Over 140 registered paddlers from Australia to Yellowknife missioned to Fort Smith last weekend to attend the annual Slave River Paddlefest and the Northern Journal was there to capture every wet and wild moment.
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Slave River Paddlefest
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- August 3, 2015
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Ben Ghertner, who originally hails from Nashville, Tennessee, performs flips and tricks in the water in the advanced rodeo.
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Team Dirty Dozen rushes hard into first place for the voyageur canoe race on July 31.
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Novice paddler Michaelis Hurst, left, intermediate kayaker Spenser Sedgwick and advanced boater Ben Ghertner display their winnings from the rolling competition.
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Members of the Northern Youth Girls Environmental Leadership Camp party down at Paddlefest after spending four days canoeing along the Slave River from Hay Camp to Fort Fitzgerald.
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Kayaker Chris Cadieux tries his best to muscle his way down the Mountain Portage rapids while participating in the seventh annual Paddlefest, a summertime staple hosted on the Slave River in Fort Smith.
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John Blyth, front, and Karl Cox attempt to steer their canoe through the rapids, only to flip their vessel.
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Isaac Zimmer, left, Lief Aubrey-Smith and Noah Zaidan work together to build a sand castle in a competition hosted by Parks Canada.
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Kayakers team up for the beach ball race, one of the most colourful and competitive events of Paddlefest.
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Tori Harrison of Calgary shows off her skills with a front flip on Aug.1. Harrison was one of about 140 paddlers who traveled from around the world to attend this year’s festival.
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Ben Linaker tries to use a swift jab to knock his opponent from their stand up paddleboard during a jousting competition on Aug. 2. Ultimately, he was unsuccessful.
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An adventurous group takes on the wave train at the Mountain Portage rapids in a paddle raft.
Paddlefest 2015. Click on the slideshow above to view captions.
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