Dave hitting a big boof on the Salto de Alerces on the Rio Manso in Argentina.
The past 3 weeks our team has been traveling around Patagonia seeking out some of the best whitewater on the planet. The weather has been perfecto and the rivers are la mismo. Our group, at one point of 8, now down to 5, spent a week on the Rio Futaleufu enjoying world renowned big water class 4-5, then spending some time across the border to the east in Argentina kayaking beautiful pool drop creeking, and the occasional park n hucks have been scaring the shitz out of us! (more…)

Well after lots of rain here in the UK I decided to give my Rev a little rest and get out in my Burn for a change. As ever we had plans to try something new but the water wasn’t quite in the right place so we ended up on the Upper Tees but with plenty of water.

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River levels hit optimum levels this week bring in some of the best river wave surfing in the UK, a fine opertunity to go have some fun and put the Rev through its paces…

Pyranha party wave!

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While the other boys headed to warmer climates, I’ve been enjoying the relatively mild winter closer to home.  Storm hole is one of my favorite places to play, the Rev has been perfect for it, and the light in the evenings there… well, I’ll let the pictures do the talking.

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Last summer, 8 student kayakers got together for the British Universities Kayaking Expedition 2007.  The location was the Altai mountains in Siberia and Mongolia.

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What do you do when you get a bunch of boaters in prime Welsh creekin’ territory, all with the anticipation of some damn fine creekin’, onlt to find out, whilst the rest of the country has been under water, Wales has been mildly damp?

Take your boat for a walk up Snowdon of course! The Cwm Llan Slides…

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While everyone is travelling around to warm climates and tropical destinations, I have been braving the winter up here in New York’s Adirondack moiuntains. We started off with a ton of snow in December and the early part of January. Last week’s warm temps and rain opened up some January paddling for those that were tough enough to handle the cold.

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I have been teaching for World Class Kayak Academy this year and one of my students Jones Cochran put this video together of me from the first semester. We spent time up on the Ottawa, Lachine, The East coast, Zambezi and White Nile. We are off to Chile in Mid January.

Check it out

Video link

http://youtube.com/watch?v=6pURBiceTo4

I made a little video of some freestyle material of the last two years. Check it out: http://youtube.com/watch?v=kPyI75fxXnU

During the last week I had my first couple of sessions in the new Rev M. (more…)

Tell people in the UK that you are going kayaking in Portugal and they usually assume that your going kayak surfing.  However Portugal has some of the best granite steep creeking in Europe.  Five of us headed out for a weeks boating over New Year to check out this little known destination.

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In December, we headed down to Mexico to teach creeking for two weeks at the Huasteca Secreta resorts in San Luis Potosi state. Here are a couple of pics from two of the rivers – the Ojo Frio and the Cascadas Micos. All of our students had a great time paddling the fleet of Pyranha boats that we brought down there – Burns, Everests, and Ammos.

To view the full report and all of the photos, go to RiverGypsies.com.

Dooley Tombras on the Ojo Frio
Photo by Leland

1 Small Burn, 1 Medium, 2 Larges, and an Everest!
left to right: Brian Plant, Dan Thomas, Tracy Hancock, Tom Wittekind, Tobin Doyle
Photo by Leland

Dave Fusilli hucking the STOUT 70 on the Middle Palguin
We have been in Chile for a little over two weeks. We have done some amazing runs, and some of the best kayaking in one of the most beautiful countries I’ve ever been. Pucon has been our main base, but with the water just about run out here we are getting ready to head south to the infamous Rio Futaleufu. Check out a video of the rivers and waterfalls we’ve run in and around Pucon. (more…)

“Skippy films” represents 3 kayakers and collective contributions from many others to bring you a glimpse at kayaking upside down. “Downunder the Horizonline”, follows three Australian kayakers on their trails around the globe, cameras in hand while working and hucking themselves overseas proving there is a way to live your dream without a dream bank account! It’s a film about grabbing a boat and getting out there, the rivers of the world are waiting to be paddled.

Skippy Films Website

Introducing: Adrian Kiernan, Colin Furmston and Jez.

Featuring: Anthony Yapp, Nick Troutman, Spencer Cook, Steve Fisher, Jon Best, Dane Jackson, Jason Craig, Darin Mcquoid, Kelsey Thompson, Jimmy (the kiwi), James Thorpe and Ozzies Adam “Mullet” Marmion, Booga, Chris Darlington, Liam Corr, Sean Boz, Morgan Masuku, Robbie J, Fraser.

Includes footage from; 2007 World Kayaking Championships; 2007 World Rafting Championships; Australian Rivers; B.C., Bus Eater, Teva Lea Race Tasmania, Carnage footage-BUGGER; special footage from Scott Bewley.

“Three Oz nobodies living the dream, the endless summer, following the sun around the globe, with help from their mates, gone boating”What have people been saying about this film……”The quintessential outdoor film that is far better than any movie about foot fungus”…….”More educational than a suppository”……”This film is way better than a T-bag”……”It’s time we voted yes about proposition 29″……”It’s Australian for kayaking”dsfsssssssss

Cheers all Colin Furmston