This season the water was prime when we arrived, but has been on a steady decline from day one. This has made for a mad dash to get all the runs and levels opportunities we can in a short amount of time. Once we were warmed up with a few Nevado runs we went straight to the Middle Palguin for some test dummy action. Good lines through Stout 10 and varying lines off the big one…Aniol and I went back up for round 2! A good day of hucking for sure…a few days later Aniol was feeling Salto Palguin so we went back for a Todo Palguin! Aniol laced the stout and we went on to run the entire river with only 2 portages.

One being a very tight manky slide with a log jam, and second is Brendan Guth’s drop on the Lower Palguin, which hasn’t been run since that tragic day. Enjoy a few shots from the 2 runs!

Stout 10…coming in HOT!

Getting mad dirty off the curling lip of the middle!

Juanito Ugarte running the middle after an exciting stout 10 descent.

Head freeze of middle with the new GoPro 2…this thing shoots amazing footage!

Papa Garcia styling in the new Liquid Logic Stomper 90…the boat looks amazing out there on the big stuff!

Aniol running stout 10 with some style…he has been on fire coming hot off a big Mexico trip.

A sick sequence of me running Stout 10…this is the scariest move offered in Pucon!

Stern mount freeze off the middle.

It amazes me to come down here year after year and continually return to this river only to find more and different personal challenges as I grow as a kayaker. I still get scared looking down at the pool while scouting the Middle, I more scared than ever of the Exportacion, and Salto Palguin is a thing of my past after having a good line last year. This has been a cool transition for me to be a part of…every year I come back a better and more confident paddler, but I always have different goals and fears in mind. Some rapids with curtain consequences that appealed to me last year could be a total no go this year…while drops I didn’t like in the past I can now see myself stomping.

Salute to the Palguin keep watching this blog as there is a ton more content to be put up and get ready for Bomb Flow TV’s Episode 6 covering the first month of this Chile trip.

Later E.G.

Usere Reise begann Mitte Dezember in Santiago  de Chile. Aus ehemaligen Träumen wurde somit Realität, Träume wie zum Beispiel der Futaleufu, Rio Baker, Palguin und der weltbekannte Rio Claro.

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Zwischen Autopannen, Kajak fahren und dem reinen Chaos ist dieses Video entstanden, ein Film über einen siebenwöchigen Kajaktrip in Chile.

Viel Spass!
Anton

Our journey started in Santiago de Chile in mid-December. Former dreams became true, dreams like the Futaleufu, the Rio Baker, the Palguin and the world-famous Rio Claro.

Amongst car breakdowns, kayaking and absolute chaos this video was produced – a movie about a 7 week trip through Chile.

Enjoy it!
Anton