Bend Whitewater Park
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Ya Slacker!

In honor of the Summer Events issue, here’s how to look like you’re doing Bend things, without actually doing them
Avatar photo Magdalena Bokowa

Alright #YOLO, we get it—living in Bend is exhausting. It’s like a choose-your-own-adventure Ironman spiked with craft sours at every hour. With a deceiving plethora of sunshine, meaning you can do the rock/lake/mountain biking/skiing/hiking/running/tubing all in one day, we know it’s tough to be cool and do all them thangs. If you rose at 4 […]

Posted inScout

Keep Calm and Float On

Read this before you float the Deschutes River
Avatar photo Magdalena Bokowa

Exhausted from all that mountain biking/hiking/rock climbing you’ve been doing in Central Oregon? Time to kick back, climb into a rubber donut, soak in those 300(ish) days of sunshine and float 90(ish) minutes through downtown Bend. It’s the perfect excuse to experience our brilliant river without the fear of getting knocked off by a rogue […]

Posted inOutside

Sculpted to the Wave

A Bend local is making boards specifically for the waves at Bend’s Whitewater Park
Avatar photo K.M. Collins

Local river surfers could find any old surfboard at a number of commercial retailers—or, they could get a river board created to the specifications of Bend Whitewater Park‘s beloved Green Wave (second wave down river, looking from the footbridge). Fifth generation Oregonian, Conway Bixby, hasn’t been content riding waves on mass manufactured boards, ever. Rewind […]

Posted inNews

Side Notes 8/3-8/10

Renée Alexander

“Safe” Passageway Reopens for Floaters at Bend Whitewater Park Bend river floaters might not be sure what to call the former Colorado Dam “Safe” Passage yet (Whitewater Park Passageway?), but they sure know how to take advantage of it. An estimated 5,000 visitors and locals alike negotiated the passageway channel at the Bend Whitewater Park […]

Posted inOpinion

Letters 10/28-11/4

The Source Staff

NOT HAPPY WITH THE BEND WHITEWATER PARK? Tell them Bend Parks and Rec needs to be held accountable to taxpayers for not delivering what was promised and provide the community with a clear explanation for how they plan to remedy the issues surrounding the Bend Whitewater Park. There are a number of other whitewater parks […]

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