After a good, but long week hanging out with the Pyranha family at Outdoor Retailer in Salt Lake City, we headed back to Colorado for some actual kayaking. Here in the inner Crystal Gorge, Josh Bechtel is trying out the new creekboat; the Shiva.
Category Archive: Paddler Lifestyle Articles
Reports on what the Pyranha World Team has been up to
07
Aug
Venezuela updates
The British Universities Kayak Expedition are just about to set off on another mission into the Jungle to paddle a couple of rivers. So far weve paddled some fantastic runs (including what we believe to be the 2nd descent of the Rio Calderas), and had a couple of epics in the jungle. Updates and photos …
05
Aug
Grand Canyon Journal: Round II – Summer
Words by Adam Goshorn Photos by everyone on the trip, but mostly Joey Jarrell Six friends and I awoke before dawn to float the last few miles to the take-out of the Colorado River at Diamond Creek. It was December 18, 2009 and it was the completion of my first trip through the Grand Canyon …
04
Aug
California Dreaming
The Seiler brothers running one of many waterfalls on the N.F. American River “Royal Gorge” photo: Robby Hogg Sunday morning July 10th 2011 I awoke with a plan. After catching word from friends the previous week about the classic California class 5 overnighters’ finally “dropping in” to runnable levels, a dream inspired me to hop …
29
Jul
Microcreeks + Microbrews: Creeking in the Central Blue Ridge
Virginia was blessed with a wonderfully wet spring this year but now we’re solidly in the late-summer dolrums. Hot, humid days like these make us think of liquid refreshment in many forms; whether from the river or from a frosty pilsner glass. Luckily this area is seeing a veritable deluge of new brewpubs sprouting up like …
28
Jul
Southampton University Students, Alumni and Friends take an Alpine Summer Adventure
At 9am, after driving along a spectacular mountain road with the rising sun, our mighty Laguna pulled majestically into the Vallouise campsite, nestled in the French Alps where the Gyr and the Onde coalesce into the Gyronde – because the French are creative like that. Eighteen hours of driving, ferrying and snacking (along with the …
28
Jul
Memory lane – 15 years of Pyranhas
This year’s 40 year anniversary of Pyranha has me reminiscing about times gone by and all of the fun that I’ve had in Pyranha boats over the last 15 years. I thought I would take a little walk down memory lane through my progression of various boats with some photos and video clips – it’s …
25
Jul
Pacific Northwest photo spectacular
After spending most of the spring and early summer training for and competing in the the freestyle world championships, I had a few options for places to go paddling in July. I decided it was time for some paddling ‘just for fun’ and the best option would be to fly out to the Northwest and …
24
Jul
Demshitz surf for Stephen.
Recently we lost one of our good friends, a team paddler, and all around a great person, Stephen Forster. Â For those that were fortunate enough to know Stephen knew that he would brighten any eddy he was in and he always brought his big smile. Â This year Demshitz were in Montana when we got the …
23
Jul
Quebec Paddlefest
PaddleFest is organized by Mountain Equipment Coop every summer in order to give visibility to watersports in general. For Quebec City’s MEC, we have a terrific site near downtown with huge beach and stuff, next to St-Lawrence river. What was different this year?…the store agreed that it wasn’t the best spot to devellop the whitewater …