TUG BOAT ACCIDENT- DEMSHITZ SAVES THE DAY! After a few days of great surfing at Skookumchuck Narrows in Egmont BC, Demshitz witnessed a tug boat accident at the wave during slack tide. Team paddler Dave Fusilli paddled out in his REV to attempt to save a man trapped in the tug. Everyone was OK and …
Category Archive: Paddler Lifestyle Articles
Reports on what the Pyranha World Team has been up to
18
Jul
Piemont
Some time ago we have good water levels and perfect weather in Piemont. It was great to paddle the upper Sermenza, Gronda and Egua. (kayaker: Armin Auer, Stockinger Andreas, Machacek Robert, Kristin Schernthaner, www.paddeln.at)
18
Jul
Demshitz Made Espisode 2
Dave Space fired up to run his first waterfall! Check out Episode 1 of Demshitz Made if you haven’t already…then watch Episode 2. Demshitz Made!!! http://www.demshitz.com
17
Jul
Potomac Fest 2009
This past weekend was Potomac Fest- the mid-summer classic, hot weather, humidity, water so warm it’s not refreshing at all, slimy, slippery rocks, and long days of all sorts or competitions. Despite all that, Po fest remains popular, with people turning out for the Great Falls Race, squirtboat, freestyle, old school wave surfing, boatercross….. This …
16
Jul
“HAYMAKER” announced!
Click to view webisode 1 – The making of Haymaker HH FILMS is proud to announce our next full length film, HAYMAKER ! This smash hit film will be released world-wide in 2010, featuring an array of Pyranha kayaks! Ammo, Burns, Karnalis and Everests… For now, follow the behind the scenes footage of The Making …
14
Jul
Eiskanal-Boatercross
Last Saturday the first invitational boatercross race at the Eiskanal took place here in Augsburg as part of the slalom worldcup program. Organized by Arnd Schaeftlein and Jakobus Stenglein, incredible paddlers like Mike Dawson from NZ, Dejan Kralj (SLO) and Fabian Doerfler (GER) took part and fought for the 1st prize: a sweet mountainbike! In …
14
Jul
Aquasports and the Skykomish
  This weekend myself and the rest of those Demshitz made our way to Aquasports in Redmond Washington to paddle with the locals and premiere the movie. The Skykomish was our river destination for the afternoon. We enjoyed stout mountain peaks and crystal clear waters. The run featured about 5 miles of class three …
13
Jul
Verzasca
The Verzasca River, in Switzerland, is very good. Tom & I caught it whilst having a few days off working in France & Slovenia and it was great!
11
Jul
Lake Creek….A Byzantine juxtaposition between being and becoming…..Think about it!
After a late season jump in water levels Lake Creek came back down to a great flow. Evan Ross took me up for my first run down the lower quality section. It is a pretty classic Colorado Creek. It looks pretty manky scouting, but once you are in there it feels pretty clean. It starts …
11
Jul
Below and Beyond Machu Picchu 2009
May 2009 a group of british paddlers headed out to the jungle of Peru, the mission was to paddle the first descent of the Rio Concebidayoc a remote jungle river hidden deep in a gorge close to the ancient Inca ruins of Espiritu Pampa the last city of the Inca, the team warmed up on …