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River surge racing

Ride the surge down the Long River

Every summer the Big Melt sends great rolling surges down the river, and the river folk ride them to the sea in whatever floats. Ottilie the otter has a copper kettle and a wooden spoon. That’s plenty.

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River animals in a kettle, a pumpkin, a dresser drawer and other found boats at the start rope of a glacier river under the Kettlecrest logo

Catch it, ride it, drop in

One river, one rolling wave at a time. The whole trick is when and where.

A beaver in a hollow log racing a pack of found-object boats down a snowy river

The surge is the star

A wave rolls down the river and lifts everyone it reaches. Hold the sweet spot on its crest, then drop in off the front for a burst of speed. One button, no charging.

An otter in a copper kettle paddling down a misty pine forest river toward a waterfall

Picnic baskets in the river

Grab what’s sticking out of the lid: a Tow Line that reels you up to a crest, a Splash Pump, a Ripple Rattle that calls the river. Every trick has an answer.

Ottilie the otter in her copper kettle at a wooden jetty, with a card about her boat and paddle

Pick a hero, pick a boat

An otter in a kettle, a capybara in half a pumpkin, a hippo blacksmith in a cast-iron bathtub. Each boat turns, weighs and floats its own way.

  • Two buttons and one stick
  • Auto-paddle on phones
  • Nobody explodes, everybody gets wet
  • Races of two or three minutes
  • Every threat is shown in advance
  • Plays on phones and computers
Boats sliding under a blue ice arch on a glacier river

Six reaches to the Sea Bell

Dame Dambury, a beaver with a very quiet lake resort, has blocked the river with five dams: no surges, no splashes, no fun. Ring the bell on each dam and the surges roll on, from Glacier Gate past Pinewood Rapids, Chalkstep Terraces, Millrace Town and Tangle Delta to the sea.

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