After two months of straight work I arrived in Santiago de Chile. My friend Nicole Mansfield happen to have a same plan so we decided to rent a car together to be able to travel more and have cheap car rental. We got to the mecca of kayaking and outdoor sports Pucon and next thing we know Evan Garcia and his Substantial crew Fred, Anton and Logan we driving behind us. We did Palguin top to bottom including well known Stout ten into middle Palguin falls. Amazing day of kayaking after two months of work. J Moved on around the area and kayaked everything runnable in the area. Sunshine and low snowpack kept the number of options really low though. We did V+ lower llancaue, where my kayaking ended for a few days because I hurt my ribs doing backfreewheel off 30+ footer. Slowly and steady I got better just in time for Whitewater Grand Prix. I am sure you know about this outstanding event organized by Patrick Camblin and Emily Meredith. It was awesome to see and live with 50 kayakers and media team travelling Chile and racing on the steepest and most technical creeks like GolGol, Puesco, Nevados and two races on Futaleufu to get our big water fix. Props to Dane Jackson for winning this thing on and off the river. For more info visit whitewatergrandprix.com Right now I am back in Pucon catching up on updates and emails. Sick like never before. Three weeks of rain and cold weather got me. Most of the rivers are running so I am hoping to get better soon and hit them. I am anxious to go kayaking which is a good sign. J Have a nice Christmas! 
I dont know why these pics look like this because i put them in in the high resolution…. Sorry. i ll try to figure it out.
Praise jah!