Virginia was blessed with a wonderfully wet spring this year but now we’re solidly in the late-summer dolrums. Hot, humid days like these make us think of liquid refreshment in many forms; whether from the river or from a frosty pilsner glass. Luckily this area is seeing a veritable deluge of new brewpubs sprouting up like …
Monthly Archive: July 2011
28
Jul
Southampton University Students, Alumni and Friends take an Alpine Summer Adventure
At 9am, after driving along a spectacular mountain road with the rising sun, our mighty Laguna pulled majestically into the Vallouise campsite, nestled in the French Alps where the Gyr and the Onde coalesce into the Gyronde – because the French are creative like that. Eighteen hours of driving, ferrying and snacking (along with the …
28
Jul
Memory lane – 15 years of Pyranhas
This year’s 40 year anniversary of Pyranha has me reminiscing about times gone by and all of the fun that I’ve had in Pyranha boats over the last 15 years. I thought I would take a little walk down memory lane through my progression of various boats with some photos and video clips – it’s …
28
Jul
Bearwallow Creek first descent.
Coming up to spring break this year I hadn’t paddled much at all since Green Race, so I was very stoked to see everything running just as break started. The large amount of rain limited the amount of rivers we could paddle and we knew it would have to be something small…. Living less than …
25
Jul
Pacific Northwest photo spectacular
After spending most of the spring and early summer training for and competing in the the freestyle world championships, I had a few options for places to go paddling in July. I decided it was time for some paddling ‘just for fun’ and the best option would be to fly out to the Northwest and …
24
Jul
Demshitz surf for Stephen.
Recently we lost one of our good friends, a team paddler, and all around a great person, Stephen Forster. Â For those that were fortunate enough to know Stephen knew that he would brighten any eddy he was in and he always brought his big smile. Â This year Demshitz were in Montana when we got the …
23
Jul
Quebec Paddlefest
PaddleFest is organized by Mountain Equipment Coop every summer in order to give visibility to watersports in general. For Quebec City’s MEC, we have a terrific site near downtown with huge beach and stuff, next to St-Lawrence river. What was different this year?…the store agreed that it wasn’t the best spot to devellop the whitewater …
22
Jul
Masters of the Water in Sweden
After a good time in Sjoa the Team bus headed to sweden to visit a great event in the little town of Dala floda. James Venimore is the organizer of the “Masters of the Water”. If you want to compete you have to do three different kinds of competition. First a downriver race in a …
22
Jul
Past few weeks in Norway
Hi all Well over the last few week here in Norway there has been the Voss extreme sports week, Valldal summer games and Sjoa Fest. It is a pretty cool time of year to be a kayaker in Norway there are always great rivers to run, someone to paddle with and drink beers with… The …
21
Jul
Memoirs of the Fish – My early years 1997 – 2007
Having seen the great memories and photos paddlers have been uploading on www.pyranhafest.com to celebrate 40 years of the Fish, I was inspired to dig out some old photos on a recent visit to see my parents! I was surprised at how many photos I found, taking me right back to 1997 when I was …