whitewater kayaking
Linda & David gear up for a cold and beautiful day on the Bruno Mountain section of the North Santiam River. The weather and the scenery made this one of the most memorable days I spend on the river this year. We were paddling this day as part of the… Read the rest
Tomata Falls is a 70 foot waterfall on the Alseseca River. It is one of my most favorite waterfalls . . . EVER! I first ran it back in 2005, so I was eager to return and share this experience with Nate.
On this particular day, Todd Wells, Nate and… Read the rest
Coming home Friday night, I get online and Facebook tells me what to do.
I’d thought about running Metlako Falls for a while. But only just thought about it. I’d never even hiked the mile and half up to take a look at it, though I’d driven past the Eagle… Read the rest
Above is a video I made for the Columbia Sportswear Pioneer contest. Basically a highlight of headcam shots from 2009, plus a few of my bumbling antics. Putting this together made me wish I had a few more shots of me tripping, injuring myself and otherwise displaying my inability to… Read the rest
In early June, several good friends and I took a boating trip to Idaho. It was the peak of snowmelt and the rivers were raging. After an amazing two days on the SF Salmon, we finished the shuttle and camped near the incomparable mountain town of Yellowpine. The next day… Read the rest
Last weekend a group of paddlers from Portland and Salem headed down to the McKenzie to indulge in a little bit of fall paddling. Chris, a student of mine, has been telling me about how awesome the McKenzie for as long as I’ve known him. He organizes a huge group… Read the rest
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
