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Gallery versions of the Picture of the Day Archives through 2006 can be found on the Kaweah Pictures Page

Kaweah River, 2008 Picture of the Day Archive

  • 1-06-08 Jeff Gymer, Evan Lloyd, Sean Sangree, Bill Pooley. Front page of the Commenwealth
  • 4-25-08 Brian Rouch above the Gateway on the Boundary Run at 5.2 ft. on the Boundary Gauge
  • 4-26-08 Mike Hauber, Cheats the drop above the Gateway on the Boundary Run
  • 4-27-08 Brian Rouch testing the depth of the hole below the flake in The Chute
  • 4-28-08 Mike Hauber mingles with the fish below The Chute
  • 4-29-08 KWA happy paddlers coming out of The Chute (1.40 ft.)
  • 5-03-08 KWA submarine raft above Pumpkin Hollow Bridge (1.15 ft.)
  • 5-04-08 KWA Frank Root in The Chute (1.05 ft.)
  • 5-05-08 Dave McDermott on the flake at The Chute (0.85 ft.)

    Kaweah River, 2007 Picture of the Day Archive

    Sorry, no photos, the webmaster missed the 2007 season

    Kaweah River, 2006 Picture of the Day Archive

  • 5-27-06 China Lake H1 Upgrade Marines at The Chute
  • 5-28-06 Tim Holzem hand paddling at The Chute on 5-27
  • 5-29-06 The late afternoon KWA run at Gateway on 5-27
  • 6-02-06 KWA at The Chute
  • 6-04-06 Chucks Drop adjacent Buckeye Flat Campground at 3000 cfs (Class VI !)
  • 6-09-06 Raft Extraction at Pumpkin Hollow Bridge
  • 6-10-06 Ugly Swim at Pumpkin Hollow Bridge
  • 6-14-06 KWA below The Chute
  • 6-17-06 Scott Welsh guiding
  • 6-23-06 Jay Bird guiding through The Chute
  • 6-24-06 Swimming the Good Stuff in Gateway
  • 6-25-06 KWA Stopped by the hole at Osterizer
  • 6-27-06 KWA at Osterizer
  • 6-29-06 Low Side Exit at Osterizer hole
  • 6-30-06 Kaweah Whitewater Adventures at Osterizer
  • 7-01-06 Captain Frank Root
  • 7-02-06 Nathan Hunkapiller on Clover Creek up in the National Park
  • 7-03-06 Kayaking at The Chute
  • 7-04-06 Clover Creek Encore. Kevin Thompson with airtime too good to not be recognised.
  • 7-07-06 Kaweah Whitewater Adventures Air Paddling in Osterizer
  • 7-08-06 Kayakers on the East Fork below the Oak Grove Bridge!
  • 7-09-06 Ben Hawthorne at Little Niagra on the Hospital Rock run, "The Good"
  • 7-09-06 Kieth Kishiyama paying his dues at Little Niagra, "The Bad"
  • 7-09-06 Nathan Hunkapiller takes a thrashing, "The Ugly"
  • 7-10-06 Macy Burnham at Dead Mans Alley on The East Fork Kaweah. "The Big"
  • 7-11-06 Kieth Kishiyama on The East Fork
  • 7-15-06 Gary Cohen explores the hammmering spot at The Chute
  • 7-16-06 Gary Cohen in Osterizer threading the boulders
  • 7-17-06 Bill Pooley, KRP webmaster, in the putin drop on the Extended Boundary run
  • 7-18-06 Gary Cohen on the Wheelchair Branch of the Extended Boundary run

