{"id":16461,"date":"2014-05-20T18:57:21","date_gmt":"2014-05-20T18:57:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/?p=16461"},"modified":"2014-05-20T18:57:21","modified_gmt":"2014-05-20T18:57:21","slug":"team-pyranha-at-adirondack-paddlefest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/team-pyranha-at-adirondack-paddlefest\/","title":{"rendered":"Team Pyranha at Adirondack Paddlefest"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Image<\/a>Each Spring the entire paddlesports industry (or at least it feels like it anyway) descends on the small town of Old Forge, New York for a weekend full of all things paddling. \u00a0The event is Mountain Man Outdoor Supply Company’s Adirondack Paddlefest. \u00a0Myself and fellow Team Pyranha paddler Tony Gianfagna held down the fort for Pyranha at the event. \u00a0We got people psyched on the new Burn, and answered every question under the sun about whitewater paddling. \u00a0On Saturday afternoon Tony and I teamed up to teach a very well attended rolling clinic for paddlefest participants. \u00a0We showed different types of rolls, got some cheers with hand rolls, and then someone asked the question, “what do you do if you can’t roll up?” \u00a0I lost the rock paper scissor decision had to demonstrate the wet exit. \u00a0We had a lot of fun with the folks who were watching. \u00a0There were certainly a few new whitewater paddlers in the crowd.<\/p>\n

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Friday of Paddlefest was almost a total “wash” due to the torrents of rain falling from the sky. \u00a0We got up really early on Saturday morning to see beautiful blue skies and the gauges on Tug Hill Plateau sky high. \u00a0We rushed out the door, loaded up the truck, and we were in the water before 8:00 AM. \u00a0Our good friend Eric Adsit provided us the necessary local knowledge to make a run of the seldom paddled “BrokeBack Gorge” (yes that is what it’s really called). \u00a0This unique gorge is a shale\/limestone crack in the middle of dairy farms as far as the eye can see. \u00a0It is a dreamy steep-walled canyon smack in the middle of farmland. \u00a0It is a bizarre geological anomaly that makes for some really fun paddling. \u00a0We made a quick run \u00a0of the multiple small drops and slides all the down to the super committing 35-footer that signifies the end of the gorge. \u00a0It was an unbelievable way to start the day.<\/p>\n

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Supporting Pyranha and Mountain Man Outdoor Supply Company at this year’s Paddelfest was probably the most fun yet. \u00a0It is always a good time getting to hang out with paddlers from other parts of the industry, getting people psyched on Pyranha, and \u00a0getting to do some awesome paddling at the same time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Each Spring the entire paddlesports industry (or at least it feels like it anyway) descends on the small town of Old Forge, New York for a weekend full of all things paddling. \u00a0The event is Mountain Man Outdoor Supply Company’s Adirondack Paddlefest. \u00a0Myself and fellow Team Pyranha paddler Tony Gianfagna held down the fort for … <\/p>\n

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