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How to properly throw your paddle of a waterfall.

Throwing your paddle of a waterfall is not something you should just decide spontaneously, if you´ve
decided you are going to throw it, you should know it before running it.

This move has some pros and some contras:

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Added by Iker Beristain on March 10, 2010 at 2:00pm — No Comments

Dream Result Big Thumbs Up Review at Canoe & Kayak

Check out an awesome review of the latest film by Rush and Tyler, Dream Result, from Canoe & Kayak Magazine. Here's an excerpt:

If for some reason you’ve become jaded to high definition kayak movies since the fall of the Teton Gravity Research flicks, then I beg, no I plead, that you see Rush Sturges’ and Tyler Bradt’s Dream Result, already a winner of Germany’s Rosenheim Kayaking Film Festival.

This movie

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Added by Webmaster on March 9, 2010 at 11:30am — No Comments

Rivers in Demand premier night in Portland

Andy Maser and Trip Jennings bring you the films of their latest global adventures. Come on out and join them. Door prizes, raffles and good times!

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Added by Andrew Holcombe on March 5, 2010 at 12:56pm — 1 Comment

Nomad 8.1 Review from Fraser Valley

Check out a very informative review from the great white north at Fraser Valley Whitewater. Click below to read the full blog post.
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Nomad: People who have no fixed home and move according to the seasons from place to place in search of food, water, and grazing land.

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Added by Webmaster on March 4, 2010 at 12:30pm — No Comments

Yoga for Kayaking: Upward Frog Pose

The Iliopsoas is a hip flexor muscle group comprising of three muscles: The psoas minor, the psoas major and the iliacus. This group is one of the strongest of the hip flexor muscles and the psoas major runs from our lumbar spine across the hip joint to the upper inner thigh. Very important muscle! The interesting thing about these muscles, is that they actually need to be stretched to keep their normal tone. Otherwise they shorten and tighten easily which can cause back pain, hip pain and le

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Added by Anna Levesque on March 2, 2010 at 1:12pm — 3 Comments

Dream Result Takes Rosenheim Paddling Film Festival

Just received this update email from Rush Sturges...the Dream Result premiere has been huge.

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We just won the Rosenheim Paddling Film Festival last night. This is the biggest kayaking film festival in Europe. We had an attendance of 1,000 people! Biggest year they have ever had...

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Added by Webmaster on March 1, 2010 at 10:00am — No Comments

Spring Cleaning

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Added by Christie G. on February 28, 2010 at 10:00pm — No Comments

World Class Kayak Academy: Chile 2010

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Added by Todd Wells on February 23, 2010 at 12:30am — No Comments

Mapping the Mekong to Protect Fish

Our team just finished our latest National Geographic expedition—this time to the Khone Falls region of the Mekong River. This 11km wide section of waterfalls at the border of Laos and Cambodia plunges 45 feet thr… Continue

Added by Andy Maser on February 22, 2010 at 9:00am — No Comments

Nat Geo's Monster Fish of the Congo show now on iTunes!

For those who have been looking for a way to see the TV show we did for the National Geographic Channel on the Congo River, I have great news! We just found out that it's available to download from the iTunes store in its entirety for the first time ever. Just open iTunes, cli… Continue

Added by Andy Maser on February 22, 2010 at 9:00am — No Comments

Rapid Magazine Reviews the Dagger Axiom Whitewater Series

Be sure to pick up the Spring 2010 issue of Rapid Magazine, where they do an in-depth review on Dagger's Axiom series and interview boat
designer Snowy Robertson.

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"The result is a boat that paddles like a river runner with the fat t… Continue

Added by Webmaster on February 16, 2010 at 1:24pm — No Comments

The Chattooga Experience...

Well, the snow has been falling. And falling, and falling, and falling. To be honest, I'm over it!

Recently us Asheville-ians have been looking further south to get our paddling fix, and the Chattooga watershed has been a great destination.

The annual Chattooga Race occurred a while back, and it was a super fun event as always. That thing is nothing short of brutal, at around 25 minutes in length, but you can't beat lining up for a 30 person mass start! Absolutely awesome.

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Added by Chris Gragtmans on February 14, 2010 at 11:30pm — No Comments

Rio Negro de Hornopiren, Chile

Kayak Pucon is keeping me busy down here in Chile, but even the owner, Rodrigo Tuschner, felt like he needed a break, and we took a quick vacation to the South with good amigos, Jared Seiler and Todd Riche

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Added by LJ Groth on February 14, 2010 at 8:00pm — No Comments

Reel Paddling Film Festival Winners Announced

Rapid media released the Reel Paddling Film Festival Award Winners today, check them out! Congratulations to everyone who participated and the winners. With the largest premiere audience in festival history and a great set of films, it looks like the festival will continue to grow in prominence year after year.

REEL PADDLING FILM FESTIVAL—WINNERS!!!

PALMER RAPIDS, ON, FEBRUARY 12, 2010 – The 5th annual Reel Paddling Film Festival
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Added by Webmaster on February 12, 2010 at 3:51pm — No Comments

FIRST DESCENTS UPDATE

Wow. Seriously, WOW! So much has been going on this year at First Descents (www.firstdescents.org) and it's only February. :) For those of you who don't know, First Descents is a non profit organization that provides free outdoor adventure programs (including whitewater kayaking) to young adults (18-39) with cancer. I'm proud to say that Dagger and Confluence have been long time supporters of FD and have signed on for another great year.

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Added by Brad Ludden on February 11, 2010 at 7:45pm — No Comments

Review of the Dagger Mamba

Fresh from Canada, check out this in-depth review of the Dagger Mamba.

by Ryan Bayes

Dagger’s Mamba series of kayaks have generally been classified as river runners. Although I spent s

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Added by Webmaster on February 10, 2010 at 3:00pm — No Comments

NC First Descent: Upper Creek

The epic winter season in Western NC continues and so do the adventures! My most recent one involves Upper Creek which is outside of Morgantown, NC near the Linville Gorge. As far as I know this was a possible first descent and what I do know is that I had some serious lessons about winter padding reiterated. Read below to find out what I relearned the painful way: 1. Always put on early when you don't know the run. Even if its in your own back yard 2. Maybe take a closer look at the topo map… Continue

Added by Andrew Holcombe on January 28, 2010 at 5:57pm — 1 Comment

EP's Latest Film 'Flathead Wild' Premieres Tomorrow at Wild & Scenic!

(Photo: Garth Lenz, iLCP) This summer, the International League of Conservation Photogr… Continue

Added by Andy Maser on January 16, 2010 at 2:10am — 1 Comment

Holcombe is Millrace Massacre and Iceman Champ

Results are posted up over at BoaterTalk for the recent Millrace Massacre and Iceman Championships on the Saluda River in Columbia. Team Dagger Manager Andrew Holcombe came out on top in both competitions. Posted over at BoaterTalk ..Saturday we set a few records with the most racers ever in the Massacre (42), the coldest race on record, as well as the highest water level for the race. We are hoping that we don't have the mix up with the level again anytime soon... … Continue

Added by Webmaster on January 14, 2010 at 5:38pm — No Comments

Holiday Paddling in Mexico

Our flight to Mexico City took off just before a major snowstorm hit Western North Carolina and buried the area under 15 inches of snow. Talk about good timing! Jalcomulco, Veracruz is one of my favorite places. The town of about 3000 residents is

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Added by Anna Levesque on January 13, 2010 at 3:33pm — No Comments