a “gra s s - roo t s , commun i ty even t ,” tha t ha s a “ low -key , good v ibe” qua l i ty to i t . A s Huck fe s t i s organ i zed in a hea t/e l im ina t ion forma t , some t ime s the b igge s t jump s o f the day don ’ t happen dur ing the f ina l s . Bu t one o f the advan tage s tha t came ou t o f hav ing some la te -arr iv ing w ind wa s tha t Huck fe s t ended w i th a more o f a bang a f ter s tar t ing w i th more o f a wh imper . “W e peaked r igh t around the f ina l s ,” he sa id . “W e d idn ’ t se t any record s th i s year , bu t we were ab le to have a proper b ig -a ir even t by the end o f the day .” For more in fo , head to Hood R iver Huck fe s t ’ s Facebook page a t www . facebook .com/hoodr iverhuck fe s t . HUCK F E S T TOP F IV E Men ’ s f ina l W omen ’ s f ina l 1 Ew a n J a s p e n ( 4 5 f o o t , 6 1 C o l l e e n C a r r o l l ( 3 7 - 8 , 4 . 7 i n c h j um p , 1 0 - s e c o n d h a n g s e c o n d s ) t im e ) 2 C y n t h i a B r ow n ( 3 2 - 5 , 6 . 1 2 C o sm o “G u a c am o l e D J” s e c o n d s ) N o o n a n ( 4 5 - 2 , 5 . 8 s e c o n d s ) 3 L a u r a M a h e r ( 3 2 - 2 , 4 . 7 3 A d am W i t h i n g t o n ( 4 0 - 0 , s e c o n d s ) 6 . 3 s e c o n d s ) 4 T o n i a F a rm a n ( 3 1 - 1 , 4 . 4 4 P h i l i p p S c h o n g e r ( 3 9 - 6 , s e c o n d s ) 5 . 9 s e c o n d s ) 5 R a c h e l C a l l a h a n ( 2 9 - 2 , P h o t o b y J im S t r i n g f e l l ow 5 M i k e H a a s e ( 3 7 - 0 , 5 . 2 4 . 6 s e c o n d s ) HOOD R IVER HUCK FES Tc om p e t i t o r D r ew C h r i s t i a n s o n s o a r s h i g h s e c o n d s ) a b o v e t h e C o l um b i a w h i l e s p e c t a t o r s w a t c h f r om t h e r i v e r ’ s b a n k s . SPOR T S BR I E F S 14U ba seba l l team headed to s ta te tou rne y P h o t o b y B e n M i t c h e l l KAYAK ING ON THE CALM T h e i n c e s s a n t G o r g e w i n d s f i n a l l y t o o k a b r e a k F r i d a y e v e n i n g , w h i c h m a d e f o r g r e a t l a t e e v e n i n g k a y a k i n g n e a r s W e l l s I s l a n d , a s s e e n i n t h e a b o v e p h o t o . O n S a t u r d a y , t h e w a t e r w a s sm o o t h a s g l a s s , a n d w h i l e t h e H o o d R i v e r W a t e r f r o n t w a s n ’ t p a c k e d w i t h k i t e s , i t w a s p a c k e d w i t h k a y a k e r s , s t a n d u p p a d d l e b o a r d e r s , sw imm e r s , a n d o t h e r p e o p l e w h o w e r e o u t t o e n j o y t h e w a t e r a n d s t a v e o f f t h e h o t t em p e r a t u r e s t h a t c l im b e d i n t o t h e m i d - 9 0 s . T h e w i n d s r e t u r n e d b y l a t e m o r n i n g S u n d a y a n d a p p e a r t o b e h e r e f o r t h e r em a i n d e r o f t h e w e e k , a c c o r d i n g t o T em i r a L i t a l ’ s “ T h e G o r g e i s m y G ym” f o r e c a s t i n g b l o g ( t h e g o r g e i sm y g ym . c om ) . T h e H o o d R i v e r S e n i o r F e d e r a l B a s e b a l l t e am i s h e a d e d t o t h e J u n i o r B a s e b a l l O r g a n i z a t i o n ( JBO ) s t a t e t o u r n am e n t i n F o r - e s t G r o v e a t P a c i f i c U n i v e r s i t y t h i s w e e k a f t e r p l a c i n g s e c o n d i n t h e d i s t r i c t t o u r n am e n t i n S i l v e r t o n . T h e t e am b e a t O r e g o n C i t y , T u a l a t i n , a n d C l e v e l a n d b e f o r e f a l l i n g t o t h e N o . 1 s e e d , C l a c k a - m a s . H o o d R i v e r i s t h e N o . 