The River Lifestye On Twitter- That was a good weekend
- Smith & Bybee Lakes, Williamette River, Little White Salmon
- RT @wendmagazine: the Latest from iWend Peeps @heidiswift @kitsunekeimou @highsteph @yogaslackers @emberphoto @amaser http://su.pr/1PGIuX
- RT @hherbeck: looking forward to the White Salmon River Fest http://bit.ly/9z628t this Friday & Saturday
- The super talented amazing @Kfiebich has a booth at #LastThursday w/ @radioroompdx. Stop by, youll love it. http://bit.ly/aDQc4I #pdxevents
Category Archives: Stories
So Dave, how was China?
At the top of Peacock Mountain Pass from Dave Hoffman on Vimeo.
China was….very Chinese. The cities were hectic. The countryside was wonderful and the people among the most inviting I’ve every met. It was cold and windy, and, at times, surprisingly hot. Not speaking anything other than a few basic words of Chinese, I spent [...]
Also posted in Videos | Tagged adventure, adventure travel, ben liotta, china, dave hoffman, yunnan | 4 Comments
Euphoria Falls & Explaining what the heck it is that I do
Writing this blog, I struggle with how to tell stories about kayaking. A little bit of me wants to appeal to my hardcore kayaker friends, to show them what I’ve done, to get them stoked and maybe a little jealous. A larger part of me wants share things that all kayakers can understand and appreciate. [...]
Also posted in Videos | Tagged dave hoffman, euphoria falls, gopro headcam, hagen gorge, washougal river, whitewater kayaking | 1 Comment
Experiencing Metlako Falls – My First 90 ft. Waterfall
Coming home Friday night, I get online and Facebook tells me what to do.
I’d thought about running Metlako Falls for a while. But only just thought about it. I’d never even hiked the mile and half up to take a look at it, though I’d driven past the Eagle Creek trailhead dozens of times. A [...]
Also posted in Photos, Videos | Tagged dave hoffman, eagle creek, gopro headcam, metlako, metlako falls, oregon, paul gamache, whtiewater kayaking | 9 Comments
That time Mike almost flush drowned
In early June, several good friends and I took a boating trip to Idaho. It was the peak of snowmelt and the rivers were raging. After an amazing two days on the SF Salmon, we finished the shuttle and camped near the incomparable mountain town of Yellowpine. The next day we paddled a high flowing [...]
Also posted in Videos | Tagged dave hoffman, efsf salmon river, flush drowning, gopro head cam, kayaking video, near drowning, swiftwater rescue, whitewater kayaking, whitewater saftey | 11 Comments
California Whitewater – NF Toulumne
In early summer I took a trip to California for some Sierra whitewater awesomeness. This is my last trip report — just a little delayed.
High water on the South Fork of the Merced ended our last opportunity for a multiday trip in the Sierras. With the Merced spiking up uncontrollably, our friends and their friends [...]
Also posted in Photos | Tagged clavey river, dave hoffman, merced, mike gottlieb, north fork toulumne, sf merced, toulumne river, whitewater kayaking | Leave a comment
Little White Salmon Headcam
El Dub Headcam from Dave Hoffman on Vimeo.
The Little White Salmon River is heaven on earth for whitewater kayakers. It has it all – technical boulder garderns, fun ledge drops, an epic waterfall, the clearest and bluest water I’ve seen and complex never-ending rapids, all set in a beautiful remote gorge that tumbles down to [...]
Also posted in Videos | Tagged creeking, dave hoffman, go pro, headcam, Little White Salmon, whitewater kayaking | 2 Comments
Blind Rafting
Under the best of circumstances, swimming through whitewater can be disorientating. Even though I’ve done so many times, every time I end up out of my kayak and in the water, it’s a little overwhelming. Currents pull and twirl my body, water rushes over my face, I float and spin and even sink for a [...]
Posted in Stories | Tagged blind awesome dudes, deschutes river, disable veterans, team river runner, whitewater rafting | Leave a comment
Deschutes River Awesomeness
I love kayaking and being on rivers for 3 big reasons.
I love the challenge of improving my technical paddling ability, paddling harder whitewater with ease.
I love the people that I meet on the river, the smiles I share with my friends and the great times we all cherish with every ounce of our hearts.
I love [...]
Also posted in Photos | Tagged dave hoffman, deschutes river, instructional trips, kayaking, rafting, sean larkin, whitewater | Leave a comment
Back home to the Potomac
The sirens at gate 20 in JFK’s Terminal 5 are making babies cry. I couldn’t sleep on the plane. But I have a smile. In a few short hours I’ll be home.
I was born and raised in suburban Virgina, just outside Washington, DC. While I was in Peru, my parents sold the house and moved [...]
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Northwest Creeking Competition 2010 – Results