With a free weekend and MetCheck suggesting that Wales might be in line for a spot of rain it seamed only fair to make the drive north and see what was running.
Not long after crossing the border into Wales it was pretty obvious, pretty quickly that most were running in Wales.

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That’s right folks. It may be “cold as a witch’s tit in a brass bra” in Virginia right now, but Spring is not far away. The Great Goshen Race – also known as “Kickin’ Ass In Goshen Pass” – has quickly become THE spring paddling season kick-off in Virginia. After a brief hiatus due to completely and totally unacceptably dry conditions last year things are looking up for this year. So mark your calendars for the 4th Annual Goshen Pass Race on March 6th, 2011.

What:  An officially-unofficial (or unofficially official?), barely-organized, grassroots, “gathering” of Virginia’s varied paddling crews and cliques. A lung-busting mass start race with no safety – you are paddling at your own considerable risk through some of Virginia’s best and most scenic whitewater.

Where:  The race begins in the pool above Undercut Rock. The finish line is at Indian Pool a few miles downstream. Surf over to the AW’s Goshen page for more info on this fine section of Rio.

When:  The first weekend in March or the first weekend with flow. The race window opens this year on March 6th, 2011. If there is 600 cfs or more at the USGS Rockbridge Baths gauge on March 6th then we are ON. If not, the race automatically falls back to the next Sunday with flow over 600 cfs. The race starts at High Noon. [Creeking Clause: Rainfall resulting in flows high enough for regional creeking may result in the Goshen Race being moved to another weekend in which the “Race Committee” is not off creeking somewhere else instead. Remember this is a free deal. Information will be posted on Boatertalk and the Coastals.org page if this is the case. Go creekin.]

The usual non-prizes will be “awarded” – including the infamous carnage speedo suit. This year we will even have some ACTUAL prizes due to the generosity of Pyranha Kayaks, Appomattox River Company, Friends of the Maury, and others.

Think Rain!!

After five weeks in Mexico, it ‘s time to come back to my cold mountain and work !

Last video about this awesome trip.

http://vimeo.com/19131673

Happy new year 2011 !

Right on everyone! If you haven’t heard about the Rider of the Year competition put on by Tribe Riders you should check out their website at: http://www.rideroftheyear.org/home.html Rider of the Year is basically the Golden Globe of the kayaking world and awards the most impressive paddlers of the year in a variety of categories. This is the second year for this competition and the categories include Best Trick (Mens/Womens), Best Line,
Best Drop (Mens/Womens), Best Downriver Freestyle, Best Carnage, Best Film of the Year, Honey Badger Award (For straight badasses), Expedition of the Year, and of course Rider of the Year (the one paddler who GETS IT DONE). Anyway, I wanted to post my video entry for Best Down River Freestyle. Its a Back Pan-am launch at the M-wave in Colorado. If Any of you have any footage worthy of any of the catagories mentioned above, I encourage you to visit the website and send in your footy!

Cheers!

http://www.rideroftheyear.org/videos/video/57-Jonny+Meyers+Downstream+Freestyle+Entry.html?groupid=7

Have just got back from the London Boat Show and am now packing for uganda, sorry about this post being a bit rushed, will hopefully have a full report of the show up when Im back, in the meantime heres a quick vid of the show : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X8YMxaQbZFE

See you on the water,

Bren

 

Two days after Fran Kohn and I arrived in Chile, the Pucon River Fest was held. On the Saturday the Palguin Boater Cross was held on the Upper Palguin and organised by Ben of Kayak Chile. On the Sunday there were raft races held on the Rio Trancura.

Words: Dave Hollins

Photos: Fico Gallese

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