2 s e e d f r om t h e C l a c k am a s C o u n t y JBO d i s t r i c t a n d w i l l f a c e M cM i n n v i l l e a t 1 2 : 3 0 p .m . T h u r s d a y . H o o d R i v e r ’ s o v e r a l l r e c o r d o n t h e y e a r i s 3 1 - 1 1 . P i c t u r e d a b o v e a r e , f r o n t r ow : C o a c h V i c t o r F l o r e s , C a r s o n F l o r e s , B r a n d o n R i v e r a , M i c h a e l H a s a g aw a , J u a n J im e n e z , R y a n G r a y . B a c k r ow l e f t t o r i g h t : M a n a g e r R o b L e i b l e i n , G r e y s o n L o s e e , C a d e n L e i b l e i n , C h r i s M c e lw e e , J a c o b E n r i q u e z , B e n R o u t s o n , J J M e a r s a n d C o a c h D a r r i n R o u t s o n . Y ou th foo tba l l camp com ing up H o o d R i v e r V a l l e y y o u t h f o o t b a l l i s c om i n g u p s o o n a n d r e g - i s t r a t i o n i s n ow o p e n . Tw o o p t i o n s a r e a v a i l a b l e : g r a d e s 1 - 2 f l a g f o o t b a l l a n d g r a d e s 3 - 8 t a c k l e f o o t b a l l . T h e HRV B l u e & G o l d F o o t b a l l C am p i s A u g u s t 3 - 6 , w i t h t e am p r a c t i c e s s t a r t i n g A u g u s t 1 0 . R e g i s t e r o n l i n e a t www . h r c omm u n i t y e d . o r g ; s c h o l - a r s h i p s a r e a v a i l a b l e b y c o n t a c t i n g C omm u n i t y E d a t 5 4 1 - 3 8 6 - 2 0 5 5 o r c omm u n i t y . e d@ h o o d r i v e r . k 1 2 . o r . u s . F r i ed f i sh : h e a t b r ing s mo r e f i sh k i l l s , r egu l a t ion s 10U Softball All-Stars compete at state tourney B y BEN M I TCHE L L N ew s s t a f f w r i t e r In the wake o f con t inued above -average h igh tempera - ture s , the Oregon Depar tmen t o f F i sh and W i ld l i fe ha s in s t i - tu ted new f i sh ing regu la t ion s to he lp m i t iga te the s tre s s on sa lmon and o ther f i sh tha t ha s been cau sed by the hea t and low wa ter leve l s . W e repor ted la s t week abou t how ha tcher ie s around the Pac i f ic Nor thwe s t had re lea sed f i sh ear ly due to the hea t . On Sa turday , the ODFW added new regu la t ion s tha t proh ib i ted ang ler s from f i sh ing for trou t , sa lmon , s tee lhead , and s tur - geon from 2 p .m . to one hour be fore sunr i se on “a l l wa ter - bod ie s de f ined a s s tream s in the 2015 Oregon Spor t f i sh ing Regu la t ion s . . . above t idewa ter .” The regu la t ion s , wh ich wen t in to e f fec t Sa turday , d id spare some r iver s tha t “are le s s prone to h igh wa ter temper - a ture r i sk s due to spr ing s , t ide s , co ld wa ter re lea se s from some dam s and h igh e leva t ion s .” Examp le s inc luded the Hood R iver and i t s tr ibu tar ie s , the Wh i te R iver and i t s tr ibu - tar ie s , and por t ion s o f the De schu te s . The ma in s tem o f the Co lumb ia R iver wa s no t a f fec ted by the ru l ing , a l though soon a f ter the regu la t ion s were an - nounced , ODFW c lo sed the Co lumb ia R iver up s tream o f Bonnev i l le Dam to the Oregon/Wa sh ing ton border up s tream o f McNary Dam to s turgeon f i sh ing a f ter f i shery manager s rev iewed “ survey repor t s tha t showed increa sed s turgeon mor ta l i ty a s a re su l t o f the drough t cond i t ion s in some o f the m id -Co lumb ia R iver re servo ir .” The regu la t ion s came ju s t a day a f ter ODFW announced tha t a d ie -o f f o f 109 w i ld spr ing Ch inook wa s d i scovered in the upper sec t ion o f the m idd le fork o f the John Day R iver . Accord ing to ODFW , the f i sh k i l l wa s “apparen