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BFTV EPISODE #4 – British Columbia

Fred Norquist — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 05:38:32 +0000

Evan and myself have been working hard on bomb flow episode 4! Its finally up! Check out the 32 min of action-packed BC paddling. Big thanks to LiquidLogic!!!
In this episode watch as team bomb flow travels around the great province of BC, Canada EH!
Starting out near Fernie BC at the Elk River, the crew travels up to Revelstoke for some big drop huckin, then back down to the Southwest of BC for the Squamish area classics, then to the classic skookumchuck narrows for some playboating. The crew had an incredible 4 weeks, and even brushed up on their hockey skills.

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Norway Roadtrip 2011 – Video

Max Eberl — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 18:00:36 +0000

Einen Monat nachdem ich aus Norwegen zurück bin, habe ich es doch glatt geschafft mein Video fertig zu schneiden. So here it is…

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…and make sure you watch the video to the end

Cali Goods, Part 1

Liquidlogic Ladies Lounge — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 14:36:00 +0000

So I got to head to California after an awesome trip to Colorado this year to not only do some awesome creeking but see one of my good friends, John Grace get married to the most awesomest woman ever. Toby McDermott and I loaded up my trusty Subaru and headed west into the sunset.

I think at this point I was almost sleeping and Toby woke me up from my slumber to see this amazing view… over the Oklahoma flatlands…

We took I-40 West the whole way, somewhere around 2300 miles later we found ourselves at the put in to the main Keweah. Everything was still pumping so Hospital Rock and the East Keweah were out of question, but there is nothing wrong with running some big water class 4 after an epic 40 hour drive.

We added to that drive by going further north and heading to the Whiskey Flat Bridge, the takeout to the Secret Stash on Big Kimshew. We had heard the flows were right and that it was going to drop out pretty soon so we rallied to get on it.

This was the end result of our load onto Jason Hales truck. Which also included 8 people. We ended up having a crew of 11 on the river with us.

People in California are so smart!! They all use Werner Paddles!!

Since the day was pretty much just full of mad bombing and making sure that we made it off the river before sundown there aren’t many pictures of kayaking. Sadly. This is the Island Drop its the first (of very few) portage.

Since we were looking from above these were the only rapids that you could see on the drive up to the put in. To scale, that slot on the left was somewhere between 8 feet and 10 feet high. You roll around the corner and head right where you are sent off your first very nice 20 footer of the day. There was much more where that came from.

The only time that we really stopped was to hang out at Frenchies Forty. We ate some food and rehydrated. We were planning on going straight into the Secret Stash after we finished the run and we knew there were some big rapids in there.

Jason Hale, our fearless leader.

Myself, stoked at the end of the trip. Happy to be with such an awesome crew of people and stoked to have just run some of the biggest rapids of my life, blind. “You can only run a rapid blind once.”

Big Kimshew into the Secret Stash is like starting on a micro creek way up in there and then you end on a full on river with some massive holes and some really rowdy lines to be made. There is no other river that I have ever been on that has given me this much bang for my buck. Super sick run.

Solo Middle Falls

Shon Bollock — Wed, 04 May 2011 15:49:24 +0000

For the past few weeks rivers have been rising and dropping up here in Nor Cal. A gauge I always keep my eye on is the McCloud river about 25 mins outside Mt. Shasta. During the middle of last week I saw it was on the rise and tried to rally the troops. Unfortunately everyone has a life or something and can’t drop everything to come huck a perfect 50 footer, so I weighed my options. It was pretty clear the flows were going to peak thursday and I was pretty sure there wouldn’t be another chance for me to run it this year. With those facts in mind I rallied out with Callie and my father to check out the falls. When we arrived at Middle Falls thursday (April 28th) around 4:00pm it quickly felt different from my previous experience there with all the boyz a couple years ago. I looked at it from the top viewing platform and it looked like a little more than half the flow we had during the the previous record high descent in 2009. Dream flows peaked at just over 1700 cfs @ the reservoir that morning. We walked down to the base of the falls to get a better look. From there I saw a really solid line with a great boil at the bottom and felt confident it would be good to go.

As I was getting changed I realized I forgot my Canyoneers (standard rookie sh#t) but decided to give er anyway since the flows were peaking. The only thing I had to wear were my Sanuks which were a little sketchy on the hike in but all in all much better than nothing. After getting geared up I handed my Dad a throw rope and showed him were I wanted the most moral support as I knew a throw bag wasn’t going to do much if sh#t hit the fan. As my Dad hiked down to the bottom of the falls, I set up a trip pod and got Callie dialed for photos. During the hike down above the falls, I found myself thinking about the crew from the last trip and how much I was missing that camaraderie. As I got into my kayak I gave Callie the thumbs up and she confirmed with the “safety” we were good to go. I peeled out the eddy and started stroking for the lip. Came off a little far right but was able to get a good stroke off it stomping it down to a 45.

