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
Beautiful Waterfall, Soulful Day
Andy Lictenheld, Heather Herbeck and I met Tuesday at Lower Lewis Falls. It was a gorgeous day, I went kayaking and it was awesome.
So steezy…Photo by Heather Herbeck, www.sheermadnessproductions.com
Posted in Stories | Tagged big drops, creeking, firing it up, lewis river, lower lewis falls, waterfalls | Leave a comment
Salmon River Gorge – the toughest day of the year
I’m finding it difficult to digest everything that happened yesterday in the Salmon River Gorge. So much physical and mental energy was expended that I cannot think in anything more than bits and pieces.
Posted in Stories | Tagged kayak trips, mt hood national forest, oregon whitewater, rarely kayaked rivers, salmon river gorge, whitewater kayaking | Leave a comment
California Part II
While the boys were running the Golden Gate section of the SF American, my personal mission was to be as helpful as possible. I drove 3 separate groups of paddlers to the top of the run. I bought the guys a 24-pack of PBR (Portland!). I flirted with Safeway bakery girl and ate too many [...]
A perfect day on Opal Creek
There is absolutely nothing better than paddling a new section of river with good friends. Saturday we had a beautiful day and I paddled waterfalls and rapids I’d yet to see.
Also posted in Photos | Tagged creeking, josh armagost, little north santiam river, mike gottlieb, opal creek, opal creek wilderness, waterfalls | Leave a comment
Cali Trip Part. I – My first shoulder injury
As I type this, I’m sitting the Safeway parking lot in Pollock Pines, CA. I just dropped of my buddies at the top of the Golden Gate section of the SF American River. I’m not paddling because I hurt my shoulder, the first shoulder injury of my kayaking career. We charged hard yesterday, my paddling [...]
Also posted in Photos | Tagged kayaking injury, pollock pines, shoulder injury, sierra whitewater, south fork yuba, whitewater kayaking | 2 Comments
Winter Waterfalling
Big Brother on the Truss from Dave Hoffman on Vimeo.
Kayakers around the Pacific Northwest have been enduring a grim, low-water winter. I am not a lover of paddling in the winter but the abundant rainfall here from late November to May makes this part of the world the best place live if you like to [...]
Also posted in Videos | Tagged big brother, creeking, go pro, green truss, headcam, kayaking waterfalls, white salmon river | Leave a comment
Mosier Falls – My first paddle strokes of 2009
Photos by Erik Boomer eboomerphoto.com
Take boat off the car. Full of water from melted snow, empty it. Grab the water bottle and head back to the falls for one more look. Walk along the road and avoid cars. I’m glad it looks smaller from river left. Talk to Nate to assure myself it’s good to [...]
Posted in Stories | Tagged big drops, big waterfall hucking, dave hoffman, erik boomer, firing it up, mosier creek, mosier falls, mosier oregon, whitewater kayaking | Leave a comment
Upper Tualatin: Not Really Recommended
Saturday was going to be a good day. Christie Glissmeyer, Jesse Becker and Jason Schroeder were coming to PDX from Hood River to get some goods. With warm temperatures melting the snow and rain falling we expected the Coast Range to have good flows. They were just too good- our original destination, the Grays River [...]
Also posted in Photos | Tagged Christie Glissmeyer, dave hoffman, exploratory kayaking, Jesse Becker, Tualatin River, whitewater kayaking | Leave a comment
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