t ly due to low r iver f low s and warm tempera ture s ,” a l though i t wa s no ted tha t the sec t ion o f r iver a lready con s i s ted o f a w ide and sha l - low channe l and a lack o f r ipar ian vege ta t ion tha t can cau se fa s t change s in wa ter tempera ture . The announcemen t o f the John Day R iver d ie -o f f come s a week a f ter ODFW announced a somewha t re la ted d ie -o f f in the De schu te s , where 45 dead or d i s tre s sed sockeye sa lmon were d i scovered a f f l ic ted w i th a bac ter ia l in fec t ion norma l ly a s soc ia ted w i th h igh wa ter tempera ture s . To he lp reduce f i sh impac t s , ODFW ha s encouraged an - g ler s to f i sh for warm wa ter spec ie s and to keep f i sh in the wa ter for a s long a s po s s ib le when do ing ca tch -and -re lea se f i sh ing . For more in fo on the se t ip s and the new f i sh ing reg - u la t ion s , head to the ODFW web s i te a t www .d fw . s ta te .or .u s . J a k e Mo rg an n am ed 2015 ICMGA C lub Ch amp ion Ind ian Creek Men ’ s Go l f A s soc ia t ion o f fer s congra tu la t ion s to Jake Morgan , the 2015 ICMGA C lub Champ ion . Jake con t inued h i s ou t s tand - ing p lay on the th ird day o f compe t i t ion w i th a 70 - s troke game and f in - i shed w i th a three -day to ta l o f 212 , four s troke s under par . IMGA Secre - tary Pau l Armerd ing sa id tha t Morgan i s the f ir s t champ ion in recen t memory , po s s ib ly ever , to f in i sh th i s “demand ing” three -day tournamen t under par . He took a command ing n ine - s troke lead in to the f ina l round and kep t the pre s sure on , w i th h i s c lo se s t compe t i tor s f in i sh ing 13 s troke s beh ind . Jake jo in s h i s fa ther , Kev in , in becom ing the f ir s t fa ther - son duo to bo th earn the ICMGA c lub champ ion sh ip . Roger Barry i s ICMGA ’ s Sen ior (55 and over ) Champ ion , and Ph i l Canne l l i s the c lub ’ s Super Sen ior (65 and over ) Champ ion . Pr i ze s were awarded to the top three gro s s score s and top ne t score in each o f the three f l igh t s . W inner s : Overa l l Champ ion : Jake Morgan (212 ) . A F l igh t : Low Gro s s : M i tch Huru , Trav is Erdmann ( t ie , 1s t , 225 ) ; Eudoro Cervan tes (3rd , 228 ) . Low Ne t : Roger Barry , Pau l Armerd ing ( t ie , 1s t , 214 ) . B F l igh t : Low S u bm i t t e d p h o t o Gro s s : John Garc ia (1 s t , 234 ) , Ph i l Canne l l (2nd , 238 ) , J im S lu sher (3rd , E C LUB :F r om l e f t t o r i g h t a r e P h i l C a n n e l l 241 ) . Low Ne t : Pa t McA l l i s ter (214 ) . C F l igh t : Low Gro s s : Ma t t Me sa (1 s t , IN TH 250 ) , Ma t t S toneberg (2nd , 258 ) , Er ic V o ig t (3rd , 259 ) . Low Ne t : Jann Ha l - ( Sup e r S en io r Ch amp ion ) , Rog e r B a r r y ( S en io r s tead (209 ) . ICMGA ’ s nex t even t i s a two -man even t on Sa turday , Augu s t C h am p i o n ) , a n d J a k e M o r g a n (O v e r a l l C h am p i o n ) . 8 . On Aug . 