This past weekend, The “Oh Be Joyful” Race in Crested Butte Colorado held the LVM Giant Slalom Rocky Mountains qualifier for the World Championships later this summer in Asheville North Carolina on the Green River. The OhBe race is a great course for the giant slalom; tricky gates above and below the 20′ were serving …
Category Archive: Creeking Articles
Articles about creek boating from the Pyranha Team.
21
Jun
OMOM – One for the road
After a month of paddling in the Telemark area of Norway we had paddled some great runs. Unfortunately our last trip on the Homerun section of the MÃ¥r ended in Hospital when Ed snapped his arm above the elbow on the 4th drop. Homerun is a classic section of 5 waterfalls and is one of …
03
Jun
“It’s kind of like an IQ-test, and we failed”
Sunshine Left – Photo by Dave Deggendorf The last two weeks I have spent on my brief summer break. Nursing school at SCC goes year-round, with short breaks during the spring/summer, summer/fall, and fall/spring semesters. My class schedules usually keep me extremely busy, so I resolved to spend as much of this break paddling as …
17
May
Kickin’ off the Season
Demshitz Graham here checking in with some quality pictures and a VIDEO from our week after Reno fest on some classic early season California runs.
12
May
Alpine Style
 Just got back from an awesome trip to the Swiss / Italian Alps. I spent 10 days ticking some off some of the classic runs with the Fat Cat lads. The weather was great and we got loads of stuff done despite a fairly laid back schedule. We made good time on the rivers making plenty of time …
12
May
West Virginia / Cheat Fest trip report.
Hi all! We are frantically packing to leave for the West today, but have stuck a quick report that Andria wrote about last week up on our website. Go to www.RiverGypsies.com for the full report. Andria styling Wonder FallsPhoto by Leland
12
May
Reno River Festival
This weekend was the Reno River Festival. Team Pyranha was there in full force to do some Freestyle and Boatercross, and get some creeking and partying in between it all. Dave looping the Rev in Reno
09
May
Burning up Early Season BC
While the British Columbia low lands have been covered with snow most of the winter and records continue to be set for low Spring temps, low elevation snowpack, ect…, Spring is finally showing its face. Weather forecasters are predicting that warmer temps will begin to prevail as La Nina weakens and as a result we …
06
May
Cheat Fest and Rev video
Hey yinz! Dave Fusilli here, bloggin a couple videos myself and the demshitz Seiler brothers have put together. The first one, Click here for video, from Cheat Fest this past weekend, along with a couple fotos from two days on the Lower Big Sandy with a bunch of folks out shreddin in Ammos and Burns. …
02
May
One Mile One Month
Me and Marks dog Inca enjoying the sun This summer I have been asked to be apart of an awesome expedition out here in Norway. As you all know Norway has become well known for its waterfalls and steep creeks. The amount of drops seems endless. well this year we will find out. Our aim …