Archive for April, 2009
The next morning the engine rumbled beneath my feet as Swell and I made our way slowly south through the lagoon between the green and red markers. It was time”¦ there was swell on the way and after almost a year of surfing Polynesia’s reef passes, the moment had come… Read the rest
The Wild is often closer than we think. We often pass by it without seeing it, but it is there – up in a tree, there by the pond, in the park around the corner or right behind your house in the courtyard.
Sunday morning we drove to the Laguna … Read the rest
Yellowjacket Creek was one of the best days last spring. Set in a beautiful, remote gorge west of Mt. St. Helens, I paddled this river with some of my best friends. Great people in great places – life couldn’t be sweeter.
Tomorrow I am headed to the promised land –… Read the rest
I have been lying on the sand for 30 minutes, my eyes glued to the camera. My bones ache. My skin itches. My fingers are numb. I am starting to get cold. I am waiting. I am waiting for my subject to move. I am waiting for my shot. Most… Read the rest
| From Coast to Coast Costa Rica |
Team member Daniel reporting…
Jason, Chelsey and I just finished the Coast to Coast Race in Costa Rica, against National Car Rental. No, there isn’t a new pro team on the world stage, we just had to get the support vehicle back by 3PM!
With me here this week in the Tetons is Ethan Senturia, a Wharton graduate who is helping me to develop and promote my guiding business, Aerial Boundaries. Disillusioned by the world of high-finance, he recently quit his job with what was formerly Lehman Brothers and now is owned by Barclay’s… Read the rest
And then one afternoon, when my faith in the male gender had plummeted to an abysmal low, I turned in and saw Bali talking to a guy on the inside. He was the best surfer in the water. He took his waves but wasn’t greedy. He looked at me as… Read the rest
Chelsey here-
We are back in the real world for a few more hours before we depart on our next adventure. For the past 2 and half weeks Jason, Sam and I have been in Joshua Tree teaching a climbing/acro yoga/mediation retreat. It was amazing. Every morning we woke up… Read the rest
Sidewinder is not a rapid I like. A technically difficult line leads directly into a dangerous, intimidating undercut rock. All the water flows exactly where you don’t want to be. I’ve yet to run this rapid.
Wednesday we had a nice juicy flow on the White Salmon River. Chuck Taylor
