{"id":6861,"date":"2011-03-17T14:43:07","date_gmt":"2011-03-17T14:43:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/?p=6861"},"modified":"2011-03-17T14:43:07","modified_gmt":"2011-03-17T14:43:07","slug":"paddle-with-team-pyranha","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/paddle-with-team-pyranha\/","title":{"rendered":"Paddle with Team Pyranha"},"content":{"rendered":"

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As my winter season is quickly coming to an end here at Alta Utah I am getting more and more fired up for the 2011 kayak season.\u00c2\u00a0 This is the end to a very epic year and the beginning of an even better one.\u00c2\u00a0 With Pyranha kayaks leading the charge in whitewater I can’t help, but be excited for what’s next.\u00c2\u00a0 Last year I was super stoked with our new boats.\u00c2\u00a0 The Burn I thought “how the hell could you make that boat better”?\u00c2\u00a0 Well, they did!\u00c2\u00a0 In that same season we came out with our new playboat; the Molan.\u00c2\u00a0 I cannot wait to get back in this boat!!\u00c2\u00a0 So excited!!\u00c2\u00a0 At first I was so fired up on how easy it was to do the tricks I knew. \u00c2\u00a0 Shortly after that I started trying moves I could not do so easily.\u00c2\u00a0 Those moves shortly became part of my bag of tricks.\u00c2\u00a0 Don’t forget about the river running playboat; the Varun.\u00c2\u00a0 I first test drove this whip at Gauley Fest.\u00c2\u00a0 I must be honest.\u00c2\u00a0 I’m not really the river running playboat type.\u00c2\u00a0 Usually I find them a bit sluggish, and just not as much fun for my personal style.\u00c2\u00a0 I was so surprised with this boat’s performance that I convinced Pyranha to let me take the only one they had in the country….. haha true story.\u00c2\u00a0 The boat was fast, and I was having a blast squirting every eddy line\u00c2\u00a0 down the Gauley.\u00c2\u00a0 Plus,\u00c2\u00a0 I could do everything I could do in my Molan!\u00c2\u00a0 The Varun is just a better river running kayak.\u00c2\u00a0 Home run I say.\u00c2\u00a0 So, things are looking great for this upcoming season.\u00c2\u00a0 I have every boat I could ask for and they all kick a$%.\u00c2\u00a0 New this year is the Loki.\u00c2\u00a0 I’m not going to feed you a bunch of crap saying this boat is best boat in the world, well, because I haven’t even paddled it yet.\u00c2\u00a0 I do know that it is more of an old school playboat.\u00c2\u00a0 It has long slicey ends, but with a new twist, which includes much better outfitting than your old prozone laying in the back yard and the speed of a modern day hull.\u00c2\u00a0 Some of you younger paddlers may be wondering what the hell we are making this long slicey boat for.\u00c2\u00a0 Well, I will tell you because people want it.\u00c2\u00a0 I challenge some of you out there to get in this boat and tell me it’s not a blast. Bet you can’t.\u00c2\u00a0 I am lucky enough to still be paddling as much as I can with my dad, Big Dave.\u00c2\u00a0 What comes with paddling with your dad other than hoping he will roll back up after missing a huge high brace……his friends.\u00c2\u00a0 What I’m saying is the older playboater and some younger ones want the length.\u00c2\u00a0 They want to easily bow stall, stern stall, squirt and have the speed to shred a two foot wave all day.\u00c2\u00a0 The Loki is the answer.<\/p>\n

I will soon be back in the Pyranha van and back on the road.\u00c2\u00a0 This year is even more busy than before.\u00c2\u00a0 With a great group of paddlers making up our team I know we will have an even better year than the last.\u00c2\u00a0 From the local Pyranha paddler to the head of the office; Pyranha is a great group of people.\u00c2\u00a0 I will leave Alta on March 20th.\u00c2\u00a0 Drive straight to PA to pick up all my necessities for the kayak season.\u00c2\u00a0 Jersey Paddler will be my next stop, followed by a tour of the northeast.\u00c2\u00a0 I know most of you have started your season, but hold tight;\u00c2\u00a0 Team Pyranha is coming, and probably to a town near you.\u00c2\u00a0 Can’t wait to see you on the river!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As my winter season is quickly coming to an end here at Alta Utah I am getting more and more fired up for the 2011 kayak season.\u00c2\u00a0 This is the end to a very epic year and the beginning of an even better one.\u00c2\u00a0 With Pyranha kayaks leading the charge in whitewater I can’t help, … <\/p>\n

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