Articles about kayak playboating from the pyranha orld team!
05
May
I want to write up a short review of my first impression of the new small Jed; sick. I took my new boat and headed to Eternity, which is a local hole here in Western North Carolina. This boat was extremely quick  to spin to set up for moves and without much effort at all …
04
May
So after a couple of frustrating weeks in North Wales with lots of rain and it all flowing out of the rivers by morning we were left scratching our heads with what to do, a couple of play sessions on the Dee got me thinking about heading further afield, with the news that the large …
02
May
All photos courtesy of Laura Bayer As usual, Spring has brought epic water levels to WV. As the newest member of Team Pyranha, I popped down to Asheville a few weeks ago to pick up my new Jed and Shiva, and chat with my good friend and Pyranha designer Robert Peerson. I’ve worked with Robert …
29
Apr
For the last few days in N.Wales we have been having lots of rain but no rivers have been up during the day, except for a couple of cheeky Fairy Glen runs, so we headed off to the Dee that was running at 12 on the gauge, an amazing level for play boating. After “borrowing” …
21
Apr
Scotland is always unpredictable when it comes to weather, and at easter it lived up to its reputation. The trip started driving north in the sunshine, stopping off at Glasgow for an epic kebab en route. The first few days were pretty dry, so instead of using the usual fallback option of falling off a …
19
Apr
Despite some unseasonably dry times here in the UK, the Easter bank holiday proved to be a kayakers dream. There big tides of 7m+ at the Bitches, a tidal race in the south west of Wales near St David’s (see above, photo by Matt Tidy) as well as brilliant sunshine. We even saw a few seals who …
16
Apr
Demo Days 2012 was a great success, with a great turnout from Western Carolina University and the local community throwing down in eternity hole all day long. The Jed was awesome, a lot of people got to try it out for the first time, were all super excited about the upcoming summer circuit with this …
04
Apr
Not quite as glamourous as our American team mates on the Ottawa, but I was sooooo excited to get my hands on the small Jed and took it to the Olympic course in the sunshine… The small Jed is great for the smaller lady paddler!! What a super boat… now us British boaters just have …
03
Apr
Look out JED is coming !!!! Â Dave Fusilli called me up on Sunday last week and said, ” I got JED and Bus is in, you in?” Â I replied, “pick me up!!!” This was my first experience with Buseater and it was in its true form, cold water, cold weather, and cold beer. Â We had …
31
Mar
We have some winners!!! After a few sick days with Jared Seiler paddling the Shiva on the Raven fork Jared and I where all fired up to try our new playboats! Before I go there I have to say that the Shiva is a beast! It was awesome on the Raven fork. It tackles rapids! …