of the population were below the poverty line, including 4.4% of those under age 18 and 3.1% of those age 65 or over. Sports Steamboat Springs offers skiing opportunities and has been the locale for skiing competitions including the 1989 and 1990 Alpine Skiing World Cup. The Yampa river is a location for water sports like fishing, rafting, tubing, and kayaking (playboating). The grade II-III whitewater run through town ends with two surfable holes. One is called D-Hole; the other one—near the library, close to the Steamboat Spring—is named Charlie's Hole or C-Hole for short, after local kayaker Charlie Beavers (1981–2002). Beavers started kayaking at age 12, was the first to explore a number of rivers ("first descents"), and successfully contended in playboating competitions. He died in a non-boating accident in 2002. The hole and some kayaking events were dedicated to him. Every year on the first weekend of June, Steamboat Springs organizes the Yampa River Festival. It includes a kayak rodeo (i.e., a playboating competition) which attracts national and international world class playboaters. Additional events include but are not limited to a downriver race which is Colorado's only upstream slalom race, and the Crazy River Dog Contest, in which dogs retrieve sticks from the river and may pass a whitewater section. The defunct ski area Stagecoach is about south of Steamboat. It lasted two ski seasons, closing in 1974. Notable people Debbie Armstrong (born 1963), alpine skier and Olympic gold medalist; lives in Steamboat Springs Chris Baumann (born 1987), rugby union player, prop for Leicester Tigers and USA Eagles Nelson Carmichael (born 1965), mogul skier and Olympic bronze medalist; born in Steamboat Springs James Harvey Crawford (1845–1930), founder of Steamboat Springs; soldier, farmer, pioneer, cattleman, miner, land developer, and politician Shannon Dunn-Downing (born 1972), freestyle snowboarder, Olympic bronze medalist and 4-time Winter X-Games medalist; raised in Steamboat Springs Taylor Fletcher (born 1990), Nordic combined skier; competed in his first Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver in 2010 Arielle Gold (born 1996), Olympic bronze medalist and World Champion snowboarder; born in Steamboat Springs Taylor Gold (born 1993), Olympian snowboarder; born in Steamboat Springs Carroll Hardy (born 1933), former Major League Baseball player; resides in Steamboat Springs Billy Kidd (born 1943), alpine skier and Olympic silver medalist; moved to Steamboat Springs in 1970 and serves as Director of Skiing for Steamboat Ski Resort Caroline Lalive (born 1979), alpine skier and two-time Olympian;