    Kaweah River, 2005 Picture of the Day Archive

  • 5-04-05 Kaweah Whitewater Adventure Raft Race (Action at The Chute)
  • 5-13-05 Alan Parker below Suicide Falls (1.0 ft.)
  • 5-14-05 Dave Tyrell in Bumper (1.35 ft.)
  • 5-15-05 KWA Rafts at The Chute (1.70 ft.)
  • 5-16-05 Tom Diegel entering Upper Holiday at Flood (7000 cfs)
  • 5-19-05 Tom Diegel at The Chute (2.4 ft.)
  • 5-20-05 Gretchen Flint at Osterizer (2.4 ft)
  • 5-21-05 Kaweah Whitewater Adventures above Pumpkin Hollow Br. (2.4 ft)
  • 5-24-05 Class VI a mile above Hospital Rock at peak flow (2.9 ft) Sorry, You won't see boaters in this picture!
  • 5-27-05 Iron Lung in the gorge behind Ash Mountain Park Headquarters (2.8 ft.)
  • 6-02-05 John Nelson in the Hero Route (center channel) Portage No. 1 on the North Fork Kaweah (2.0 ft on the N Fk. gauge)
  • 6-04-05 Mike Hauber and Dave McDermott in the Shredder going vertical at Cateye (2.3 ft.)
  • 6-09-05 Bill Pooley in Diagonal, North Fork (1.45 ft.) 6-10 trip
  • 6-10-05 Alan Parker in the Hero Route on Portage No. 1, North Fork (1.45 ft.)
  • 6-11-05 KWA Raft dumping the customers in the Hole at Osterizer (1.9 ft.)
  • 6-12-05 KWA Raft action below The Chute (2.0 ft.)
  • 6-14-05 John Nelson in one of the slot drops on Tenmile Creek (50 cfs?)
  • 6-15-05 John Nelson and Mike Hauber demo canoe skills for the Christian Campers at Hume Lake Tenmile Creek
  • 6-17-05 KWA raft stuck between the rocks in Osterizer (2.0 ft.)
  • 6-18-05 KWA raft flipping in Osterizer (1.85 ft.)
  • 6-19-05 KWA raft Punching the Hole at Osterizer (1.7 ft.)
  • 6-21-05 KWA guide Brad Watts (aka Brad Flipe) in The Chute (1.75 ft.)
  • 7-02-05 Alan Parker and Mike Hauber entering Headwall (1.5 ft.)
  • 7-03-05 KWA raft in The Chute (1.5 ft.)

    Kaweah River, 2004 Picture of the Day Archive

  • 3-15-04 Mike Hauber in The Chute in early season Kaweah action
  • 3-16-04 John Brown in Powerhouse, Left Center Channel
  • 3-17-04 Mike Hauber in Powerhouse, Left Center Channel
  • 3-18-04 Dale Murphy at Suicide Falls
  • 3-19-04 John Brown at Suicide Falls
  • 3-20-04 Alan Parker, No. 1 on the Park Boundary Run (5.25 ft)
  • 3-21-04 Alan Parker, No. 2 on the Park Boundary Run
  • 3-22-04 Alan Parker, Above the Gateway on the Park Boundary Run
  • 3-23-04 Alan Parker, At the Gateway on the Park Boundary Run
  • 3-24-04 Alan Parker, Gateway Rapid
  • 3-25-04 Alan Parker, The Chute
  • 3-26-04 Sunset Paddling on the Kaweah
  • 5-16-04 Brian Rouch in Bumper looking like he did a few years ago in the KRP banner photo
  • 5-17-04 Peter Dutton in the S-Turn at Bumper
  • 5-18-04 Dave Tyrell missing the S-Turn at Bumper
  • 5-19-04 Brian Rouch, Evening at The Chute
  • 5-20-04 Brian Rouch, Left Center Channel at Powerhouse
  • 5-21-04 Kaweah Whitewater Adventures in The Chute
  • 5-22-04 Kaweah Whitewater Adventures below The Chute
  • 5-23-04 Alan Parker, No. 11 on the Park Boundary Run
  • 5-24-04 Brian Rouch in Osterizer
  • 5-25-04 Carnage in Bumper (Yes, it's Alan Parker swimming the rapid)
  • 5-26-04 Kaweah River Racing Ducks
  • 5-27-04 is Missing
  • 5-28-04 Kaweah Whitewater Adventures customers swim Bumper from the top
  • 5-29-04 Kaweah Whitewater Adventures in the Bridge Route at River Oaks
  • 5-30-04 Kaweah Whitewater Adventures, Bad line in Powerhouse
  • 5-31-04 Riley Cathcart, New exit stategy at Bumper
  • 6-01-04 Drew Refshauge hand paddling the first drop on Hosptal Rock
  • 6-02-04 Caleb Coaplen in the first drop on Hospital Rock
  • 6-03-04 Aaron Root and Scott Welsh early on in a raft decent of Hospital Rock on 6-1
  • 6-04-04 Greg Lawrence at the bottom of the first drop at Hospital Rock
  • 6-05-04 Jess Brown paddles the easy stuff at Bumper after a day doing the East Fork. (5-31 Trip)
  • 6-06-04 Dave Tyrell at Suicide Falls
  • 6-07-04 Willows Rapid and Alta Peak
  • 6-08-04 Jess Brown, Entrance Drop to No. 11 on the Park Boundary Run
  • 7-04-04 Waterpark E-Ticket

