13
Nov
The Oconaluftee gauge is at 340cfs and +100cfs an hour when I checked it before my last class of the day. Excited, I messaged a few people who I knew would be interested in going. Some people for their first time. “It won’t be over 15 inches,” I thought. Throughout my class period, dreams of …
06
Nov
(Pre-Race Thoughts by Rowan Stuart): The Green Race. The biggest show in sports. First weekend of November every year for the past 19 years. Photo: Renee Bombardier My brain can’t decide if I’m more stoked or more terrified. It will be my first year to race, and it snowed between two and four inches here …
21
Apr
Below: Matt Beauchamp on the El Salto Section of the Rio Valles, photo by Adam Goshorn We had been enjoying our time in Veracruz (see Mexico 2013 Part III HERE), but water levels continued to be too high for many of runs we would have been paddling in a normal year. There were a few …
16
Apr
Below: Must be going the right way, photo by Evan Alfano Below: Adam Goshorn on the Rio Alseseca , photo by Shannon Goshorn The day after we paddled the second canyon of the Rio Verde with Team Previa (see: Mexico 2013 part II HERE); we woke up early and broke down our camp at Aldea …
26
Feb
Below: Matt Beauchamp, Rio Minas Viejas, photo by Adam Goshorn From my house in Mentone, Alabama it is almost exactly a 27-hour drive to the take-out for the Cascadas Micos section of the Rio Valles in San Luis PotosiMexico. For the eighth time in the last nine years, friends trickled into my house the night …
06
Nov
Dropping into the crowd off Pencil Sharpener. Yes I took the P&H Hammer down the Green. Why did I do this? Well, mainly because it is the only longboat that I had to use. That and after paddling the Hammer a few times I was pretty confident I could make it down the Green just …
25
Jul
Ever since I first started to kayak I had dreamed of going out west. This year with the snow pack low in California, it only made since to go to the Pacific Northwest. It all started at 4:30 am when Kevin Nunns and I started the drive across the country from Asheville, NC to the …
15
May
Henry Hyde is only 12 years old, but I have paddled and hung out with this kid and he has more on and off the river skills than most adults you know! Here is a little write up on what Henry is all about! Welcome aboard demshitz! Click here to learn more about 12 year …
14
Jun
So demshitz has been wondering around the Colorado scene in the recent few weeks. From Paddlefest to a quick Durango creek mission (the vid from this is below), straight to Teva Mountain Games in Vail, to a few dealer visits and demo’s, to the Lyons outdoor Games and now we are back in Buena Vista …
20
Jan
Dropping in on an Epic Chilean 1st Descent. Read more at Demshitz.com Watch Video http://vimeo.com/35327325 Check out Demshitz.com for a full trip report of my 3 week trip in Patagonia!