So with the winter fading away up here in the great white North I was finally able to get my Coosa out for the first float of the 2012 fishing season. I decided to spend the day on what’s considered to be the Blue Ribbon section of the Bow River just south of Calgary from [...]

I have recently gone to the Nantahala for a shootout and a hometown throwdown checking out the new wave shaper. A lot of hard work and changes have been done on it since the last time I’ve paddle at the NOC. The construction done on the wave has made it more retentive to land massive [...]

So after the T’ville Triple crown my plan was to drop Emily off in DC, pick up Dane and head to California. This plan quickly changed over dinner when the word got out that the New River Dries waves might be in. So we packed up the RV and hit the road. A not so [...]

By Henry “H-Bomb” Hyde A lot of paddling parents want to get their kids into paddle sports, and even some non-paddling parents too. Eight years ago, this was a pretty tough thing to do as there were not many options out there for kids when it came to equipment. Putting a 4 year old in a ‘Dancer’ [...]

my son ethan and i have fished our Cudas hard this year and they have never let us down. one of our favorite fish to chase is the long nosed gar, you have to love a fish that can pull the yak as fast as you can paddle it !!!

On the N Fork of the Stanislaus in California, Andrew seal launched in his Villain S into a flat pool. But a little angle sent his nose under the sloping log, one piece of a mighty Ponderosa Pine that had fallen upstream and left pieces scattered through several of the best rapids. But no worries, with [...]

On the N Fork of the Stanislaus in California, Andrew seal launched in his Villain S into a flat pool. But a little angle sent his nose under the sloping log, one piece of a mighty Ponderosa Pine that had fallen upstream and left pieces scattered through several of the best rapids. But no worries, with [...]

Jiri Vala runnin’ laps with the Villain on Yellow Creek falls during a early spring Cheoah release.’

Jiri Vala runnin’ laps with the Villain on Yellow Creek falls during a early spring Cheoah release.’

My rock star is the only play-boat that fits my long legs and still feels small, and at the same time, allows me to go big on “popier” loops, or just sit back and enjoy a nearly effortless, “perfect Surf”

My rock star is the only play-boat that fits my long legs and still feels small, and at the same time, allows me to go big on “popier” loops, or just sit back and enjoy a nearly effortless, “perfect Surf”

This photo is of the gorge below big fluffy. One of the prettiest places I have ever been. And the only way to get there is in a kayak.

This photo is of the gorge below big fluffy. One of the prettiest places I have ever been. And the only way to get there is in a kayak.

There ain’t nothing like a good fitting pair of shoes or boots. Each variant of shoe or boot has a purpose. For example, one wouldn’t want to run a marathon in a pair of Mukluks that were too big. Similarly, my Allstar fits me. Somehow it became part of me. And it’s my playboat. At this [...]

There ain’t nothing like a good fitting pair of shoes or boots. Each variant of shoe or boot has a purpose. For example, one wouldn’t want to run a marathon in a pair of Mukluks that were too big. Similarly, my Allstar fits me. Somehow it became part of me. And it’s my playboat. At this [...]

After our ACA course at landmark learning the we saw the Cascades were running on the Nantalaha and couldn’t help ourselves.

After our ACA course at landmark learning the we saw the Cascades were running on the Nantalaha and couldn’t help ourselves.

Launching into the air on a great boof on the Lover’s Leap section of the S Fork American river in California. Unfortunately, at low flows like this it lands on a rock. My buddy broke his seat on the landing but with the speed from my Villain S I was able to clear the rock and [...]