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Two riverboarders were recently held captive for over 7 hours by angry indigenous Mayans in the interior of Guatemala.



Riverboarders Josh Galt and Max Baldetty, along with their native translator and the other paddlers in their group, were threatened with beatings, hanging, and burning by the mob.



The natives were taking a stand protecting their land and rivers, and have fought fiercely over the years against dams and mining projects in the area (to no avail). …

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Docta P and I went to Hoodoo to go Airboarding recently. It was a 180 degree difference from the last time I was there 2 years ago (seriously, TWO years? Where'd the time go!).

Let me set the scene:

- Hoodoo is in Oregon, about 2 hours from Portland, where I used to reside and where Face Level started.

- It's the only…

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So I went bodyboarding today in Dominical, Costa Rica. It's a well-known surf town in Costa, as you can surf pretty much every day, year round. It's not always big, but there's always waves, somewhere in the area. And when it does go off, it's huge.



I like to surf. The stand-up kind. I kinda learned how during my time living in San Diego, and have gotten better down here.



I like to swim, too, and go out and attempt to bodysurf. Dom isn't really a good place for that, as… Continue

In exactly 2 weeks, riverboarders will descend upon Kernville, California and the 2009 FLRC races will begin!

I'm excited about this for several reasons.



1. The riverboarding industry is growing, and more and more people are experiencing the beauty of whitewater at "face level". Rafting is cool, kayaking is cooler, but to feel every nuance of the river, every current and hydraulic and bit of power the flow contains,… Continue

I'd post a blog or two to go along with Rochelle's Costa Rica video recap, but instead I decided to write ten gazillion words for XSport's latest issue! I think it might be the longest article ever submitted to a magazine editor of a sports magazine, haha.



Editor Chris Headland is so thoughtful though, he never complains...although I'm sure as he scrolled, and scrolled, and scrolled some more he probably had some silent expletives going on (thanks for being cool… Continue