This past weekend, The “Oh Be Joyful” Race in Crested Butte Colorado held the LVM Giant Slalom Rocky Mountains qualifier for the World Championships later this summer in Asheville North Carolina on the Green River. The OhBe race is a great course for the giant slalom; tricky gates above and below the 20′ were serving up good entertainment.
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Jun
OH BE JOYFUL LVM GIANT SLALOM
21
Jun
OMOM – One for the road
After a month of paddling in the Telemark area of Norway we had paddled some great runs. Unfortunately our last trip on the Homerun section of the MÃ¥r ended in Hospital when Ed snapped his arm above the elbow on the 4th drop.
Homerun is a classic section of 5 waterfalls and is one of our favorites so we didn´t want to leave Telemark on this note. so myself Mark drove back and met up with Olav to give it one last run before moving on.
We had a great day with blue skies and good water levels. The first 3 drops were super smooth with no hard landings. Obviously the 4th drop was a little nerving after what happened to Ed the week before, but after lining up and taking the hit it was plain sailing down to number 5 and the take out.
So now i´m on my way to Voss where again surprise surprise the levels are high, should be fun!!
20
Jun
The Bitches…
A sleepy village [OK technically the UK’s Smallest City] called St David’s is home to dozens tourist sea side shops and dozens of tea shops full of old people, a kayakers haven? Well yes actually, it’s also home to some class surf breaks and the UK’s largest off shore tidal race – The Bitches…
Hampered by random sea fog, the plan of taking Sarah, a Bitches virgin, out on a small tide [intermediate level] kinda fell apart, so we went rock hopping and Dolphin spotting [yes in the UK!] whilst we waited for the 10ft visability to improve in the Bitches channel [100m away we were kayaking in brilliant sun-shine – weathers weird!]
The Fog left, the sun came out, the swell and the tide picked up to leave us with the best way to sample the Bitches, and evening tide, in the sun, 7m tide difference with some swell thrown in just to make it interesting…
Soul Surfing
Ben
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Jun
FIBArk
The 60th annual Fibark Festival was this past weekend in Salida Colorado. Tons of competitors and spectators showed up to participate and watch all the exciting events that took place throughout the 4 day festival.
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Jun
Alpkit Plastic Fantastic Series – Round 2, Tryweryn
This weekend saw the second round of the Plastic Fantastic Alpkit Kayak Series held at the Tryweryn in North Wales. The event included a freestyle on the NRA wave followed by a Boto X down Bala Mill Falls as well as the usual party on the saturday night (including sumo!!).
Me lining up a blunt on the NRA Wave in the Rev M: Photo by Jo Meares
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Jun
Glenwood Ark and more
Demshitz are up to no good. Traveling around Colorado paddling and partying. Making stops at the now infamous Glenwood Wave and running Pine Creek rapid and the numbers on the Arkansas. Having fun in the REV with all the good surfing to be had. Check out this video and see for yourselves.
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Jun
Teva Mountain Games
Team Pyranha was out in full force for the Mountain Games.
The first day kicked off with The Homestake Creek Race. I was able to lay down the fastest time on run one and the pressure was on for run number two. I ended up crashing a bit on the last drop which caused me the seconds I needed to end up in first. I am still stoked to have finished in second, the field of competitors out there was stout. Dave Fusilli finished in 9th, and the Seilers rounded out 18 and 22nd. There were around 60 male competitors this year, I can’t wait for next year.
04
Jun
Lyons Outdoor Games
The Seilers and I headed to Lyons CO for a sweet creek race and a little freestylin. Here is a video from the event:
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Jun
