Chute Out - Potomac Freestyle Kayaking Series

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Chute Out - Potomac Freestyle Kayaking Series Free, fun, low-key, freestyle kayaking competitions on the Potomac River in the spring and summer.

AUGUST CHUTE OUT/SEASON FINALE RECAP AND PHOTOSWe ended the season with a bang!!!We had our biggest turnout of the year ...
08/16/2026

AUGUST CHUTE OUT/SEASON FINALE RECAP AND PHOTOS

We ended the season with a bang!!!
We had our biggest turnout of the year and so many new faces to the chute out.
24 competitors and over 40 people with spectators, volunteers and kids.

We had beautiful weather for an evening on the water. It's truly incredible to see this playboating community thriving on the Potomac! The Chute Out is all about growing the community and offering a chance for friendly competition and growth with new playboaters paddling alongside seasoned vets and pros. The good vibes were flowing all evening!

Huge thanks to everyone who came out to participate and make it awesome!!!
Huge shout out to the ladies who showed out with 5 paddlers in the women's class and we had 2 junior competitors as well! 👏🙌

Special thanks to Bobby Miller and Calleva's River School who put on a free, freestyle clinic immediately preceding the Chute Out that had a great turn out as well and provided an awesome opportunity for paddlers to grow their playboating skills 🙌

RESULTS:
In the WOMEN'S class Annie Chapelle took the top spot followed by Sarah T, Karen, Mimsie, and LG
In MEN'S Dean Martin took the top spot, Ocoee Chapelle in second, Todd Bauer took 3rd, followed by Charlie, Kent G, Jake Rakowski , Jeremy Jacoby , Jono Sirovatka , Chris, Geofrey Branco, Mike Neuman, Mac, Jason, Ian, Caleb, James
In the EXPERT/PRO class Bryan Kayak and Bobby Miller threw down impressive flurries of cartwheels, splitwheels and loops. Bryan took the win in the end
We had 2 JUNIOR paddlers Berkly took 1st and our first junior women LG In 2nd

2026 POINT SERIES WINNERS 🏆
2026 overall champions
WOMEN'S:
1st Maddie L
2nd Karen Mann
3rd Annie C

MEN'S:
1st Kent Geyer
2nd Dean M
3rd Ocoee C

JUNIORS:
1st Shlomo Jacobs-Velde
2nd Berkly
3rd LG

PRO:
1st Bryan K
2nd Seth Chapelle
3rd Bobby Miller

Big thanks to Charlie W and Maddie for designing and making this year's series winners medals! 🙌👏

Participants and volunteers had an opportunity to win some epic prizes from our sponsors. Huge thanks to Immersion Research Calleva's River School Great Falls Foundation for their support of the Chute Out and Potomac Community. Their support is instrumental in the growth of these events and the playboating scene on the Potomac. Please consider supporting our supporters.

NEXT SEASON
Stay tuned to this page for updates about next season. Likely monthly April through August again. Please plan to join us and share with a friend that is interested in playing in the river.

Please reach out with any ideas how we can improve and how to get more juniors involved.

Follow this page so you can get updates about future events.

Enjoy these photos from the event. Photos contributed by Seth Chapelle, Bill Geary and Jason Berry
If you have photos or video from the event we'd love to see them.

August Chute Out is tomorrow(Thursday) evening 8/13. This will be the 2026 series finale and we have medals for the ove...
08/12/2026

August Chute Out is tomorrow(Thursday) evening 8/13. This will be the 2026 series finale and we have medals for the overall top 3 finishers in each class! 🎖

In addition to the series medals we will have some awesome prizes for participants and volunteers.

Tell a friend and come on out and join the fun. We will be at MD Chute. Weather is looking good at this point, it will be hot so playing in the water will be perfect 👌

As always, we'll be meeting in the Anglers parking lot to sign up between 5-545 and looking to head up around 6. If you're running late and wanna participate just let us know or meet us on the river. The more the merrier 😃

As always, all skill levels welcome and encouraged. Chute Outs are free to attend and compete. The goal is to create a supportive and welcoming environment to grow the community and love of playboating on the Potomac.

Following each monthly event we will do results and raffle award prizes in the lower Old Anglers parking lot.

