Oct 7 2010
Being in the paddlesports business has lots of ups and downs. The down side would be that prime time to sell paddlesports gear occurs during prime paddling season, making it hard to get away from work to paddle while the local creeks and rivers are running. So next time you’re in the shop to pick [...]
Oct 5 2010
Cayoosh Creek is a classic southwestern BC run for many reasons. It’s got amazing scenery that’s unique for the area, lots of gradient, and interesting rapids largely formed by falling rock and massive slabs of mountainside that have dropped into the river. Possibly my favorite thing about this creek is that it runs after everything in [...]
Sep 2 2010
The flows this year on Whistler’s classic creek runs started off big and juicy then dropped off the charts within a couple of weeks. There was a short window to catch some of the classics like Callaghan and the Soo, although some local hucksters got many laps in at ridiculously high flows. We mortals only had a couple [...]
Aug 31 2010
Some video we shot this spring on what we are pretty sure was the first descent by a raft of the Coquihalla Canyon below Othello Tunnels into Hope. If you haven’t checked this run out it’s scenic and well worth it. Here is the trip report and pictures from the trip. Also some video from [...]
Aug 17 2010
In July 13 friends and I met in Smithers in Northern British Columbia to do a 5 day self supported trip. We flew into Johanson Lake to run Johanson Creek into the Sustut River and finished on the Skeena River. It took 2 float plane trips to shuttle all 14 paddlers into Johanson Lake. The trip [...]
