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 …
Category Archive: Paddler Lifestyle Articles
Reports on what the Pyranha World Team has been up to
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 …
29
Mar
Grand Canyon Round IV: Media Dump
Below: The daily commute, by Julia Fore For the forth time in as many years, on November 27, 2012 I found myself back at Lees Ferry Arizona launching once again into the waters of the Colorado River to float through the magical landscape of the Grand Canyon. My most recent previous trip had been a speedy, seven-day, self-support …
19
Mar
Fusions in Hells Canyon!
Here is a little edit from our 4-day/3-night, self-support run down Hells Canyon of the Snake River in Idaho in late June 2012. Â If you missed the write-up and photos, they can be seen HERE. John was paddling the Medium Fusion on this trip while I was paddling the Large. Both performed awesome in big …
17
Mar
Woodmill Canoe Shop’s Freestyle Funday
Freestyle kayaking is great fun. From flat water to a steep green wave it is impossible to not have a smile on your face. Woodmill Canoe Shop’s Freestyle Funday is all about experiencing just this. Paddlers trying out a short modern playboat for the first time, show offs looping head dry and all those in between …
14
Mar
Surf sessions at the Falls of Lora
On Sunday a group of us headed up to Scotland for a wee bit of camping and surfing at one of the UK’s best play spots: the Falls of Lora, a tidal race flowing out of Loch Etive. With the Jed, Loki and Varun we were able to catch pretty much every wave that formed …
04
Mar
The National Student Rodeo 2013
This last weekend saw another epic NSR. For the first time in years we were blessed with sunshine, which made the early mornings on the water much more manageable after the world famous NSR party nights. Pyranha were down with a fleet of demo boats, and the Nano and Loki were getting a lot of …
04
Mar
Village Life
Uganda, My predetermined winter boating destination for the past 3 years. A chance to kayak on some of the best white water in the world, forget about the stress of competitions and live cheaply and happily ad mist happy locals and passionate freestylers. This trip I was able to polish of some of the wave …
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 …