Date registered: January 3, 2012
Jan
29
I’ve been paddling in the small Varun since last spring and have been loving it! I love to do downriver play and to do class IV creeking in my playboat, so it’s been a super fun boat. Here is some footage from some North Carolina goodness, the Nolichucky, a class III play run and the …
Aug
10
Vacation vs. Expedition musings, Douglas Creek Revisited, and what’s at stake in the race for BC Hydro development. Check it our Here.
Aug
06
Leland and I headed out for our usual Northwest US and Southwest BC summer kayaking trip last July. As usual, our kayaking trips involve adventure, inspiration, lessons, and new friendships. Enjoy part one of our report: River Gypsies Click on “River Gypsies Summer 2009 Trip Report #2″
Jun
06
We recently got out on the Chili Bar run on the South Fork American in California on a hot sunny day in our Recoils. At the big play hole – First Threat – I decided to see how the Recoil loops. Turns out that the boat loops great, and Leland got a nice sequence of …
May
23
Leland and I have headed to Northern California to research more rivers for our new guidebook, The River Gypsies’ Guide to North America. The North Yuba drainage turned out to be a class III/IV paddling destination dream! Check out our full update at RiverGypsies.com Recoiling the big one on the Goodyear’s Bar play run.
Apr
04
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 …
Mar
06
Sorry for the delay – we’ve been super busy with marketing our yoga products and putting together a fly fishing guidebook. It’s not all fun and games – we have to make money so that we can keep on boating and traveling! Part 3 of the trip report contains fun river running and playboating action …
Nov
15
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 …
Nov
06
I was stoked to see so many Pyranha team members out there racing and see so many Burns tearing it up! The Green Race was a huge success this year with a record breaking 126 racers! We are very lucky to have such a perfect river to have an eventclassic class V rapids, no …
Oct
05
Hi y’all. I dug up an old Pyranha friend that some of you might remember–the Creek280. Remember when it was a short boat? Well, now its considered a long boat and I plan on racing the Green in it this year. I was really afraid of it at first because it seemed so long and …
