This weekend was the 1st annual Nantahala Outdoor Center/Dagger Freestyle Shootout held at the new NOC store wave. Looping in the NOC Store wave
Category Archive: Paddler Lifestyle Articles
Reports on what the Pyranha World Team has been up to
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Aug
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Aug
Exploration in the Spiti Valley
We have just spent the last week exploring the Spiti valley in Northern India. There was some excellent white water on the Spiti itself and on three of the tributaries we explored. The valley is a real must if you are heading to Northern India to do the classics. Photos by Patrick Clissold and Tom …
09
Aug
Norway 08
Whats going on gang. Hope everybody has been enjoying the 08 season. its been a wicked one over here in norway, the land of big waterfalls, beautiful girls and expensive beers. For the past few months i have been based out of sjoa, living the glorious life as raftguide/riverbum ones again. maxi on the Ulla …
30
Jul
Washington photos
We were joined for a week this summer by a group of friends for some of our favorite Washington runs. Here are a couple of pictures from the Cooper – you can check out the full report from Fall in the Wall and Cooper at www.RiverGypsies.com. Andria at Norm’s Retreat. Me at Wall of Voodoo.Doug …
30
Jul
Road Warriors
> Dem rays somewhere in NV For the last week and a half myself and Kevin Burkhead have been traveling the west coast, like Santa Clause during Christmas delivering fresh new kayaks to our west side dealers. Thus far we have brought smiles to the faces of our people in San Fransico, Bend OR, Hood …
28
Jul
Greenland Expedition
Hey Last month four of us Brits went on the second ever white water expedition to Greenland. The team was Ali Marshall, Si Tapley, Mike Scutt and Graham Milton. Our aim was to paddle potentially the best river in Greenland. We weren’t dissapointed. We were paddling Everests and they were the top boats for the job. …
26
Jul
BULL LAKE CREEK
photo: Evan Stafford This week 4 of us ventured into Bull Lake Creek in the Wind River Drainage in Wyoming. The river has been descented 4 times prior to our trip by hiking 20 miles into the South Branch of BLC and paddling that stretch for a few miles into the main channel. We tried …
24
Jul
MOW 2008
Master Of Water 2008Â….Very impressed! This story all started when I received an E-mail from Sammy at Pyranha, The mail read something like “Hi Guys there is a competition in Sweden with a great party! Is anyone free to go?” It took me precisely 3 seconds to decide yeah IÂ’m up for that! And so …
23
Jul
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For years now, rumours have been flying around about how great kayaking in Turkey is and how you have to go this year because of the series of dams being built. A group of friends and I headed out there for the first two weeks in July and turns out all of the above are …
23
Jul
Big Air York
Just a quick note to tell you all about last weekends big air contest in York. The day saw beautiful hot weather and some of the most entertaining rides I have seen for some time. Myself and fellow Fat Cat Sam Ellis judged the event which hopefully will get bigger every year. Yesterday evening was spent …