February 2010 Blog Posts (10)

Spring Cleaning

A group of paddlers and cat boaters got together this…

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

World Class Kayak Academy: Chile 2010

Spending the last four weeks in Chile as a student at World Class Kayak Academy has become one of my better life experiences. Aside from being able…

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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 through a maze of vertical waterfalls, flumes and cascades—some runable, many terrifying. While descending the runable parts of the falls was… 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, click on "iTunes Store" then search for "Monster Fish of the Congo."

We ran huge rapids, got sucked into killer whirlpools, got held up by rebel… 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.

Preview

"The result is a boat that paddles like a river runner with the fat trimmed off and surfs like a playboat with nitrous in the trunk."

Check out the hi-quality scan of the Axiom article "Genetically… Continue

Added by Craig Ray 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…

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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 Richey. We had hoped to run the Rio Coachamo, but with loads of work looming in the days to come, we decided to just go straight to the Rio Negro for its…

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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… Continue

Added by Craig Ray 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… Continue

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