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The Adventure Zone

Past stories The Calgary Stampede Moraine for Life Adventure Relay Monarch Redux Rockies Bird Festival Arctic Winter Games Bolivia's Acotango Mount Kilimanjaro The Drambuie Pursuit Canadian Aboriginal Festival Mountain Mania Adventure racing Manitoulin Island Star Party Celebration of Light Algonquin Park Ottawa Race Weekend Maple syrup festival Cain's Quest Have Snowshoes, Will Travel Quebec Ice Hotel In the Eye of the Storm Arctic Aurora Borealis Canada's 'Deep South' Agawa Canyon Ablaze Mahone Bay Boat Festival Vancouver Island's rocky trail Wild Women Expeditions Eco-Endurance Summiting Canada Gourmet getaway Yukon Arctic Ultra Canadian Wind Riders Winnipeg's urban pathways Canoeist/artist Bill Mason Take a hike Whitewater kayaking The 2005 Sea Cavalcade Moonstruck - Adventure racers Delta Marsh Birding Festival Climb for conservation The Eagle has Landed Gold Rush Trail Whistler Film Festival Fit to ski Whyte Museum of the Rockies Cheakamus Challenge "Super Dave" Norona Ontario's French River region Cabot Trail Relay Race Point Pelee Festival of Birds Canmore Ice Climbing Festival Winterlude Yeti Mountain Snowshoe Series Golden Horseshoe Orienteering Club Banff Mountain Book Festival Haliburton Highlands Sand Sculpture Championships BC Mobility Society Bathtub Race Championship Bike Month Running off the road Birds of a Feather Grand Plans in Grand Cache Le Festival du Voyageur Raid Ukatak Around the World Alone November culinary adventure Mountains in Miniature In the Belly of the Dragon Raid the North Extreme!! Making a splash! Volunteer for nature Cycling for sustainability Working for Wildlife Whale of a time Canadian Death Race Mont Tremblant Skiing Nanook of the North Eco-challenge Climate Change Caravan Royal Regatta Unleash the hounds World Cup mountain bike race Yukon River Quest On top of the world Canada's World-Class Heritage Gliding across the silver screen Marathon Madness National Ski and Snowboard Week Christmas Bird Count Banff Festival Adventure racing Coast-to-coast trek Whitewater rodeos In praise of parks Watching Canada's wildlife Canada's Highest Peak Alaska Adventure Racer

More than 130 competitors from across the country are registered. Determined by provincial team trials, men and women will vie for the top four positions in team and solo events for kayak and canoe classes. The outcome, says organizer Mark Illing, determines a contestant's national ranking and seeding for future World Cup events.

The wild weekend on water attracts elite Canadian competitors like solo slalom kayaker David Ford, who is a three-time Olympian, Canadian National Champion and the winner of a bronze medal at the year's first World Cup competition in May in Guandong, China. Also lined up in the gate is solo slalom canoeist James Cartwright, who placed first at the United States trials and is considered among the top North American paddlers in his class.

Between July 19 and 21, the North American Open Canoe Slalom Championships take place on the Class III and IV rapids of the Gull River in Minden, Ont. The championship event, being held in Canada for first time, attracts novice and seasoned competitors alike who shoot a 20- to 25-gate slalom course in recreational and racing classes.

Series No. 6 of the Wildrock Joe/Jane Rodeo closes out the month on July 28. At this final whitewater rodeo of the Wildrock series, hotdog freestyle jockeys catch big air in a variety of heart-stopping aerials and flips at the S-Bend on the Ottawa River.