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1st Annual New Haven Race

by | Jun 2, 2009 | Heros, Whitewater

By Damon Bungard June 1, 2009 The New Haven river near Bristol, VT is one of my favorite resources in the state. It’s probably the most consistently runnable, good Class 4/5 whitewater in VT, and the lower sections are also some of the best places to spend some...

California Oregon Boating

by | May 27, 2009 | Heros, Kid's Kayaks, Whitewater

By Jessie Stone This time of the year is unbeatable in California and Oregon. No matter what the snow pack is, there is always good boating to be done! Juerg and I headed to Coloma after the Reno River Festival to see what we could paddle and to visit our good friend...

Sweet Cheeks Review

by | May 21, 2009 | Heros, Whitewater

Revelation! I just learned how to take the greatest boat design in the history of kayaking and make it one step better! So, revelation indeed. EJ, for all of the talk of your sweet cheeks being about comfort and a bit of extra "umph" in regards to...

Pine Creek Falls

by | May 15, 2009 | Heros, Kid's Kayaks, Whitewater

By Lauren Burress has about a mile class I II paddle in. Then you see a huge horizon line, make sure you eddy out. This is the 30 foot waterfall. After watching everybody do at least one run off the waterfall, and getting pointers from everyone. I decided to run it!...

Clay's Spring Deluge Report #2

by | May 12, 2009 | Heros, Kid's Kayaks, Whitewater

Photos By Clay Wright Finally broke away from the thundering torrent at Rock Island just in time to meet Jeff West and David Levett for their 7th lap of Bear Creek for the day! For those that don’t know, Bear drops about 900 feet in 3.5 miles and is considered...

Clay runs (sneaks) Seive City 61,000

by | May 4, 2009 | Heros, Whitewater

By Clay Wright What a Spring! 4.5” rain yesterday on top of 2” the day before… haven’t seen 62,000 cfs here in years! All I’ve got is a cell-phone shot from Tara, but that’s my Hero – the little red dot bottom left of Seive...

Arr! A pirates life for me

by | May 4, 2009 | Heros, Whitewater

By Darin McQuoid Hearing the name Deadman’s Alley conjours up visions of buccanears and pirate ships, not a nice big granite set of drops. Triple Drop is now the more common, and generic name for a rapid on the East Fork Kaweah that was once known as...

Clay visits NOC Demo Days

by | Apr 27, 2009 | Dynamic Duo, Heros, Whitewater

By Clay Wright The weather was HOT and so were the deals at NOC demo days, and the boats were sure moving! While the incredible staff from NOC instruction taught free rolling clinics ALL weekend, and had set up the play-wave for nice right blunts, the Lil Hero was our...