Gauley Fest is one of the biggest paddling parties in the world. On top of great paddling and partying, we we got to test paddle the new Rev playboat. Jared, Dave, and I all agreed it’s an improvement from the already great 4-Twenty. The Ammo also proved to be a fun ride on the Gauley, …
Category Archive: Paddler Lifestyle Articles
Reports on what the Pyranha World Team has been up to
25
Sep
16
Sep
Season 07 recap
Hey there team. Thought I would share some of my adventures from the 2007 season. It was another good one, that’s for sure. Memories of great river trips, new friends and amazing adventures will hopefully get me through the next few months of school.
14
Sep
Red Bull Dolomitenmann
Last weekend the 20th Red Bull Dolomitenmann was held in Lienz/Austria.
12
Sep
Upper Yough
Joe Federichi styling F-UP falls in the Ammo.
12
Sep
Still to high!
My local play spot where we normally play every week in the summer has been to high for the last few months due to heavy rain. So this week i decided to take the Speeder for a session, normally paddling my playboat or creeker i expected it to be very unstable. After a couple of minutes …
06
Sep
Adirondack Holiday Weekend
It was a very nice weekend up in Northern New York for the releases on the Raquette river and Taylorsville Moshier and Eagle sections of the Beaver. The Ammo was definitely in its element, perfect fun familiar run boat. We camped out and kayaked with my dad and a crew of good friends. Check out …
30
Aug
BC trip report
Our final destination this summer was BC for some creeking in our favorite area to vacation for boating. Here are some shots from BC this summer, and you can read the full report at www.RiverGypsies.com. Andria running the Nozzle on the Nahatlatch. Jared airing out the Recoil at Skook. Leland on Callaghan Creek.Photo by Bo …
30
Aug
Back To The Roots
Upper Blackwater Jared, Graham, and I arrived back east just in time to paddle some of the classic runs we learned to kayak on. We ended up runing the Upper Blackwater, Upper Yough, Top Yough, and Big Sandy all at good flows and some of the warmest days I’ve ever paddled these runs. Another bonus, …
29
Aug
US Wildwater Nationals
I took the Speeder to US Wildwater Nationals on the Deerfiled River over the weekend. It was different kind of competition for me. I had a great time, and took down the rest of the plastic boats with the help of my good friend the Speeder.Â
27
Aug
Oetz
A couple of friends of mine and I have just come back from an awesome paddling trip in the Oetz Valley in Austria. We have done the upper and the middle Oetz and were busy training for the Extreme Kayaking World Championships, which are going to be there in October. Two broken paddles and one …