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August 2009 Blog Posts (2)

More on bodyboarding & riverboarding

While I was out battling the unforgiving sets to make it to the outside this weekend, I was reminded of a post Josh made awhile back about how duck-diving can improve your riverboarding. It got me to thinking how riverboarding might have improved my bodyboarding.

I haven't been out in big waves in a long time, probably not since El Salvador in July of '08. There were a few big ones at La Push I tackled in the spring of this year, but their shape was bad, a seal chased me,… Continue

Added by Rochelle Parry on August 31, 2009 at 7:09pm — 2 Comments

Thunder Creek: 1st Riverboard Descent

My kiwi buddy Erik in the stix

You know you're out in the wilderness when the Verizon network gave up on you 20 miles back, but even though it works like crap in the city, AT&T manages to find a signal. I had no way of knowing if Thunder was really going to happen or not when I left on Friday. Video footage provided a lust-worthy tease and the levels were excellent. Cascade, a few… Continue

Added by Rochelle Parry on August 11, 2009 at 3:00pm — 3 Comments