High Water Rafting, El Chorro

High Water Rafting, El Chorro

By chance I ran into kayaker Sam Drevo while driving past a fruit stand in Costa Rica, and he invited me to come run the river with him and his (then) business partners. After a long day running the Rio Division and Rio Savegre, on a whim we decided to go check out El...
Rigormortis Flight

Rigormortis Flight

Running class 5 Rigormortis on Clear Creek in Colorado, I knew I absolutely didn’t want to hit the hole on river left. But dropping into a hole just upstream flipped my riverboard upside down, leaving me deep in the water basically swimming on my own. As I...
Champagne Falls, Canyon Creek

Champagne Falls, Canyon Creek

One of the first days on the river that I used the new foam hydrospeed I’d built after returning from France was on Canyon Creek in Washington State. I’d run it before on the foam and duct tape riverboards, but the hydrospeed was much better – more...