Yeah we look tired and given the huge clean up at the Sjoa Kayak Camp after the early June floods we ought to be. After all the work we are very happy to say that this year’s Sjoa River Festival will be taking place at it’s traditional home Riksanlegget.

The floods have taken their toll on the site though, we have lost most of the judging huts and the spectator arena, with some of the material littering the Åmot section, most notedly the flag poles. For the remaining judging huts, due to their structure instability, we do not recommend any accommodation. The road to the site has been repaired, however it’s still a single lane dirt road, so please drive slowly into and out of the camp. Furthermore, there have been a number of changes to the local runs, so please pay attention once you arrive into the Sjoa area and get on the rivers. One slice of good news, is that a fool water drainage system has been installed at Riksanlegget, so we should not require the pump truck every day on site during the festival, thank you NPF for funding that solution.

At this year’s festival, as well as all the normal popular offerings, like the Sweet Rumble and Shop till you Drop at Strie Strømmer we have a new competition event for all paddlers the Liquid Logic Games, Technique Clinics from Gene17 and the local crowd will bring us the Jølgen Freestyle event. So we’ve a lot in the programme for the Sjoa River Festival, and we hope to see you there in a few weeks…..

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