    Kaweah River, 2003 Picture of the Day Archive

  • 5-06-03 Mike Hauber demos the "New" Left Center Channel at Powerhouse
  • 5-07-03 Chris Tulley in the "New, No Portage" Portage No. 11 on the Park Boundary
  • 5-08-03 Mike Hauber in Portage No. 1, Hero Route, on the North Fork Kaweah
  • 5-09-03 The Webmaster in Portage No. 1, Warrior Route, on the North Fork Kaweah
  • 5-10-03 Kirk Rorrer on the lip of Crackjack, North Fork Kaweah, 1.38 ft.
  • 5-11-03 John Brown, Diagonal, North Fork Kaweah, 1.38 ft.
  • 5-12-03 Mike Hauber Portages up Against the Wall, North Fork Kaweah
  • 5-13-03 Dale Murphy in The Chute ... and going deep
  • 5-14-03 Kirk Rorrer, Serious Trouble at Powerhouse, almost down the right side
  • 5-15-03 John Brown above the Gateway on The Park Boundary Run
  • 5-16-03 missing for now
  • 5-17-03 Blaine Harmon running Cherry Falls, North Fork Kaweah at 1.6 ft. on the gauge
  • 5-18-03 Todd Quigley running Cherry Falls, North Fork Kaweah at 1.6 ft. on the gauge
  • 5-19-03 Chris LaBounty rolls up just in time on the lip of Cherry Falls
  • 5-20-03 Mike Hauber and Frank Root in the hole at the bottom of Osterizer at 1.6 ft.
  • 5-21-03 Kaweah Whitewater Adventures with Captain Aaron Root buried in the hole at Osterizer at 1.7 ft.
  • 5-22-03 missing for now
  • 5-23-03 missing for now
  • 5-24-03 Alan Parker in The Chute at 1.9 ft.
  • 5-25-03 Kaweah Whitewater Adventures at Osterizer at 2.0 ft
  • 5-26-03 East Fork Kaweah Raging below Oak Grove Bridge (NOT runnable!)
  • 5-27-03 Kaweah Whitewater Adventures gets yet more publicity at Osterizer
  • 5-28-03 The High Water Run on the Kaweah, Aaron Root in Gateway at 3.0 ft.
  • 5-29-03 High water at The Chute (3.0 ft.) Note the house sized rocks on river right are buried
  • 5-30-03 missing, webmaster on shore leave
  • 5-31-03 missing, webmaster on shore leave
  • 6-01-03 missing, webmaster on shore leave
  • 6-02-03 missing, webmaster on shore leave
  • 6-03-03 missing, webmaster on shore leave
  • 6-05-03 missing, webmaster on shore leave
  • 6-06-03 missing, webmaster on shore leave
  • 6-07-03 missing, webmaster on shore leave
  • 6-08-03 Osterizer, the hole above the bottom
  • 6-08-03 missing, webmaster on shore leave
  • 6-09-03 missing, webmaster on shore leave
  • 6-10-03 Mike Hauber in The Chute
  • 6-11-03 Dale Murphy in The Chute
  • 6-12-03 Mike Hauber below the Piton Rock on the South Fork
  • End of season for the Picture of the Day

