{"id":23147,"date":"2022-11-29T08:40:11","date_gmt":"2022-11-29T07:40:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/?p=23147"},"modified":"2022-11-29T15:20:19","modified_gmt":"2022-11-29T14:20:19","slug":"back-to-mexico","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/back-to-mexico\/","title":{"rendered":"Back to Mexico!"},"content":{"rendered":"
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My third trip to Mexico and my third time taking a different Pyranha Kayak. On my first trip, I took the original 9R<\/a> and loved the skips I was getting, but felt it was a bit twitchy on some moves at my weight. On the second trip, I took the Machno<\/a>, which was rock solid and dependable, but it lacked the magic of the 9R. On my third trip, I took the Scorch<\/a>, and I was blown away!\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Coming back to Mexico, I am always shocked at how good the kayaking is in Veracruz. Just a few short car rides away from the Aventurec hostel<\/a>, there are several sections which range from tight slides through the jungle, to perfect class four pool drops, and all the way up to stacked series of big waterfalls. Trips here are always a little bit rowdy as you can literally go as big as you want.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n

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I warmed up on the Big Banana section. This piece of river starts at the base of the 128ft Big Banana falls, and it was really special to see this waterfall again after a successful descent a few years ago. A behind-the-series story to that descent is that the owner of Pyranha texted me to congratulate me afterwards and asked me to bring the Machno I used back to the UK for his kayak museum. I meekly told him I couldn\u2019t because I needed to sell it to pay for my stay and the next plane ticket. The next text I got was Graham telling me he had paid the full retail price of the Machno into my account and to make sure I and the kayak got home safe. Pretty cool move by the Boss!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Air Canada lost my Large Scorch and Aventurec kindly lent me a medium to use until mine showed up. The Medium Scorch is a weapon for someone my size; I can pick that thing up and throw it around at will, but on pushier moves where I want to let the kayak ride and look ahead to spot the key move to take, it can get pushed around. The Large, on the other hand, sits there and rides over all the small features leading up to a big move and really allows me to set up for it carefree. That being said, I had a great first lap back in the Medium!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

My kayak was rescued from the airport by some of the up-and-comers also on the trip, many thanks to Zach and Kaelin for bringing me my babies! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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