Just A quick note to say were still waiting for the weather to clear down here in Queenstown, New Zealand. Wet does not do the discription justice. The rivers are  rather high, with the shotover usually rafter at 50 m^3 and it currently on around 500m^3 and summer starting offically tomorrow we will see if the sun starts melting the fresh snow.

I arrived in Chile on sunday and I haven’t stop paddling since then.

We are paddling two secctions every day.

I have paddled the Trancura and Liucura, good class III rivers with big waves for big aerial moves with my 4TWENTY.

I also have paddled the Nevados, a really step creek with a big slide and some good waterfalls. We paddled the Alto Palguin yesterday, a very nice river with some good waterfalls.

We paddled the Maichín today and tomorrow the Desague.

Here in Pucon is really hot and there’s lot of water in the rivers!!

Flying in the Nevados.

Falling in the Palguin.

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With all the rain last week and having seen the pics from Ben’s outing in the Recoil, I hooked up with a few friends to hit some rivers up in Northern England.

Unfortunately, the water appeared to have been and gone so all hopes of some really nice runs went out the window. We ended up hitting the River Allen in Northumberland and even though it was a total rock avoiding mission, it was still a nice little warm up to the season. It was really nice to get back out in my C1 Burn and it’s now given me a real taste for hitting more rivers this winter.

This weekend is the Freestyle event at the infamous Hurley Weir so it’s time to get the 4 Twenty back out and bust some big moves….

Now there are some other contraband Kayak makes in this littel film, But it dose show a good mornings paddle down at Shepperton weir.

Enjoy!

Hi everyone!

Creeking in Quebec is alot of fun and a local TV show called “La nouvelle école”  (the new school) took creeking as one of their show topics. 

This show was on air for a week in a large par of the Quebec Province, Canada.

If you wanna see a part of the show you can go to this link

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wV9VKC_iZQY

and you’ll see 5 minutes of it.  It will give you a glimpse of what creeking is like back home!

 I love the Burn!

Have a blast!

Dominic L

After a long hard journey down to New Zealand im lucky enough to be traveling around enjoying seeing the sights and paddling some awsome creeks. The classic heli runs are a little high at the moment leaving plenty of time for other stuff.

     humm guessing me and the Burn wont be getting that train.

   You dont have to venture far from land to see amazing sights

  Scared of hights?

Hopefully some better weather and boating photos to follow.

Some times when its grey and dull outside it really isn’t that depressing!

A week of rain has meant swollen rivers all of the North of England, Just to show its not all work and no play here at Pyranha, we grabbed the opertunity to take the new Recoil for a spin before work…

For more picture go to www.ben-white.com

Over the past two weeks, I’ve been putting the Ammo through its paces, and I couldn’t be happier with how the boat performs.  You can read my detailed analysis of the boat, and check out the video on ChasingRain.com

Fireing up the Ammon on Paul’s Creek

Another paddling season is comming to an end in the province of Quebec. A long winter awaits us! But before solid water falls from the sky, here are a few of the good moments of my 2006 season.

It started off in April when I left the snowy Montreal with a few friends to head down into the south eastern states.  A month of paddling was in front of us!  Ouf! what relief after a long and cold winter.

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I’ve been paddling some nice creeks With the last rains of these days. These rains there wasn’t too hard, so the water levels were low, but enough for some good paddling in november, when the snow is coming here in the Pyrenes.

Some good waterfalls and nice slides, just training for Chile.

Now, getting ready to fly to Chile, with my BURN and my 4TWENTY, so let’s go creeking and playing. Big waves, big waterfalls and really high waterlevel. COOL!

 News from Chile next week!!
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Rain all along the East coast has brought many great runs and play spots. I’ve been on a pretty good role, Friday it was raining hard in DC so no work all play. I headed up to wild and wonderful West Virgina to run the North Fork of the Blackwater. That night myself and a few friends headed over to the put in of Red Creek about a 30 minutes drive to camp and run the creek in the morning….
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Ya well, the snow has been covering most of Norway for at least a month, but that was no surprise. Yet I found a stretch of warm water on the fjord near Geilo coming from a factory upstream. Sweet!! I don’t want to know what’s in that water: I am just more than happy to have found a cute winter spot! The water is shot out of a cave and into a tight little channel with walls high enough to put gates easely. A bit of dealing with the owner of that factory and I could have my own slalom course put up in no time :-) !!!

Even better, I was out this past Saturday on the lake in Geilo: the sun had been warming up enough that I could break off the ice with my kayak and create a 500m long channel to paddle on. On one side, a fan club of cross country skiers probably wondering what the hell and on the other side, an slalom (alpine skiing) competition happening; load music comming from the speakers; lovely scene to watch from the water!!!

Suggestions for a warmer paddling destination this winter?? Hit me with it…

My new home is 250m from the Ski Station, and the season pass is here, but not jet the snow. While i wait for the snow to come, i have to talk some friends into it, that there are still some possibilities for paddling around. Now, i could convince some, and we even found an un-run stretch…

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I have been out on several rivers testing Pyranha’s new small Ammo this fall. Basically, I think the boat is HOT! Its the perfect boat for those class III and IV creeks and rivers with boofs and playspots. Its a fun little sports car that small folks are gonna dig.

I wrote up a full review on our website. Check it out at: www.rivergypsies.com.

To many kayakers the Ashlu River is on the must hit list in Southwest British Columbia and to everyone else it should be put on that list immediately. Simply stated the Ashlu is one of the finest pieces of whitewater in the world. With five unique sections and Tatlow Creek, the Ashlu pulls rank as the best river in the Sea to Sky corridor. The irony is that this gem is now becoming part of BC Hydro’s massive scam to privatize the power industry and turn over the control of the public’s river systems to private corporations. This fall we spent a bunch of days on the Box Canyon of the Ashlu filming and photographing a wild and scenic canyon that will never be the same again.

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Never mind the Green Race, everyone knows that Ireland’s Big Boat Bonanza was the place to be last weekend…well for the party at least. A strong Team Pyranha contingent made their way to the bone dry Wicklow Mountains for yet another weekend of Guinness and carnage. Alan Ellard, Liz Bell, Bob Campbell, Ally Collett, Loz Brown, Deb Cook, Bob Marchant and Richard Brooks made the journey from the UK, meeting up with long time team pyranha members Kipper Maguire and Ali Donald.

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Well paddling is officially back on in full force on the West Coast. We are experiencing what they are calling the 100 year flood. Rivers are all setting record levels. Houses are flooding, dams are blowing out, cars falling into rivers and a few of us idiot kayakers are trying to paddle.

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Looks like we are working out a new sponsor for 2007, might come in super handy for wild expeditions!!

Check it out!!

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Back to Z-Dam on Sunday November 5th, level was 5.3 feet.

I got the chance to catch the Ottawa river’s world famous Buseater wave this fall. With rumors of the river rising, I decided to stake it out and see if the wave would come in. After a week of waiting, I was rewarded with some of the biggest air I’ve ever caught.

Photo by Jen Kellerman

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