First of all this is one of my favoite places on the planet. Myself and the rest of demshitz (Jared, Graham, Nate Mack, Jed Selby, and the Dr. Andre Spino-Smith) headed to Cali for a few overnighter missions.
Yosemite National Park
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Jul
Colorado 2008: The Waterfall Tour
Departing Chattanooga TN at 6:30 PM, Matt Wallace, Ben Davis, and I (Adam Goshorn) drove through the night to arrive in the mountains of Colorado the following afternoon. Our arrival gave us just enough daylight to get in a couple of runs on Clear Creek of the Arkansas before dark, the perfect way to shake off 22 hours in the truck. We spent our first night in Colorado camped at the takeout for Clear Creek, under a perfectly clear sky, with highest of expectations for the trip to come.
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Jun
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Jun
Canyon Creeks
We recently got to hit the Canyon Creek in Oregon and the Canyon Creek in Washington, as well as run some fun drops on the East Fork Lewis. You can check out the full report at www.RiverGypsies.com.
Here are a couple of nice pictures taken by Trip Kinney on Canyon Creek, Washington:
Andria on a nice ledge.
Leland on the falls.
23
Jun
OH BE JOYFUL LVM GIANT SLALOM
This past weekend, The “Oh Be Joyful” Race in Crested Butte Colorado held the LVM Giant Slalom Rocky Mountains qualifier for the World Championships later this summer in Asheville North Carolina on the Green River. The OhBe race is a great course for the giant slalom; tricky gates above and below the 20′ were serving up good entertainment.
21
Jun
OMOM – One for the road
After a month of paddling in the Telemark area of Norway we had paddled some great runs. Unfortunately our last trip on the Homerun section of the MÃ¥r ended in Hospital when Ed snapped his arm above the elbow on the 4th drop.
Homerun is a classic section of 5 waterfalls and is one of our favorites so we didn´t want to leave Telemark on this note. so myself Mark drove back and met up with Olav to give it one last run before moving on.
We had a great day with blue skies and good water levels. The first 3 drops were super smooth with no hard landings. Obviously the 4th drop was a little nerving after what happened to Ed the week before, but after lining up and taking the hit it was plain sailing down to number 5 and the take out.
So now i´m on my way to Voss where again surprise surprise the levels are high, should be fun!!
20
Jun
The Bitches…
A sleepy village [OK technically the UK’s Smallest City] called St David’s is home to dozens tourist sea side shops and dozens of tea shops full of old people, a kayakers haven? Well yes actually, it’s also home to some class surf breaks and the UK’s largest off shore tidal race – The Bitches…
Hampered by random sea fog, the plan of taking Sarah, a Bitches virgin, out on a small tide [intermediate level] kinda fell apart, so we went rock hopping and Dolphin spotting [yes in the UK!] whilst we waited for the 10ft visability to improve in the Bitches channel [100m away we were kayaking in brilliant sun-shine – weathers weird!]
The Fog left, the sun came out, the swell and the tide picked up to leave us with the best way to sample the Bitches, and evening tide, in the sun, 7m tide difference with some swell thrown in just to make it interesting…
Soul Surfing
Ben
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Jun
FIBArk
The 60th annual Fibark Festival was this past weekend in Salida Colorado. Tons of competitors and spectators showed up to participate and watch all the exciting events that took place throughout the 4 day festival.