Spring sprung and it’s now deep into another hot summer here in the southeastern United States. I was a great winter/spring of paddling, but as usually my photo and video updates are running about 6 months behind, so lets back up for second. In early December I spend a couple great weeks in the Grand Canyon (see report here).   After getting off the Colorado River on Dec 18^th, I headed south to Mexico to enjoy some warmer weather and warmer waters (see report here).   When I returned home in January I found the entire region in a deep freeze. Read the rest of this entry »

For a second time, ADRENAGLISS TEAM meet near Toulouse to do the show.

Mtb, skateboard, montainboard. Everybody jumped in water !

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This year we were fortunate to have another beautiful day to paddle the Skykomish River outside of Seattle, WA.  Thanks to Aquasports for promoting this event.  There was a great turn out for the paddle session.  We were stoked to have a bunch of people trying out Burns and Molans.  After the river, Charles put together a fun evening with pizza, beer, and a Dashboard Empanada Premier.  THANKS GUYS for a great day.  We had a lot of fun!

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The first peak uk sausage sizzle took place last weekend at Holme Peir Pont, nottingham. It was a great event with a good turn out from the Pyranha team, Seth Ashworth was throwing his usual huge loops and godzillas, to read more about the event and see some pictures check out Seths blog – http://sethskayakblog.blogspot.com/

Cheers,

See you on the water

Today Demshitz met up at  Bob’s hole on the Clackamas River to paddle with a great crew of people from the area and Alder Creek Canoe & Kayak shop.  With the hot temperatures, it was a perfect day to spend on this fun and beautiful roadside run outside of Portland, OR.   Waiting for my head wound to heal, I was extremely jealous as I sat reading,  sweating, and taking photos on the river bank.

Here are some photos from the day.

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Last Sunday the 2nd edition of the Eiskanal Boatercross as part of the Slalom World Cup took place in Augsburg. Organized by Jakobus Stenglein and Arnd Schaeftlein and supported by Teva, Sandiline and OptimalRad (local bike shop), 32 men and 6 women from 6 nations participated, including several national slalom team members. Wolfgang from Kanu Treff provided several Pyranha kayaks for those who couldn’t bring a boat. After the ramp start, a course with various possible lines promised exciting fights for the first prize – a mountainbike worth 1000 Euro! In the end it was Paul Boeckelmann who won in front of Hannes Aigner and myself (all GER and paddling in Pyranha Burns!). Louise Jull (NZL) took the first place in the girls’ class, Jacqueline Horn (GER) and Luuka Jones (NZL) the second and third, respectively. A great event with lots of spectators that everybody is looking forward to next year!

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Jakobus racing

competitors

All photos by Marianne Stenglein, thanks!