Within a year of learning how to roll, I put a Uganda trip to surf the Nile Special on my ‘to-do’ list. For the past 3 years I have been haphazardly making plans and searching flights to Entebbe, hoping to check it all out before the dam flooded the top section. Finally, this November Craig …
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09
Oct
Fast and slow Adidas Sickline
Fast and slow Another great year of the Adidas Sickline race is over. The results are in, the final ceremony is over and competitors around the world are heading back home or on to their next adventure. After two weeks of training, racing, sleeping and eating with the world elite in extreme kayak racing I …
20
Sep
North Harper Falls Park and Huck
Late summer in the southeast doesn’t leave a whole lot of options for kayaking except on dam release runs. Wanting to get on something new, myself and a small crew went and checked out North Harper Falls, a waterfall in the Upper Wilson Creek Drainage. After a 2 mile hike/bushwack, we found a huge runnable …
06
Aug
Frauenweissen – creek / Austria
Yesterday we had nice waterlevel on the Frauenweissen-creek. Normally the waterlevel is ok for the lower drops, but to high for the upper section.. So we had the pleasure to run the upper section yesterday evening 🙂 Myself in the big slide on the upper section chilling at the lower drops !!
04
Aug
California Dreaming
The Seiler brothers running one of many waterfalls on the N.F. American River “Royal Gorge” photo: Robby Hogg Sunday morning July 10th 2011 I awoke with a plan. After catching word from friends the previous week about the classic California class 5 overnighters’ finally “dropping in” to runnable levels, a dream inspired me to hop …
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 …
23
Jun
Once Were Warriors – Demo Day in Voss – Norway – 09/07/2011
Pyranha Demo Day in Voss Pyranha Demo Day with The Pyranha Van crew and Allan Ellard, Mike Abbott, Lizzie Bell and Andy Phillips. Come and try out the boats you wish you owned and then maybe buy one! The Van and crew will be parked in the Car Park just up stream of the Money …
14
Jun
Demshitz hit Glenwood & Alpine Quest Vail Demo
After the Teva Mountain Games we spent a couple of days surfing Glenwood Springs Wave at ideal levels before heading back to Vail for a Kayak Demo Session with Alpine Quest Sports. We had fun playing with the bladders to adjust the Vail hole and trying to avoid hypothermia while throwing loops with our buddies …
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 !!!
19
Mar
Winter pool sessions
So while people were out paddling in the freezing cold, I got to take it easy and stay nice and warm teaching in pools. I got to spend my time teaching kids, adults, and everyone in between. Its awesome to see more kids out and learning this sport 🙂 And then of course, I got …