One of the harder rapids to navigate on Cherry Creek

Due to the low water year its slim pickins on where to go kayaking. Luckily we still have one of California’s classic class five runs. The Cherry Creek section of the Upper Tuolomne which runs six days a week and every other sunday. Dave Garringer a pyranha paddler placed first in the Class V Cherry Creek race with a time just over 36 minutes and Jason Hale coming in shortly behind Dave placing third. In the short boat class Scott Lingren came in first paddling the medium Burn. Overall the race was great with a fun party and live music to follow. Low water life in Cali is not so bad after all. Check back soon for some of the great play that the South Fork of the American has to offer.

On my first trip to BC I learned one thing.  10 days is not enough.  There are more rivers in BC than I could possibly paddle in a lifetime.  I had a great crew of people to paddle with, great water, and a ton of fun. 

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 This weekend was the Deerfield River Festival.  They tried a new event this year.  It was well organized by Zoar Outdoor Center’s Fergus Coffey.  The competition was a mass start down the Deerfield River, a run up the steep take-out hill, and a 8 mile bike ride.  The course was short, I figured it would take me a little under an hour to do the whole thing, and I knew it was going to hurt. 

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I am just now recovering from an epic weekend on the Black River in Watetown, NY.  There was a more casual competitive atmosphere than many other festivals, but there was no lack of quality kayaking and good times. 

 

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The Great Glen in Scotland is a beautiful part of the world, a fault line running diagonally across the highlands formed three long deep lochs (Loch Lochy, Loch Oich and Loch Ness) which were joined in the 1800’s by the Caledonian Canal, allowing boats to travel across the country from Fort William to Inverness. This seemed like the perfect summer mission for the Speeder. Read the rest of this entry »

With the typical ‘British summer’ rolling on [rain, rain, sun oh no more rain!], it was time to head to the French Alps in the search for cyrstal waters, good food all washed down with pleanty of fine wine…

  

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Heres a video with footage from the Green Truss and Little White Salmon in Washington State.