Photo below by Shannon MacMichael  When I first heard Robert Peerson was joining the design team at Pyranha I immediately texted a good friend of mine who paddles for Wave Sport to tell him the news. All he said in reply was… “Shitâ€. It is no secret that Robert Peerson is a talented designer …
Category Archive: Tests and Reviews
Feedback on kayaks from around the world
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May
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Apr
Happy Shiva Times
Thanks to quite a bit of rain here in southern Germany within the last weeks water levels are rising and I’m enjoying it a lot! It was therefore time to take my new Shiva out for a couple of more sessions on some of our classic runs in the Alps. The photos of the action pro …
03
Apr
Demshitz can fly with JED on Big Buseater Wave!
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 …
27
Mar
Shiva loves the Raven Fork
 Sending the Shiva off the Big Boy! Seconding the latest post from Clay… I also had the pleasure of testing the Shiva on one of the South East’s sickest steep creeks, The Raven Fork. I decided to fly to Asheville for my spring break and met up with Dave Fusilli in the Team Pyranha van. …
01
Feb
Everest – Paddle raft first descent
My name is Sean Glaccum and I have travelled to the Himalayas almost every fall since 1997 in search of rivers that have never been kayaked or rafted. Past Himalayan first descents include:  First kayak descents off Mt. Kanchenjunga (3rd highest peak), Mt. Cho Oyu (6th highest peak), Mt. Dhaulagiri (7th highest peak) and Mt. …
29
Jan
Having Fun in the Small Varun
I’ve been paddling in the small Varun since last spring and have been loving it! I love to do downriver play and to do class IV creeking in my playboat, so it’s been a super fun boat. Here is some footage from some North Carolina goodness, the Nolichucky, a class III play run and the …
18
Jan
The JED is coming !!!!
This year is shaping up to be one heck of a good year, we have three new boats to paddle and so many places to paddle them. Â Right now I want to talk briefly about Pyranha’s NEW playboat the JED, I really like how fast, loose, and big this boat goes. Â As Dave Fusilli has …
30
Dec
Veracruz / Mexico Part 1
This year we spent 3 weeks in Mexico in the winter, to escape all the snow in austria. Some rivers have been to low, some others may to high, but anyway we had great fun on and outside of the rivers. Is there a better place to test my new SHIVA then on the mexican …
23
Dec
The White Nile… finally… (with the JEDEYE prototype!!)
Within a year of learning how to roll, I put a Uganda trip to surf the Nile Special on my ‘to-do’ list. For the past 3 years I have been haphazardly making plans and searching flights to Entebbe, hoping to check it all out before the dam flooded the top section. Finally, this November Craig …
16
Aug
SHIVA – Baileyfest, Gore, & Lake Creek
Before the van headed back east, we spent a week in Colorado trying out the NEW Shiva prototype on a variety of Colorado classics and showing it off at the 2nd Annual Baileyfest. Here Dave enters the Cauldron on Lake Creek. (photo – Craig Kleckner)