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…)

On the 19th Nov a team of bald explorers, including Shalabh Gahault, Mike Abbott, Sam Hughes, Zak Mark, Sangrup (our driver from Ladakh) and myself loaded a jeep in Katmandu, Nepal and set course for Gauhati in Assam. 4 days later Andy Phillips arrived and they headed into the hills of Arunachal Pradesh aiming to complete several sections of un-run rivers and expecting to be challenged with situations requiring extreme bravery and ingenuity.

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Graham running the falls on the Pusuno.
2 weeks ago a group of 5 of us flew down to Ecuador to get some good kayaking in and warm up for our trip to Chile next month. Check out the Video and (more…)

Jeremy and I on Hornbecks.
A little rain brought the water up around the Delaware Water Gap in N.E. Pennsylvania yesterday. A group of us got up early to harvest the goods on Hornbecks and Raymondskill creeks. Check out the video. For an indepth report on the day check out Jeremy’s website ChasingRain.com

Here are some shots of Ian Garcia and myself on our trip to Veracruz, Mexico. We had a solid group and managed to hit up most all of the sections on the Alseseca. The Alseseca River is one of the most amazing class 5 rivers I could imagine. Also included are shots from the Xico River. First shot is me on Trucha Falls Alseseca.

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Graham racing the New Everest
Last weekend was the 12th annual Green River Narrows race. 124 racers made it out there Saturday at high noon to get fired up and race the Narrows home to the infamous Gorilla rapid(pictured above) in front of some 500 spectators. It was one of the best Green races to date with record times in almost every category. (more…)

After talking about it all summer we finally got a plan together and paddled the Raundalselve, in a DAY. Anyone who knows the Raundale knows just how much whitewater there is up there, with numerous sections that are all amazing and go at different levels. After in a seriously in-depth planning session (about a beer long) we called up Greg, Christy and Benji, set a time for the morning and checked the water levels and weather on the net. Early the next day we packed the van, took a few bikes and a VRS van to drop at various points for excape options and of to the top of the valley we went.!

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Kevin Burkhead running Fowlersville Falls in the NEW Everest!

We made it up to the Moose River Festival this weekend in northern New York in the small town of Old Forge. It is a great festival for class 5 as well as for kayakers just starting to get into the sport. (more…)

Adidas Sickline Extreme Kayak World Championship 2007, Öetz, Tirol, Austria

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Hey there team. Thought I would share some of my adventures from the 2007 season. It was another good one, that’s for sure. Memories of great river trips, new friends and amazing adventures will hopefully get me through the next few months of school.

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Joe Federichi styling F-UP falls in the Ammo.
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It was a very nice weekend up in Northern New York for the releases on the Raquette river and Taylorsville Moshier and Eagle sections of the Beaver. The Ammo was definitely in its element, perfect fun familiar run boat. We camped out and kayaked with my dad and a crew of good friends. Check out the video. (more…)

Our final destination this summer was BC for some creeking in our favorite area to vacation for boating. Here are some shots from BC this summer, and you can read the full report at www.RiverGypsies.com.

Andria running the Nozzle on the Nahatlatch.

Jared airing out the Recoil at Skook.

Leland on Callaghan Creek.
Photo by Bo Wallace.

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I am way too lazy on reporting, but before i head off to norway next friday, i try to sum up and recall what happened:





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Our latest update from Washington includes the classic Little White Salmon and Top Tye Rivers, as well as some great river running on the White Salmon and the Cispus.

Enjoy these two Top Tye shots, or feel free to check out the whole report at www.RiverGypsies.com

Leland at Monkey Cage on the Top Tye.
photo by John Fuqua.

Andria at Box Drop on the Top Tye.

I picked up a shiny new Burn and immediately had one thing on my mind: get into some goods!

I was in Northern Oregon and with the great weather and spring melt, the obvious choice was to get on the Oregon Salmon while it was in its small window of fun flows. The water turned out to be a little low, but it was still a great day!

The Salmon River flows off the south-west face of Mount Hood and has gotten quite a bit of attention in the last few years. This year we went in with a couple reporters from the Associated Press and got a great story and a video from the day to add to the buzz about the run.

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