creeking
The Little White Salmon River is heaven on earth for whitewater kayakers. It has it all – technical boulder garderns, fun ledge drops, an epic waterfall, the clearest and bluest water I’ve seen and complex never-ending rapids, all set in a beautiful remote gorge that tumbles down to the Columbia… Read the rest
It’s been a great week on the Potomac River. I’ve surfed some fun waves with my best friend and our mentor, Bruce Uthus. I paddled with John Haddock, a good friend who I hadn’t seen since Costa Rica in 2007. Despite difficult logistics, I was lucky enough to take Mike… Read the rest
Here’s a video my roommate Mike put together from Tuesday’s run of Lower Lewis Falls. Enjoy and have a great weekend! -Dave… Read the rest
Andy Lictenheld, Heather Herbeck and I met Tuesday at Lower Lewis Falls. It was a gorgeous day, I went kayaking and it was awesome.
We drove nearly 2 hours north into the Gifford Pinchot National Forest for this waterfall. Nestled between Mt. St. Helens and Mt. Adams, the upper stretch… Read the rest
While the boys were running the Golden Gate section of the SF American, my personal mission was to be as helpful as possible. I drove 3 separate groups of paddlers to the top of the run. I bought the guys a 24-pack of PBR (Portland!). I flirted with Safeway bakery… Read the rest
Copper Creek from Dave Hoffman on Vimeo.
A little while ago I finally paddled Copper Creek. This particular run had been eluding me for awhile. Runnable mostly off of rainfall in the winter and early spring, the road leading to the put-in is often rendered impassible by snow. Mike Gottlieb,… Read the rest
As I type this, I’m sitting the Safeway parking lot in Pollock Pines, CA. I just dropped of my buddies at the top of the Golden Gate section of the SF American River. I’m not paddling because I hurt my shoulder, the first shoulder injury of my kayaking career. We… 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
