Big Bear Paddlefest Returns to Fawnskin This Weekend; Sunday’s Awards Ceremony to Include Team Big Bear and Reggae
July 9, 2009 by Catherine Sandstrom
Filed under Arts & Entertainment, Current News, Recreation, Sports
Paddlefest is open to all levels!
The Big Bear Paddlefest returns to Fawnskin this weekend, for the second year of the event and the first as part of the Conquer the Bear challenge. Saturday’s activities, hosted by the North Shore Trading Company at Captain John’s Marina on the North Shore, include $20 paddlesport clinics starting at 10am (appropriate for both kayakers and canoers), as well as vendors and an evening slide show presentation. On Sunday, the paddling gets competitive as a series of races begin, starting at 8am with the 10K, which is open to canoe tandem teams, kayak teams, and individual kayakers. Subsequent races in the Grout Bay area of Big Bear Lake include a paddleboard challenge, a 5K and a Kids’ Fun Paddle at 11am. The Paddlefest awards ceremony will be held at 1pm, in conjunction with the Team Big Bear mountain bike awards; this after-party event will be held at La Montaña Restaurant at the Moonridge Y in Big Bear Lake, and will feature reggae band Good Creation.
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After graduating from BBHS, Catherine moved to Los Angeles to attend Loyola Marymount University. In her 20 years off the mountain, most recently in Manhattan Beach, Catherine's career has included publishing, broadcasting, public relations and public education; she served as KBHR's News Director from April 2007 to July 2010.
