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This has been one of the best years of my life. I came back from Mexico with my first real injury ever a broken rib so I got to spent 1 month and a half healing myself and getting to spent an amazing time with my family! First paddling I got to do was in the west of Spain, Galicia and Portugal two true creeking paradises on the right time of the season!…

Here are some photos from Eagle Creek, Oregon. The waterfall photos are from Punchbowl and Metlako Falls. I included some as well from the hike up and from the metal "stake" gauge we use right at the trail head. …

I got super lucky last weekend when I went down to visit my brother in Knoxville, it rained.  Living out in colorado makes you lazy in watching gauges and weather because the runs are pretty easy to predict when they will have water.  The south east is a completely different experience, most of the time you have to wait until the morning your gonna paddle to know what is running.  Anyway it was good that my brother lives down there and has it dialed, we got to run the west prong, the raven…

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"Fellow huckers! Allow me a moment to speak to you on a crucial point of the code. The level of excitement out there is so proud to see, so proud. That being said, with this excitement we must stay within our own…

It's been a solid 10 days of kayaking here in Cosa Rica the land of sunshine and amazing rivers.  While there are numerous opportunities to paddle all over the country my favorite run so far has been the Rio Pacuare.  The Pacuare has  a long history of kayaking and rafting in Costa Rica with some of the first companies setting up operations in the early 80's.  After spending several days running all the sections I can see why.  First off the Pacuare has an amazing amount of whitewater that…

Mexico’s Unknown Waters II

(First Decent Salto Atoyac)

Veracruz is one of the best and more popular states for kayaking in Mexico, It’s known by some of its famous rivers, like: the Alceseca, Xico, Jalacingo, etc…

This time we went…

FULL THROTTLE

The season In Pucón was short and intense but by the time of 25 of desember I couldn't deal with It anymore... too much of the same everyday. I needed to hit the road and go south...

So we left together with Marcos, Mathias and Fede to Bariloche for some christmas bender & kayaking.

First day we…

As I sat in the college library distracting myself with a Google image search for “Alabama waterfalls,” I couldn’t believe my eyes. The photos depicted massive punchbowl amphitheatres, overhanging cliff walls, and deep emerald green plunge pools. What I was staring at seemed too good…

After a week of climbing mountains with my mom, it was time to move onto a sport that I have a little more experience with. So after returning to Quito from our Cotopoxi attempt, I headed to the airport to meet the most famous kayaking dentist in Kentucky, Clay Warren, for our week of kayaking and showing him around one of my favorite places in the world . My mom flew out the following morning and Clay and I headed to the Quijos River Valley and the town of Baeza to…

Check out the Episode 6 from Bomb Flow. The latest video mag release features some of the sickest runs all over Pucon, Chile. Sit back, relax and enjoy this one!

Bomb Flow Episode 6 "The Rise of Blue Balls" from BombFlowTV on…

I have to say, if you're going to have to work during the holidays, being in Ecuador isn't the worst place in the world to be. I just returned home from a ten day trip guiding for Adventures by Disney in Ecuador, but before work started, I decided to make the most of my trip south by going two weeks early in search of adventure.

My adventure began with a mountaineering trip with my mom. Neither one of us had…

Although it really doesn't feel like it most days here in the southeast we've officially reached Winter.  Winter brings a lot of good things but it can often be a hard time to motivate to go kayaking.  After all snow, sleet, winter mix, or rain when its 35 degrees don't really scream "let's go get wet".  However if I can get past that some of the best days I've had on the river have been in the Winter.  For me it really brings a different feel, it's often super quite and less crowded.  Often…

For those of you who don't know what First Descents is, we're an organization that provides free outdoor adventure programs to young adults (18-39) with cancer. Our adventures are all over the country and world, primarily in the summer and include surfing, kayaking and climbing.

We're always looking for interested participants. Thus, if you know anyone between 18 and 39 who has or has had cancer, please send them to www.firstdescents.org to…

When you're only sharing the river with a few of your long time kayaking friends, communication is smooth and natural and everyone has a great time. Then summer hits and you're sharing the river with hordes of other paddlers or you may be in a large group with guys and gals you don't know. You can definitely still have those good times; as long as no one gets hurt and everyone is on the same page with "proper river behavior".

So it's always good to read a refresher…

Due to the low water levels of Chile we had to hurry up on the todo palguin day. I was the only one this year wanting to try to stomp that beast, luckily It went better than 2 years ago when I boofed it, swam and pretty much ate shit! I had a sweet line and a "soft" landing. Super stoked for that... we then kept going together with Anton and EG all the way to lower palguin running medio and everything except of turbina and brendan's rapid. Todo's palguin are probably one of the stoutest runs…

Here is the latest video from Femme 45!

Kate Wagner, Melissa DeCarlo and I dug up our best carnage footage for this one. Here's an entertaining collection of the best crashes from our kayaking misadventures. 

p.s. Don't try this at home . . .

The PDXkayaker film fest was a success again this year with a large portion of the Portland kayaking scene showing up.  The event is hosted by Next Adventure and the task of judging is set upon boaters from the community.  I always try to get something edited to submit each year.  This year school has been all consuming and I was only able to spend a short time editing, but I made sure to get something up there in an attempt to spark a sense of adventure.  The film shows a few clips from my…

It's been a terrible fall for kayaking up in New England. All the rain the normally falls over the course of a few months decided to fall over a few hours, devastating Vermont and NH and making for a horrible kayaking season.

The Dewey Mills dam on the Ottaquechee during…