Florida

This picture was taken by one of our customers at the Confluence dealer appreciation event in November. This is Adam Motes and Myself surfing Hobie's stand-up paddleboard, we were laughing our asses off. One of the most fun times I've had. We spent about 5 hours surfing, paddleboarding, and kayak surfing 14 foot sea kayaks with the reps.....good times for sure!!!!

E.F. of the Lewis

I decided to head to the East Fork of the Lewis to join in on a trip that Heather had planned for a little creeking clinic this Sunday. It is a run that I hadn't done before and was looking forward to getting on it. The flow was super low though, and it would be a lot of fun at about triple the flow. Saturday, Jason, Tim and I did the farmland through the truss section of the white salmon and had a blast....that was a long day!!! Good exercise though!

Hoffstadt Creek

Today we decided to do something that none of us had been on before, Hoffstadt Creek. This little gem is full on right from start to finish! The crew consisted of myself, Heather Herbeck, Jason Schroeder, Ryan Scott and Lana Young. We had about twice the flow as the description on OregonKayaking.net and was just about right. A few of the drops probably could have used a bit more cfs, but we were just happy that it was in. We had a few log jams, some hellish portages caused by those log jams, and a crap load of fun! We put on at about 10:30 and didn't get off until dusk.....a great day and all of the hard work hiking out at the take-out was well worth it! Hoffstadt is pretty much a drainage straight off of Mt St. Helens, and is on the west side of the mountain.

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.