Hopefully everyone is having a great summer, local/regional racers are going great, and your only friends are paddlers (& your dog)! Slowly but surely the months are ticking by as we creep ever so slowly closer to OCTOBER! Don’t worry, it’s going to be just fine, just keep paddling between now and then! We decided to jump right into the meat & potatoes of some Chattajack nuances, tips, and strategies that every CJ racer navigates. Hopefully by pondering them now while time is

Chattanooga’s Market Street Bridge has served as the starting point to Chattajack since the race began. Paddlers have staged upstream of the bridge, a countdown was initiated and the race began. As the race has grown the number of paddlers has increased making it a little trickier for the crowd of paddlers to maintain position, turn around, avoid other vessels around themselves, deal with the current, etc. So, with that…here is how Staging and the race will start this year: S

Chattajack Veterans! All you seasoned Chattajack veterans, you know the terrain, you know what Mother Nature can do and that the struggle is REAL, and you know the groove at basecamp and for the entirety of the weekend. You want to know what to expect in 2017 so this is for you! RACE FIELD: Expect to see a lot more people in the line-up with you. The field of racers is going to be a good bit larger this year. In 2015 & 2016 the water got pretty choppy off the start line wh

If this is your inaugural Chattajack race and possibly your first time to paddle the Tennessee River Gorge here are a couple things that will hopefully make race weekend go smoothly for you! Friday STORAGE - Dropping off your board/boat at basecamp storage is a great idea and encouraged. Saturday morning will be crowded near basecamp and getting your vehicle close to basecamp for board/kayak drop will not be easy possibly resulting in a tiresome carry. RACE MAP (What are th

Your Bib contains your timing chip!!! Don’t forget it!!! Chattajack will begin at 8AM with a water start from downtown Chattanooga (Surf Ski/OC-2 division will start 8:30AM) ending at Hales Bar Marina. A mandatory pre-race meeting will take place at Coolidge Park at 7:30AM on the lawn. Rules: Chattajack is a WPA sanctioned event. For a complete listing of WPA rules visit: http://worldpaddleassociation.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/2013-WPA-SUP-RACING-RULEBOOK_2-13.pdf Drafti