    Kaweah River, 2002 Picture of the Day Archive

  • 1-01-02 The webmaster in the center channel of Powerhouse on New Years Day
  • 5-05-02 Auto Ender Alan Parker at the Ender Hole
  • 5-06-02 Mike Hauber in Powerhouse
  • 5-07-02 Kaweah Whitewater Adventures in The Chute
  • 5-08-02 Mike?
  • 5-09-02 Amicaya Frediani and Matt Timmerman negotiate Osterizer
  • 5-10-02 Alan Parker rides his new Harley
  • 5-11-02 Bill Pooley above the Gateway Restaurant on the Park Boundary Run
  • 5-12-02 Mike Hauber in No. 8 on the Park Boundary Run
  • 5-13-02 Alan Parker, No. 1 on the Park Boundary
  • 5-14-02 Ron Thompson, in Bumper
  • 5-15-02 KRP Webmaster in Powerhouse
  • 5-16-02 The Boof Meister in Powerhouse
  • 5-17-02 Kirk Rorrer in the Chute at 1.5 ft.
  • 5-18-02 Yard Sale at Suicide Falls
  • 5-19-02 Right line in Suicide?
  • 5-20-02 No, not the right line in Suicide!
  • 5-21-02 Dave Tyrrell, always a helping hand when you need it
  • 5-22-02 Kedar Davis Waveboarding in Upper Slicky
  • 5-23-02 Alan Parker, Flying over the hole at Suicide Fallls
  • 5-24-02 The Chute can dish it out when the water is up
  • 5-25-02 Beyond Limits nearly launched in Powerhouse on the boof rock
  • 5-26-02 Dave Tyrrell in the entrance to Bumper on a late afternoon run
  • 5-27-02 Andreas Koschnick learns the line on Suicide Falls
  • 5-28-02 Mike Hauber, bottom of No.2 on the Park Boundary
  • 5-29-02 Darren Darsey learning the line in The Chute
  • 5-30-02 Darren Darsey cutting it close at Suicide Falls
  • 5-31-02 Alan Parker at the S-Turn in Bumper
  • 6-01-02 Customers in the river at The Ender Hole
  • 6-02-02 Aaron Root guiding over Suicide Falls
  • 6-03-02 Alan Parker tries a new line at The Chute
  • 6-04-02 Mike Hauber, evening run at The Chute
  • 6-05-02 Post Chute Elation
  • 6-06-02 Kaweah Whitewater Adventures in The Chute
  • 6-07-02 Impending doom in Upper Slicky
  • 6-08-02 Jim Clarkin rides the flake at Osterizer
  • 6-09-02 John Hewitt on the Early morning run at Suicide
  • 6-10-02 Scott O'Connor in the S-Turn at Bumper
  • 6-11-02 Betsy Youngmae exiting The Chute
  • 6-12-02 Brian "Freefalls Rule" Tuten at the Left Channel of Powerhouse
  • 6-13-02 Carnage in No. 2 on the Boundary Run
  • 6-14-02 The Webmaster in No. 1 on the Boundary Run
  • 6-15-02 The Boundary No 4, 5, and 6 back on May 19th with a meaty 5.9ft.
  • 6-16-02 Josh Morris, Launching at The Chute
  • 6-17-02 Darren Darsey, Left Slot at No. 6 on the Boundary
  • 6-18-02 Darren Darsey, No. 2 on the Boundary
  • 6-19-02 It's a bird, it's a boof. It's the webmaster
  • 6-20-02 Photo Shoot at The Chute
  • 6-21-02 Final Run

    Special Edition Post Normal Season Additions:

