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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: Boofing Ned’s Needle on Boulder Drop, Skykomish River

Unbeknownst to me, Dave Morrison was taking video last Saturday on our Skykomish River run through Boulder Drop. Here are the videos of us going through Ned’s Needle at around 2,000 cfs, a friendly level at which the horizontally recirculating eddy below the drop is not really in play. (I hear that at over 4,000 […]

Whitewater Kayaking Back Deck Roll Videos

So a word of caution before I get started here – I tweaked my shoulder trying a back deck roll the wrong way at the pool the other week, so there’s definitely a point to learning correct technique before you start plunging around. I should also mention that I still don’t know how to do […]

What Whitewater Kayakers Do When Normal People are Asleep

Every Wednesday night in the fall through spring kayakers gather at the Helene Madison Pool in Seattle to practice Eskimo rolls, bracing and playboating tricks. Seeing as the sessions start at 8:30 pm and go until 10:30 pm this can make you feel like a bit of a vampire – but it’s a great way to practice […]