SANTA CRUZ, CA.-- Girls4Sport team member and professional kayaker Nikki Kelly took second place in the women’s open freestyle competition at the third annual Reno River Festival. The festival ran May 12-14 at the Truckee River Whitewater Park in Reno, Nevada.

Kelly adds the honor to a long list of recent accomplishments including taking first place at the 2005 Teva Mountain Games Extreme Creek Race and being named Female Paddler of the Year at the Everest Awards. Last summer, Kelly led a 21-day North Face climbing and kayaking expedition into Russia’s Siberian Lake Baikal Watershed. The goal was to climb mountains that had never been climbed, run rivers that had never been run, and raise money for children suffering from a rare autoimmune disorder--aplastic anemia--at the Russian Central Children’s Hospital in Moscow.

A native of New Zealand, Kelly, 30, makes her home next to the Kaituna River in Rotorua, New Zealand, but spends four months out of the year traveling the world for kayak competitions and expeditions.

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Girls4Sport is dedicated to creating performance clothing with the female body in mind. Girls4Sport's line includes rashguard sets designed for women by women with super comfy SPF 65-rated fabrics, built-in shelf bras, out of the ordinary prints, and flattering fits.   In addition to its products, Girls4Sport has established the Girls4Sport Foundation, a charitable arm of Girls4Sport to support organizations and programs that provide girls of all ages with the support and inspiration to lead active, confident lives. Girls4Sport products are distributed through a variety of retail outlets and online. For more information about Girls4Sport products and team riders, please visit www.girls4sport.com or call 831.423.8755.

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