Super Fun Weekend

We had a really fun weekend playboating the West Fork of the Hood on Saturday, and hitting up Canyon Creek on Sunday. I felt really strong this weekend, and even though we weren't paddling anything too tough, I really worked on stroke placement and technique and paddled the best I think I ever have. I had never run Canyon Creek before and it was at a medium high flow, which was a perfect level in my opinion. The fun factor on that creek leaves you getting off the river with a perma-grin and leaves you wanting more.

Snowy Weekend

We had a fun weekend around the Hood this past weekend! We didn't do anything epic, due to cold weather, but we had a lot of fun on our local runs: the West Fork of the Hood, the Upper Wind, and the White Salmon provided some good entertainment!

Virgin L-Dub Run

Well, I finally got my butt out on the Little White Salmon this weekend. A great crew that consisted of Myself, Ryan Scott, Nate Herbeck, Lana Young, Tao Berman, Austin Rathmann, Rob, and some Montana folk, A J and Robin. The level was around 3.2-3.3 or so and temps around 40 degrees. Ryan and A J had two days of "no portage" runs and the rest of us ran everything but Spirit. These guys wouldn't let me scout anything, which made me a bit nervous but it worked out good in the end. I had a few blown lines, and a couple of backwards runs down some mank but for as stout of a run that it is, I faired pretty well. This is a local favorite and is arguably one of the country's best continuous stretches of whitewater that demands a kayaker's respect!

AJ Running Spirit

Ryan in Sequence on Spirit

Good Weekend!

I headed down to Bend, Oregon this weekend to visit some friends and do some paddlin. I had never been down there before so figured, what the hell. Christina and I tinkered around on the Dillon to Lava section of the Deschuttes....and it was friggin cold, but we did it anyway. Then did a little hiking around.

Breitenbush Creek

A few of us decided to get out of town for the day and hit up something none of us had been on before. The Breitenbush is a class 3/4 creek with a run that spans about 10 miles long. This is a fun little creek to get on for the scenery alone. The rapids aren't anything to brag about, but it is definetly one of the most beautiful little rivers I have ever been on, and its suprisingly pretty deep in some area's.

A Day At The Coast

Jason and I headed to the Oregon coast on Saturday to hit some 6-13 foot waves. It was a damn good time and super tiring. Both of us got a little trashed on some pretty big ones, and we both had some really good rides. After about 4 hours of combat kayaking, both of us were so tired we could hardly function...glad I didn't drive!!!

Truss @ 2 ft on the Husum Gauge

We put on today with a great crew that consisted of Nate Herbeck, Ryan Scott, Lana Young, Jason Schroeder, Scott Z, and myself. Most of us ran it pretty much top to bottom, including myself. Ryan and Nate were the only two who fired up lower zig zag, which still has a log stuck in it. This a great level to run everything at. I got a couple of beat downs, but had a great day with mostly great lines none the less. BZ gave Jason and I a little run for our money, but worked out good! Lana was taking most of the action shots, these are just a few of mine.

Hit up the Truss

It was gorgeous ou ton Sunday, so a group of us decided to hop on the Truss of the White Salmon for a little fun! My Mom was in town and hiked in to BZ falls to watch us blue angel the drop and take pictures!

Low Water Wind River

A few of us decided to hit up the Wind River in the next valley over to huck some 10-15 footers and switch it up a bit today.