Red Bull Flow Hunters

Here’s a little blurb I wrote up for Dagger‘s news…I’m pretty stoked to see this film. Can’t wait for it to drop. Anything having to do with these guys is sure to be mind-blowing!

Team D’s, Rush Sturges, is known for embarking on expeditions of epic proportions. He joinsRed Bull‘s, Ben Brown and team for a 35 day adventure that spans both islands of New Zealand. The team travel over 8000km, paddle for 24 days and descend 17 rivers.

The adventure lead them to the discovery of remote, new kayaking frontiers. Deep within the Southern Alps of the West Coast, through the big, high water runs of South Otago and across the North Islands central volcanic plateau, they were reminded of their vunerability. These rivers demanded their humility, but yield so much achievement and peace in return.

Watch teaser HERE!

Cullowhee Falls

Dirty shoes!

Trail running along the West Fork of the Tuckasegee to Culllowhee Falls was awesome last week.

It was a shame I didn’t have my kayak, because it turn out the West Fork was running! It’s been a goal of mine to get on that run before I graduate.

Most water I've seen coming over Cullowhee Falls

I’m considering going out there again either tomorrow or Thursday. A little birdie told me it was running today! I hope to it keeps up, then I will meet my goal! We’ll see.

After the rain the trail was soft and the end result of seeing the falls made it all worth while! It was a nice change of pace.

Iker Beristain: Truchas combo

A blog I wrote for Bomber Gear a few weeks ago: Iker Beristain: Truchas combo.

STEEZY

Remember

You’re so much safer in your boat than out of it. Learn your roll and make it solid.

I’m working on getting that confidence back. I don’t know where it went!

Duo the fun

The last time I ran the Cheoah River I went for a ride in Jackson kayak’s: Dynamic Duo. My partner in crime, Burton Greer, and I put on the Cheoah River for its second release this year. A Class IV+ river full of hydraulics, wave trains, and boofs.

Middle line at Bear Creek Falls

A duo is a two-person kayak, it’s such a long boat that it takes a lot of power to get where you need to go, especially in class IV waters. So teamwork is key, and communication a must.

Burton and I had no trouble until the very end of the run. We flipped and tried to both roll, then ended up swimming because we were unable to get upright. Looking back at the situation we both laugh and say we had too much confidence going into it. Next time!

MK in the big cities

MK’s PR team posting the “Mountain Khakis Introduces Stylish New Women’s Apparel Collection” release to PR NewsWire, the majority of stats are in and reflect a solid distribution of 252 domestic + int’l postings, including TV, business journals, newspapers, consumer pub’s, etc.  A total of 725M+ impressions!

Las Vegas

The best part – the images below are of the release caption that made the Times Square billboard rotation, as well as Las Vegas’!

Times Square

March 24 is Spring MK Day

Mountain Khakis is declaring Saturday March, 24th as SPRING MK DAY! What does that mean? Welllllll, it’s a whole-lotta good for you because at participating dealers, all MK products will be $10 off.

For the one day online, at participating retailers, all MK products are $10 off (in stock items only).
Check out the link to participating dealers (this is a growing list but if you don’t see your local retailer on it, call them and tell them to participate. It isn’t too late!)

Click here to check out the goods!

Afternoon on the Tuck

Holdover Rainbow

No class and no where to kayak means it’s time to go fishing! Thomas Grimes, a close friend and classmate, and I got our gear together and drove to the river. After our two minute drive we arrived at Thomas “money” spot.

Thomas snatchin up MJ

Right of the bat I caught a sucker fish! Then a holdover rainbow, following a stock rainbow made for 3 fish within the first hour of fishing two holes pretty hard. Thomas and I both saw so many fish flashing there bellies and surfacing! Just made you wanna keep going.

One of the many fish Thomas caught was a feisty little thing. We named him MJ2 because he was jumping out of the water and getting some major air just like Michael Jordan would when he plays basketball. Ha.

Sucker fishy

After a couple hours we moved to a new spot upstream where we both caught a handful more! Within the first 5 casts I caught 2 fish and Thomas was working another hole where he caught probably 6 alone.

All in all it was a successful day. Can’t wait to get on the water again!!!

Bomber Gear’s K-Bomb

I love this sprayskirt! Click link for full details!

Bomber Gear

Rapid Magazine agrees that stylin’ this spring is our K-Bomb Mandala Sprayskirt!

“Like any good accessory, Bomber Gear’s K-Bomb skirt turns heads and can be personalized to match the rest of your outfit.” –Rapid Mag

Finding a skirt that will stay on the boat in all conditions and keep you dry can be hard to find, though now you can have the best of both worlds (with an added fashion forward sense). Rapid praises not only the look of the Mandala, but the structure of the Teflon-based ink injected neoprene that keeps paddlers dry. The bomber shock cord fits so snug around the cockpi-rim there is no room for implosion.

Check out the full length article here:

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Stoked on Tallulah Fest and Bomber Gear!

Bomber Gear

This year Dagger is a proud sponsor of Tallulah Fest 2012 and we’re giving away our top of the line Bomb Dry Top!!!

To win this sick dry top all you have to do is send your best “paddle wagon” photo to tallulahfest@gmail.com.

First place, of course, gets the Bomb Dry Top, while second and third place are not forgotten! Keen, Smith Optics, Mountain Khakis, and Immersion Research prizes will be awarded!

Watch the video for more details: 

“Like” Tallulah Fest on Facebook!

Tallulah Fest celebrates the release of the Tallulah Gorge, and donates money to American Whitewater. A weekend of being outside on the water, listening to handmade music, and having a good time is what this event is all about!

Come out and see us!

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