Sup Y’all
early June a bunch of canucks met up in BC and headed down to good ol’ California for a short but sweet paddling adventure. The company of Steve Arns and Kompass bros Matt and Phil ensured constant humor.
08
Jul
08
Jul
Clear Fork Cowlitz
So here is a 4th of July weekend mission for ya. The weather flip to a cold 60 degrees and started raining. The canyon: Clear Fork Cowlitz. Choked with wood from a couple floods over the last year or two, it requires some cautious scouting and technical boating. Cool whitewater with an amazing canyon towering on both sides. Check out the video as I remained behind camera for this one:
07
Jul
L Karnali Video
The Karnali was released this season and rounds out the River Runner Series from Pyranha Kayak’s whitewater range. Check out the Large Karnali in action on the Salmon River Gorge in Oregon with Team Paddler Cody Howard and local nomad Scott Baker.Â
06
Jul
Teesside White Water Course Changes
It has been widely known that changes are planned for the Teesside White Water course in north-eastern England that will drasticaly change the course (hopefully for the better). These works were due to start early in the year and most people have even been under the impression that the course had already shut for the works. However, this is not the case. The course is still alive and kicking and will be until the end of August according to the centre staff!!
In the meantime the course has undergone a few changes including testing some new obstacles similar in idea to the Omni-flot system recently installed at Nottingham so I I went down after work to check it out…Â
04
Jul
Demshitz MADE
How would you like to be MADE?
Demshitz Made , an idea we recently came up with while spending numerous hours in the van lame-storming with our new van-mate and old friend David Space ( made candidate ). David doesn’t know how to kayak and we figured he just got some free time and wanted to travel around with us for a while, so why not teach him how to kayak? and we figured why not video tape the whole thing like the MTV show MADE!?!
Here is what we came up with so far…. Demshitz Made Episode 1Â … keep checking back for more episodes of Demshitz Made and follow David Space in his attempt to become a kayaker and surf Skookumchuck Narrows.
 
 
 Space taking on his first river, the Middle Fork of the Flathead in Glacier National Park Montana, in his brand New Pyranha Z.One!
02
Jul
Silvermoon Shop & Glacier National Park
After spending a month in Colorado, we are traveling to some of the best spots in Montana to visit Pyranha dealers and explore the local rivers. Â Most recently the crew was fortunate to spend some time in Kalispell, MT and nearby Glacier National Park. Â Bob of Silver Moon Kayak Company organized a ‘Demshitz’ movie premier at his shop and a kayak trip down the Middle Fork of the Flathead, which borders Glacier National Park. Â Thanks to Bob for pulling this great day together with such short notice! Â It was great to paddle such a beautiful river with a great group of people and later experience true hospitality at his terrific shop.
02
Jul
No more serious paddling this year…
The season is not that old yet, but it has already ended for me this year unfortuntely: Last week I got the confirmation that I have an herniated intervertebral disc, which was caused by kayaking and will probably keep me from paddling for the nexts weeks/months. Damn it… Hopefully it recovers fairly soon!
Anyway, my season so far has been rather average. Concerning slalom, I missed the selection for this year’s important international races. Concerning whitewater and freestyle paddling, we had a couple of really fun trips here in our area, but due to my paddling accident a couple of weeks ago not too many yet for me, unfortunately.
What is good though is that I have been able to give regular kayaking courses to university students here in Augsburg, which is really good fun to see them improve. Fortunately that is also possible with my spinal disc problem.
Sweet, I will try to put some photos online of the season so far within the next couple of days.
01
Jul
Eurocup – Bratislava and Lienz
IÂ participace two freestyle Eurocup in June.
There weren´t so much people, but it was fun. The playspot in Bratislava – slalom course in Cunovo was sticky and strong, on th other hand hole in Lienz was quickly. I like it.
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In Lienz I went from qualification from 3.-4. place to semifinale and from the same place to finals.
Unfortunately I was 5.
I´m gong to last eurocup to Netherlands in September.
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26
Jun
IN BETWEEN SETS VIDEO
So between some epic filming and paddling missions, we’ve been getting on some random local creeks out here in the West.  It’s been a great season so far and i’ve really taken a liking to the Large Karnali. Finding it fast and very predictable, makes it a number one choice for some soft waterfall landings / steep creeking. Catch a peak at whats been happening and look for the main BIG footage coming on in 2010 with Huckin Huge Films second smash hit…to be announced.
