26
Jul
Bex leading the way on the Soca
It’s been a few weeks since Bex and I packed up the van and left the rivers of the French Alps, and it’s been a busy few weeks.  Starting with a week of work and play in Slovenia, we met up with Chris and Tom at the Soca and had a fantastic time coaching during the days with a  great group and getting a few cheeky runs in on the Trnovo to Kobarid section in the evening. Â
24
Jul
With the end of the school year, I found myself with a couple of mid week days free so a plan was hatched with fellow Pyranha Team paddler Dave Fairweather to sample a few rivers in the North Alps. After flying into a small airport in the south of Germany, Dave and Bex picked me up and we made the drive over to Upper Bavaria.
The plan was to do the 4 classic runs in the area, nearly 40 km of grade 3 (with a few harder rapids) and a lot of driving in between rivers, in one day. First up was the Rissbach, a grade 3 river with two grade 4 rapids.
Next up was the wonderful Upper Isar, which you can only access by Taxi. This provided a nice scenic paddle, that consisted of pleasant and completely straight forward low volume grade 3.
22
Jul
The first week of may, i was in Cap Vert to run …a volcano !
It’s not a joke. Since two years me and my friends organize this adventure.
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My first goal was to down it with the snowboard slalom french champion, Camille De faucompret. A fucking goor ride! And the second, brake a speed record.Unfortunatly, after tree attent. My REV was craked !
– 60km/h, not very fast but so dangerous.
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To stop my run, after tree attent, i had only one solution to stop my speed. In rock place…
70 m in this rocks was the last solution. You know why the boat is dead…
AÂ film is coming. The teaser is here.
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Volcano Ride – The Teaser from stephanie augras on Vimeo.
See you!
21
Jul
TUG BOAT ACCIDENT- DEMSHITZ SAVES THE DAY!
After a few days of great surfing at Skookumchuck Narrows in Egmont BC, Demshitz witnessed a tug boat accident at the wave during slack tide. Team paddler Dave Fusilli paddled out in his REV to attempt to save a man trapped in the tug. Everyone was OK and the tug was pulled to safety before the rapids of Skookumchuck swallowed up the wreckage. Demshitz are heros!
18
Jul
Some time ago we have good water levels and perfect weather in Piemont. It was great to paddle the upper Sermenza, Gronda and Egua. (kayaker: Armin Auer, Stockinger Andreas, Machacek Robert, Kristin Schernthaner, www.paddeln.at)
18
Jul
Dave Space fired up to run his first waterfall!
Check out Episode 1 of Demshitz Made if you haven’t already…then watch Episode 2. Demshitz Made!!!
17
Jul
This past weekend was Potomac Fest- the mid-summer classic, hot weather, humidity, water so warm it’s not refreshing at all, slimy, slippery rocks, and long days of all sorts or competitions. Despite all that, Po fest remains popular, with people turning out for the Great Falls Race, squirtboat, freestyle, old school wave surfing, boatercross….. This year was a tad cooler and less than years past, and the getting splashed with water was actually a bit refreshing.
Boofing off the classic “Spout” drop during the Great Falls Race.
16
Jul
Saturday afternoon before the Pau slalom World Cup. 42 paddlers runned the first boardercross in the new race course. Abys canoe shop equipped most of the starters with Zone’s to help making the event a success. After a unlucky first run, i took the micro to meet a lot of spectators ( 500 ?) during the show !
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In 1/4 finale, Maxime Mitaut in fight with Pierrepaolo Ferrazzi win his key for the next run !
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Renaud Doby win the sweet Zone, behind Hugo Caihol ( French junior kayak team ) and Thomas Bersinger who was third in world slalom race in Prague the last week.
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The girl final run…the landing wasn’t easy. Victory for Nouria Newman, like each run. Second and third Pauline Guiet and Caroline Loir. Now we are looking forward more races in Pau . See you in september !
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16
Jul
Click to view webisode 1 – The making of Haymaker
HH FILMS is proud to announce our next full length film, HAYMAKER ! This smash hit film will be released world-wide in 2010, featuring an array of Pyranha kayaks! Ammo, Burns, Karnalis and Everests…
For now, follow the behind the scenes footage of The Making of HAYMAKER. These webisodes will air ‘semi-weekly’ on HUCKIN HUGE.COM ! Check out the first episode as we follow the crew and athletes to Summit Creek, Washington for the first descent of a massive falls!
15
Jul
Clover Creek is a small, steep, high sierra creek near treeline in Sequoia National Park, feeding the Kaweah. Not only are the drops super fun, the scenery is spectacular and you get to drive past some of the largest trees on earth. A visit to this zone gets you in the promiscuity of many other ultra classic runs. We were on Clover in mid April, 2009. Check out the photos posted…
