Archive for October, 2009

The second episode of our Cyclocross Video Series is imminent and I suspect it will contain some footage of me suffering at the hands of my bicycle. So, before the truth comes out (that damn camera never lies!), I’d like to present my… Read the rest version of the race report.
The Pre-Race

Best Days Kayaking 2009 from Dave Hoffman on Vimeo.
Check out some of the best days I had paddling in 2009. And really, I was quite lucky this year, getting a lot of days on a lot of quality whitewater.
With this sick weather forecast for Portland, I am going… Read the rest

Share and Learn with The Kamchatka Project in the Schoolhouse

The Whitewater Symposium is a 3-day event, in which individuals passionate about the paddling industry and the growth of the sport, come together to exchange and learn the ‘latest and greatest’ – the ‘latest and greatest’ freestyle moves from Emily Jackson; the ‘latest and greatest’ ways to design, present and… Read the rest

In early summer I took a trip to California for some Sierra whitewater awesomeness. This is my last trip report — just a little delayed.… Read the rest
High water on the South Fork of the Merced ended our last opportunity for a multiday trip in the Sierras. With the Merced spiking up

At first I thought that maybe we here at Wend HQ were just a little obsessed with salmon; we have friends that dress up in salmon costumes, we blog about salmon stakeholder rallies and Stiv even wrote a piece about his salmon trek last weekend. But then I spent yesterday… Read the rest

Sadly our adventure race down in Texas got canceled…but fortunately the YogaSlackers are a flexible bunch. After an amazing week of teaching and playing at the Estes Park Yoga Journal Conference,  Sam, Jason, Dan and I headed out on our own adventure race. There were two check points, one at… Read the rest

(or… how not to start your cyclocross season)
I got the flu.
I was in denial for a few days until the morning I woke up with a three-alarm fever and body aches from here to Kansas. I’m not a graceful invalid (actually, I’m not really graceful at anything), so… Read the rest

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