Below: Adam Goshorn on Short Creek, photo by Shannon Goshorn Fresh off a winter Grand Canyon trip, I probably should be working on sorting pictures and video from that trip. However, ever since I arrived back to my home the opportunities for great boating have kept me happily distracted! The XL Burn III was …
Tag Archive: whitewater kayaking
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 …
23
May
Mexico 2012 Part III: Zapotitlan
Below: Adam Goshorn in one of the many canyon sections, photo by Matt Beauchamp Our third full day in Mexico was spent running a nine-mile section of the Upper Rio Bobos, putting in near Zapotitlan (If you missed the first two parts of this trip report, you can find Part I HERE and part II …
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, …
25
Jun
Small Burn vs Shiva Review
When I heard that Pyranha was putting out a new creeker, I didn’t pay much attention because I’ve been so happy with my Burn, and I wasn’t looking to change boats. Then when I saw the Shiva, I was intrigued. My first thought was that it resembled an old Pyranha favorite of mine, the Creek …
05
May
Jed Small First Look
I want to write up a short review of my first impression of the new small Jed; sick. I took my new boat and headed to Eternity, which is a local hole here in Western North Carolina. This boat was extremely quick  to spin to set up for moves and without much effort at all …
04
Apr
Small Jed rocks the London Olympic Course
Not quite as glamourous as our American team mates on the Ottawa, but I was sooooo excited to get my hands on the small Jed and took it to the Olympic course in the sunshine… The small Jed is great for the smaller lady paddler!! What a super boat… now us British boaters just have …