Paddle Trips
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 [...]
This is amazing footage of a run done by Fred Norquist and friends on Dipper Creek, BC, in October 2010. Usually I’d have a hard time getting through an eleven-minute video but there’s something about this one that kept me glued to it the entire time – the drops are huge, the canyon setting is [...]
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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. Thanks to Matt [...]
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Blair Williams and Rob McKibbin were doing the Index to Split Rock Skykomish run a few days ago when the level was 5,000 cfs, which is actually kind of a tricky level for Boulder Drop, the big Class IV drop – the entrance can be a little less complicated in the 6,000 cfs range I think. [...]
Continue reading about Video: Playboat Kayaking Carnage on Boulder Drop, Skykomish River
OK, time to catch up on the myriad of blog postings I have not been putting on here. I just got back from nearly a month in Pennsylvania and yes, I did take a kayak out with me since I drove out – I have a strong feeling that it’s just wrong for a whitewater kayaker [...]
Continue reading about Kayaking the Lehigh River in December – Fun!
Whitewater kayaker Dan Patrinellis shot a nice helmet-cam video of himself and Scott (aka Fish) running Ernie’s Canyon on the North Fork of the Snoqualmie River the other day, I like it because after a lot of the drops Dan turns around to film Fish so you some good shots of the run looking upstream as well. [...]
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Dan Patrinellis posted this video on Professor Paddle today taken by Todd and Brendan Wells when they were kayaking the Green Truss section of the White Salmon recently. I don’t know those guys, but Dan says in the post that the guy in the blue Agent is only 17, pretty impressive! They both also have whitewater blogs with some [...]
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Dan Patrinellis was wearing a helmet camera when he got pinned on a low-water run of Icicle Creek about a week ago. Here’s his video – it took a while for him to get the throw bag, and he said the hairy moment came when he pulled his spray skirt and the boat went deeper [...]
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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. The funny part about this day is that [...]
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I could just as easily call this video “Why I love whitewater kayaking” because it’s a perfect example of everything that’s amazing about it – the beautiful surroundings, the thrill of whitewater and the great people you do it with. This is me, Rob McKibbin, Dave Moroles and Sam Grafton on Roadside Attraction on Icicle [...]
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