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From Pool Roll to Combat Roll

By dave | Published: October 22, 2009
One the most common difficulties my students have is increasing their success rate rolling in whitewater.  Nothing is more rewarding for a beginner than getting their first combat roll.  And nothing is more frustrating than continuing to swim.  Solidifying your combat roll of gives paddlers an unbelievable level of confidence.   Here’s how to [...]
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California Whitewater – NF Toulumne

By dave | Published: October 6, 2009
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 [...]
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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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Deschutes River Awesomeness

By dave | Published: August 13, 2009
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 [...]
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Back home to the Potomac

By dave | Published: July 31, 2009
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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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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I Nearly Killed My Roommate

By dave | Published: April 18, 2009
Yesterday my roommate  Mike and I kayaked a few practice runs for the 2009 Northwest Creek Competition.  I almost decapitated him.  My Go Pro head cam was on and it captured every glorious second.
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Mosier Falls – My first paddle strokes of 2009

By dave | Published: January 2, 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 [...]
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Upper Tualatin: Not Really Recommended

By dave | Published: December 29, 2008
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 [...]
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Freewheel at Little Brother

By dave | Published: December 17, 2008
Here is a quick little video of me freewheeling Little Brother on the Green Truss section of the White Salmon. The Truss is our summertime/low water reliable class V run in the Columbia Gorge, just across the Columbia from Hood River. Freewheel at Little Brother from Dave Hoffman on Vimeo. The video was shot by Adam Mills [...]
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