Videos
Team River Runner is a stellar non-profit organization that helps wounded veterans and their families “find health and healing through whitewater” by teaching them how to kayak. My kayaking friends from Texas who came out here last summer (on a trip I have yet to blog about, of course) – Ben Kvanli, Jennifer Kerr and Kelly Howard, [...]
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Here’s a video that Jessie McCarthy posted on Professor Paddle a while ago. It’s a good example of how you can run something no problem one time and then the next time be a little bit off and turn into a cautionary tale. Watch the rescue and see how many things go wrong.
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Matt Kurle and Dan Patrinellis put together this really nice video of local paddlers on some beautiful and gnar-filled runs. When you think about it, it’s amazing how many good paddlers and dedicated kayaking film-makers we have in this area. Not to mention rivers that run all year, and some of the best scenery ever. Gee, [...]
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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. Icicle Creek Kayaking – Leavenworth Wa from Skipow Visuals on Vimeo. This video is mostly Marco Colella and Rob McKibbin (I guess [...]
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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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As usual, after watching videos of my friends creeking Class V, I went searching for some instructional videos on kayaking slalom technique because I know I’m weak in the eddy-catching / boat control department. After plugging around for a while I finally found this awesome site called Canoe Slalom Technique that has a big section [...]
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I just love this video of a girl being taken down Itanda Falls rapid on the Nile River in the front seat of a tandem kayak. I think Anton Immler from Triberiders is the one behind her, although you never see him – he’s a really good kayaker and it looks like they actually roll a few times, [...]
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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. [...]
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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. Matt has a lot of good videos on his YouTube channel, which my friend [...]