The notorious Green River Narrows Race is well known in the whitewater racing community here in the US for being one of the steepest sprint competitions in the country. With the course being just under a mile long and choked with steep and shallow rapids such as go left, chiefs, and gorilla, pacing yourself is …
Tag Archive: green race
02
Nov
Dialling In Moves In The 12R
It’s the Eve of the 23rd Annual Green Race; what better time than to hear from some of the members of Team Pyranha who’ll be piloting the Pyranha 12R down the course for the first time… Dylan McKinney When I first heard of the Green Race some ten years ago, I remember thinking how insane …
22
Nov
Congratulations, We Did It!!
We’ve got some awesome news; the Pyranha 12R is officially going ahead, and will enter production in 2018! Just a few weeks ago, we announced that we were opening speculative pre-orders for the long-awaited Pyranha Longboat, the 12R, and that if enough interest was expressed, development would begin; We knew we wanted it to happen… …
06
Nov
2014 Green Race… words from Rowan Stuart on her first Green race and a good look at the 9R
(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 …
02
Dec
Fall ’13: Stikine+Sick-Line+Green Race
After two weeks on the Stikine with the rest of the Sick-Line crew I finally flew home after almost a year of travels up and down the American continent. The Stikine is one of the best rivers I’ve ever paddled, almost 100km, 100 big water rapids, 3 to a few hours on the river, you …
07
Nov
Coming back and falling down! Carbon Jed, Moose, Green and more.
Big D, Duane Gibson, Chris Staford, Dave Fusilli, Ty Caldwell, Clay Lucas, Paul Butler, Brad Caldwell, Craig Kleckner and “MP” Mike Patterson So I have been back in my kayak for about a month and a half truly enjoying the Fall. Being in my kayak in anyway is a great thing, but I have …
13
Nov
Pyranha Standing Tall at the 09 Green Race
Man, what a sick event! Â The green race is straight up grass roots. Â From the first racer out of the blocks to the bitter end of the after party. Â Speaking of the after party, this was one of the best parties I have been to all year, kick ass for sure! Â I, myself, didn’t …