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Photos: 2024 Yampa River Festival

A group of rafters navigate Charlie’s Hole during the 44th annual Yampa River Festival on Saturday, June 1, 2024.
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A powerful splash drenches rafters as they come down the Yampa River during the Yampa River Fest on Saturday, June 1, 2024.
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A team in the raft rodeo at the 2024 Yampa River Festival crests the top of the manmade wave, C-Hole, on Saturday, June 1, 2024.
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A rafting team celebrates a surf well done in Charlie’s Hole at the 2024 Yampa River Festival on Saturday, June 1.
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The youngest team in the 2024 raft rodeo, watches a teammate fly out the raft as they escape Charlie’s Hole down just one man during the 2024 Yampa River Festival on Saturday, June 1, 2024.
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A tuber throws his hands behind his head and relaxes inside Charlie’s Hole, a manmade wave in the Yampa River, during the 2024 Yampa River Fest on Saturday, June 1, 2024.
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Rafters are thrown from their raft and into the waters of the mighty Yampa River during the 2024 Yampa River Festival on Saturday, June 1, 2024.
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A surfer is brave enough to jump into Charlie’s Hole and stand atop his board for nearly a minute before being tossed into the water during the 2024 Yampa River Festival on Saturday, June 1, 2024.
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A raft rodeo team begins its descent into Charlie’s Hole, a manmade wave that sits behind the Bud Werner Library, on Saturday, June 1, 2024, part of the 2024 Yampa River Festival.
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A raft disappears behind the C-Hole wave and nothing but the rafters’ heads and torsos can be seen during the raft rodeo, part of the Yampa River Festival, on Saturday, June 1, 2024.
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A crew of rafters celebrate a dominant surf in Charlie’s Hole during the 2024 Yampa River Festival on Saturday, June 1, 2024.
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A pair of young rafters earn a roar of cheers from the crowd after a quality performance riding the manmade wave known as Charlie’s Hole, during the 2024 Yampa River Festival on Saturday, June 1, 2024.
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A solo rafter is brave enough to attack Charlie’s Hole by himself during the 2024 Yampa River Festival on Saturday, June 1, 2024.
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After several attempts to get into the wave, a large group of rafters remain in Charlie’s Hole for quite some time with strong paddling during the 2024 Yampa River Festival on Saturday, June 1, 2024.
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A trio rafting team is nearly swallowed by the wave at Charlie’s Hole but paddles its way out for a strong surf during the 2024 Yampa River Festival on Saturday, June 1, 2024.
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