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 …
Category Archive: Competition Reports
Reports from the competions the Pyranha world team has been competing in.
10
Jun
The Little White Race
The third edition of the Little White Salmon Race hosted by World Class Kayak Academy took place last Sunday on the mighty Little White Salmon in Washington. With 59 racers the event just keeps getting bigger and bigger, and the big amount of locals boaters that know the run to perfection makes for a pretty competitive …
29
May
US Team Trails – Demshitz Style
Well the US Team Trials is now officially over and Demshitz made our mark on the freestyle world. Â This September the Freestlye World Championships will be held at the Nantahala Outdoor Center in Bryson City, NC, and Demshitz wanted a piece of the action. Â Click for the full story.
28
May
The Pacific North West – part 2
We also attended the North West Creeking Comp at the East Fork of the Lewis and Canyon Creek. The NWCC was good fun with many laps at Sunset, one of the best waterfalls to get started and a couple races down the Lewis, a short section but with some nice rapids in a tight canyon. …
20
May
The James River, Richmond River Rocks
The James River in Richmond Virgina has multiple play spots, good attainment routes, and small creek lines. This is all located right in downtown Richmond. I have been to Richmond several times to paddle on the James and it’s always entertaining. Every time I end up at the take out for the Richmond town run …
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 …
03
Mar
Futa Fest 2013
Futa Fest happened the last weekend of February 2013, from the 21st till the 24th. Everything happens at Cara del Indio, so have to thank Luis and Nivia for letting us stay at their campsite next to the river. In my opinion the Futaleufú is one of the most fun and friendly rivers in the …
26
Nov
SAS Hurley Rodeo 2012
After many years of cancellations and disappointing waterlevels, this year’s Hurley Rodeo was back with full force. The River gods smiled on us, and there were perfect waterlevels: Hurley Weir was on three gates. Kayakojacko put great deal of effort into organising the event, and there was a full program. An open event counting towards …
26
Sep
demshitz 2012 World Cup life….
So coming off my shoulder injury the World Cup was the first stop on my list.  I was not able to paddle, but I was asked to help with the team management of the US for the event. Captain America was a bit hard to pull off, but I think I did OK. So this …
15
Sep
Freestyle world cup 2012
The freestyle world cup is offically over. A series of great events took place  across america over the course of three weeks. Myself and Dave Wild flew out to take part in the series, we met some great people along the way and without the kindness and generosity shown by everyone we would most likely …