Sam G.
Here’s another one from the video chronicles of Dan Patrinellis – highlights of local whitewater kayaker Sam Grafton running all sorts of incredibly huge and difficult stuff in 2012. Some of the drops are on Tumwater Canyon (Wenatchee River), Top Tye Creek, Robe Canyon (Stillaguamish River), Skykomish River, the Chelan Gorge, and some BC runs [...]
Continue reading about Whitewater Kayaker Sam Grafton Fires It Up in 2012
So looking back on my old emails I see Dan Patrinellis gave me a heads up about posting this video on my blog over two months ago! Anyway, it still rocks – this is Index, WA kayaking superstar Sam Grafton running POW (Perfection of Whitewater) on Tumwater Canyon in summer of 2012. Tumwater is a [...]
Continue reading about Video: Sam Grafton Runs POW on Tumwater at 9,000 cfs
It was October 2008 when everyone’s favorite local paddler, Rob McKibbin, ran the 275-foot Sunset Falls in Index, WA – on his lunch break, for heaven’s sake, after which he geared back up for his contracting job and went back to work. The falls hadn’t been run since 1926, when daredevil Al Faussett drew a [...]
Continue reading about Video: Rob McKibbin on Sunset Falls – Plus A Little Something
OK, I hang my head in shame… I have not posted on this blog for nearly two months, and I guess it’s time for me to get on it before Ollie from New Zealand writes to me again to say, “What up?” Really, things have been busy. More on that later, maybe. In any [...]
Continue reading about Video: Upper Upper North Fork Skykomish Waterfall Run
Well I guess when someone writes to me from New Zealand asking why I haven’t posted on my blog for a while it’s time for me to finally get around to putting up some of the stuff I’ve been meaning to share on here. Thanks, Ollie, for the nudge! I don’t have the video done [...]
Continue reading about Video: Creature Craft Running Tumwater Canyon in Spring 2012
I was heading over to Leavenworth with my friend Betsy yesterday when I happened to see kayaks on the side of the road by the Tye River. Seeing as I’m in withdrawal from not having boated for nearly a month after messing up my back (can finally sneeze without having to hold on to furniture [...]
Continue reading about Video: Rob McKibbin and Sam Grafton Run Log Choke Falls
Since apparently I’ve been freaking people out lately with my posts about kayaking carnage, here’s some more cheerful fare. A couple of weeks ago I took the ACA (American Canoe Association) Instructor Certification Class run by Chris Jonason of Wave Trek Rescue in Index, WA. It was really a blast – a mix of great people taking [...]
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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
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 [...]
Continue reading about Video: Rob, Sam and Darren Running the Wall on Tumwater Canyon
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 [...]
Continue reading about Video: Me and Friends on Roadside Attraction, Icicle Creek