  • 7-06-02 Todd Quigley, Somewhere on the East Fork
  • 7-07-02 Ben Davis, E-Ticket Disneyland Waterslide on the East Fork
  • 7-08-02 Bill Pooley, Technical boating on the East Fork

    Kaweah River, 2001 Picture of the Day Archive

  • 5-09-01 Wendy and Brian on the steep side of Suicide Falls
  • 5-10-01 Sage Root in Portage No. 1, Warrior Route, N. Fk. Kaweah
  • 5-11-01 Alan Parker, Up Against the Wall, N. Fk. Kaweah
  • 5-12-01 Rick Smith runs Cherry Falls, N. Fk. Kaweah
  • 5-13-01 Blain Harmon runs Cherry Falls, N. Fk. Kaweah
  • 5-14-01 Mike Hauber in Bumper
  • 5-15-01 Kaweah Whitewater Adventures in the Chute
  • 5-16-01 Amicaya Frediani in The Hammering Spot at Suicide Falls
  • 5-17-01 Jesse Nichols surfing the Golf Course Wave
  • 5-18-01 Alan Parker in the right channel at Cyanotic
  • 5-19-01 Peter Dutton (Mohammed Tule) in The Chute
  • 5-20-01 Mike Hauber punches The Chair
  • 5-21-01 Peter Dutton, Left Channel at Powerhouse
  • 5-22-01 Cyanotic at Sunset
  • 5-23-01 Tailstanding in Bumper
  • 5-24-01 Cataraft action in Bumper
  • 5-25-01 The right line in The Chute
  • 5-26-01 Lawrence Cook in Osterizer
  • 5-27-01 Alexander Krase in The Chute
  • 5-28-01 Dave Tyrrell in Bumper
  • 5-29-01 Left of the line in The Chute
  • 5-30-01 Seth McMillan in his open canoe at Suicide Falls
  • 5-31-01 Mike Hauber in The Chute without his sprayskirt
  • 6-01-01 Alan Parker exits Osterizer
  • 6-02-01 Alan Parker runs the Diversion Dam on the Park Boundary Run
  • 6-03-01 Alan Parker above The Gateway on the Park Boundary Run
  • 6-04-01 Kaweah River page Webmaster , Bill Pooley, in The Chute
  • 6-05-01 Dave Tyrrell in No. 2 below the SCE bridge on the Park Boundary Run
  • 6-06-01 KRP Webmasters' helmet
  • 6-07-01 Historic Pumpkin Hollow Bridge and Gateway Rapid
  • 6-08-01 Portaging the undercut boulder on the Boundary Run
  • 6-09-01 Kaweah Whitewater Adventures Pin Festival in Osterizer
  • 6-10-01 Chad Derose in No. 6 on the Boundary Run
  • 6-11-01 Double parking in Hammer
  • 6-12-01 Got Viagra?
  • 6-13-01 Frank Root in No. 4 on the Park Boundary Run
  • 6-14-01 Final Picture of the Day for the 2001 season. Pick us up in 5 minutes

