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December 2011 Blog Posts (3)

Riverboarding During Zoo Hours on the Upper Gauley

This year at Gauley fest, a few friends and I decided that we were going to hit the upper section on Saturday. Due to either doing novice trips on the lower section or demos on the New river during previous years, I had never gotten to go out on Saturday during fest, but had heard it's a hoot with a big crowd at Pillow Rock and Sweet's Falls.

After setting shuttle, the day started out easy enough. In our group was Jusbyn Lockard, his kayaking friend Alex, and I. Jusbyn was a little… Continue

Added by Kevin Yount on December 9, 2011 at 2:50pm — 6 Comments

V Run just outside of Seattle

A couple guys I occasionally paddle with put this together and it won some kind of award.

http://vimeo.com/32067262

The run is under threat of hydro development. Please join American Whitewater to support preservation of runs like this.

Looks a little munchy for a riverboard. Or am I just turning into a wuss?

Added by Rochelle Parry on December 8, 2011 at 4:30am — No Comments

Red Roofs run ( Watauga River ) trip report.

In mid-September we got a good bit of rain in the North Carolina mountains. I checked the normal runs on my wish list, but the Madison county runs weren't going yet and no one wanted to go down to the north fork of the French Broad with me. Finally, later in the morning I corralled a friend who had boarded with me before into checking out the Red Roofs section of the Watauga river. I had previously run the more difficult gorge section downstream, but have always wanted to pioneer the…

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Added by Kevin Yount on December 5, 2011 at 3:51am — 2 Comments