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, …
Category Archive: Paddler Lifestyle Articles
Reports on what the Pyranha World Team has been up to
16
Oct
Team Pyranha @ GBR Team Selection
Some good results all round for Team Pyranha at the British Freestyle Team Selection events for the worlds in Canada in 2007. Read on for a full report…
16
Oct
Moose Fest…race results, party report, and some cool pictures
Just got back from the Moose Festival weekend. I’m actually writing this as most people are still driving back from the Moose Fest.  It was a solid weekend, starting with a great party on friday, followed by a sweet race, then another party pn saturday, and finally some more good boating on Sunday. The Race …
12
Oct
Warming Up for the Moose Race
This past weekend northern New York was blessed with the some good water and some amazing weather on the Moose River. There was a huuuge posse of local boaters, at least twenty of us. The funny thing was we all decided to paddle together.
10
Oct
Dominica Paddling
I just got back to the states from a sweet paddling trip to Dominica. Not to be confused with the Dominican Republic, Dominica is a small country in the Southern Caribbean. It the Island where they filmed Priates of the Caribbean. It is roughly the size of New York City, but it has over 300 …
10
Oct
British Freestyle Championships and Peak UK Challenge Final
Well another weekend has flown by along with another event here in the UK. This time it was the British Freetstyle Championships held at Nottingham which was also the final of the 2006 Peak UK White Water Challenge Series. Team Pyranha had a fairly srong showing in the British Champs with James Barnes making it …
09
Oct
Appalachian Double-shot!
3 days on the Green followed by a power-drive to West Virginia for a Beautiful day on the Upper Blackwater.  The day before on the Green River provided some awesome pictures. Read more to see pictures and VIDEO of the gang running the Green this past week. Â
08
Oct
Last days of summer
Automn is slowly sneeking into the alps, but there are still some fun rivers to run. The last two weekends I found the time to drive down there. We were blessed with lots of sunshine and quite high waterlevels on the Ötztaler and Venter Ache.
06
Oct
get sum Green
After two long days of backyard fishing on the French Broad, the Tuxedo generator is fixed now and has blessed us with two long days of backyard creeking on the Green! 7-5 ALL day. Here are some pics from yesterday of a warm sunny day on the Green. Â
05
Oct
Green Race Training
Hi y’all. I dug up an old Pyranha friend that some of you might remember–the Creek280. Remember when it was a short boat? Well, now its considered a long boat and I plan on racing the Green in it this year. I was really afraid of it at first because it seemed so long and …