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Hydrospeed in South Africa...

This week has been an exciting one for me…

We have some friends and their families visiting here from France. I first met Raphael over the Internet about 7 or 8 years ago in his capacity as President of RIPH , the International Governing Body for the Sport of Hydrospeeding / Riverboarding, which I took up in 2001.

Raphael was tireless in the assistance he gave me to get started with a sport which, it turned out, I was the first person to seriousl

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Added by Charl van Rensburg on August 12, 2010 at 6:30am — 4 Comments

In So Cal briefly

I'm going to be in 'the OC' this coming weekend Aug 7-8. The plan is to borrow a friend's board in San Clemente and head to T-street by early afternoon (plane lands at SNA around 11 am). Sunday I'm hoping for a little wave action at 40th street Newport just after noon. I know the wind will be on it but it's still better than nothing! I'm just hoping my 3-mil is enough for the recent cold streak. Anyone wants to join me please give a call at 36O 393 5355.
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Added by Rochelle Parry on August 5, 2010 at 1:48am — 1 Comment

Not quite Facelevel,but definitely ballsy

This has been in the National news here in NZ over the past couple of days.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DgVo1IAVrDM

Maybe not strictly at facelevel, but using only gravity, pretty damn ballsy stuff, even if they seem to have never heard of protective equipment!!

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Added by Mad Dog River Boarding on July 23, 2010 at 4:30pm — 4 Comments

The Dave and Buster's Sandy Beach Pro Bodyboarding Comp Day 1 Press Release

7/10/2010
THE DAVE AND BUSTERS
SANDY BEACH PRO, PART OF THE BODY GLOVE
UNITED STATES BODYBOARDING ASSOCIATION TOUR
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Day 1 Press Release

The Body Glove United States Bodyboarding Association
Event: The Dave & Busters Sandy Beach Pro
Sponsors: Dave & Busters, Body Glove, T&C Surf, Churchill, GO Mokulele & Vitamin Water
Where: Sandy Beach, Oahu, Hawaii, Half Point (Surf… Continue

Added by Alicia Anne on July 11, 2010 at 9:09am — No Comments

Farmlands

It all started with a coin toss to end indecision over which vehicle to take to Hood River from Seattle. Better mileage or more space and comfort? Heads indicated space and comfort, so three of us loaded up the 2009 super-rig and sat in rush hour carpool traffic on 405 south.

The first campground along Hwy 14 we wanted was closed, and at 12:30 am we weren’t too picky when we pulled up to another. I’d have been more picky i

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Added by Rochelle Parry on July 5, 2010 at 9:31pm — No Comments

Riverboarding Helping Veterans

I'm more than a little biased, but this program is an awesome way to help veterans get back to enjoying life again. The riverboarding community should be proud of this great effort.

Thanks to everyone for all of their hard work in putting this together.

http://missoulian.com/news/local/article_bc722694-8726-11df-94ed-001cc4c002e0.html

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Added by Matt Kuntz on July 4, 2010 at 11:55am — 9 Comments

Aussie Bodysurfers

Are there any Aussie Bodysurfers on Face Level Sports?

I have uploaded some photos of me when I am not at work enjoying the ocean.

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Added by Greg Cogar on July 2, 2010 at 5:23am — No Comments

Swim Team Riverboards Kern River

Swim Team of Placentia (STOP) senior girls experienced riverboarding for the first time this Father's Day weekend. Coach Devon Ames brought 10 of his senior, 15-18year old girl swimmers to the Kern for a day of riverboarding.

What a great experience for all involved: I had the time of my life teaching the most fit, strong, prepared, tough group of newbies I have ever met; Coach Devon and the girls had a team and confidence-building, exciting day on the beautiful Kern!
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Added by Waterboarder1 on June 20, 2010 at 9:49pm — 1 Comment

Anybody here riverboard S.Fork Yuba river (Edwards to Purdon's)

If you have please share your experiences as I might riverboard this tommorro with Bob Carlson, Peter Cameron, and Paul Gilbert. Thnx, Ross Continue

Added by Ross Michael Cohen on June 19, 2010 at 8:19pm — No Comments

Anybody up for a riverboarding trip on the American this weekend?

North Fork American (Chamberlains section) class 4 or Slab creek (upstream of Chili Bar). This is very rare that this section is running. I would love to try it. Anybody else done this section before? Heard it is a class 4-4+ section. Continue

Added by Ross Michael Cohen on June 14, 2010 at 11:51pm — No Comments

A trip to my favorite valley...

