A group of eight of us had another great year down on the Gauley river last weekend! The weather was in the 50's two of the days, and 70's the other two days....it wasn't as crowded as last year, but that was a good thing. They were releasing at 3200 cfs instead of 2800 for some reason. Great time!!
Fun weekend paddling the Wolf and Piers and did some great biking around the U.P. area too!! We did a 2 mile decsent in the dark....awesome...did some intense deer and bear shit dodging!
Caught the Fibark Whitewater Festival the first weekend we were out there. All the pro's were there, new tricks were invented and huge air was had. Stephen Wright won the National Mens Championship title, and Tanya Shuman won the women's. We paddled just about the whole Arkansas River stretch between Granite and Canyon City!! Royal Gorge, Granite throught the Numbers, Browns Canyon.....and of course topped our evenings off at the Salida rodeo hole. Probably the best hole in the country....Had an amazing time!
Craig and i headed up to Manitoba for a nice 5 day weekend to do some surfing at Sturgeon Falls. Had some run-ins with some thunderstorms that were pretty interesting, and cruised up in the new ride, which was only getting about 20mpg with the boats up top. Met Steve (from Madison) and his son, and a friend of theirs from CO that everyone likingly called "Grandpa" up there the third day, then the forth day drove up to Whitemud, if you like big meaty waves/holes, Whitemud is the place to get your groove on. So much fun!!!
Team Funk cruised up to Minnesota's North Shore last week and hooked up with the Duluth crew for an awesome weekend. We ran Two Island, the Poplar, Kadunce and the Brule.
Brock, Montana Mark, Brian, Nick and Myself cruised up to the U.P. for a great weekend. We hit Falls Creek four times, and the Slate twice. We were lucky enough to catch the Slate while it was in, chances are that will be the only time it runs this year. A few boaters from Madison, and a bunch from IL met us up there to make a great crew of people to be around. The weather was also pretty nice!
Brock got a group of us together Wednesday night to suprise Joe for a paddle down the mighty Vermillion in IL. Ended up paddling through sundown, and couldn't have asked for a nicer night. Have fun and be safe out in Colorado Joe!! Its not going to be the same without you around here man-
The crew went down to NC last weekend to hit up the Green. Awsome weather, upper 70's and sunny, and the only carnage anyone saw was my poor little Huka, its got a nice little dimple in its nose now.
