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13
Nov

High Water Raven Forking

The Oconaluftee gauge is at 340cfs and +100cfs an hour when I checked it before my last class of the day. Excited, I messaged a few people who I knew would be interested in going. Some people for their first time. “It won’t be over 15 inches,” I thought. Throughout my class period, dreams of …

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21
Apr

Mexico 2013 Part IV: Back to SLP

Below: Matt Beauchamp on the El Salto Section of the Rio Valles, photo by Adam Goshorn We had been enjoying our time in Veracruz (see Mexico 2013 Part III HERE), but water levels continued to be too high for many of runs we would have been paddling in a normal year. There were a few …

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16
Apr

Mexico 2013 Part III: Veracruz

Below: Must be going the right way, photo by Evan Alfano Below: Adam Goshorn on the Rio Alseseca , photo by Shannon Goshorn The day after we paddled the second canyon of the Rio Verde with Team Previa (see: Mexico 2013 part II HERE); we woke up early and broke down our camp at Aldea …

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26
Feb

Mexico 2013 Part I: Welcome To Mexico!

Below: Matt Beauchamp, Rio Minas Viejas, photo by Adam Goshorn From my house in Mentone, Alabama it is almost exactly a 27-hour drive to the take-out for the Cascadas Micos section of the Rio Valles in San Luis PotosiMexico.  For the eighth time in the last nine years, friends trickled into my house the night …

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25
Jul

Life on the West Side

Ever since I first started to kayak I had dreamed of going out west. This year with the snow pack low in California, it only made since to go to the Pacific Northwest. It all started at 4:30 am when Kevin Nunns and I started the drive across the country from Asheville, NC to the …

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20
Jan

Demshitz Magical Trip in Patagonia!

Dropping in on an Epic Chilean 1st Descent. Read more at Demshitz.com Watch Video http://vimeo.com/35327325 Check out Demshitz.com for a full trip report of my 3 week trip in Patagonia!

16
Jan

Colombia, what an epic start!

Our first week in Colombia has been pretty adventurous (except for the flight which was tedious to say the least…Iberia are not great for in flight entertainment). After a couple of days in the capital of Bogota, Dave, Lowri Niamh and I headed out to San Gil to get on with the kayaking. First we …

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10
Jan

2012 Pyranha JED Promo

Here’s a look at the Pyranha JED.  I know this sounds repetitive, but the JED is hands down the loosest, fastest boat I have ever paddled! My first reaction after paddling the JED was,…”man I cannot believe that playboats can continue to get so much better”. So sick!! The footage is from the Nile river …

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02
Jan

Claim it!

The kayaking world isn’t like the mountaineering world. Traditionally being gentlemen of high regard, mountaineers have always kept accurate records of their achievements. Kayakers, traditionally being scumbags, have not. This has led to much pub (and internet) based based banter over who ran what first. It’s getting more and more difficult to find that elusive …

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12
Aug

Demshitz “Stay out of Jail Tour 09” recap

Demshitz Stay out of jail tour was a success! Dave Fusilli Nicole Mansfield and I survived a summer traveling from state to state in the Team Pyranha van ( aka “orange bitch” ) visiting Pyranha Dealers events, rodeos, races; we went everywhere! Here is a video from our last stop on the tour in Ouachita …

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