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Austin Nickell gets his boof on Tied for First. p. Andrew Pernicano

San Joaquin and South Fork Feather

The personal first descent. Ones first journey down a run. This is where the saying of “you only get to run something blind once” comes from. It is such a cool feeling not knowing what is about to happen. What is around the next corner. … Read More

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Summer Update

With a summer such as this one every day encouraged a new story making it difficult to pick a place to begin. I jumped at every opportunity that came my way, with each endeavor being more personally monumental than the last. It started this spring, … Read More

Austin Nickell on an Upper South Fork Kaweah slide. photo Eric Giddens

South Fork of the Kaweah, Class V

So far this season I have had the opportunity to go to the South Fork of the Kaweah twice. Once with high hopes of running the upper and backing down after arriving with the water being a little to high for what I wanted that … Read More

Spencer Josif on Cherry Falls, Lower North Fork Kaweah, Photo by Austin Nickell

Lower North Fork Kaweah

In attempts to continue pushing myself I have been exploring as much of my backyard as possible. Having the pleasure of living on the Kaweah river a couple year ago forever imprinted the beauty of the area into my mind. I have an unusual draw … Read More

Second Big Drop, Photo by Darin McQuoid

Upper Brush Creek

Upper Brush Creek, Class V This year I was able to get into Upper Brush Creek. Quite a few friends were in town for the Kern River Festival. The day after the Brush Creek race was plans to get on Upper Brush Creek. There have … Read More

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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