Below: Adam Goshorn on Little River Falls, photos by Pat Smith Sure, spring doesn’t officially begin until March 20th, but the seasonal rotation in my life doesn’t exactly follow the official guidelines. This year, my winter was composed of back to back trips, first another raft-supported trip on the Grand Canyon and then down to …
Tag Archive: Pyranha
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Jul
Mexico 2012 Part IV: The Upper Jalacingo
If you’re wondering if there are still new rivers out there waiting to be discovered, consider the fact that paddlers only started exploring sections of the Rio Jalacingo in 2008 and a full top to bottom descent wasn’t done until 2010. This is even more telling when you consider that the Jalacingo flows into the …
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May
Mexico 2012 Part III: Zapotitlan
Below: Adam Goshorn in one of the many canyon sections, photo by Matt Beauchamp Our third full day in Mexico was spent running a nine-mile section of the Upper Rio Bobos, putting in near Zapotitlan (If you missed the first two parts of this trip report, you can find Part I HERE and part II …
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May
European Team Tour 2013
The Team will be visiting the festivals and rivers around Italy, Austria, France, Germany, Norway and Sweden this year. 21st – 26th May Val Sesia River Festival Campertogno, Italy 1st – 2nd June Soca Rapids Master Positive Sport Kobarid, Slovenia 8th June Drau Rodeo La Ola River Drau, Austria 9th June Augsburg Demo Kanu Treff …
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Apr
Mexico 2012 Part II: The Big Banana
Below: Namesake, photo by Adam Goshorn After spending out first full day in Mexico paddling the Roadside section of the Rio Alseseca (see pictures and video HERE) we returned to Aventurec and ended up spending the evening drinking a few beers with German paddler Julian Schafer and Canadian paddlers Mikkel St. Jean-Ducan and Lianne Germaine, …
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Apr
Mexico 2012 Part 1: The Roadside Alseseca
Below: Matt Beauchamp walking to the put-in, photo by Adam Goshorn Below: Matt Beauchamp on one of the more vertical drops, photo by Adam Goshorn For seven out of the last eight winters I have been lucky enough to make the annual drive south …
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Apr
NANO!
Check out this video Chris Stafford and I put together, with help filming from Graham Seiler and Isaac Levinson. The Nano is such a fun boat. With no other boats like it on the market, this boat is destined to excel. It does it all from River running, playing, creeking, and it’s even perfect for …
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Mar
Grand Canyon Round IV: Media Dump
Below: The daily commute, by Julia Fore For the forth time in as many years, on November 27, 2012 I found myself back at Lees Ferry Arizona launching once again into the waters of the Colorado River to float through the magical landscape of the Grand Canyon. My most recent previous trip had been a speedy, seven-day, self-support …
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Mar
Fusions in Hells Canyon!
Here is a little edit from our 4-day/3-night, self-support run down Hells Canyon of the Snake River in Idaho in late June 2012. Â If you missed the write-up and photos, they can be seen HERE. John was paddling the Medium Fusion on this trip while I was paddling the Large. Both performed awesome in big …
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Nov
SAS Hurley Rodeo 2012
After many years of cancellations and disappointing waterlevels, this year’s Hurley Rodeo was back with full force. The River gods smiled on us, and there were perfect waterlevels: Hurley Weir was on three gates. Kayakojacko put great deal of effort into organising the event, and there was a full program. An open event counting towards …