Gregg, Sarrazin Capture Payette River Games Titles | SUP Magazine

While whitewater events sometimes take a back seat to ocean contests, the Payette River Games at Kelly’s Whitewater Park in Cascade, Idaho is proof that SUP competitions have firmly taken hold in the intermountain regions. And the $14,000 prize purse only upped the ante.

Haley Mills had the hardest move on the river dialed. Low center of gravity = better balance

The PRG combined a downriver sprint and a SUP cross event with competitors earning points for their finishes in each discipline. The first day saw the field cut from 40 to 10 for the final Sunday with both men and women battling for an equal prize purse.

In Sunday’s final, Nikki Gregg greased the downriver race, making all of her lines. Then, in the SUP Cross final she was the only competitor to remain on her board, sealing up the $3,000 in prize money. It’s been a summer of living dangerously for the hard-charging Hood River-resident as Gregg has placed in the top five in every river event she’s entered including the Go Pro Mountain Games and FIBARK last weekend in Salida, Colo. “My mind is in the right place,” she said. “I was really focused on this event and I was really honored that the people at Kelly’s Whitewater Park wanted me to be a part of it.”  More; Gregg, Sarrazin Capture Payette River Games Titles | SUP Magazine