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Ruta Sin Limite

March 2nd, 2009 by Aaron

As promised, here are the photos of the Ruta article about El Salto.
Andrew is in most of the shots. Tomato is featured in the ever loved “mamacita”

It’s a great article if you can read a bit of spanish. CLICK ON THE PHOTOS TO SEE A LARGER VERSION.

Aquario is one of the easiest drops to photograph.

Enjoy the photos.

Aaron

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Andrew made a nice video of their trip to Mexico.

February 22nd, 2009 by Aaron

This video has a great view of Mexico. It really lets you see how life is here in the Huasteca. Click on the links below an enjoy.

Winter Road Trip from Andrew Koch on Vimeo.
Hope you all enjoy it.

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Some good Publicity for Kayak Huasteca.

February 16th, 2009 by Aaron

We submitted an article, about one of our local runs, to a National Magazine here in Mexico. This is a picture of the cover.
It is an exciting day for us. My brother Andrew is featured and I took the photo.

We also will be appearing in a half hour adventure show on Univision. Univision is one of the largest spanish speaking television stations in the states. Here is a link to the promo of that program.

http://www.univision.com/content/video.jhtml?cid=1815284&channelName=Videos&_requestid=210796

Hope you all enjoy. I will be posting the entire Ruta Sin Limite article soon.

Aaron

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Time to loop!

February 8th, 2009 by Aaron

It seems like the loop is the popular trick these days. Loops and some variation of them, will get you big points in rodeo. This is a variation of the loop:

First you need a ten foot drop.

You have to plug it….DEEP

On the way back up, its gonna to feel strange. You have a ten foot waterfall, falling on your head.

Throw it fast, and try to keep your head out of the water.

Continue through the pool to the next 25 footer. Go to the take out and eat some gorditas.
Welcome to kayakers paradise….with tacos.

aaron

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The Bros Visit Mexico.

January 14th, 2009 by Aaron

It’s always a great day when it takes two cars to get all the boats down to the Rio Micos. My brothers, Andrew and Matt, came down to visit for a few weeks of Mexico boating.

Good to see all those boats.

We ran Micos at early December levels in the beginning of January. We are easily double the volume of this time last year. The Crew consisted of Marjie, Me, Jasmeen, Andrew, Amilkar, Enrique, Matt, and Tomato.
You can still run the second slide all across the board. This is Marjie on the far left line.

This is a new line on the Serpiente. It opened up this year after the flooding.

Micos is holding so well this season that it may go until June.
Bad Boy is the far left side of the last waterfall. It’s at a great playboat level right now. Just enough adrenaline!
Eddie below Bad Boy

After the falls you can run down to the wave and then hike back to the island.
Oh yeah it’s good to be back in playboats.

Too much surfing can turn you into a crazy Mexican.

Just another sunny day here in paradise…Paradise with TACOS, that is.

SYOTR

Aaron

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Rio Verde. A mexican classic.

December 13th, 2008 by Aaron

Seems like rivers with the name Verde are always good. The Mexican Verde is an instant classic. As soon as you run it, you know there are very few rivers that compare.
Our Team consisted of Aaron Koch, John McConville, Chris Baer, Lance Reif and Fil Payne. This run is a solid class 5 so bring some people you trust.
This is the first drop in the run…nice warm-up

This run is extremely remote. You don’t want to have any problems in there. A hike out would be a nightmare.

This is the lead in for the second drop.

The end of the second rapid is a 20 footer into a nasty hole…boof or swim!

This is the third of the three drops. These drops are all included in a 1/4 mile section. It comes at you fast, then you have about a mile and a half of class 4-5 drops until you arrive at the 80 footer.

There is a trail on river left for the portage. Tons of cacti and some barbed wire make for an interesting hike. Lowering the boats is a necessity, you want both hands for the climb.

Fil is standing in the top right corner of this shot. the waterfall is BIG.

The run is about 7 miles total. After cascada llovinosa expect some more class 5’s and about a 1.5 hour paddle to the take out.

See you on the river.
Aaron

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El Salto update, just for Bill Payne!

November 21st, 2008 by Aaron

The El Salto is the headwaters of the Rio Valles. This section is well known among anyone who has ever boated in The Huasteca Region of Mexico. It contains 20 of the best examples of travertine waterfalls in the area.
This is the Put in Falls just below the hydro plant.

This second waterfall only runs when the hydro lets water pass by. It is a 19 footer.

Luminosa with plenty of water. Notice the multiple lines, hero and chicken!

Travertine watefalls help you develop the patience to get a good tuck. Jaistemai has some good form here. A free fall of 30 feet also helps.

More drops.

This drop is now known as Fil’s Favorite…just remember! RIGHT BUTT CHEEK!!!!

See ya in Mexico…

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Kayak Huasteca on Minas Viejas.

November 11th, 2008 by Aaron

We ran a tributary of the Rio Valles, called Minas Viejas, on Monday. it was a big crew, 8 in all. Me, Fil, Rocky, Alex, Nate, Jaistemai, Jorge, and Amilkar. We found the 9 miles of whitewater, continuous and amazing! Probably 50 drops in that few miles. One of the drops is 135 feet tall.

One of the many drops above the Portage.

The portage.

After the portage…four more miles of whitewater. Minas Viejas

More big slides..Minas Viejas

Last but not least.

Plus some awesome read and run through out the entire river.

Enjoy the pics.

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Waterfalls

November 8th, 2008 by Aaron

We are starting to figure out that the more you drop waterfalls, the better you become. Who would have thought? There is an awareness that you acquire after 20 or 30 drops. We have the perfect playground here in Valles. 7 drops of many different natures. Below is the left side of the 25 foot 6th waterfall.

Time to get some more vertical feet tomorrow.

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Free falling in plastic.

November 5th, 2008 by Aaron

So you want to learn to stomp landings, late boof, melt down, and free wheel? The Micos section of the Rio Valles is the perfect training ground.

This is the view from the power plant roof!
Out of 11 waterfalls and slides, they are as big as 65 feet, and as small as 2 feet. What more can you ask for?
This is Fil taking flight.
right now the water levels are great. we have more water than ever before. The summer storms have pumped up the water table and we get to enjoy.

This is the right line on the Serpiente.
Did I mention that every drop has multiple lines. