"2008 National Concrete Canoe Competition"
June 19th - 21st, 2008
Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Who's Who in the Competition (see summary below)
Pre-National Photos - Qualifiers
Front Line - Commentary/Top Picks

Get your passports ready!  For the first time ever, the ASCE National Concrete Canoe Competition (NCCC) will be held outside the U.S. in the beautiful city of Montréal , Québec.  École de Technologie Supérieure (ETS) has been selected to host the 21st Annual NCCC.  And... we'll be there!

ETS - 2008 NCCC Website

According to ETS... registration forms, waivers, payments, design reports, etc. must be RECEIVED BY 5:00 pm (EDT) on May 12th, 2008.  Rooms must be booked before May 16th to receive the special conference rate.

Can the "Badgers" make it 6 in a row?
Stay tuned for the "Front Line."


The Wisconsin "Badgers" (Team Photo vintage '07) are the defending champions!

2008 NCCC National Qualifiers

The first place overall winner in each of 18 Conferences will be invited to compete in the 2008 National Concrete Canoe Competition. In addition, if the first place regional winner finished in the top five overall in the 2007 National Competition (UW-Madison, University of Florida, University of Nevada-Reno, Western Kentucky, and Cal Poly San Luis Obispo)... the second place team will also invited to compete at nationals.  The schools that qualified follow:

SIUE and YSU bring the number of schools that have participated at the national level to 109.  Point totals, spreadsheets, and statistics for all of the national competitions can be found in "For the Record."

2008 NCCC Race Site - Olympic Basin

Races will be held in the Olympic Basin on Notre Dame Island.

   

Race photo (left) by P. Burton; Satellite photo (right) from Google Earth courtesy of Digital Globe.

2008 NCCC Coverage & Supplementary Information

We plan to post details on each team's performance including a description of their presentation, every question asked by the judges, commentary on their stint, photos of their final product, and more... so stay tuned for details because they will be coming soon.

FAQ - March 6, 2008

 

2008 NCCC Rules

 

Significant Rule Changes for 2008

 

Table 3.1

 

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