… also known as the NSR, was bigger and better than ever this year! The National Student Rodeo, held in Nottingham every year is a great event with over 1000 competitors of all abilities. Everyone gets a chance to paddle and compete (if not too hung over), even non-students can enter the Old School competition, …
Category Archive: Paddler Lifestyle Articles
Reports on what the Pyranha World Team has been up to
07
Mar
Big Boofing in Tennessee
The Shiva is a boofster like no other, and I’d been waiting to get it on some stouts for a bit.  Finally rain came and so did the killer boofs that inhabit a special place called Big Creek. Upper Big Creek is like a wet dream to the Shiva, the yin to its yang, the jelly to its peanut …
25
Feb
Pyranha Dart Fest 2012!
Pyranha’s annual DartFest at the River Dart Country Park is always good fun! This year was no exception, check out the video to see what happened…  Slightly low water levels did not stop paddlers getting some great coaching from Chris Eastabrook’s renowned confidence building courses and Liquid Logistics improvers river trip. Lots of people dropped by the …
16
Feb
And the Grammy goes to ……. Demshitz ?!?!
The Grammy Awards have nothing to do with kayaking, and no the Dems haven’t come out with the “Brown” album, yet. However I managed to boof through the front door, infiltrate the Hollywood elite, and bring some “low-class” to an otherwise highbrow event. Like Batman’s signal in the sky, the raised brownclaw attracts kayakers anywhere …
14
Feb
First Look at the Loki
Check out the very first outing of the Loki on our local home run, the mighty Tryweryn in North Wales. For more info and where to find a demo go to www.pyranha.com/Loki Paddler Andy Butler Filmed by Tom Laws Edited by Andy Butler
05
Feb
HOMATHKO BC MISSION STATUS
Here is an update of some of the epic missions we got up to in BC last summer/fall. With Whistler bragging record snow fall in the winter (over 16 meters fell) the summer was guaranteed crazy high water and a super long season. Low and behold it did not fail to impress. For the first …
03
Feb
The River’s Source – a Whitewater Sympoisum
Last weekend saw the first ever River’s Source Whitewater Symposium at the River Dart, Devon, UK. The event is set to become a favourite fixture on the UK whitewater calendar with something for every paddler interested in whitewater! Contributions from every corner of the industry provided an excellent range of courses, from learning new skills on …
01
Feb
Mexico 2011: Huasteca on a Budget!
Below: Steve on the Rio Valles, photo by Adam Goshorn Below: Adam on the Rio Santa Maria, photo by Steve Krajewski Since my first trip to the Huasteca region of Mexico in 2005, I have returned almost ever winter for 2-3 weeks to revisit my favorite rivers in the area and explore new ones as …