Racers hit Blackfoot in open canoes
WATERSPORTS --The 2014 Open Canoe Slalom National Championship starts today and runs through Sunday (June 29) near Missoula on the Blackfoot River upstream of the Roundup Fishing Access Site off Montana Highway 200.
Spectators can view the American Canoe Association event for free in the designated area upstream of the Roundup Bridge.
For information about open canoe whitewater racing in general, see aca.whitewater-slalom.us.
Saturday features four "Citizen-class" races in which noncompetitive or inexperienced paddlers can run the course in a tandem canoe with an experienced racer.