We recently got out on the Chili Bar run on the South Fork American in California on a hot sunny day in our Recoils. At the big play hole – First Threat – I decided to see how the Recoil loops. Turns out that the boat loops great, and Leland got a nice sequence of …
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Articles about kayak playboating from the pyranha orld team!
06
Jun
24
May
Recoiling in California
We recently got to do most of the North Fork of the American River here in California – Including the legendary Generation and Giant Gap sections and some excellent river play in our Recoils on the Chamberlain Falls Section. Here are a couple of teaser photos of the play – you can read a full …
23
May
Northern California – North Yuba
Leland and I have headed to Northern California to research more rivers for our new guidebook, The River Gypsies’ Guide to North America. The North Yuba drainage turned out to be a class III/IV paddling destination dream! Check out our full update at RiverGypsies.com Recoiling the big one on the Goodyear’s Bar play run.
21
May
Plastic Fantastic Alpkit Kayak Series – River Washburn, UK
After years of the Peak UK Challenge series Pete Astles has decided to take a break. Step up Jim from Alpkit and a slightly changed format and you get the Plastic Fantastic Alpkit Kayak Series. Round 1 was at the River Washburn in the UK and with a Boater X, Alpjam, Freestyle and a Pyranha …
18
May
Reno and Royal Gorge
Parties, power-drives and pioneering. Making the most of our time on the road and glad to be sitting still for a little while.
14
May
a California low water year ain’t so bad.
We’ve hit California to see what all we can get in this record low snowpack year – and the answer is you can still get a lot of paddling in out here! You can view our full update at www.RiverGypsies.com. Here are some teaser photos for you: Andria Recoiling on the Kaweah. Leland running Zero …
09
May
Fusilli’s Photo dump
clearing the card.
19
Apr
The Nene white water centre re-opens!
After a few problems over the winter the Nene has re-opened for paddling, a great place to learn the basic moves for freestyle and river running. www.nenewhitewatercentre.co.uk has all the info on opening times.
13
Apr
March Madness photo dump.
March was BUSY here with the boys at Pyranha US. Ive had the pleasure of traveling with the crew to shows and demos this month. Read on to see pictures and details of this months madness.
04
Apr
Small Recoil Spring Break
Spring is here and its time to play! I just got the new small Pyranha Recoil and I have been dying to try it out. Its been very dry around here in North Carolina, but I kept looking at the rising water levels in West Virginia and decided it was time for Spring Break. Its …