Reports on what the Pyranha World Team has been up to
28
May
Well it has taken me a while but I finally put the finishing touches on my edit from Chile and Argentina this year. You can see a trip report of the whole adventure that I posted on this blog a few weeks ago here: https://www.pyranha.com/blog/?p=16069. I have to give a massive shout out to everyone who …
27
May
Welcome to the next stage of the Pyrahna Euro Team Tour 2014. Our next stop on the tour took us to the famous Eiskanal Slalom course in Augsburg, which was host to the Olympic slalom event at the Munich Games. We had a nice opportunity to set up our stand and show off our fleet …
20
May
Each Spring the entire paddlesports industry (or at least it feels like it anyway) descends on the small town of Old Forge, New York for a weekend full of all things paddling. The event is Mountain Man Outdoor Supply Company’s Adirondack Paddlefest. Myself and fellow Team Pyranha paddler Tony Gianfagna held down the fort for …
18
May
Arrival to the Mountains- Team Tour in Innsbruck After the Markkleeberg festival we began the drive across to Innsbruck stopping in Augsburg for a good nights sleep. We arrived at Source 2 Sea HQ late afternoon and left immediately for the river with our host Bernie and brother Dan. We had been told it was a …
18
May
A total of 30 laps on a juicy Kalama Falls in Washington, just outside the Columbia river gorge provided many sweet lines! This is a quick video I put together of Clay Lucas, Jesse Maddox, and myself charging some laps in our Shivas. It has been a great early season in the PNW with lots …
15
May
Reno, being the wonderfully weird place it is, inspired Demshitz to try out some new tricks in the Reno River Festival’s freestyle competition. Dave arrived in Reno a day before my self, and managed to slip a quick practice session into his fully loaded schedule. I came flying into Reno the next day, and then …
13
May
After a week and a half of training, the GB rafting teams were fired up and ready to race! The GB ladies laid down an awesome time to win Gold in the Sprint! With a great crowd cheering them on, the ladies team gave their all in the Head-to-Head races but were knocked out by …
08
May
Just returned from a weeks boating trip to north western Greece over the Easter break. Despite the weather being uncharacteristically cold (apparently making national news in the country) the water levels remained good, and the sun came out just enough to make the decision of taking shorts instead of a drysuit the right one.
07
May
Photos by Ben Trister Below: Adam Goshorn on the last of the bedrock slides before the streambed changed to boulders and the bottom dropped out! McWhorter Gulf and its watershed are contained entirely within the boundaries of Pigeon Mountain Wildlife Management Area and speaking in terms of geographic place-names, it flows southeast off of Pigeon …
07
May
Welcome to the Pyranha Team Tour 2014. Our first stop this year was the XXL Paddle Festival at the Kanu White Water Park in Markkleeberg, Germany between the 2 and 4th of May. (May the 4th be with you :-). This event really kick started out tour with over 500 kayakers and a total over …