I made my first (of many) trips this season to my favorite place to jump in the world this last weekend. The Romsdal valley is near the town of Åndalsnes on the west coast of Norway. While there are many sites to jump from in this valley, most people will recognize it as the area where the (original) world base race is held, or perhaps the Troll wall - a

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Added by Jennifer Dembinski on June 10, 2010 at 2:41pm — No Comments

Freediving Freefall

Perhaps not exactly Facelevel per definition, but it includes elements of the category & is just so darn cool, I had to share it .... watch this video!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQITWbAaDx0&feature=player_embedded

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Added by Charl van Rensburg on June 9, 2010 at 3:20am — No Comments

1:17:53 My Next Challenge

Five digits and two colons. 1 hour, 17 minutes, 53 seconds. This represents the record time in the riverboard class of the Gauley Animal race, set by Gary Pera in 2006. Without a National Championship to contend for this year, I've got my eyes on a different challenge. Racing down the Gauley is one of the hardest challenges I've ever done, as the Animal Race is nine miles of big rapids interspersed with some long pools of flat water. It's about the time when you are breathing steady and getting… Continue

Added by Kevin Yount on May 26, 2010 at 12:34pm — No Comments

Raw Rev continues their support of CORE Team FLI athletes and their endeavours

Face Level is proud to partner with Raw Revolution, and is stoked about their continued support of the CORE Team FLI athletes. Last winter they helped sponsor an expedition riverboarding trip in Costa Rica, where for the first week we basically lived off Raw Rev bars, and fresh coconut water.

We became saddened as our pile of bars, a festive mix of all the different flavors, soon became a pile of wrappers. Luckily we kept finding bars in the darndest places and it became a game

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Added by Alicia Anne on May 25, 2010 at 10:49am — No Comments

Riverboarding Guide in New Zealand

Hi All

Well the winter is about to well and truly set in here, snow forecast this weekend to almost lake level, hopefully a good omen for the season ahead!

Once again, as per last year, I would like to extend an invitation to everyone, that if you would like to come to New Zealand and become a riverboarding guide, as usual we have about 4 openings for next season.

Last season Liz Arnold come down to see what it was all

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Added by Mad Dog River Boarding on May 18, 2010 at 9:19pm — 5 Comments

Season opening (in Norway)

The skydiving season has begun here in Norway, and over the last couple weeks I’ve been able to make a bunch of skydives. To start, a couple weeks ago, there was a day of helicopter jumps up in Hamar, which just happened to fall on my birthday weekend, so I had a very happy birthday this year enjoying some great

heli-jumps! As an extra bonus, it actually happened to be quite warm that day as well. I got 3 jumps that day, 2 from 5,000

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Added by Jennifer Dembinski on May 12, 2010 at 3:00am — 2 Comments

Bodysurfing Patents

Wonder if any Prototypes were ever made... tested?

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Added by Charl van Rensburg on May 2, 2010 at 3:36pm — 2 Comments

Great White Cage Dive, South Africa

Over the Easter holiday I traveled to Cape Town, mainly for some wingsuit BASE jumping and great white shark dives. While unfortunately I was unable to make any jumps (due to a number of reasons) I did manage to experience some beautiful great white sharks!

Cape Town is known for its wind, and after waiting 2 days for the wind to calm enough so that the wave heights were less than 4 meters on the sea, I finally got my chance to… Continue

Added by Jennifer Dembinski on April 16, 2010 at 4:37am — 2 Comments

2010 Season Warm-up

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Added by Jennifer Dembinski on March 3, 2010 at 9:23am — No Comments

Monkey Fusion - pics from the development of our new board

I wanted to share a couple of pics from the Mean Monkey lab. The blue board is a model of the Monkey Fusion riverboard that we're planning on bringing out next month. We'll use better foam and it still needs to be shaped, but I think it gives you a great idea of where we're going with the design.

I'm also happy to say that these boards will be handmade right here in Helena in the heart of the Montana Rockies. We're teaming up with one of the best carvers in the N

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Added by Matt Kuntz on February 25, 2010 at 9:57am — 6 Comments

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Liz Arnold replied to Liz Arnold's discussion '1st Gauley Weekend'

I will be in Fayetteville and going on the Upper Gauley, Thurs, Fri, Sat, and Sun. Anyone is more than welcome to come down with me!! My # is 954-495-0672. I'll most likely be staying at Class VI or in Fayetteville and will also most likely have shu…

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Tyler Mayhew replied to Liz Arnold's discussion '1st Gauley Weekend'

I will be boarding the Upper Gauley on Saturday, and I'm looking for someone to run shuttle / board with. Anyone that is interested, hit me up 304-582-2568.

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Rob Robinson replied to Liz Arnold's discussion '1st Gauley Weekend'

Friday and Saturday Lower G for me possibly unless I end up on the New Saturday with Kevin and he thinks I can handle whatever he wants to run that day.

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Rob Robinson replied to Liz Arnold's discussion '1st Gauley Weekend'

Kevin is leading the pack on a run down the Lower G on Friday. I'm up for a rinse and repeat on Saturday since I'm not doing the full Upper until I've got my master's degree in riverboarding.

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Chris Washnock replied to Liz Arnold's discussion '1st Gauley Weekend'

What days will you actually be able to board? I could make it for a Sat trip if we can a group together (upper or lower)...anyone in for Sat???

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Charl van Rensburg commented on Charl van Rensburg's blog post 'Hydrospeed in South Africa...'

Rochelle, I believe there is a Hydrospeed gathering in Corsica sometime next year... here is a link to a Blog maintained by one of the Corsican Hydrospeeders. Navigate around & you will see some great images & videos of this amazing whitewater desti…

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Rochelle Parry commented on Charl van Rensburg's blog post 'Hydrospeed in South Africa...'

Beautiful pictures! When are we doing a trip to Corsica? :)

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