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Where NOT to Be In Boulder Drop at Around 1800 cfs

I thought of calling this post “Boulder Drop Never Used To Be This Way!” because that was JP’s outraged-sounding remark when, after a day of serious hole/multiple swimmer carnage on Boulder Drop at a medium to low flow he noticed that – adding injury to insult – the bow of Jon Griffin’s playboat was also […]

Video: Joe Howard Gets Launched on 50-50 on the Ashlu

Mike Nash, Joe Howard, Brad Xanthopoulos, and Dave Moroles all headed up to BC last weekend to run the Box Canyon of the Ashlu River, also known as Commitment Canyon. There’s plenty of good headcam footage that may someday make it onto here, and in the meantime here’s a clip of Joe Howard (aka Super […]

Whitewater Kayaking Classes Around Seattle in 2012

If you’re looking for whitewater kayaking classes in the Seattle area in 2012, here are two you’ll want to check out. First off, the Whitewater Fever class run by Northwest Outdoor Center – this is the class that taught me how to roll and helped get me started many years ago. (I then did absolutely […]

Video: Whitewater Kayaking the Final Chelan Gorge Release in 2011

Dan Patrinellis put together this really nice video of the last Chelan Gorge release this summer – sadly, it looks like that was the last release for years to come. Word on the eddyline is that the water was warm and, as you can see, it was a gorgeous weekend. [HTML1] Rob McKibbin did a […]

When Things Go Wrong on the River – And How to Get Out of a Hole

Scott Henderson posted a really poignant account a while ago on Professor Paddle about how he nearly didn’t make it out of a hole on the Middle Middle run on the Snoqualmie – a mostly Class III run with a pretty easy IV section that most of us Seattle area paddlers are used to bombing after […]

Video: Icicle Creek Kayaking from Icicle.tv

Dave Moroles gave me a heads up about this really nicely done Icicle Creek kayaking video from the Icicle.tv site. It’s also a great site to find all kinds of videos about outdoor activities in the Leavenworth-Wenatchee area. [HTML1] This video is mostly Marco Colella and Rob McKibbin (I guess they’re OK boaters :)), plus some others including Darren Albright, […]

Would YOU Kayak With These Guys? :)

Last Wednesday when the weather forecasters were calling for a torrential dumping of lowland snow around Seattle I was happy to hear that Dave Moroles was still game for trekking out to the Skykomish for a run – and Rob McKibbin said if we showed up he would have to go, of course. It turned out […]

Video: Whitewater Kayakers on Icicle Creek Middle Section

This is the video that got me started looking for whitewater kayaking slalom instructional videos (my previous post). It’s a bunch of kayakers on the Class V Middle section of Icicle Creek outside of Leavenworth, WA, one of my favorite places, and includes footage of Ricochet, The Sieve, Horseshoe and The Plunge. [HTML1] Thanks to […]

Video: Carbon River Whitewater

Matt Kurle posted this video on Professor Paddle not long ago of himself, Adrian Wigston, Dave Moroles and Joe Howard (aka Super Joe) running the Carbon River – it’s really nice. And, for those so inclined, yes, there is some carnage. [HTML1] Matt has a lot of good videos on his YouTube channel, which my […]

Video: Rob, Sam and Darren Running the Wall on Tumwater Canyon

Early in July I got some footage of Rob McKibbin, Sam Grafton and Darren Albright running the Wall on Tumwater Canyon at 4900 cfs. Darren is first, then Sam (notice the feisty hole ride he takes nearly halfway through) and then Rob, of course in his playboat. [HTML1] The funny part about this day is […]

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