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 …
Category Archive: Tests and Reviews
Feedback on kayaks from around the world
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. …
12
Nov
Loki vs the Inazone and Prozone on the Tallulah Gorge
The Tallulah River in north Georgia is a playground full of blunt and spin waves, cartwheel holes, rock spins, eddy lines, and splats on the vertical gorge walls. Its a great river for slicey playboats like the Loki, so the weekend Tyler Mayo, AJ Matthews, Matt Redmond and Myself took a quiver of boats including …
25
Jun
Small Burn vs Shiva Review
When I heard that Pyranha was putting out a new creeker, I didn’t pay much attention because I’ve been so happy with my Burn, and I wasn’t looking to change boats. Then when I saw the Shiva, I was intrigued. My first thought was that it resembled an old Pyranha favorite of mine, the Creek …
29
May
Shiva on the Green River Narrows
Chris Morelli checking in with an update here! I just headed back to the east coast from a winter of skiing in Utah. On the way home to New York, I decided to head to Asheville, to pick up my new Shiva and JED from Pyranha. I got the chance to take the Shiva out …
10
May
The Varun Mystery
On first appearances the Varun might confuse, it’s a little bit of a freestyler, but you probably won’t see people seriously competing it, mixed up with a little bit of a river runner means its main niche is bigger volume rivers where you need some speed, but want to stop and throw down some big …
02
May
Pyranha Shiva Review!
Photo below by Shannon MacMichael  When I first heard Robert Peerson was joining the design team at Pyranha I immediately texted a good friend of mine who paddles for Wave Sport to tell him the news. All he said in reply was… “Shitâ€. It is no secret that Robert Peerson is a talented designer …
24
Apr
Happy Shiva Times
Thanks to quite a bit of rain here in southern Germany within the last weeks water levels are rising and I’m enjoying it a lot! It was therefore time to take my new Shiva out for a couple of more sessions on some of our classic runs in the Alps. The photos of the action pro …
03
Apr
Demshitz can fly with JED on Big Buseater Wave!
Look out JED is coming !!!! Â Dave Fusilli called me up on Sunday last week and said, ” I got JED and Bus is in, you in?” Â I replied, “pick me up!!!” This was my first experience with Buseater and it was in its true form, cold water, cold weather, and cold beer. Â We had …
27
Mar
Shiva loves the Raven Fork
 Sending the Shiva off the Big Boy! Seconding the latest post from Clay… I also had the pleasure of testing the Shiva on one of the South East’s sickest steep creeks, The Raven Fork. I decided to fly to Asheville for my spring break and met up with Dave Fusilli in the Team Pyranha van. …