The Kern River Festival has been running annually for 47 year now. It has many different races that include paddling self-made crafts down class II …
Swiftwater Rescue
Being able to enjoy the river safely has always been a priority, but when working with a dynamic medium such as moving water, one can …
Traverse Creek Falls
We were fortunate that Sasha Coben was available and willing to make the mile long trek though poison oak and at many points we were …
Bear River Falls, Class V
This is the Bear River Falls, from outside sources I have heard that its alias name is Banana Falls. Just outside of Auburn, California is …
Weber Creek, Class IV-V
This was a great little creek. A little bit on the mank side, but really fun none the less. Its really hard to catch at …
Upper Middle Cosumnes, Class V
A stunning Class V adventure from January 2011! One of my favorite California runs yet, check out the HD Video!
South Fork Yuba, 49 to Bridgeport, Class V
The South Fork of the Yuba river has a wide variety of whitewater for every type of paddler. This is a proven training ground for …
Dry Meadow Creek, Kern River Tributary, Class V
Dry Meadow Creek is truly a magical place located in what most people refer to as God’s country. Getting to run these waterfalls was great. …
Brush Creek Kayak and R2
Brush Creek is a Tributary of the Kern River. It is located in southern California. The rapid in this photo is called Spearchucker, it is …
2011 Aire Catalog, Super Puma Page.
Aire was recently interested in some of Sasha’s photos, and they chose one to be in the 2011 catalog! This is a scan of the …
North Fork American River, South Fork Yuba, class IV
This December I have been playing on the Yuba with a break day to play on the American River. The North Fork American exploded with …
Big Bend Dam, Feather River, Ca
Above: I don’t know about making many technical maneuvers in this raft set up. But it was good to go. We drove four hours from …
Raft Guiding in California
Above: Fender Bender Rapid, Thunder Run, Upper Kern, Class V Just a few shots from guiding in California. Start out with a fun sequence or …
Featured in Bootie Juice, The Comic
Bootie Juice was a comic written by a fellow raft guide from the Kaweah. I have not had a chance to catch up with Grace …

Forks of the Kern, Class V
*Update – I was able to get on the Forks with Will Stubblefield, David Clark, Andrew Matthews and Knox Vansandt during the high water of …