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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
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
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
Under the best of circumstances, swimming through whitewater can be disorientating. Even though I’ve done so many times, every time I end up out of my kayak and in the water, it’s a little overwhelming. Currents pull and twirl my body, water rushes over my face, I float and spin… 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
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
There is absolutely nothing better than paddling a new section of river with good friends. Saturday we had a beautiful day and I paddled waterfalls and rapids I’d yet to see.
I’ve kayaked in the Opal Creek Wilderness a few times over the years. The standard run involves parking at… 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
