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Rocky Mountain Surf Festival

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Whitewater Stand Up Paddling Championship

Press Release

Volunteers Needed!

June 9th & 10th, 2012

Glenwood Springs Whitewater Park

Glenwood Springs, CO

New River Stand Up Paddling DVD

TweetThe 2012 Rocky Mountain Surf Festival is a one of a kind Polynesian themed extravaganza which features the Whitewater Stand Up Paddling Championship, surfing contests live music, food and product vendors, a costume contest, a Goof Off (www.goofboard.com) competition, hula hooping and a limbo competition with Betty Hoops an impromptu float in all types of crafts on the Colorado River, planet earth's best river surfers displaying their paddling prowess on the snowmelt swollen Colorado River…and much more!

The Glenwood Springs Whitewater Activity Area (Whitewater Park) will be the hub of action throughout the festival. Sponsors' and vendors' tents including local food vendors and music all day long will feed and entertain the crowds at this Hawaiian-themed two-day long riverside rage. Both days will be surf central as kayakers, surfers (stand up, short and long boarders) and boogie boarders rip up the world's best river wave/hole.

Additionally river enthusiasts from everywhere are invited to float/paddle from up-river down to the party. Costumes are encouraged; prizes will be awarded to the people with the most outrageous outfits.

Don't miss the world's premier inland surfing festival on the banks of the mighty Colorado River in the river surfing capitol of the World – Glenwood Springs.