Jun 10 2010
For Sunday of the long weekend we awoke beside the Ashnola River by Keremeos. The Ashnola is one of my favorite runs. It’s entirely road side and you can drive up as far as 22 kilometers. The run is very continuous class 4 and some what boney even with a good flow. The rapids roll [...]
Jun 4 2010
May long weekend started this year at 4:00PM on Saturday, as soon as Laura, Sheldon and myself were relieved of our kayak selling duties at Western Canoeing and Kayaking we piled into the borrowed work truck (thanks again WCK) and made tracks for the Okanagan. To help break up the drive we made a quick [...]
May 19 2010
After throwing some ideas around with Sean Boz over the phone we decided to cruise up to the Coquihalla Canyon just north of Hope in British Columbia. The Canyon is located a short ways down stream of the classic Coquihalla run. The canyon is rarely run, infact I could only find 2 other people that had paddled [...]
May 13 2010
“Throwdowns are a series of FUN events aimed at bringing communities of recreational boaters together in the spirit of simple competition. These events allow for simple scoring and keep things light and fun. Points for front surfs, wathunks, paddle waves and the standard playboating moves make this fun for all. The categories allow for anyone to do well [...]
May 4 2010
The Chilliwack River is my local back yard, after work run. It’s about 30 minutes from home or work and runs almost all year long. It has a wide variety of whitewater difficulty ranging from class 1 to 4 and has somewhere in the neighborhood of 50+ kilometers of free flowing river. It’s the training grounds for [...]
