An accident in 1998 left George Rickman with his right leg amputated, after he fell 40 feet at a construction site.
Rickman said he thought he never would recover from the accident, but after receiving prosthetics and a little encouragement, he not only rebounded, but began competing for national kayak championships.
The Middleville resident was one of six physically disabled athletes to compete Tuesday in  … More
Tahoe City, CA (Saturday, August 06, 2011) – Offshore Powerboat Racing is returning to Lake Tahoe on September 10 as the Inaugural Lake Tahoe Worthy Risk Challenge and Fun Run which will feature two different types of courses.
The Lake Tahoe event comprises of two (2) separate challenges –Saturday September 10 The Worthy Risk Challenge will push every team to the edge in a sprint. The boats will run one at a time and be scored on total time, top speed and Best Combined to bring home the Trophy and checkered flags for all classes. At the end of the day the winning team will carry the Worthy Risk perpetual trophy home for a year!
Sunday, September 11 will feature the POPRA Tahoe Fun Run. The teams will be running a fifty (50) mile course around the lake … More
More than two dozen men’s and women’s teams paddle 20 miles round-trip in the 40th Annual Whitey Harrison Classic. Spectators watch from vantage points up and down the coast.
Garrett Crayton, 11, helped his teammates get their nine-person, 40-foot outrigger canoe up out of the waters of Dana Point Harbor. He and his Lanakila outrigger canoe club members had just completed the 20-mile Whitey Harrison Classic race from Dana Point Harbor to Laguna Beach, and back to Doheny Beach  … More