Pyranha team blog

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Hey yinz! Dave Fusilli here, bloggin a couple videos myself and the demshitz Seiler brothers have put together. The first one, Click here for video, from Cheat Fest this past weekend, along with a couple fotos from two days on the Lower Big Sandy with a bunch of folks out shreddin in Ammos and Burns. Also, a video featuring the New REV the Seiler’s put together, click here for video, from a day at the Eternity hole in Western North Carolina a few weeks back. Enjoy!
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Me and Marks dog Inca enjoying the sun

This summer I have been asked to be apart of an awesome expedition out here in Norway. As you all know Norway has become well known for its waterfalls and steep creeks. The amount of drops seems endless. well this year we will find out.

Our aim is to descend 1 mile of vertical white water in 1 month. during the summer over a period of 31 combined days. Mark Burton, Ed Cornfield and Martin Vollen and myself will huck, fall and throw ourselves off as many waterfalls as we can. We need to average 42.5 feet each daily and as a drop can only be counted once this means a lot of classic and new runs. It should make for an awesome trip and I will be reporting as we go here so you can follow us. You can also catch us on our website linked below:

http://www.onemileonemonth.com

getting used to the handling on my new Everest

we are just waiting for the melt now which will soon hit Telemark so until then I´m getting out as much as I can in my new Everest which is going to be my weapon on this expedition and from what i´ve seen so far is an awesome boat.

Enjoy your spring, I know I will!

Per

Watching Dave and the guys leave, I was pretty sad. Spending almost every second with a bunch of fine people even for only 10 days can make you close.

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They say that Norway is the land of contrast. Fair enough. After a wiked winter kiting, it is now starting to smell spring again!! As we still got tones of snow up high in the mountains, Oslo and Telemark area are opening quickly. Awesome to get the show back on the road for a new season

Pyranha tent set-up for a Demo with Whitewater Warehouse.

In the past 3 weeks I have been traveling around in the team van with Dave Fusilli and my brother Graham Seiler hitting up some on-water demo days.
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It’s almost time for me to head west for a couple months, but this weekend I had some events to attend to closer to home. A busy weekend for sure, but a lot of fun and some good results.

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Monday last week, 14th April: Due to maintenance work on a hydropower facility, there was water in a normally dry creek with some bigger drops, so we had to ignore the weather forecast and go…

Our new Drysuits did fully pay off, as the VIDEO shows.

You know it’s spring time in the Adirondacks when people are trying to decide what is more important to stuff in the back of your boat: A breakdown paddle or snowshoes. It’s been a spring to remember up here lots of runs on the Boquet, John’s Brook, and the Branch amongst others. The highlight came over the weekend when Myself, Tom Vickery, Phil LeMarche, Bill Frazer, and Dave Carouso, walked 2 and a half miles up John’s Brook to see what was up there.

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We had an awesome weekend of racing on the LW. Sat was the down river portion of the event, and Sun was the first ever LVM Giant Slalom. I ended up finishing first place overall which was a great feeling on my home river. I feel like this type of racing is the way the sport should be heading and am stoked to do more of these events. Check out lvmtv for more full results and details. Read the rest of this entry »

Last weekend we went to paddle to Millau, France; however the river Tarn was little higher than normally due of some rains, so the slalom course was closed and it was forbbiden to paddle there. We looked for another spot around, but we didn’t found anything good enough. Next day we drove south and found a natural slalom course with a good hole, so we spent the whole day althought it was cold, windy and it rained. I don’t ahve any photo and not so much footage cause of the weather… will be better soon.
Here is a little video from last competition and this weekend, paddling with the REV.
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Last weekend I hit up the first annual Nortwest Creeking Competiton. I took down first place in the Huckfest over Sunset Falls on the East Fork of the Lewis River. It was a good time, lots of freewheels and whatnot. I went for a seal launch into the base of the falls for the crowd pleaser. The race was also sweet with a 80 racer turnout. I finished the race in 3rd place… but only 1/5th of a second off second. Here are some shots of the action. Read the rest of this entry »

Cody and Mike here just back from Three Rivers, CA! We’ve got our burns in and what better a place to break ‘em in than the Kaweahs. We had a great four days lapping the various forks and also ran into Josh B out there showing the World Class kids how to get it done. Hope all is well out there and enjoy the stills!

