Team Pyranha Blog » Matt_Hamilton http://www.teampyranha.com The blog from the International Pyranha team of kayakers. All about their kayaking exploits. Fri, 03 Sep 2010 22:48:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 After 2 years of waiting… Garb! http://www.teampyranha.com/2009/09/23/after-2-years-of-waiting-garb/ http://www.teampyranha.com/2009/09/23/after-2-years-of-waiting-garb/#comments Wed, 23 Sep 2009 03:39:27 +0000 Matt_Hamilton http://www.teampyranha.com/?p=4329 Fall has arrived here on the Ottawa River.  It is a time when I’m sad to see friends depart from a summer of fun on the river, but ecstatic that the lines ups are gone!   This past weekend was one to remember.  The weather was abnormally mild and the water was still very warm.  I headed to the city early saturday morning for a class, and was devastated when I found out the  river had dropped to Garb levels, and I was stuck in school.   I woke up Sunday morning to find out the river was still holding at a solid level .  A few phone calls later I had a photographer, and some paddling buddies.  We arrived at the wave to find a good size group with huge grins on their faces!  Unfortunate for Billy that he went on a canoe trip the weekend Garb made its first appearance in two seasons!

It’s been 2 long years in the waiting, and it was everything I remembered!   Big, foamy and fun :-)  

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Seems that global warming has hit the Ottawa Valley.  Should be skiing by now.  But it was 10 degrees and sunny.  So off to bussy! 
enjoy,
Matt

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Val Bertrand in womens(17th)
Jeremey L. In Mens (33rd) ANd C1(6th)
Jared Sieler (42nd)
Me (Matt Hamilton) (21st)
The levels were great making it an awesome competition.  Great to see so many people from all over the world showing off! 
I’m sure Jeremy will have some pics for you to see soon.  Once I learn how to post them I will put some up too.  For full results check out http://www.wcfkc.com/event.php?page_id=31
Later
Matt

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People have been paddling 24/7 with lights set up on the Garb wave. Garb is a great place to showcase the new arial and combo moves. Canadian team trials were held on Tuesday with some of the best paddling ever seen in competition. Should be a great weekend. Stay tuned for updates.
Matt

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