Since announcing my retirement from kayaking it seems that there has been a lot more interest in the house that I just built than me, which suits me just fine.  Below is an article on my house that was featured in the WallStreet Journal.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304451104577392323906711702.html?mod=WSJ_myyahoo_module

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Adventure Technology, 
Bomber Gear
 and Dagger are teaming up to send you to California, not only for a kayaking trip of a lifetime, but with gear that will make heads turn on the water!

This sweepstakes includes a week long trip to Otter Bar lodge for kayak lessons, Dagger's new
 Mamba, Adventure Technology's
 …

People don't really think of New England as having a "snowpack" or a snowmelt season for kayaking, but the truth is, most years we have at least a month of reliable creeking. Last year, we had more than two months during which the best rivers we have were running every day on a diurnal cycle. This year...well, the grim snowpack -- not surprisingly -- gave way to a grim snowmelt season.…

What up all!

I have had the pleasure to do some touring this spring on behalf of Dagger, and it's been awesome to catch up with old and new friends during the past few weeks!  I have been fortunate to attend the Watauga Race, Tallulah Fest, catch up with a bunch of awesome retailers across the Southeast, visit the NOC Demo Days and Shootout, Clemson University, and Jerry's Baddle.  

I'm psyched about how the spring has gone so far, and I'm fired up for a full summer of touring…

After our 5 days in Galicia/Portugal we drove again all night to be at home…

My bro Gerd on the last drop of the castro laborer at pretty high flows!

photo: aniol serrasolses

After a call from our friend in Portugal telling us that the rivers of their area where at good…

This past weekend Dagger hosted a paddle event at the River Store in Lotus, CA on the "C to G" section of the South Fork of the America. The nice water level, beautiful springtime weather and awesome participants made it an all around wonderful event.

We had all different types of boats out there, ranging from Nomads for people who were interested in getting into creeking, Agents for those wanting to play their way…

Last weekend I finally made it down to the Kern River Festival, an awesome event that takes place in southern California in the Kern River valley. I had been wanting to make it to this festival for years and was stoked when I realized it would finally fit into my schedule.…

Ok, so the wife and I are now on a kick about going out and doing stuff. When I was younger, maybe 13 - 15 back in the early 80's I went to a camp and learned how to canoe and kayak. You might think "what's to learn"? Balance, strokes and a bit of water safety for a start...

Now I have this kayak, we live along the shores of Lake Erie in Canada where we are fortunate enough to have inlets, streams and neat little water trails to cruise around in...not to mention the Lake itself. We…

              It has been great to go back home! I got to see so many friends that I haven't seen in so much time... rest a bit after so many waterfalls and not having a bed for so many months...After spent sometime with my…

looking to apply your passion for kayaking in a meaningful and life-changing way? First Descents is looking for passionate people to give a week (or more) of their time to volunteer at a First Descents program this year. 

The openings include

Camp Mom

Camp Photographer

Medical Volunteer

To learn more about the opportunities and/or to fill out an application, please click …

I have had a thing for Canyonlands ever since I was a kid. I grew up in Salt Lake City and would take frequent trips to explore the deserts of Southern Utah with my family. I have great memories…

Well, we've now had a week straight of record high temps (in some places by over 20 degrees). Apparently we skipped right past spring (typically in April) to the hottest part of summer here in New England. Conveniently enough, I got the week off work, so I've been paddling every day since spring started 2.5 weeks ago. A solid week of training attaining the White River before melt got going was a good start to the season, but now we're fully into creeking and I've been taking a lot of days…

To get in to Truchas you have to put in on the road and hike in to the jungle for some minutes, then get to a scary cliff where you set up a rappel, and rappel down into the canyon, ones you are there it’s all about having fun. 

Truchas is a perfect 60 ft waterfall, it has a nice boof into a pool and into the perfect drop, it has become a classic in the last years.  What’s not that popular is the upper rapid. We hit the right level, and  decided it to give it a go to…

The first race of the Western Whitewater Championship Series is just around the corner! Come kick off the season with the Upper Wind River Race on Saturday, March…

Last spring, I ventured into Oregon's remote Chetco River--a rarely paddled Wild & Scenic gem in the heart of the Kalmiopsis Wilderness.  Our trip was certainly the most epic I'd ever done in Oregon--a 2-day brutal hike in followed by 2 days of paddling through one of the most remote parts of the state.…

It's that time of year when the snow starts melting and the rivers start running and that means you need to be getting in shape for an epic paddling season. 

As we all know, strong shoulders are key to a successful paddling season! There are a few simple movements you can be doing now to get your shoulders in peak shape for paddling this year.

1. The hand stand push up is a great movement that can be done at home or in the gym. There are several variations of…