No matter how many times I head overseas on a boating trip, I am always super stoked to come home and brace myself for what I know will be a huge NZL Spring and Summer! This season has been no different from those of the past, and now that I’m finally ready to say my …
Category Archive: Creeking Articles
Articles about creek boating from the Pyranha Team.
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 …
04
Apr
Mexico 2012 Part 1: The Roadside Alseseca
Below: Matt Beauchamp walking to the put-in, photo by Adam Goshorn Below: Matt Beauchamp on one of the more vertical drops, photo by Adam Goshorn For seven out of the last eight winters I have been lucky enough to make the annual drive south …
01
Apr
NANO!
Check out this video Chris Stafford and I put together, with help filming from Graham Seiler and Isaac Levinson. https://vimeo.com/62710338 The Nano is such a fun boat. With no other boats like it on the market, this boat is destined to excel. It does it all from River running, playing, creeking, and it’s even perfect …
26
Mar
Sulawesi exploration
Whilst flying out the not-so-successful expedition to Papua in 2011, our plane stopped off en route to re-fuel. We had no idea where we were, and we popped into the airport for a quick Nasi Goreng and to find out. Discovering we were in Sulawesi set my brain into gear. I have the pleasure of …
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 …
23
Feb
Futaleufú love!
I was starting to feel good in the water, confident, stronger and less worried about injuring myself again. Mid January we packed our stuff and started the drive down south to the mighty Futaleufú in Patagonia.  Futa is definitely the place to be right now, the perfect place to heal up completely and enjoy …
12
Feb
Getting back…
Mexico last fall was awesome, a really good trip. Unfortunately I got injured on my last week staying there, so I flew to Chile with bruised ribs and not super positive. After a few days in pain I realized I’d be missing the WW Grand Prix in Chile which was happening early December. I was …
09
Feb
Serrasolses bros reel 2012
Here’s our reel from Serrasolses Bros Productions (SBP) shot in Mexico, Norway, Spain, France… Lots of cool places and cool times shared with great friends and awesome rivers. Thank you! “Born and raised in Catalonia the serrasolses bros have been paddling for the last 10 years. Starting off with a freestyle kayak base they have …