After a month of paddling in the Telemark area of Norway we had paddled some great runs. Unfortunately our last trip on the Homerun section of the MÃ¥r ended in Hospital when Ed snapped his arm above the elbow on the 4th drop. Homerun is a classic section of 5 waterfalls and is one of …
Category Archive: Paddler Lifestyle Articles
Reports on what the Pyranha World Team has been up to
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Jun
20
Jun
The Bitches…
A sleepy village [OK technically the UK’s Smallest City] called St David’s is home to dozens tourist sea side shops and dozens of tea shops full of old people, a kayakers haven? Well yes actually, it’s also home to some class surf breaks and the UK’s largest off shore tidal race – The Bitches… Hampered …
16
Jun
FIBArk
The 60th annual Fibark Festival was this past weekend in Salida Colorado. Tons of competitors and spectators showed up to participate and watch all the exciting events that took place throughout the 4 day festival.
16
Jun
Alpkit Plastic Fantastic Series – Round 2, Tryweryn
This weekend saw the second round of the Plastic Fantastic Alpkit Kayak Series held at the Tryweryn in North Wales. The event included a freestyle on the NRA wave followed by a Boto X down Bala Mill Falls as well as the usual party on the saturday night (including sumo!!). Me lining up a blunt on …
13
Jun
Glenwood Ark and more
Demshitz are up to no good. Traveling around Colorado paddling and partying. Making stops at the now infamous Glenwood Wave and running Pine Creek rapid and the numbers on the Arkansas. Having fun in the REV with all the good surfing to be had. Check out this video and see for yourselves.
11
Jun
Teva Mountain Games
Team Pyranha was out in full force for the Mountain Games. The first day kicked off with The Homestake Creek Race. I was able to lay down the fastest time on run one and the pressure was on for run number two. I ended up crashing a bit on the last drop which caused me …
04
Jun
Lyons Outdoor Games
The Seilers and I headed to Lyons CO for a sweet creek race and a little freestylin. Here is a video from the event:
04
Jun
Classic Hurley
With summer rains down in the South East, the river Thames has come up and the UK’s premier playspot, Hurley weir has been on a classic 3 gates.
04
Jun
Hanging on the Nile and rotting limbs
Well IÂ’ve been hanging out on the Nile now for about a month having a great time being in the warm, with sick paddling and a great crew to hang out with.
03
Jun
“It’s kind of like an IQ-test, and we failed”
Sunshine Left – Photo by Dave Deggendorf The last two weeks I have spent on my brief summer break. Nursing school at SCC goes year-round, with short breaks during the spring/summer, summer/fall, and fall/spring semesters. My class schedules usually keep me extremely busy, so I resolved to spend as much of this break paddling as …