Back in February a friend of mine named Fredy from Switzerland informed me of a multi-day paddling trip to southern Siberia being organized by Tomass Marnics and asked me if I wanted to go. I thought about it for roughly five minutes, called fellow Pyranha paddler Tony Gianfagna and immediately started searching for plane tickets to …
Monthly Archive: August 2013
25
Aug
GB Team Freestyle Team Training
With the world championships at NOC in America coming up fast the GB freestyle team took to the water for a final training session. Throughout the weekend the team was working on piecing together their competition rides and putting some final work into making sure that their moves score. Training consisted of working all the …
24
Aug
Summer Loving in Wales
Its been another stereotypical British summer this year. After a surprising amount of nice weather the rain finally came along. Unfortunately I’ve been working most of the summer, so whenever the rain has come I’ve just headed to Betws-y-Coed for the good old Fairy Glen, pretty much a sure thing whenever it is wet. Obviously …
23
Aug
BC Provides
Theres nothing like a good kayaking trip and being my second trip out of thecountry for some boating BC was definitely agem! Its pretty awesome how simple a kayaking trip can be. Wake up, eat, figure out where to go boating, kayak, eat dinner, stare at the stars, pass out and then repeat. With BC …
22
Aug
Lookout Mountain Living
I consider myself lucky to call Lookout Mountain home. This is a little video shot here on the mountain shot during the very wet spring of 2013. Good times with good friends on good runs all close to home… it doesn’t get much better than that. Until next time you can keep up with my …
13
Aug
Voss Extreme Sports Week (Veko)
After a short season last year with an injured shoulder and lots of physio and training during the winter I was really eager to get back up to Voss, Norway for the extreme sports week nown as Veko. Ekstremsportveko is the largest sport and music festival of its kind, and is hosted every year in …
12
Aug
The “BRO”-Down in Watertown
Photos: Brian Murphy For the second time in as many years a new kind of freestyle event hit the Hole Brothers venue in Watertown, New York. The “BRO”-Down, envisioned by local raft guide, paddler, and entrepreneur Dave Gardner is a super fun grass-roots event that is low-stress way for anyone to participate in freestyle competition.
12
Aug
Kayak Borneo: Expedition underway
The Kayak Borneo team have arrived in Sabah, Malaysian Borneo and, having paddled several sections already, have secured some transport and will be heading out into the jungle in the next few days to start our exploration of this beautiful island. The expedition will be continuing for the next 3 months, pioneering a new …
12
Aug
Washington and Beyond
With my time in Cali having come to a close, eyes were set back on Oregon, Washington and Idaho. Chris and I had made a date with Galen Volckhausen, Hunt Jennings and Jordan Poffenberger. We were on the road North and had a few hours to meet the boys at the car park for Sahalie …
10
Aug
Kayak the World with SBP ep.2 – Kayak en México!
Check out some kayaking down in México!! Follow the SBP boys and their mental friends as they travel deep into a waterfall paradise in México. Enjoy some fine paddling from some of the best waterfalls mother nature has to offer, surrounded on all sides by thick jungle and banana fields. Check out the episode on …