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
- The super talented amazing @Kfiebich has a booth at #LastThursday w/ @radioroompdx. Stop by, youll love it. http://bit.ly/aDQc4I #pdxevents
- Clackamas River Fest Vid http://bit.ly/9Bn9gQ from Sheer Madness Productions #whitewater
Tag Archives: whitewater kayaking
Upper Yellowjacket Creek
Finding a rarely run section of river, about which I had heard nothing, just doesn’t happen that often. It started off quite simply. During July of 2008, a huge snowmelt year, Mike G and I headed up to paddle McCoy & Yellowjacket Creek. Driving up and down NFDR 28, in search of the access, we [...]
Posted in PDX Paddling Info, Photos Also tagged Christie Glissmeyer, dave hoffman, Jesse Becker, Yellowjacket Creek 1 Comment
Costa Rica – warm everything & heaps of good times
Wow. Costa Rica is awesome. Every day there is a day well spent. Living is slow and easy in Costa Rica. Warm rain and warmer water. Sunshine and jungle shade. Fresh fruit(guanabana anyone?), casado con pescado and gallo pinto. Ocean waves and tropical birds.
Of all the places I’ve traveled in Latin America, the traveling and [...]
Posted in Photos Also tagged costa rica, dave hoffman, kayaking, latin america, sarapiqui, turrialba 3 Comments
Favorite Photos of the Year
Linda & David gear up for a cold and beautiful day on the Bruno Mountain section of the North Santiam River. The weather and the scenery made this one of the most memorable days I spend on the river this year. We were paddling this day as part of the Advanced Whitewater Seminar that I [...]
Posted in Photos Also tagged dave hoffman, oregon photography, pacific northwest photography, photography, wend magazine, whitewater photography 3 Comments
Beaver Creek Falls, OR
Paddler: Erik Boomer. Nov 2007. Photo copyright Dave Hoffman.
From Pool Roll to Combat Roll
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 [...]
Posted in Instruction Also tagged combat roll, dave hoffman, dave hoffman kayak, eskimo roll, kayak instruction, kayak rolling, learning to roll 1 Comment
McKenzie River Paddlefest
Last weekend a group of paddlers from Portland and Salem headed down to the McKenzie to indulge in a little bit of fall paddling. Chris, a student of mine, has been telling me about how awesome the McKenzie for as long as I’ve known him. He organizes a huge group camp-out every fall and I [...]
Best Days Kayaking 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 [...]
Posted in Videos Also tagged creeking, gopro head cam, waterfalls, whitewater, whitewater kayaking video Leave a comment
Euphoria Falls & Explaining what the heck it is that I do