Sunday, June 11, 2006

Sturgeon Falls







Awesome weekend in Canadia. John and I drove up and met up with Zinger and Greg, who not only showed us around the waves, but proved to be great cooks and hosts. Instead of roughing it, we were eating gourmet meals and watching DVD's. Definitely not a bad deal. The river was a bit lower than I expected, so the waves were only 3-6 feet tall, but still absolutely rockin. Greg was perfecting his "floops" and backstabs, Eric was showing off on the waves, and John and I were surfing, spinning, hopping, and throwing ends when we could. Big, warm, DEEP, friendly features and luxury camping. What more can I say?

Monday, June 05, 2006

Verm at 60cfs





Started today by taking my nephews out to a lake to practice some flatwater stuff, then met Andy down at the verm for a little summer scrapin. Andy got to body surf donut for the first time, and I tried the rope swing down at fishermans. Then, I let some of the local kids try out my kayak. Good times. Unfortunately, I had my camera out of the case for a bit today and some water got in it. It stopped focusing down at donut, and now the lens motor seems to be dead altogether. So long, little camera.

Tuesday, May 30, 2006

Perfect Wisconsin Trip








Yup, it was pretty darn near perfect. Jake and Dennis twisted my arm until I agreed to come along. We had 90 degree sunny days and high water on both Section IV of the Wolf and the Peshtigo. As a highlight, Jake hit a roll off the top of a 4 foot high boulder that essentially turned into an airscrew. Definitely cool to watch. Great weather, great water, and great company. Tough to beat that.

Monday, May 22, 2006

Guatemala











I just got back from my week down in Guatemala. Not nearly enough time to see such an awesome place. My beautiful girlfriend Kim accompanied me for most of the trip, and Jocelyne is still down there doing her Spanish program. We climbed volcanoes and got right up to the lava flows, got dive-bombed by a flock of parrots, watched some toucans, and got to watch a troupe of spider monkeys do some ariel acrobatics. We also visited Lago Atitlan and the spectacular Mayan ruins at Tikal. Great trip. I've got tons of pics, but here's a couple of the better ones.

Thursday, May 11, 2006

May 11th Verm trip







Today we had a chilly, but fun trip down the Vermillion. It was Nora, Paul, Dennis and I, but Nora got the star of the day for hitting her first combat rolls, as well as her first surf in Railroad. Congratulations Nora!