A quick offside roll at the bottom and I paddled away from the right wall with a successful decent. The priceless look on my Dad’s face was probably what made the day but being able to fill the line I saw in my head, without the support of any other paddlers, was a big step forward for me. It was a perfect training session before our big trip to Japan going down in 7 days, plus after finally getting that waterfall off my mind I may actually be able to get some school work done. Look for the footage to be featured in my new film Slippery When Wet coming out in July. Big thanks to my Dad and Callie for providing the support needed to make this happen!

Enjoy this gallery from the day courtesy of Callie Daniel.

Next update from the Shasta Boyz will be LIVE from Japan!!! 3 more trailer for Slippery When Wet trailers upon our return!!!

Ötz – Wellerbrücke

Max Eberl — Tue, 14 Dec 2010 11:12:22 +0000

Wenn im Herbst die Pegel anfangen zu sinken, konzentrieren sich die Paddler in den Alpen auf einige wenige Flüsse. Einer davon ist die Ötz, gerade die Wellerbrücke ist bei allen WW V Paddlern hoch im Kurs. Auch Anton Lehner und ich packten unsere Liquidlogic Jefe’s aufs Dach und begaben uns in DAS Tal. Bei einem perfekten Pegel von 176 cm rockten wir zum aufwärmen um 09 Uhr morgens erst die Mittlere Ötz runter…rockten wohl eher weil es so steinig war, nicht weil die Action so groß war…

Aber unser Vorhaben für den Tag war ja eigentlich auf der Wellerbrücke ein paar schöne Lines in unseren Liquidlogic Jefes hinzulegen und dabei gute Shots mit der Video-Cam zu machen. Also ging es nach einer kleinen Baggerfahrt auf den Bach…bei perfektem herbstlichen Wetter haben wir dann insgesamt 3-4 Stunden unsere Kajaks die Wellerbrück wieder und wieder runtergeschubst.

Mit von der Partie war noch unser Vorarlberger Younster Johannes Simma, der uns tatkräftig beim Filmen unterstützt hat. Thx. Aber nun wollen wir euch das Endprodukt natürlich nicht vorenthalten. Viel Spass mit Antons Video.

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CRJ2SEHRZUAS

Mexico

Benjamin Hjort — Wed, 08 Dec 2010 06:40:17 +0000

Mariann Sæther posted a great blog about our last trip to Mexico.

Oh mine, I knew I would love Mexico. Warm weather, friendlly people, amazing food, and great whitewater!

Teaming up with kiwi brothers James and Mike Dawson, all-time good friend Benjamin Hjort and Germans Anne Hubner and Seppi Strohmeier, and Piahmin (Little German), we were set for a great 12 days in the country. Our sweet little rental car brought us safely from Mexico City to the hopping town of Tlapacoyan, and I am way impressed by Rallydriver James and his handling of speedbumps with the lowest car ever! We even managed to fit 7 boats on the roof one day, with 7 people inside it, without roofracks. That is what I call professionals, ha ha!

Tomata 1

Benjamin Hjort — Thu, 02 Dec 2010 21:47:23 +0000

Mariann Sæther and me are just back from a 2 weeks trip in Mexico. Fantastic land for paddling, nice, clean river, good locations, and awesome waterfalls. Mexico is my new destination. On our last day we ran Tomata 1. A must to do if you are in to waterfall running. You can see the footage of Mariann running the drop on NRK TV. Broadcast, 01.12.2010 9 pm.

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Visa

Martin Vollen — Wed, 24 Nov 2010 17:47:21 +0000

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Liquidlogic team kayaker Martin Vollen and Mathias Fossum on Visa river in Norway.

Il bello Ticino

Anton Lehner — Mon, 13 Sep 2010 05:51:03 +0000

Einige der besten Wildwasserperlen sind für die europäischen Paddler im Tessin zu finden. Auf unserem letzten Trip zu den schweizer Eidgenossen haben wir uns Ribo, Verzasca und Co. vorgeknüpft und mächtig Spaß gehabt. Wasserfälle, coole Kombis aus verzwickten Einfahrten mit netten Ausgangslöchern sowie technisch anspruchsvolle Passagen, kein Paddlerwunsch blieb unerfüllt. Mit meinem neuen Liquidlogic Jefe habe ich einige krasse Lines hingelegt und für euch auf Zelluloid festgehalten.

Also fui spoass.
Anton

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A trip to Norway

Andreas "Stocki" Stockinger — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 21:52:05 +0000

After a long period being only shuttle-bunny ’cause I injured my ellbow, I finally could get back into my Jefe and go kayaking. Therefore my friends and I decided to go to Norway to have some good times like in the year before. Here are some pictures of our trip – hope you like them. We ran rivers like the Stordalselva, Raundalselva, Lower Rauma, Kleivelvi, Tysselva and many more. Thanks to my friends for this great journey!

Photos by: Daniel Egger, Robert Machacek and Alexander Hirako

greets Stocki

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