Up and coming Maryland-based paddler beat out paddling legend Tao Berman on his own turf April 12 to take first place in the Washington Canyon Creek Race.
Now in its 16th year, the event drew almost double the number of competitors expected and a huge crowd of spectators who scrambled up and down cliffs and [...]
The day Portland paddle maker Lee Bonfiglio closed up shop, folks lucky enough to own a Fluid paddle sighed, knowing that one of the best whitewater paddles ever made had become irreplaceable. After three years of abuse, I still haven’t managed to break mine, though it is missing a large chunk out of the blade. [...]
In the upcoming issue of Wend, on stands May 22, I review Brian Eustis’s film, Mekong: Exploring the Mother of Waters. I spoke with Ryan today and found out that the film was recently accepted into the Telluride Mountain Film Festival, aka Mountainfilm in Telluride.
Congratulations Brian!
Mt. Ashland, the only resort in Oregon to be powered 100 percent on Green Energy, is also the only Oregon finalist in this year’s Golden Eagle Awards. The ski area is a finalist for the “Silver Eagle - Excellence in Energy Conservation/Clean Energy” and also for the “Silver Eagle - Excellence in Environmental Education”. Way [...]
I’ve been testing out GoPro’s Digital Hero 3 and I gotta say…it takes a little getting used to to get great shots, but after that learning period, damn it’s awesome. The camera is itty bitty, about the size of half a Clif bar mushed into a square. (sorry for that analogy, I just couldn’t think [...]
Eddyflower.com, a paddling website, is hosting a new competition to benefit First Descents, an organization for young kayakers with cancer. It’s pretty cool—in a 30 day period, you and your teammates (5 max) paddle as many rivers as you can and log your vertical feet. Then they add it all up and the team with [...]
Lately I’ve been bombarded with a slew of awesome kayaking videos. The latest I’ve heard about, Light and Liquid, is being put out by New Beligium Brewery (Fat Tire beer, mmmm, yummy). Or their super cool marketing guy. Or both. It’s somewhat unclear. Anyway, he describes it as a kayak collage of movement and sound [...]