Category Archives: Videos

So Dave, how was China?

By dave | Published: April 4, 2010
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 [...]
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Euphoria Falls & Explaining what the heck it is that I do

By dave | Published: January 19, 2010
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. [...]
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Experiencing Metlako Falls – My First 90 ft. Waterfall

By dave | Published: December 1, 2009
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 [...]
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That time Mike almost flush drowned

By dave | Published: November 17, 2009
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 [...]
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When waterfall scouting goes wrong…

By dave | Published: November 5, 2009
I’ve been looking at one particular waterfall for about a year now.  Part of it looks fantastic and part of it looks significantly less fantastic.  Getting there involves a remote hike and rappel into a steep, narrow gorge.  Loose rock abounds.  Last week, on my way out of the gorge, as I was ascending a [...]
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Best Days Kayaking 2009

By dave | Published: October 12, 2009
Best Days Kayaking 2009 from Dave Hoffman on Vimeo. Check out some of the best days I had paddling in 2009.  And really, I was quite lucky this year, getting a lot of days on a lot of quality whitewater. With this sick weather forecast for Portland, I am going to have a couple more great days [...]
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Little White Salmon Headcam

By dave | Published: September 8, 2009
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 [...]
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Hometown Beatdown

By dave | Published: August 5, 2009
Great Falls Headcam with a swim at the Spout from Dave Hoffman on Vimeo. It’s been a great week on the Potomac River.  I’ve surfed some fun waves with my best friend and our mentor, Bruce Uthus.  I paddled with John Haddock, a good friend who I hadn’t seen since Costa Rica in 2007.  Despite difficult [...]
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Quick Video from Lower Lewis Falls

By dave | Published: July 10, 2009
Here’s a video my roommate Mike put together from Tuesday’s run of Lower Lewis Falls.  Enjoy and have a great weekend! -Dave //
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Copper Creek Video

By dave | Published: May 21, 2009
Copper Creek from Dave Hoffman on Vimeo. A little while ago I finally paddled Copper Creek.  This particular run had been eluding me for awhile.  Runnable mostly off of rainfall in the winter and early spring, the road leading to the put-in is often rendered impassible by snow.  Mike Gottlieb, Josh Armagost and I found a [...]
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