Your first time floating through the Grand Canyon can never be beat. Until, perhaps, you go again, shedding the comfort and ease of rafts and stuffing your home for 13 days into a kayak. 

The first question I get asked...how do you fit a groover in a kayak?    

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For such a young event, the Sandy River Showdown certainly had its act together.  It could have been the perfect weather, or the Mt Hood Community College film crew following the competitors around everywhere; either way, the event was a success. 

Downriver races on Saturday attracted both World…