Few sports are as elegant as rowing. Rowing can get you into shape and keep you there for the rest of your life. Rowing is also a terrific way to get college scholarships and travel the world. Begin your path to Olympic glory by taking …
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Wanna Ride a Bicycle for 124.7 Miles?
I know. You don’t believe that anybody would willingly ride a bicycle that far … without being chased by zombies, but it’s true. (Not the zombie part, the part that people really ride bikes that far.) If you think a “bike” is something you peddle, …
Win $100 Prize for Best Shore Sweep T-Shirt
The best T-shirt has already been created, but here’s your chance to come up with the world’s second best design — and earn $100 for your effort. Put on your artist’s beret and start working on your ideas for Lake Lanier Association’s 2012 Shore Sweep …
Temporary Closure of War Hill Park Boat Ramp
Dawson County’s Buffie Hamil confirmed with lakelanier.com that War Hill Park — located on War Hill Park Road, off Hwy 53 East — will be closed for 24 hours so that the US Army can conduct a training exercise. War Hill Park’s parking lot and boat ramps will …
Hall County Sheriff’s Charity Motorcycle Ride
How much would you pay to be able to ride your motorcycle through stop signs and red lights for an hour or two — with a police escort? Here’s your chance, and you don’t have to worry that your insurance company will find out about …
Wheeler Catches Bass Worth $8,333.33 per Pound
Jacob Wheeler won the Forrest Wood Cup bass tournament by landing 60 pounds of fish from Lake Lanier in four days. His prize came to $8,333.33 per pound — or $500,000 for those of us who fish better than we can multiply. Wheeler had won other tournaments …
$500K Prize Luring Wheeler in Forrest Wood Cup
Jacob Wheeler proved once again why it’s called “fishing” — not “catching” — with an impressive win on Day One of the Forrest Wood Cup bass tournament on Lake Lanier … followed by a rather average day … followed by another haul that put him …
Motorcycle Ride Raises Funds and Hope
You couldn’t find a more gentle, giving crowd anywhere in Georgia than the hundreds of motorcyclists who turned out to support the family who tragically lost their two little boys in a boat collision in July on Lake Lanier. We gathered together to encourage the …
Forrest Wood Update and Correction
We want to clear up a couple of errors in our August 8th story about the Forrest Wood Cup fishing tournament on Lake Lanier. • Forty-six of America’s best professional bass fishermen are in the tournament, not 78. • The top prize given to the …
Prince Brothers’ Memorial Motorcycle Ride August 11th
The weather is looking good for “Rumble in the Streets” — a police-escorted motorcycle ride and Classic Car Cruise-In to benefit the Griffin & Jake Prince Memorial Fund — on Saturday, August 11, 2012. Griffin & Jake are the brothers who perished in a boating accident on Lake …