    Kaweah River, 2000 Picture of the Day Archive

  • 5-21-00 Dave Tyrrell, stuck in the hole at Suicide Falls, is the first Picture of the 2000 season.
  • 5-22-00 Alan Parker and Cindy Jungwirth blow up in The Chute in the 2 man Inflatable.
  • 5-23-00 Kaweah Whitewater Adventures is stuck in the hole at Suicide. Aaron Root is the captain.
  • 5-24-00 Mike Hauber goes off the tounge at Suicide at medium flow. Not an easy line to execute.
  • 5-25-00 Riverfront landowners "Fred and Wilma Flintstone" make this a hard to catch eddy. Mike Haber and Alan Parker illegally parked.
  • 5-26-00 Alan Parker disappears in one of the holes in Bumper.
  • 5-27-00 Alan Parker takes a face shot in Bumper.
  • 5-28-00 Mike Hauber punching waves in Bumper.
  • 5-29-00 Bill Pooley finishing the run through Bumper. Mike Hauber eddied above.
  • 5-30-00 Mike Hauber in the calm water below Suicide.
  • 5-31-00 Mike Hauber going deep in the left channel at Powerhouse.
  • 6-1-00 Bill Pooley running the down the center of Osterizer.
  • 6-2-00 Bill Pooley doing a high velocity run down the left side of the center channel at Powerhouse.
  • 6-3-00 Alan Parker a little left of the launching point and about to go deep in The Chute.
  • 6-4-00 Joe Dina gaining valuable experience in the left channel at Powerhouse.
  • 6-5-00 Robert Krase demonstrates how to launch at Suicide and not even get wet.
  • 6-6-00 Peter "Dead Cow" Dutton of the Dead Cow Society is high and dry in the S-turn at Bumper.
  • 6-7-00 Mike Hauber making the right to left move above the viscous hole at The Chair.
  • 6-8-00 Joe Dina gaining more experience, this time in Upper Slicky.
  • 6-9-00 Mike Hauber shooting the tounge at Lower Slicky, and about to get recirculated.
  • 6-10-00 Dave Tyrrell on his way to his infamous surf in the hole below Suicde.
  • 6-11-00 Mike Hauber demos the upper portage route at No. 6 on The Park Boundary Run
  • 6-12-00 Bill Pooley running left to right and thus avoiding the munging spot on No. 5 on The Park Boundary Run.
  • 6-13-00 Alexander Krase looking for the line in Upper Slicky.
  • 6-14-00 Brian Rouch is in the drop at the left channel at Powerhouse.
  • 6-15-00 Karl Brockman getting careened in his little boat at The Chute.
  • 6-16-00 Chris O'Brien bracing in his C1 in Lower Slicky.
  • 6-17-00 Alan Parker with Mike Hauber in the background in Gateway Rapid. Pumpkin Hollow bridge behind.
  • 6-18-00 Roger Sackerson exiting Osterizer just right of the flake rock. The rock to avoid is visible to Roger's left.
  • 6-19-00 Brian Rouch doing enders at The Ender Hole on the evening run. (What else would you do at an Ender Hole?)
  • 6-20-00 Fletcher O'Brien making his first descent of Lower Slicky. Fletcher got surfed back into the hole on this one.
  • 6-21-00 Chris O'Brien finds the right line on Suicide Falls.
  • 6-22-00 Brian Rouch running the difficult and narrow right slot at No. 6 on The Park Boundary Run.
  • 6-23-00 Alan Parker goes over the Diversion Dam above the normal putin to the The Park Boundary Run.
  • 6-24-00 Alan Parker finds the stopper spot in Lower Slicky.
  • 6-25-00 Jim Shelander, in one of the horendous Class V drops on the Ash Mountain Section of the Middle Fork above the Park Boundary.
  • 6-26-00 Jim Shelander, getting involutarily launched not far below the Marble Fork on the Ash Mountain Section of the Middle Fork.
  • 6-27-00 Jim Shelander, in one of the horendous Class V drops on the Ash Mountain Section of the Middle Fork above the Park Boundary.
  • 6-28-00 Jim Shelander, in a giant sliding drop on the Ash Mountain Section of the Middle Fork.
  • 6-29-00 Jim Shelander, runs another big drop in the steep section behind Park Headquarters at Ash Mountain.
  • 6-30-00 Jim Shelander, eddies out in the middle of the Big Falls behind Ash Mountain Park Headquarters.
  • 7-1-00 Alan Parker getting ready to exit stage right (of the piton rock) at the bottom of Osterizer. The water is getting lower and the rocks are coming out.
  • 7-2-00 Remembering the Kaweah with water in it. Brian Rouch on an evening run at Bumper.
  • 7-3-00 Bill Pooley paddles the seldom run "Garden Fork" of The Kaweah.
  • 7-4-00 The season comes to an end with some cliff jumping in the Gorge behind Ash Mountain Park Headquarters.

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