In December of 2012 I was fortunate enough to be invited on a 10 day self support kayaking trip down the Grand Canyon of the Colorado River. What is self support? Some/most trips down the canyon include large sized inflatable rafts to carry their equipment … Read More →
Tag Archives: Kayaking
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!
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. Cant wait to hit them again next year. Trevor Sheehan, Jeremy Mansbridge, Austin Nickell, and Dan. The third falls of … Read More →
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 typically portaged. I have seen it run numerous times, just depends who your with. My friend and fellow guide Cody … Read More →
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 page. Sasha is an excellent photographer. Rafters : Austin Nickell and Paul Doyle running the Kern River Cataracts. Check out … Read More →
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 9,000 raging down the middle, and 11 down the north. We put on at the confluence with around 21,000 in … Read More →
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 Tahoe to the Feather River. At the put in the raft exploded! Using cam straps and webbing we made it … Read More →
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 in person but after checking out her deviant art profile she has been very busy with other projects. Please be … Read More →
Grand Canyon 2009
I had the pleasure of traveling for 27 days with this group. January and February of 2009. It was a great trip with Kevin Moxie, Matt House, Jeff Catlett, Sally Gentling, Adam Schmuckal, Chris Baer, Austin Nickell, Ryan Coles, Ron, and Rocky. Hance Rapid Pure … Read More →
Upper Little Colorado River & Upper Black
Both of these runs are located in Arizona. Myself and two other kayakers Alex Mickel and Andy Steineger kayaked the Upper LCR labeled as class V, probably because the put in is really hard to find, and there is a lot of cow shit. It … Read More →
Grand Canyon – 2013 – 27 Day Trip
Where to start!? This winter has been really fabulous for me, in December I was invited on a 10 day self support kayak trip down the Grand, after returning from that I was able to plug into a 27 day trip that included rafts. The … Read More →