Virginia’s monthly mountain lifestyle magazine, Blue Ridge Life, put its latest edition on the newstands this week. Inside is a multi-page article on the outstanding whitewater paddling in the area. They were even good enough to send a professional photographer to this year’s Goshen Pass Race back in March, then another shutterbug caught up to …
Monthly Archive: April 2013
30
Apr
Read and run fun in Pakistan
Pakistan has some very scary sections of whitewater in the summer months. However, tucked away amongst the crazy are some of my favorite sections anywhere in the world. I made a little video featuring what I consider to be the best four that I did last year: Joe
30
Apr
Pyranha On The Cover of LocalADK Magazine
Last week a brand new magazine was launched in New York State’s Adirondack Mountains. Â The magazine gives a fresh view of all of the exciting things there are to do in The United States’ largest land preserve. Â This is where I call home and I am very proud to be part of this fantastic project. …
27
Apr
The New Haven Race…Grassroots Creek Racing At It’s Finest
This Year I finally had the great pleasure of participating in the annual New Haven River Race near Bristol, Vermont. Â While I’ve been make the commute across Lake Champlain from New York to paddle the New Haven “Ledges” section for several years, this was the first chance I’ve had to make it to the race …
25
Apr
Birmingham University Kayak Club – Cardiff, Scotland and NSR
Scotland This Easter saw some of our intermediate and advanced paddlers head way up north to The Highlands for the club’s annual Easter Scotland trip. Joined by some friendly ex-members, a fun week was had by all, undeterred by irritatingly low water levels. Â In between paddling some beautiful gorges and a couple of runs …
22
Apr
High
For the last 9 months or so myself and a group of friends have been saving up footage for a paddling film. So if you’ve got 43 minutes going spare enjoy some high water from Kenya, Siberia, Pakistan, Meghalaya and the UK: Joe
18
Apr
Mexico 2012 Part II: The Big Banana
Below: Namesake, photo by Adam Goshorn After spending out first full day in Mexico paddling the Roadside section of the Rio Alseseca (see pictures and video HERE) we returned to Aventurec and ended up spending the evening drinking a few beers with German paddler Julian Schafer and Canadian paddlers Mikkel St. Jean-Ducan and Lianne Germaine, …
17
Apr
Te awa is our taonga (The river is our treasure)
No matter how many times I head overseas on a boating trip, I am always super stoked to come home and brace myself for what I know will be a huge NZL Spring and Summer! This season has been no different from those of the past, and now that I’m finally ready to say my …
17
Apr
Watauga Grand Prix
The Watauga “Grand Prix” took place this past weekend, consisting of a four mile downriver race through the class IV/IV+ Watauga gorge on saturday, and a Downriver Freestyle/Head to Head sprint rolling competition on various rapids throughout the gorge on sunday. The weekend was absolutely rad! Competitors came in from Asheville, Tennesee, Virginia, South Carolina …