Over the past two weeks, I’ve been putting the Ammo through its paces, and I couldn’t be happier with how the boat performs. You can read my detailed analysis of the boat, and check out the video on ChasingRain.com Fireing up the Ammon on Paul’s Creek
Category Archive: Creeking Articles
Articles about creek boating from the Pyranha Team.
16
Nov
Alternatives to snow
My new home is 250m from the Ski Station, and the season pass is here, but not jet the snow. While i wait for the snow to come, i have to talk some friends into it, that there are still some possibilities for paddling around. Now, i could convince some, and we even found an …
15
Nov
Small Ammo Review
I have been out on several rivers testing Pyranha’s new small Ammo this fall. Basically, I think the boat is HOT! Its the perfect boat for those class III and IV creeks and rivers with boofs and playspots. Its a fun little sports car that small folks are gonna dig. I wrote up a full …
11
Nov
Ashlu River
To many kayakers the Ashlu River is on the must hit list in Southwest British Columbia and to everyone else it should be put on that list immediately. Simply stated the Ashlu is one of the finest pieces of whitewater in the world. With five unique sections and Tatlow Creek, the Ashlu pulls rank as …
09
Nov
Big Boat Bonanza
Never mind the Green Race, everyone knows that Ireland’s Big Boat Bonanza was the place to be last weekend…well for the party at least. A strong Team Pyranha contingent made their way to the bone dry Wicklow Mountains for yet another weekend of Guinness and carnage. Alan Ellard, Liz Bell, Bob Campbell, Ally Collett, Loz …
09
Nov
100 year flood
Well paddling is officially back on in full force on the West Coast. We are experiencing what they are calling the 100 year flood. Rivers are all setting record levels. Houses are flooding, dams are blowing out, cars falling into rivers and a few of us idiot kayakers are trying to paddle.
06
Nov
Pyranha Team members and friends at the Green Race 2006 (with pictures)
 I was stoked to see so many Pyranha team members out there racing and see so many Burns tearing it up! The Green Race was a huge success this year with a record breaking 126 racers! We are very lucky to have such a perfect river to have an event—classic class V rapids, no …
05
Nov
Wet Wet West Coast Scotland…
The Annual Scottish Canoe show in Perth, Scotland bought the ideal opportunity for me to hook up and boat with Scottish local paddler Cam Allan for a couple of days. It also gave Cam chance to put the medium sized Ammo through its paces.
23
Oct
Fall Color Creekin’
We’ve enjoyed some beautiful fall foliage and great water this year up and down the East Coast of the US. I’ve put up a full trip report at our website, www.rivergypsies.com, but here are a few teaser pics to get you fired up: Andria Boofing in fall on the Upper Blackwater, WV.
19
Oct
Big Day on the Raven Fork
The Raven Fork is a beautiful class V+ tributary of the Oconaluftee river located just outside of the Cherokee Indian Reservation in North Carolina. Much of the run flows through the Great Smokey National Park on the border of Tenessee and North Carolina. The take out is on the reservation at the home of Emanuel, …