Mesa Falls Trip Report ~ Natalie's new promo video ~ A weenie wave!

Playak News Flash - November 17, 2011
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Mesa Falls Trip Report Jackson Kayak - Mesa Falls is the quintessential park and huck waterfall in the Jackson, WY area. The falls is located in Idaho bordering Yellowstone National Park.  The left side drops 20 feet into a short pool, which leads into a 35-foot falls. Mesa has boatable flows almost year round and provides kayakers a fun drop that is extremely photogenic.

Natalie's new promo video Fluid Blog - I made the following video this fall as a submital for the 2012 Grand Prix. Well, since I'm pretty proud of it and since it turns out that the video entries aren't due until around May of 2012, I decided to post it as a promo video.

A weenie wave! SquareRock - What's a weenie wave? It's the most fun you can have on a kayak, it's a sit on top built for the little one's in your life or the big one's that's are still children at heart, have a look and see what you think.

Refine your Creeking Skills in Ecuador Small World Adventures - Matt and Anders navigating some of Ecuador's infamous "Boogie Water" We just finished up with our first ever Advanced Creeking Clinic and it was an awesome week of paddling Ecuador's best creeks.  We had an eclectic group of characters from all over the US.  Luckily, all their ...

A day in Gold River Rafting Life - 24 hours on the North Island. Lead in to Tombstone Rapid. What to do when you only have a little bit of time in Gold River? Well you go paddling… Lots. Arriving on Saturday night I met up with the gang in Gold River, specifically at the Gold River pool. The one building that is open the latest in town. We played a very aggressive game of five on five basketball for the next 40mins.

Reflections on a Circumnavigation of Ulster P&H Paddlers - It's been a month since Gethin and I finished our circumnavigation of Ulster to raise money for Macmillan Cancer Support.  The journey took us from Belfast Lough down the east coast to Blackrock, across Ireland to Ballyshannon on the west coast and then around the coasts of Donegal and Northern Ireland.

Tallulah Good Times!!! worldkayak blogs - A great crew of paddling pals (Andy Woods, Josh & Matt Dalton, Josh Register, Steve Moore, Brian Plant & Joseph Obenschain) and I made a pilgrimage down to North Georgia this past weekend to fire up the Tallulah Gorge.  This trip would be my first time back on this run in over 2 years, due to no dam releases since that time.

First Jackson Cuda Trip! Jackson Kayak - Brooks Beatty and I met up with my friend, and well known redfish guide out of Beaufort, SC, Jack Brown, to do a test run in the new Cudas.  Our friend Rich joined us as well and all in all the day went very well as we caught about 15 redfish total. Brooks came away with a couple pretty decent ones as well!

Report Highlights Bear River Restoration (ID) Am. Whitewater - The recently finalized report on a pulse flow program on the Black Canyon of the Bear River, located in Southeastern Idaho highlights the role that new water releases are playing in the restoration of the river reach. The report compared three years of baseline data collected before the water releases began ...

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