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 …
Category Archive: Playboating Articles
Articles about kayak playboating from the pyranha orld team!
Jan
18
The JED is coming !!!!
This year is shaping up to be one heck of a good year, we have three new boats to paddle and so many places to paddle them. Right now I want to talk briefly about Pyranha’s NEW playboat the JED, I really like how fast, loose, and big this boat goes. As Dave Fusilli has …
Dec
23
The White Nile… finally… (with the JEDEYE prototype!!)
Within a year of learning how to roll, I put a Uganda trip to surf the Nile Special on my ‘to-do’ list. For the past 3 years I have been haphazardly making plans and searching flights to Entebbe, hoping to check it all out before the dam flooded the top section. Finally, this November Craig …
Sep
03
Freestyle Sopotnice and Prague – Troja
In the end of August we had many compeition in Czech Republic. Second czech cup in freeestyle took place in Sopotnice. The artificial playspot was so hard and I went to the final from 5. place, but in my third ride in final I done 173 points and I won!
Aug
24
Demshitz Loves the Northwest!!
As part of our tour Demshitz headed up to the Northwest for some creeking and some Skook action and we were not let down. We started with three rainy days at Skook and then once back in Washington we got on some new runs along with some classics. Watch as Demshitz surfs Skook and runs …
Jul
28
Memory lane – 15 years of Pyranhas
This year’s 40 year anniversary of Pyranha has me reminiscing about times gone by and all of the fun that I’ve had in Pyranha boats over the last 15 years. I thought I would take a little walk down memory lane through my progression of various boats with some photos and video clips – it’s …
Jun
25
Glenwood wave Video
Great times on the Glenwood wave! Click here for the Video!
Jun
14
Demshitz hit Glenwood & Alpine Quest Vail Demo
After the Teva Mountain Games we spent a couple of days surfing Glenwood Springs Wave at ideal levels before heading back to Vail for a Kayak Demo Session with Alpine Quest Sports. We had fun playing with the bladders to adjust the Vail hole and trying to avoid hypothermia while throwing loops with our buddies …
Jun
10
Teva Mountain Games and Demshitz
This was a great year for the Teva Mountain Games and for Demshitz. This year Demshitz celebrated the production of Demshitz Brown Ale made by Bonfire Brewery. Watch as Demshitz enjoys the fruit of Bonfire Brewery’s labor and then watch as Team Pyranha takes on the Teva Mountain Games. The most notable facts, Mike Patterson …