15 , Ind ian Creek Go l f Cour se w i l l a l so spon sor the Second An - nua l Ba t t l ing Bob (Hane l ) Scramb le . H o o d R i v e r V a l l e y L i t t l e L e a g u e 1 0U S o f t b a l l A l l - S t a r s c om - p e t e d i n t h e d o u b l e - e l im i n a t i o n L i t t l e L e a g u e s t a t e t o u r n am e n t t h i s p a s t w e e k e n d a f t e r t a k i n g f i r s t p l a c e i n t h e D i s t r i c t 5 t o u r - n am e n t e a r l i e r t h i s m o n t h . T e am m a n a g e r T o n y a S c h r o e d e r s a i d t h e g i r l s s t a r t e d o u t p l a y i n g a g a i n s t A s h l a n d S a t u r d a y m o r n i n g a n d “ l o s t a g r e a t g am e i n t h e b o t t om o f t h e s i x t h ( i n n i n g ) , ” w i t h t h e f i n a l r e s u l t b e i n g 4 - 3 A s h l a n d . O n S u n d a y , t h e t e am w a s e l im i n a t e d i n a n 8 - 0 l o s s . T h e 1 0U t e am w a s t h e o n l y o n e o f o u t o f HRV L L ’ s f o u r a l l - s t a r t e am s t o a d v a n c e t o t h e s t a t e t o u r n e y . HRMGA Red , Wh i te and B lue tou rne y r e su l t s T h e H o o d R i v e r M e n ’ s G o l f A s s o c i a t i o n h e l d i t s R e d , W h i t e a n d B l u e t o u r n am e n t o n J u l y 1 9 , a t t h e H o o d R i v e r C o u n t r y C l u b G o l f c o u r s e . L o n g d r i v e w i n n e r w a s G a r y S o l lm a n , w i t h a d r i v e o f a r o u n d 3 2 5 y a r d s . K P s h o l e s N o . 7 a n d N o . 1 7 , b o t h w o n b y K e v i n H a y . N e t w i n n e r s : B i l l P a y n e ( 1 s t ) a n d K e v i n H a y ( 2 n d ) . G r o s s w i n n e r s : L e n H i c km a n ( 1 s t ) a n d G a r y S o l l - m a n ( 2 n d ) . HRMGA w a n t e d t o t h a n k K e v i n H a y a n d D o u g H am a d a f o r b e i n g i n c h a r g e o f t h e t o u r n am e n t a n d d o i n g a l l t h e p l a n n i n g a n d w o r k i n v o l v e d i n r u n n i n g i t . T h e n e x t t o u r n a - m e n t i s t h e C l u b C h am p i o n s h i p , s c h e d u l e d f o r A u g u s t 2 3 . T h i s t o u r n am e n t w i l l b e m a n a g e d b y G a r y S o l lm a n a n d R o b i n G o o d y e r . HRMGA e n c o u r a g e s a l l c l u b m em b e r s t o s i g n u p p r i o r t o A u g u s t 2 1 . W ind and wa te r spo r t s e ven t s th i s week end T h e C o l um b i a R i v e r w i l l b e t h e p l a c e t o b e t h i s w e e k e n d w i t h tw o w o r l d - c l a s s w i n d a n d w a t e r s p o r t s e v e n t s g o i n g o n . F i r s t i s t h e G o r g e D ow nw i n d P a d d l i n g F e s t i v a l , w h i c h f e a t u r e s u r f s k i s a n d o u t r i g g e r c a n o e s . T h e h i g h l i g h t s o f t h e n e a r l y w e e k - l o n g e v e n t w i l l b e t h e N o r t h Am e r i c a n C h am p i o n s h i p r a c e , p a r t o f t h e S u r f s k i W o r l d C u p s e r i e s , w h i c h w i l l t a k e p l a c e F r i d a y a f t e r - n o o n , r u n n i n g f r om H om e V a l l e y t o H o o d R i v e r . T h a t r a c e i s f o l - l ow e d u p b y t h e a n n u a l W i l d s i d e R e l a y o n S a t u r d a y , w h i c h w i l l run f rom S t e v en son to B ing en . F o r mo r e in fo , go to www . g o r g e p a d d l i n g f e s t i v a l . c om . T h e o t h e r b i g e v e n t g o i n g o n t h i s w e e k e n d i s t h e 1 5 t h A n n u a l B r i d g e o f t h e G o d s K i t e b o a r d - i n g F e s t i v a l h e l d i n S t e v e n s o n J u l y 2 4 - 2 6 . P r o d i v i s i o n r i d e r s w i l l t r y t o im p r e s s t h e j u d g e s w i t h t h e i r b e s t f r e e s t y l e m a n e u v e r s o n F r i d a y , s t a r t i n g a t 1 1 a .m . , w h i l e t h e am a t e u r s g o o f f a t 1 0 a .m . S a t u r d a y . S u n d a y m a r k s t h e B l ow O u t r a c e f r om S t e v e n s o n t o H o o d R i v e r , w h i c h i s s c h e d u l e d f o r a n 1 1 a .m . s t a r t . F o r m o r e i n f o , g o t o b o t g k i t e f e s t . c om o r nw k i t e . c om .