Rob M.

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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Irene on July 6th, 2010

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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Irene on April 5th, 2010

Leland posted a link on Professor Paddle to his nice review of the 2010 Pyranha Burn, here’s a link to his blog post with the entire Pyranha Burn review on the River Gypsies website.  There are a lot of good photos and he goes into quite a bit of depth about the various paces he put [...]

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Back on a gorgeous day in February I joined up with Pete Gott and Rob McKibbin on a venture to see if they could do something spectacular in the whitewater kayak surfing department by towing Rob behind Pete’s motorboat on the Skykomish River.  Amazingly, Rob was doing 360s within the first few tows, although I [...]

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Irene on November 11th, 2009

Yesterday Brett Barton, Rob McKibbin and I met up with Rick Paag and Chuck Kapise at Split Rock wave on the Skykomish River.  Here’s the video of those guys surfing it at around 5200 cfs (Chuck’s not in this one but I have a bunch more to post later that he’s in.) The actual best [...]

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