 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 …
Category Archive: Creeking Articles
Articles about creek boating from the Pyranha Team.
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 …
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 …
07
Jun
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. Eventually making it over to Boise, …
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 Pacific North West
I’ve been hanging around the Pacific North West in the USA for the last month now, and it’s definitely one of the best places to be. Amazing rivers, super nice people and beautiful landscape everywhere, loving this place! Â We drove down from Vancouver, BC with Ali and right after the border we stopped in …
13
May
Pyranha Nano Review
A few thoughts on the new Pyranha Nano. I will start off by admitting that I wasn’t convinced by the Nano initially. Not by the concept, or by the original prototype during testing. Terms like sport creeker and freeride boat sound a bit too much like an attempt to appeal to the skiing and mountain bike demographic, …
13
May
Magical White Water Kayaking the Baker with SBP
First episode from SBP and Epic TV series; Kayaking down the Baker in Patagonia, Chile. The Baker is the largest river in Chile and offers some of the best whitewater I’ve ever paddled together with an amazing landscape. HidroAysén is willing to built two mega dams on this gem, on of them on the same …
07
May
Chiapas, Mexico
Last March I went to Chiapas (Mexico) with some friends for some kayaking adventures. Rush Sturges from River Roots is shooting an amazing film project with mexican kayaker Rafa Ortiz, so along with them; Evan, my brother Aniol and myself went to his beautiful land to enjoy some of the best rivers in the world. …
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, …