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Category Archive: Tests and Reviews

Feedback on kayaks from around the world

01
Feb

Everest – Paddle raft first descent

My name is Sean Glaccum and I have travelled to the Himalayas almost every fall since 1997 in search of rivers that have never been kayaked or rafted.  Past Himalayan first descents include:  First kayak descents off Mt. Kanchenjunga (3rd highest peak), Mt. Cho Oyu (6th highest peak), Mt. Dhaulagiri (7th highest peak) and Mt. …

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29
Jan

Having Fun in the Small Varun

I’ve been paddling in the small Varun since last spring and have been loving it! I love to do downriver play and to do class IV creeking in my playboat, so it’s been a super fun boat. Here is some footage from some North Carolina goodness, the Nolichucky, a class III play run and the …

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18
Jan

The JED is coming !!!!

This year is shaping up to be one heck of a good year, we have three new boats to paddle and so many places to paddle them.  Right now I want to talk briefly about Pyranha’s NEW playboat the JED, I really like how fast, loose, and big this boat goes.  As Dave Fusilli has …

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30
Dec

Veracruz / Mexico Part 1

This year we spent 3 weeks in Mexico in the winter, to escape all the snow in austria. Some rivers have been to low, some others may to high, but anyway we had great fun on and outside of the rivers. Is there a better place to test my new SHIVA then on the mexican …

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23
Dec

The White Nile… finally… (with the JEDEYE prototype!!)

Within a year of learning how to roll, I put a Uganda trip to surf the Nile Special on my ‘to-do’ list.  For the past 3 years I have been haphazardly making plans and searching flights to Entebbe, hoping to check it all out before the dam flooded the top section.  Finally, this November Craig …

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16
Aug

SHIVA – Baileyfest, Gore, & Lake Creek

Before the van headed back east, we spent a week in Colorado trying out the NEW Shiva prototype on a variety of Colorado classics and showing it off at the 2nd Annual Baileyfest. Here Dave enters the Cauldron on Lake Creek. (photo – Craig Kleckner)

28
Jul

Memory lane – 15 years of Pyranhas

This year’s 40 year anniversary of Pyranha has me reminiscing about times gone by and all of the fun that I’ve had in Pyranha boats over the last 15 years. I thought I would take a little walk down memory lane through my progression of various boats with some photos and video clips – it’s …

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24
May

The Z-one

I got to jump in the Z-one and take it to my favorite spot, Holtwood dries. The Z-one is a sister to the inazone and a step back to the days of longer playboats. I had a blast in my new river runner/ playboat, it is very fast and stable. The Z-one plays like you …

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18
Apr

Here’s the come back with the Karnali for 2011!

Here’s the come back with the Karnali for 2011! It’s been great to paddle with it for the last season. I went in the south mountains, the Pyrenees in France with my friend Flo Duval. The river here is the Gavarnie, were the water is so blue. The Karnali I’m paddling with is the large …

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05
Apr

Varun + Grand Canyon = Great Time

Hey, I just returned from a 21 day raft supported trip down the Grand Canyon of the Colorado River. I was able to take the new Varun down, this was my first time getting to know this boat and I must say we became pretty good friends. The Varun had enough hull speed that I …

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