4 Days in the Northwest

At the end of the spring semester, I made the move out to Hood River, Oregon with my girlfriend for the summer. We took our time getting out there making stops in Colorado, The Tetons, and Yellowstone to explore some new stuff on the way and do some kayaking.

Camping at the Tetons

Eventually making it over to Boise, I made it up to the infamous North Fork of The Payette River for a stellar day of big water paddling. Huge thanks to Michael Thurmond and James Byrd for showing me the lines out there!

Rocketing through rodeo hole in Jacobs Ladder

After an awesome day on the Middle and Lower North Fork, I got the call from some friends in Hood saying that Eagle Creek was probably going to be in the next day.  So we packed up and made the drive to the Hood in the middle of the night not wanting to miss out on the opportunity to run some of the best, cleanest waterfalls anywhere! I remember back when “brotaco” falls was first run and I was just getting into kayaking, so it was awesome to get to go to this amazing place I have heard of and seen since I first started. We had an awesome crew of all Southeast chargers go in there and fire up the shit! Dylan Mckinney, Kevin Nunns, Steve Mcgrady, Jordan Poffenburger, Chris Morelli, and Hunt Jennings. Everyone charged both 40 and 80 footers with great lines!

Punchbowl Falls

Brotaco Falls

The next day we headed out to the classic PNW creek, the Little White Salmon.  Crystal clear deep blue water, great boofs and a super clean 35 foot waterfall make this one of the best creeks in the country. We got 2 laps in preperation for the Little White Race the next day.

Spirit Falls

Dylan Mckinney and I teamed up and ended up taking 5th place in the teams division. The race course was awesome, it all flowed together really well and was super continuous and long making endurance a big factor.

Ldub Race 2013

Those 4 days were awesome getting on some of the best runs of the northwest, I am definetly stoked to spend a full summer out here kayaking! Stay tuned for more updates from out here…

Clay