06
Jun
30
May
Check out our latest pics from SuperDink and South Silver in California – this is a lot of Granite!!
You can check out the full trip report and all of the photos at www.RiverGypsies.com.
Leland on SuperDink.
Andria runs Skyscraper on South Silver.
29
May
With plenty of sunshine – quite untypical for Lofer – and a nice water level, the second Extreme Race in Lofer, Austria took part last weekend. Spontaneously I decided to go there and was quite surprised, when I realized that I was the only girl competing. There was a single race for qualification first, followed by the boatercross. As I was faster than some of the boys, I competed in the boatercross. I must admit it is a little bit strange to compete against men, but still lots of fun.
24
May
We recently got to do most of the North Fork of the American River here in California – Including the legendary Generation and Giant Gap sections and some excellent river play in our Recoils on the Chamberlain Falls Section.
Here are a couple of teaser photos of the play – you can read a full report on all of the sections – including the new freestyle trick I invented – at RiverGypsies.com.
Have fun out there!
23
May
23
May
Its that time of year again! Spring has sprung, rains have swollen the rivers and there is time off work to go check out new runs. The other day we headed over to Eksingedale to try to run a river we rarely see with water. Eksingedale is an amazing valley, starting with a well know ‘Lake to Lake’ drop the river then flows over 5 ridiculously large waterfalls before flowing to what we hoped would be a runnable section! Little did we know….
23
May
Leland and I have headed to Northern California to research more rivers for our new guidebook, The River Gypsies’ Guide to North America. The North Yuba drainage turned out to be a class III/IV paddling destination dream!
Check out our full update at RiverGypsies.com
Recoiling the big one on the Goodyear’s Bar play run.
22
May
My brother and I enjoyed an awesome paddling weekend in Lofer/Austria. Thanks to the rainfall the week before, we were able to run the gorge several times in our Ammos and had heaps of fun. Perfect water level, perfect weather, perfect weekend!
21
May
After years of the Peak UK Challenge series Pete Astles has decided to take a break. Step up Jim from Alpkit and a slightly changed format and you get the Plastic Fantastic Alpkit Kayak Series. Round 1 was at the River Washburn in the UK and with a Boater X, Alpjam, Freestyle and a Pyranha Speeder Race, you were guaranteed a great event!!
18
May
