The Boise River Park is located right in downtown Boise. The Boise river flows through town next to a big park where people goes surfing, running, kayaking… It’s really cool to have something like this in a big city like Boise.  There are two features that can be totally adjusted regarding the flow and …
Category Archive: Playboating Articles
Articles about kayak playboating from the pyranha orld team!
09
Jul
01
Jul
The Climax Wave
While hanging out in Idaho we heard about the Climax wave on the Main Payette. With a brief description from some local guides on how to get there we drove along the quiet Main Payette till we found some whitewater. After a couple U turns we found it, a really nice looking green wave with …
25
Jun
The Payette River Games in Idaho!
 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 …
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.
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, …
17
Apr
Te awa is our taonga (The river is our treasure)
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
20
Dec
Nano Review
Graham Seiler rollin into Frankenstein on the Green River So I will start out by saying that I was a big fan of the Ammo. Now I know that the Ammo had it’s issues. It was very edgy, deep high knees, and not really that fast, but I still liked it’s down river freestyle capabilities. …