Khatada River ~ Middle Fork of the Kings - MFK B9er! ~ BC Birthday

Playak News Flash - September 21, 2011
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Khatada River WRSI - Made the mission to Khatada river on wednesday. What a beauty. Its a pretty solid class V run, and the crew consisted of a kiwi named Sy, Ali Marshall, Corey Boux and myself.

Middle Fork of the Kings - MFK B9er! Jordan Searle - The Middle Kings is one of those rivers that rates on the top of many of the worlds best kayaker's hit lists. And after being lucky enough to experience this amazing run last year I was eager to get back in and enjoy the Cali goodness. Beginning our walk at a leisurely 2pm from the Bishop ...

BC Birthday Dagger Blogs - Every year when September rolls around, I start to think about heading up to British Columbia for a birthday paddling trip. I'm usually greeted with nonstop freezing cold rain, snow, and super high water so I've learned to come prepared to camp and paddle in all kinds of conditions.

Dynamic Duo Carnage! Jackson Kayak - It was June 24th, and it happened to be the peak runoff day on the South Fork of the Payette. Flows were approximately 11,000cfs. It was a Friday afternoon. It was one of my best friend's birthdays and the plan was to have everybody celebrate up at camp after having some fun. Everything about the day was awesome.

Rider of the year awards Aniol Serrasolses - The rider o  The Rider of the Year Awards celebrate and showcase the best whitewater kayaking from around the world. Here is the winners of the 2010 - 2011 edition.  rideroftheyear.org El rider of the yar celebra y enseña lo mejor en kayak de aguasbravas alrededor del mu...

Summers on the River....A river guide's perspective. WRSI - Rivers......where else would you rather be? I have spent many, many summers living on the river day in and day out, week in, week out. Living the life of a river guide. I never seem to tire of the routine. At times I stop and reflect and think that perhaps there is something else I should be doing instead. Then I think....why would I?

2011 American River Festival worldkayak blogs - Last week was the American River festival and I had a great time. On Saturday, I boated down to the play feature (First Threat). It's a very intimidating and big feature and I used to be scared of it, but with the help of fellow Jackson Kayak team members Hilde Schweitzer, Mike Fentress, Phil Boyer, Colin Kemp, and my dad, it's no longer that nerve raking.

Border Crossing by Kayak Will Herman - As far as border crossings go, this one is hardly fraught with difficulty, unless the of course the swell is up in which case the many reef breaks north of Berwick could make life interesting. Launching mid-afternoon from the north side of the pier...

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