Special shout out to Immersion Research who showed tremendous support to the chute out series this year. We've had awesome prizes to give out all season. We will have more this month including the world class gear bag pictured and union suits and other awesome swag. Immersion research is paddler owned and operated and is committed to creating high quality, durable gear, in the most sustainable ways they can. These world class gear bags are handmade by immersion research in Hood River. And they are awesome! Waterproof and durable on the bottom and breathable on the top.
IR also does high quality repairs on kayaking gear from any manufacturer. They have their OG location that still operates in confluence, PA, which is very convenient to visit when paddling the yough.
And IR gear is available at Calleva's River School store in Poolesville for DC area paddlers convenience.

Thanks to our sponsors and supporters!
Great Falls Foundation Immersion Research Calleva's River School

Event link:
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We will be crowning the series winners at this month's Chute Out event Thursday evening! These medals are super cool! We...
08/09/2026

We will be crowning the series winners at this month's Chute Out event Thursday evening! These medals are super cool!

We also still have some other sweet prizes for participants. Plan to join us for an evening of fun, community, and freestyle.

Who's planning to come out?

Huge thanks to Charlie Watkins and Madeline Lee for the medals! 🙌

And to the chute out sponsors for awesome prizes and support all season! Please consider supporting our sponsors who are supporting freestyle and the Potomac community.
Immersion Research Calleva's River School Great Falls Foundation

07/21/2026

July Chute Out was a blast! Hope to see you in August. If you missed the full July recap and point series update - check the previous post. Share with a friend who's interested in play boating/ freestyle.
SYOTR
Thanks to Great Falls Foundation Immersion Research Calleva's River School

JULY CHUTE OUT RECAP/PHOTOS/POINT SERIES UPDATE(Link to more photos and series points update at bottom of post)The July ...
07/19/2026

JULY CHUTE OUT RECAP/PHOTOS/POINT SERIES UPDATE
(Link to more photos and series points update at bottom of post)

The July Chute Out was 🔥
It's amazing to see this supportive, stoked community growing. Paddlers cheering and supporting each other. First time participants and long time participants. Pros and first timers side-by-side. It was a fantastic evening of surfing, camaraderie, and fun on the water.
Thanks to Frank Flynn for the additional photos!

Huge thanks to everyone who came out to participate and make it awesome!
We had a great turn out with 17 competitors and many more paddlers there to volunteer and spectate.
Huge shout out to the ladies who showed out with 6 paddlers in the women's class and we had 2 junior competitors as well! 👏🙌

RESULTS:
In the WOMEN'S class world champion Abby Holcombe made her Chute Out debut with amazing high scoring tricks to take the top spot followed Kirra, Karen, Alex, Maddie L, and Annie
In MEN'S Geofrey took the win with nice cartwheels and loops followed by Kent, Jake, Mac, Jason Berry , Jono, and James Shepherd
In the EXPERT/PRO class Bryan Kayak and Ethan Frangenberg both threw down impressive rides with flurries of cartwheels, clean ends, loops, space godzillas, phonics monkeys and other tricks. In the end Bryan edged out the win by a 2 point margin over Ethan.
We had 2 JUNIOR paddlers and Shlomo took the win with Chute Out rookie Berkly right behind by a narrow 1 point margin!

Participants and volunteers had an opportunity to win some epic prizes from our sponsors. Huge thanks to Immersion Research Calleva's River School Great Falls Foundation for the support of the Chute Out and Potomac Community. Their support is instrumental in the growth of these events and the play boating scene on the Potomac. Please consider supporting our supporters.

Next Chute Out will be Thursday August 13th. Please plan to join us and share with a friend that is interested in playing in the river.

Follow this page so you can get updates about future events.

Enjoy these photos from the event. Photos contributed by Frank Flynn and Seth Chapelle
If you have photos or video from the event we'd love to see them.

Album of Frank Flynn's photos
https://photos.app.goo.gl/CPD3PHyBDaDaJBVd6

2026 Chute out standings

Each event first place gets 5 points, 2nd place =4pts, 3rd=3pts, 4th=2pts, 5th and lower placing all get 1pt.

Series standings after July

Women's:
Madeline Lee 16
Karen M 9
Annie C 5
Grace H 5
Abby H 5
Kirra 4
Tara B 4
Sheila C 2
Alex 2

Men's:
Kent Geyer 16
Geofry B 7
Mac 5
Charlie W 5
Ocoee C 5
Dean M 5
James S 5
Logan H 3
Jake R 3
Sean K 2
Jono S 2
Will C 2
Jim F 2
Sean R 2
Charlie A 1
Jason B 1
James B 1
Caleb H 1
Sutter 1
Jad B 1

Junior:
Shlomo Jacobs-Velde 15
Berkly W 4

Pro:
Seth C 14
Bryan K 14
Danny S 5
Ethan F 4

JULY CHUTE OUT POSTPONEDUnfortunately, due to severe weather and wind/ flash flood warnings today's chute out event must...
07/09/2026

JULY CHUTE OUT POSTPONED
Unfortunately, due to severe weather and wind/ flash flood warnings today's chute out event must be postponed to next Thursday evening July 16th.

