If your looking for a river running playboat and have not had a chance to paddle the Varun yet all I’m saying is you need to try it out!  It’s slowly warming up out there.  Good time to test drive  a boat for the season.  Check here to watch the Varun in action.
28
Mar
24
Mar
Last day in Chile
Here’s a quick but funny edit from our last day in Chile this season on the rio Fu.
23
Mar
1st Place at West-German-Championships
Already at 8 o`clock in the morning many paddlers arrived to practice bevor the competion had started. Fortunately we had great weather, good waterlevel, more than 80 participants and a big party at the local kajakclub, which also offered cake an coffee.
All in all a great event and especially for me, because I landed in 1st place. Already in the prelim I was in 1st place with almost 400 points, but in the
final I could improve myself again and scored 555 points!
Results:
| K1-Men: | K1-Women: | |||||
| 1 | GER | Paul Meylahn | NDL | Quérine Wegmann | ||
| 2 | GER | Christoph Kleemann | 1 | GER | Andrea Kaspers | |
| 3 | GER | Robert Büchmann | NDL | Senna Spiertz | ||
| 4 | GER | Martin Koll | 2 | GER | Stefanie Bank | |
| 5 | GER | Philipp Vorbohle | 3 | GER | Nadja Matschulat |
| K1-Junior Men: | C1: | |||||
| 1 | GER | Eric Walter | 1 | GER | Jonas Unterberg | |
| NDL | Lane De Meulenare | 2 | GER | Sören Kohnert | ||
| 2 | GER | Yannick Münchow | 3 | GER | Max Reinhardt | |
| 3 | GER | Jörn Herrmann | ||||
| 4 | GER | Matthias Heidtmann |
The video of the event is coming soon!!
23
Mar
Airborn Athletics Presents: Barely Legal
I just made this new trailer, which represents one of a few trailers for Airborn Athletics upcoming video called Barely Legal. This is just a taste of what the full length trailer will be like.
20
Mar
2011 Goshen Race Wrap-Up
The 4th Annual Goshen Pass Race is in the books.
High noon on March 13th saw over twenty racers holding on in a boiley, moving eddy below Undercut Rock rapid on Virginia’s Maury River, waiting for the start. We were blessed with a great day for racing: the highest flows yet for the race (1500 cfs) and sunny, seventy-degree weather. I was stoked to finally have another competitor in the Speeder/Wildwater class, and this year also saw the first glass boat in the race (Todd Craft from Richmond, who won the Long Boat class). As usual there was a touch of misfortune, with Trevar B taking home the not-so-coveted Carnage Thong after a valiant but ultimately unsuccesful line through Devil’s Kitchen rapid.
Above: Trevar finds this new addition to his wardrobe to be a perfect fit.
Pyranha was well represented at the event, both as a sponsor and in the field of race boats. Pyranha boats made up well over 2/3 of the field (16 Pyranha boats raced) – a majority of the contestants. Pyranha also dominated the podium, winning the Overall First Place and totally sweeping the popular Short Boat (Creek) Class.
Above: Racers battling through Corner Rapid
Pyranha took the Overall first place with a Speeder in the Wildwater class. It was nice to have another competitor in this exciting class, even if it didn’t last very long. Two Speeders going neck and neck into Devil’s Kitchen will get your blood pumping.
Above: The Speeder coming in for the win. Below: “Flip” Merica awards the Carnage Thong.
The post-race award ceremony was the best yet. Pyranha Kayaks and Appomattox River Company shared the stage as Premier Sponsors of this event. Every contestant was able to walk away with a prize this year, and probably a few kind beers as well. Look for Virginia’s spring paddling season kickoff race to return again next year: First Sunday in March with flows over 600 cfs at 6 a.m. – unless there is creeking going on, of course.
19
Mar
Winter pool sessions
So while people were out paddling in the freezing cold, I got to take it easy and stay nice and
warm teaching in pools.
I got to spend my time teaching kids, adults, and everyone in between.
Its awesome to see more kids out and learning this sport 🙂
And then of course, I got to talk (who would have thought)
So with the warm water coming, and spring a bloomin’ the pool sessions come to a close. Can’t
wait to go to them next year, but while it’s nice, take advantage of the amazing weather and
paddle Pennsylvania’s local rivers.
17
Mar
Paddle with Team Pyranha
As my winter season is quickly coming to an end here at Alta Utah I am getting more and more fired up for the 2011 kayak season. This is the end to a very epic year and the beginning of an even better one. With Pyranha kayaks leading the charge in whitewater I can’t help, but be excited for what’s next.Â
17
Mar
The Snake River Adventure
After 24 hours travelling to Salt Lake City, Utah for the annual Outdoor Retailer show, what was the obvious thing to do? Hire the biggest truck Enterprise had in their fleet, load up the brand spanking new Pyranha Varun and head north to the Snake River for a day out boating of course!
The opportunity to paddle in the US and get a photo shoot done for our new boat was surely going to be worth the 5 hour road trip through 3 states….
15
Mar
Trashcan Falls Dawn Patrol
The recent rain in North Carolina came at about the most inconvenient time, in the middle of midterms. Desperate times call for desperate measures, so myself and Tyler Mayo got up before sunrise and headed 15 minutes down the road from Boone to trashcan falls. We got there before the sun rose, waited for it to get light enough, and started running laps. 2 hours later, I was back at school sitting in chemistry lab. Enjoy the pics:
Myself in the top slot
Me in the middle of trashcan
Tyler at the top
Tyler in the top slot
Cheers,
– Clay
14
Mar
Low Water Session at Plattling Wave
Two weeks ago I spent a weekend with some friends in Plattling. Unfortunately we had a very low a water-level (155cm), so it was more difficult to do loops or spacegozillas. But we had a great weekend anyway and now we should be well prepared for German championships (especially if we will have such a water-level again).
