The first day kicked off with The Homestake Creek Race. I was able to lay down the fastest time on run one and the pressure was on for run number two. I ended up crashing a bit on the last drop which caused me the seconds I needed to end up in first. I am still stoked to have finished in second, the field of competitors out there was stout. Dave Fusilli finished in 9th, and the Seilers rounded out 18 and 22nd. There were around 60 male competitors this year, I can’t wait for next year.

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This past weekend was the 25th Annual Clackamas Whitewater Festival. There was a good time had by all with water levels going through the roof. I ended up taking first place in the Mass Start and the Boater X. The big air ramp was also built with fine craftsmanship, I made it into the finals but was beat out by another Hood River Local Ryan Scott Thanks to Keel Brightman for the photo. (more…)

We had an awesome weekend of racing on the LW. Sat was the down river portion of the event, and Sun was the first ever LVM Giant Slalom. I ended up finishing first place overall which was a great feeling on my home river. I feel like this type of racing is the way the sport should be heading and am stoked to do more of these events. Check out lvmtv for more full results and details. (more…)

Last weekend I hit up the first annual Nortwest Creeking Competiton. I took down first place in the Huckfest over Sunset Falls on the East Fork of the Lewis River. It was a good time, lots of freewheels and whatnot. I went for a seal launch into the base of the falls for the crowd pleaser. The race was also sweet with a 80 racer turnout. I finished the race in 3rd place… but only 1/5th of a second off second. Here are some shots of the action. (more…)

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I have been in Pucon for two weeks now. It is one of the best creeking destinations I could imagine. Our friend and local river guru Rodrigo has taken us on the best biggest runs around. Our trip started out on day one with a 60 footer, day three a 70 footer, and day five a 50. The runs have been just as quality as the drops around here. It has been an awesome start to a great trip. All of our adventures will be airing in Feb on National Geographic International and Rush HD. Here´s a little teaser of the trip. More quality photos when you (more…)

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We have moved to Veracruz and have been getting on some good runs. The Alseseca has been keeping us entertained warming up on the roadside section. We will be heading downstream the next couple of days to the bigger drops but heres a few photos for now.

This drop is the first on Canyon Creek in the Oregon Cup. I took 4th in the Extreme Race. Josh Bectel took Second in Extreme and 1st in the boatercross to give him the overall win. I had to miss out on the boatercross so I had no overall ranking. Fun event hopefully more people will come out next year.

A landslide has drastically changed the waterfall known as Money Drop. The drop is on Rock Creek in Stevenson WA, it was first run by Trip Jennings and LJ Groth. The landslide is nearly taking houses off of the cliff but the new Mini Money Drop looked to perfect to let go unrun. A few rocks were falling off of the cliff while we were there. After running the drop I quickly got out of the canyon to to avoid any more potential landslide action.

On another note check out this video with some AMMO Action.

Rivers are flowing nicely in the Northwest and staying at consistant levels. Been trying to keep things interesting by taking the Ammo on some class V. I have been impressed how solid it is and how well you can throw it around. Big loops for sure!

BoaterCross Race

Loopin the 4Twenty

Headed down to the Collegiate National Championships in Reno this weekend. Ended up making it to the semi-finals in the boatercross, it was a physical event with people taking paddles to the face quite a bit. Luckily no one got seriously injured. Levels were a bit low for the play spot I ended up one spot out of the final rounds. Won some money in the casino and had a good time for sure. Looking forward to the Reno River Fest in a couple of weeks.

Got a break from Eugene to head back to HR for the weekend and paddle with the Crew. Lana Young took this photo you can check more of her photos at lanayoung.com. After I ran it Erik Boomer swam over it Jason Hale style, it went well he just hurt his ears from going so deep but atleast he didnt have to swim over chaos.