Deep in the Secret Stash

The Secret Stash was first run in the mid to late 1990’s, but then was off-limits for over a decade until recent changes opened it back up to paddlers.  The Secret Stash isn’t much of a secret anymore. The word is out on this one, but I’m still not going to mention it by name. The Secret Stash cannot be run without crossing private land to portage the 90 foot waterfall you see in the video. Access is currently being allowed, but could be hurt by overcrowding or by careless boaters who are unaware of the expectations of acceptable behavior.

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We´ve been on mission after mission, spending days in deep coastal jungle gorges.   Now with a massive storm swell about to smash into town, things should get REALLY interesting!  Stay tuned to Huckin Huge.com and follow our adventure on the news page (here).  Here are some pics of the last 3 day overnighter as it took us from the Source of the river to the Pacific ocean (requiring a boat ride back to our homebase).   Footage will be featured in the HH Film´s upcoming release, HAYMAKER!

I closed out my month of working and paddling in Norway with a lot of work, and even more paddling.  Two highlights were the Bovra Gorge and the Lower Rauma. The whole trip completely blew my mind.  The paddling was great, the work was plentiful, and the rafting was fun.  I was fortunate enough to meet up with fellow Pyranha man Ric Moxon from the U.K. for most of the missions.

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Most times when I return home to visit my family in Buffalo, NY I just stash my kayaks in the backyard and figure they will sit there unused for a couple of weeks.  Because I never knew whitewater kayaking existed as a sport while I lived there, I assumed that there was no whitewater in the area other than the obvious Niagara Falls.  While Western NY may not be the next mecca of whitewater paddling, there certainly are opportunities to paddle some fun stuff even at the end of August without any significant rainfall.  

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Over the weekend Richard Brooks and I went over to the Tees Barrage in Stockton for a massive watersports festival aimed at getting people into watersports in the Teesside area. As well as loads of displays on the water including jetskis, power boats and water skiing they also put on a series of come and try it sessions for free.

Most of the people at the event had never had a chance to try kayaking or canoeing before and the queues for the sessions was massive all day and sold out pretty quickly. It was really great to see so many young kids excited by water sports and our boats on the stand were a big attraction all day.

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Hello again!

There is no story about this trip, just some new photos.

To see more photos go to my blog www.marnics.blogspot.com