 I feel really lucky to have paddled whitewater for 17 years and remain injury free. Last Saturday it all changed. I sustained a shoulder dislocation while paddling the Moose River during the annual Moose Fest. I wish I had a better story than, I ran a big rapid, braced wrong. and it just popped …
Category Archive: Paddler Lifestyle Articles
Reports on what the Pyranha World Team has been up to
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Oct
Venezuela Expedition Video
The British Universities Kayaking Expedition team have been back for a little over a month now, and here´s a short video of what the team got up to in Venezuela over the summer. BUKE 2011: Venezuela River notes are also now on the teams website.
13
Oct
High Mountains and Blue Water
Time and again I return to the rivers of Nepal. Time and again to venture to the blue water and high mountain vistas. Now Nepal has become a second home with both personal trips and guiding becoming a daily event. (www.purelandexpeditions.com & www.elementsadventurenepal.com) Myself and Slime (Peter Knowles) have just finished the Third Edition of …
11
Oct
Pyranha’s new play machine
After the debuted at Gauleyfest, it made its way around West Virginia with some team paddlers. Then I got my hands on it, paddled it, and gotta say its the sh@#. So easy to pull thru on anything and went huge in holes and waves. I cant wait till this boat hits production. Here is a little teazer …
11
Oct
Gear Fest the Midwest Outdoor Experience
Last weekend myself, Nicole Mansfield, Craig Kleckner and Todd Baker loaded up Orange Bitch ( Pyranha van) from my home in Clarion PA, and headed west to Dayton Ohio. demshitz arrived Friday afternoon to setup for the event. For a few hours on Friday and most of the day Saturday we entertained and informed the …
09
Oct
Fast bikes, sick lines and a little gravy!
It always starts with a journey Our trip started in Nottingham, where Tom and I live. A kit list was made and we left at midday on Friday. A quick drive and we arrived in London at the White Water Canoe Centre where Pete Scutt works. After an afternoon in the shop we headed to …
07
Oct
California 2011 Part III: Clover Creek
After spending five days in the Kern drainage (see previous post), on our sixth day in California we broke camp early and began driving north. It took a bit longer than we expected, but by mid afternoon we met up with another truckload of southeasters in the town of Three Rivers to discuss our next …
06
Oct
Wet West Paddle Fest!
As usual towards the end of September, when UK paddlers’ summer holiday have become a dim and distant memory, and the UK paddling season has not yet started, large numbers of the UK whitewater kayaking scene head north. Fort William in Scotland hosts the Wet West Paddle Fest. The festival’s organisers do a great job …
04
Oct
Disappointment at Sickline
For the 5th time in a row the adidas sickline extreme kayak world championships took place in Oetz/Austria at the weekend again. Great weather, perfect water levels and organization and especially the impressive list of world class kayakers made the event as amazing as every year. As I finished 3rd in 2010, there was a quite …