 The first few days have flown by, the weather is fantastic and other than the low water levels in the Alps this year things are going well. We kicked off the trip by taking the new Loki out for a spin on the local rafting run. The next two days were spent in support …
Monthly Archive: May 2011
20
May
Obertalcreek / Austria
Nice shot from Daniel Egger at the beginning of the Obertalcreek gorge ! Paddler: Robert Machacek More Pics and Videos hopefully soon on www.vboyz.at cu on the river !!!
18
May
18
May
Euro Tour 2011
The team bus sets of this afternoon, stacked high with brand spanking new demo boats and driven by some of the lovely team Pyranha paddlers, the van will soon be at an event near you so feel free to join us for a paddle, a beer or just some boat geekery… The Van in all …
16
May
Searching for water at Easter Holidays…
Upper Obersulzcreek.. low water but steep !!! Talbachgorge  Paddler: Robert Machacek Photo by: Alois Lindner Searching a line !!! Michi Schneebichler Heres a short Video of the Talbachgorge in Styria. Heres a Short Video of the Talbachgorge !! Talbachklamm cheers Robert !!
16
May
Red Bull Canal Crashers
Well I’ve been here in Richmond, VA all weekend competing at the annual Dominion River Rock Festival and I don’t even know where to start. I arrived early Friday afternoon to do some boating on the Lower James and checked out Z-Dam with my friend Max Posner who is a very well-known Richmond boater. Later …
13
May
Raundalen warm up
Here is a little clip from my first trip on the Reimegend section or the Raundalselva this year. It was a little cold but well worth it as this section is full of none stop class 4 and a couple you will probably walk round. The Raundalselva is also under threat from Voss kommune wanting …
13
May
Why I love Wales
The passport has been put away for another few months and I have returned once again to Wales, UK. I often get asked why I don’t move from this country and live in Nepal. Since I spend so much time in this great Himalayan country. I often think, perhaps it would be a good place …
12
May
Midwest Update – 2011
Already six weeks into a stellar 2011 season, the rivers of the Lake Superior region have produced our relatively small paddling community with another year of fantastic whitewater. Under The Log Rapid, Split Rock River, Minnesota. Fueled by annual snowmelt and teeming with long bedrock slides, ledge drops, and vertical waterfalls, many paddlers foreign to …