What can you do, if you had to write your thesis, but really wanted to go out and paddle?! Just do both! After spending hours in the copyshop, I went to France, visited my twin sister, studied during the day and went playboating on Hawai sur Rhone in the evening. What a faszinating wave!

After two weeks friends of mine came and we spent the following time kayaking in the Jura and Pyrenees. We weren`t lucky with the waterlevels, but fortunately we had our climbing gear with us. So we mixed low water runs with days of climbing and ended up having a really good time.

Quebec,

A province known for it’s beautiful women, it’s good food (poutine being one of the main food groups around here!) and it’s great whitewater…

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 After a hard day of working rafting in the Noguera Pallaresa, we went to burn the local creek again. It was late in the afternoon and there wasn’t so much light, but we took some shots.

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After a few problems over the winter the Nene has re-opened for paddling, a great place to learn the basic moves for freestyle and river running.  www.nenewhitewatercentre.co.uk has all the info on opening times.

The Palomeers creek is one of my favourites runs. In high flows you can’t stop, so you run 500 metres of continuous drops and slides. It’s so cool!!

Getting the new BURNS ready!!!

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Here are a couple short video clips of some steep creeking in Northeast Pennsylvania.

Graham on Mill Creek

Mill Creek

Ball Buster Mill Creek

Raymondskill Creek

paddler:Graham Seiler
photographer:Rick Modglin

More pictures and videos of Graham and friends can be seen at his website www.myspace.com/grahamnation2

BoaterCross Race

Loopin the 4Twenty

Headed down to the Collegiate National Championships in Reno this weekend. Ended up making it to the semi-finals in the boatercross, it was a physical event with people taking paddles to the face quite a bit. Luckily no one got seriously injured. Levels were a bit low for the play spot I ended up one spot out of the final rounds. Won some money in the casino and had a good time for sure. Looking forward to the Reno River Fest in a couple of weeks.

After an unusual spring with some snow, the sun is shining again, the snow is melting and the rivers are getting cool!!

Yeahh there is still some snow!

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Passing Tibrikot Gompa at the start of the river

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March was BUSY here with the boys at Pyranha US. Ive had the pleasure of traveling with the crew to shows and demos this month.  Read on to see pictures and details of this months madness. (more…)

Greetings from Kathmandu. 

Hard lines in the gorges of the Upper Bothe Khosi 

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I’ve just got back from a very, very low water trip to Scotland with fellow Team Pyranha paddler Richard Brooks and a few friends. Who said there wasn’t much to do in Scotland at low flows…..?

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Yeah, today I went to run a nice park & huck really near to home. This river is usaully dry, but after some good rain in the Pyrenes we could run this short creek. A couple of rapids and a cool tiny drop.

Right now I’m paddling the AMMO, the perfect boat for this little creeks we have here in the Pyrenes.

View of the river, lots of rocks!!!!

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Spring is here and its time to play! I just got the new small Pyranha Recoil and I have been dying to try it out. Its been very dry around here in North Carolina, but I kept looking at the rising water levels in West Virginia and decided it was time for Spring Break. Its usually drysuits and ice in the eddies this time of year in West Virginia, but instead we were greeted with warm spring temperatures and sunny skies too! Yes, it was paradise–surfing big water, warm temperatures, sunny skies, and cold beer!! This may have been the best spring break of my life!

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