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Fuse - hot springs to river streams

I use the Fuse to teach beginners. Here is one of my students learning all the basic strokes at Zim's Hot Springs. I had a friend in town the other day, and the water was a little bit below ideal for the Little Salmon. He took my Diesel, and I took...

Diesel - a surfing and boofing machine

Are you trying to decide what boat to buy? Want just one boat? I have found my go to river runner and surfing boat all in one, Diesel 70. It surfs like a dream and can catch large or small waves. The edges make carving effortless. Here's a picture...

How the Mobius got me to switch playboats after 10 years in the ZG

above image: Surfing on the Main Stem of the American this spring in my ZG 54. Can't wait to catch this rare wave in my Mobius 65. Photo: Kevin Weddle I love my ZG. I bought one before I ever sat in one because I could tell from looking at the lines...

A Great Fall Day on the Potomac

This October I was based around the DC/MD/VA area with my fiance Courtney during her away rotation at GWU's pathology dept. Luckily, Great Falls happened to be just up the road. I put together a little edit showing the MD and VA lines in the...

Northern Sweden - Trollforsen

Trollfors, Sweden. Trollforsen is a section of whitewater on the Piteälven (Pite River), which is one of Sweden’s largest river basins. It is located in the Norrland region just outside the bigger city of Arvidsjaur in the north. It has become a...

Wave Sport + kids = Super Fun

2014 has been a fantastic year for teaching kids to paddle here in Idaho! Here are a few of my favorite photos from Dare to Kayak. Thank you Wave Sport for making it possible for kids to have high quality kayaks, just there size, for my Dare to...

The North Of Sweden - Skalmodal

The Northern Paddling Continues After catching some playboating on the local feature the road trip was on! I had a few drops on my Sweden hit list that I had to check out. With a solid flow I headed on a short drive from Kittelfjall to catch the...

The North Of Sweden - Hidden Wave

Stennäs – The Hidden Wave The whitewater goods of Northern Sweden once again provided some quality action. Only a select few paddlers in Scandinavia have heard about the elusive ‘hidden wave’ in the north and even more difficult is knowing when the...

GRAND PRIX – The Time Trials Experience

Keeping the momentum of the Whitewater Grand Prix going and entertaining the creeking aspect of the whitewater world, we found ourselves in the town of Shawinigan. It was time for the Extreme Race Time Trial stage. In true WWGP fashion we arrived to...