It was a tough call this week. Hope to see everyone next week!

Stay safe if you are traveling today and please spread the word 🙏

Great Falls Foundation Calleva's River School Immersion Research

JULY CHUTE OUT AND POINT SERIES UPDATE: We're hoping to hold the July Chute Out event tomorrow evening (Thursday 7/9) as...
07/08/2026

JULY CHUTE OUT AND POINT SERIES UPDATE:
We're hoping to hold the July Chute Out event tomorrow evening (Thursday 7/9) as scheduled and will make call by midday tomorrow. There's a weather band with rain and storms predicted tomorrow but looks like it should move through by late afternoon/early evening, so we'll watch it closely.

Thanks to recent rain the river flow bumped up and the feature will be MD Chute.

🤞for weather to move through early tomorrow. And hope to see you out there!

2026 SERIES STANDINGS:

Calculation:
Each event first place finisher gets 5 points, 2nd place =4pts, 3rd=3pts, 4th=2pts, 5th and lower placing all get 1pt.

Series standings after Apr-Jun events

Women's:
Maddie L 15
Karen M 6
Grace H 5
Annie C 4
Tara B 4
Sheila C 2

Men's:
Kent G 12
Charlie W 5
Ocoee C 5
Dean M 5
James S 4
Logan H 3
Mac 3
Sean K 2
Geofry B 2
Will C 2
Jim F 2
Sean R 2
Charlie A 1
Jono S 1
James B 1
Caleb H 1
Sutter 1
Jad B 1

Junior:
Shlomo 10

Pro:
Seth C 14
Bryan K 9
Danny S 5

CHUTE OUT! Thurs July 9th, 2026.We're supposed to get some rain this week, so projecting a Maryland Chute July event! M...
07/04/2026

CHUTE OUT! Thurs July 9th, 2026.
We're supposed to get some rain this week, so projecting a Maryland Chute July event! Meet at the lower Angler's parking lots between 5-545, and feel free to message or just show up to the feature!

Big Prizes from our sponsors, Immersion Research and Calleva's River School !!!

P.S. It's Lucy Chapelle's 5th bday, so it'll be a party!

JUNE CHUTE OUT RECAP/PHOTOSThe June Chute Out was a blast! It was what the community is all about. Paddlers cheering and...
06/22/2026

JUNE CHUTE OUT RECAP/PHOTOS
The June Chute Out was a blast! It was what the community is all about. Paddlers cheering and supporting each other. First time participants and long time participants. Pros and first timers side-by-side. Participants volunteering to judge, time, and announce for the other heats. It was a fantastic evening of surfing, camaraderie, and fun on the water.

Huge thanks to everyone who came out to participate and make it awesome!
We had a great turn out with 18 competitors and many more paddlers there to volunteer and spectate.
Huge shout out to the ladies who showed out with 6 paddlers in the women's class and we had 1 junior competitor as well! 👏🙌

RESULTS:
In the WOMEN'S class Maddie took the top spot followed Tara Blair, Grace, Karen, Annie,, Sheilad
In MEN'S Ocoee took the win followed by Kent, James, Geofry, Jad, Caleb, Sutter, Sean Kelly, and Sean R
In the EXPERT/PRO class Bryan Kayak and Seth Chapelle had fun throwing down. Bryan was cartwheeling so fast and pretty we had to issue a warning about motion sickness to the viewers 😅 Seth stuck a phonics monkey and some other tricks and edged out the win.
Shlomo held down the JUNIOR class with some sweet moves and a score that would've placed 5th in men's.

Participants and volunteers had an opportunity to win some epic prizes from our sponsors. Huge thanks to Immersion Research Calleva's River School Great Falls Foundation for the support of the Chute Out and Potomac Community.

Next Chute Out will be Thursday July 9th. Plan to join us and let's all do some rain dances, but rain or no rain we'll be there to have some more fun and grow the community.

Follow this page for updates and share with someone who's interested in freestyle/ playboating.

Enjoy these photos from the event. Photos contributed by Jeremy Jacoby Zoe Kelly and Seth Chapelle
If you have photos or video from the event we'd love to see them. Thanks again everyone!

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