Being based in Okere Falls at the banks of the Kaituna for the summer is awesome. Amazingly beautiful location, super good folks to paddle with and an amazing local run to lap and lap everyday. Besides surf within 20 minutes drive and amazing mountain bike trails in Rotorua. Amazing sunsets on Rotoiti lake where the …
Category Archive: Competition Reports
Reports from the competions the Pyranha world team has been competing in.
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Feb
16
Dec
AWP World Series Champion 2013
I’m super stoked about taking my first AWP World Series Title for 2013! The AWP World Series is the World Cup of Extreme Kayak Racing, a series of 6 events (3 in Europe and 3 in north America) that determine the overall winner at the end of the season. The AWP World Series have been …
02
Dec
Fall ’13: Stikine+Sick-Line+Green Race
After two weeks on the Stikine with the rest of the Sick-Line crew I finally flew home after almost a year of travels up and down the American continent. The Stikine is one of the best rivers I’ve ever paddled, almost 100km, 100 big water rapids, 3 to a few hours on the river, you …
06
Nov
Hammering down the Green Race
Dropping into the crowd off Pencil Sharpener. Yes I took the P&H Hammer down the Green. Why did I do this? Well, mainly because it is the only longboat that I had to use. That and after paddling the Hammer a few times I was pretty confident I could make it down the Green just …
12
Aug
Washington and Beyond
With my time in Cali having come to a close, eyes were set back on Oregon, Washington and Idaho. Chris and I had made a date with Galen Volckhausen, Hunt Jennings and Jordan Poffenberger. We were on the road North and had a few hours to meet the boys at the car park for Sahalie …
29
Jul
4th Annual Callaghan Race 2013
The Callaghan river is about 14km out of Whistler, one of the most touristic/busiest towns I’m BC. Whistler is the ski mecca in the winter and for downhill and mountain bike in the summer, however there are many other things to do in this mountain village. The Callaghan flows from early season to mid summer …
25
Jul
Life on the West Side
Ever since I first started to kayak I had dreamed of going out west. This year with the snow pack low in California, it only made since to go to the Pacific Northwest. It all started at 4:30 am when Kevin Nunns and I started the drive across the country from Asheville, NC to the …
12
Jul
Callaghan Creek Race 2013!!!
Fellow Paddlers, The undisputed highlight of the Whistler, BC kayaking season is coming near with the annual Callaghan Creek Race. It is set for Saturday, July 20th. It will be a team race with groups of two trying to descent this classic creek as quickly and safely as possible. It is truly one of the …
25
Jun
The Payette River Games in Idaho!
 The first edition of the Payette River Games took place this last weekend on the banks of the North Fork of the Payette river in Cascade, Idaho. Cascade is a pretty little town in western Idaho, home of the Kelly’s White Water Park, a beautiful riverside park along the shores of the NF of the Payette …
17
Jun
The North Fork Championship
The North Fork Championship took place from June 6th-8th in Banks, Idaho on the North Fork of the Payette, one of the craziest rivers out there. Gradient + lots of granite + warm water = one of the sickest rivers ever! The event is organized by James Byrd and this year featured a long race …