The theme for yesterday was whitewater, and lots of it. Here’s a sampling of the amazing photos our crack team of photographers have been capturing.

Waterboarding on the Gallatin (Photo by Will Ramos)

White knuckles on the whitewater (Photo by Wouter Kingma)

Mike Kloser of Team Nike looks a little cold (Photo by Tim Holmstrom)

More images from the first day of the race.

Darin Fredricks from Team Big Sky/Flathead Beacon at TA1. (Photo by Mike Hedge)

Lone Mountain took it’s toll! (Photo by Mike Hedge)

Primal Quest is so much fun! (Photo by Andres Vargas)

Team Merrell Halti Multimana  (Photo by Jason Perreira)