Below: Matthew Beauchamp boofing off the wall. Photo by Steve Krajewski. In December of 2015 Matthew Beauchamp, Steve Krajewski, Shannon Goshorn, and I (Adam Goshorn) headed to the island of Hispaniola to check out the rivers of the Dominican Republic. Although the island was experiencing a pattern of dry weather, we still found options to …
Tag Archive: Pyranha shiva
15
Jan
Thanksgiving in San Luis Potosi
Below: Adam Goshorn approaching Cascada de Tamul, which is the take-out for the classic day-run section of the Rio Santa Maria. Photo by Vitaly Prikhodko. For more than a decade I have been traveling to Mexico most winters to enjoy the warm water and great paddling in the states of San Luis Potosi and Veracruz. This year, …
06
Jan
The One and Only, Pyranha Shiva
Back in the summer of 2015 I got my first creek boat and it was a Pyranha Shiva Small. My first run in it was on the Upper Nantahala, after that I used it on the Upper Gauley, Tellico, and the South Sauty. The boat was perfect, every boof I hit, the boat just flew …
15
Sep
Colorado 2015: Media Dump
Colorado is one of the most fun and picturesque places for paddlers to visit. Enough said… lets get to the media! Below: Adam Goshorn slip-n-sliding on OBJ, photo by Alicia Lycan Below: Eric Hoffman rocking the Shiva on OBJ, photo by Adam Goshorn Below: Adam Goshorn on the first drop on OBJ, Photo by Jason Bordwine Below: …
04
Feb
PQ newcomer
BONJOUR À TOUS! First things first, I’m more than excited to be a part of the TeamPyranha! Since I’ve been paddling, I’ve spent most of my time in slalom boats. As they are reactive and challenging, I always chose boats because of how they give me feedback throughout my surfs, runs or “trainings” but also how …
21
Apr
Mexico 2013 Part IV: Back to SLP
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
Mexico 2013 Part III: Veracruz
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 …
10
Mar
Mexico 2013 Part II: Team Previa
Below: Matt Beauchamp running Puerta del Salto in the second canyon of the Rio Verde, photos by Adam Goshorn Just after dark on the day we ran the Rio Minas Viajas (see Mexico 2013 Part I HERE), we were driving down the narrow driveway into the Aldea Huesteca campground when we met a van …
25
Jul
Life on the West Side
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 …
18
Apr
Mexico 2012 Part II: The Big Banana
Below: Namesake, photo by Adam Goshorn After spending out first full day in Mexico paddling the Roadside section of the Rio Alseseca (see pictures and video HERE) we returned to Aventurec and ended up spending the evening drinking a few beers with German paddler Julian Schafer and Canadian paddlers Mikkel St. Jean-Ducan and Lianne Germaine, …