A Few Random Shots

Upper Yellowjacket Cr- WA

The other week we hit up Yellow Jacket Creek in WA. We decided to explore the upper section a bit and see what was up there. We ended up running into a 45 footer that was runnable, but with fairly high consequence due to a fairly small landing zone caused by rock. These shots are all taken by Christie G, and Dave Hoffman, thanks guys!

Hitting The Trails

Its no secret that the mountain bike trails in and around Hood River are some of the greatest on this side of the country, so we have been taking full advantage of it! The last couple of weeks I have definitely been on my bike more than in my kayak, which is a nice switch-up. Unfortunately, one of our favorite trails, 8-track, is getting logged within the next few days. Not the worst thing in the world, and I guess it will get us out on some different trails, but its a great single track and it will be missed! Here are a few crummy shots from last Sunday-I meant to get some of 8-track, but kinda forgot I had a camera on me.

West Coast Women's WW Festival

Last weekend Husum hosted the first annual West Coast Women's WW Festival on the White Salmon hosted by Heather Herbeck and Christina Russell. They had a pretty good turn out and it was fun to watch all of the events take place, with the 8-ball race being the most entertaining. A BBQ Saturday evening was a great excuse to hang out and socialize and was a lot of fun!

Lochsa River-Idaho

My roomate and I decided to hit up the Lochsa for a chnge of pace and to get on some big water with the playboats. This run reminded me a lot of the New River Gorge in WV. The flow was around 12,000 CFS and there were a ton of huge waves to play around in! We met up with a huge crew from Missoula that makes regular trips out here to the Hood and had a blast!

Some Photo's

Good couple of Weeks

The last couple of weekends have been unforgettable. Last weekend I was in Colorado for CKS's Paddle Fest hanging out with friends, paddling and working the event. Did some playboating and did a quick run down Gillmans Gorge on the way out on Sunday. This weekend I had the pleasure of having the company of a special lil lady from Asheville. We had a great weekend and did a lot of hiking and sea kayaking, which I forgot that I really love to do! We hiked up to the top of Multnomah Falls, a 550 ft waterfall and continued up stream to check out some of the drops that were up there. We also hiked into Eagle Creek to show her one of the most scenic valley's in the gorge. Then Saturday squeezed in some sea kayaking and hooked up with Boomer and his little lady to hang out for the evening- good fun!

A Weekend in Idaho

We cruised over to Idaho for Ryan Scott's video premiere in Boise for Northwest Video Scrapbook VI, which was a great time in itself aside from kayaking. The crew consisted of myself, Keel Brightman, Ryan Scott and Lana Young and Mike, a Boise loco. We started out Saturday morning with a 2 hour session on Climax Wave on the Payette. The wave wasn't at optimal flows, but still nice enough to throw some huge blunts and have some fun! Later that day we hit up the South Fork of the Payette in our playboats and laughed at each other stern squirting down the run, all feeling a bit hung over from the night before, which also had some really fun play on it! Sunday we decided to hop on a creek that has only been run a hand full of times and it turned out to be a little low, but still very runnable and absolutely breathtaking. This run, the Succor, was 6-7 miles of pure beauty. It had some good rapids, no huge drops, but continuous throughout and fun. We put on about 1 in the afternoon and got off the river about 8 o'clock and started our 5 hour trek home to Hook River. A great weekend!