 - Huckin Huge

 Cody hitting the boof stomp on V Drop

 Lining up another one…

  More boofing

 Mike’s first rapid in the burn - Chuck’s drop

 Feeling like driftwood

A bunch of us are just back from a short trip to Morocco to sample some of the incredible scenery, famously hospitable people, amazing food, and of course the whitewater that the country has to offer. Just a short flight from the snow of the UK landed us in sun drenched Marrakesh and from there we hit the road looking for rivers…

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After a bit of rain in Mid Wales, a group of us went for a Park & Huck on one of the most beautiful, hidden away little gems in the area. The main event is a double drop in a fantastic gorge, and we spent a bit of time taking some nice shots.

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I’m just back from a month long mission in Nepal and Morocco for which I got my hands on a brand new Pyranha Everest for some multiday action. My first reaction on seeing the the massive Everest was ‘I’m never going to be able to paddle this’. At 75 kilos, I thought the Everest would be simply too big for me to enjoy.

I was wrong. With a bit of practice, and some adjustment of technique, I can attest that the Everest must be the best multiday expedition boat or big volume creek boat on the market at the moment. Larger paddlers will love the volume behind the seat, but even lighter paddlers can really appreciate this boat.

The first thing to say about the Everest is that it is not the Burn. The Burn is a classic in its own right, super manoeuverable and responsive and incredible easy edge to edge for rolling flares and boofs. My first day in the Everest on the Upper Bhote Kosi was a disaster as I was trying to paddle the Everest as if it were a Burn and as a result missing eddies, messing up lines.

But about half way down the Bhote Kosi, I began to paddle the Everest like it should be paddled; fast, hard and in a straight line. Gone are the subtle adjustments and edge control of the Burn, in favour of speed and power. The speed was incredible, charging over and through sticky ledge holes as if they didn’t exist.

On the Marsyandi (2 days) and Karnali (5 days), loaded with self support gear the Everest handled beautifully, with no noticable loss of performance (unlike the vast majority of creek boats which start handling like pigs with more than two or three days gear in them). In fact the main issue I had with the Everest was coming to terms with its tremendous speed and not overcooking moves.

The Burn will remain my boat of choice for technical, low volume creeks. But for multiday expeditions, and for big volume creeks like in Norway, the Everest is unbeatable.

Phots by Rosie Cripps and Rob Coffey

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Sunday morning in the bakery, half asleep, aching body, we picked up the local newspaper, and were surprised to see us on the frontpage, almost bigger than soccer…

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I just got back from running around the West Coast premiering our new video “Pulse”. I was fortunate enough to hit some rivers in Cali, Colorado, and Idaho. Here are some photos of the action. This weekend I also competed in the Northwest Creeking Competition and will put up some photos when I get them, really looking forward to Little White Giant Slalom Race next weekend.

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Swapping play boat for creek boat, 40 degrees C to -5, sun for snow, big volume for low, Africa for Scotland…

The River Nile, steaming at sunrise, Uganda

Snow capped Etive Valley, Glen Coe, Scotland

The now ritual, Easter, low water, trek to the west coast of Scotland. With Snow capped hills and daily flurries whilst on the water it was a shock to the system to say the least! However getting back to grips with the Burn and getting back out on the UK rivers was awesome…

Photos from the River Etive
Thanks to Birmingham University Kayak Club, for organising the trip and creating much amusement both on and off the river

Stay Warm
Ben

This weekend we went to the catalan freestyle cup in Millau (France). We paddled and trained on saturday with an incredible clear and blue sky, and we did the competition on sunday.

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