 It was that time of year again! When kayakers gather from all over Norway and Europe to party and paddle in the Riksanlegget Kayak Camp besides the Sjoa River in central Norway. This year saw the comeback of the mighty Ula race, all sorts of fun and games with rafts and a gruelling multi-sport race for the keen!
liz and I arrived on Wednesday afternoon to be accosted by Pete Vikers and a miss-fit raft race team. The promise of fine whisky convinced us join a race in the slowest river craft known to man, and try to make it go fast! This ended up being an entertaining event with semi serious teams of rafts guides and groupies. Amazingly we ended up in second place, which considering most of us were not full time rafters was pretty good!
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02
Aug
Sjoa Fest 2009
01
Aug
Adidas Sickline expedition to Siberia
Hi all!
Some weeks ago we finished our expedition to Siberia. It was 3 weeks long self support trip, 5 rivers and 2 of them were first descent rivers.
Check out short trailer here!
Story and more photos coming soon…
31
Jul
Norway
Just returned from a kayakers ultimate smash and grab holiday. We unfortunately arrived to late to take part in the Sjoa festival but it looked to be a great success and one to look out for next year. With only 7 days we maximised our water time and with everything high it wasn’t hard to find rivers, just difficult to pick from the number of outstanding sections in the Sjoa area. The weather was typically wet but the Sjoa kayak camp provided excellent shelter. With budget airlines providing cheap flights all over Europe I can see me becoming a fan of smash and grab holidaying.
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30
Jul
Demshitz MADE 3- The Final Episode
DEMSHITZ MADE 3 – Dave Space- the final episode of Demshitz MADE. Will he surf Skook? Find out in this final episode of DEMSHITZ MADE 3.Â
For those of you who don’t know Demshitz Made- check out the first two episodes of Demshitz MADE.
DEMSHITZ MADE EP1
DEMSHITZ MADE EP2
DEMSHITZ MADE EP3
watch the whole thing!!! you’ll love it!
We have the best Kayak Movie of all time!!!
Demshitz The Movie
Check out www.demshitz.comÂ
30
Jul
BC 09 Video
This video is a mix of Callagan, Cheakamus, Rogers Creek and the Skookumchuck Rapids. Â Some good beats, blunts, and waterfalls, hope you like it.
30
Jul
Alder Creek & The Kayak Shed
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This week we drove south to the Portland area. The first stop was Alder Creek kayaks. This was our next video showing and we ended having a great turn out for the movie. Hood River was our next stop. On Saturday, we met at the Kayak Shed with a few locals from the area to paddle the Middle White Salmon. It was a good paddle with some good folks. Thanks for coming. Here are some photos……
29
Jul
Canada Eh
For the month of June and a little of July, I was in Canada for the Keener Class. Â I went for three weeks and was the only Keener girl there and along with that I was one of the few with Pyranha boats. Â 🙂 Â At the start of the class I got to see the Ottawa at 15 with Bus Eater and at the end I saw the Ottawa at around 1. Â I loved surfing left side Phills and right side horseshoe. Â We learned how to tie knots and how to repel. Â We also had a photo and video class and I am currently working on making a video of it so when I get I will post it so everyone can see the mighty Ottawa!!! Â =D
But I do have some photos of me on the Ottawa and the group that picked me up…….
This is at Mc Coys Chute where I attempted to do the "easier" line.
27
Jul
My First Vallecito Runs – Why haven’t I been here before?
Boofing Fuzzy Bunny – one of Vallecito’s classic drops. Paddler: Chris Menges. Photo: Kevin Kuuskvere.
I have always had an excuse for not making it to Vallecito during its season even though I only live 4 hours away and I’ve been paddling clas V in Colorado for the past 6 years. It’s too far. There is good stuff running closer. The crew is going elsewhere. We have no guide. Let’s run Lime again….and many other lame excuses. After finally getting on Vallecito this season, I definitely have to concur that it is in fact the most quality mile of boating in the state. Follow the link to the rest of the story for more pictures…
26
Jul
More Euro tripping…
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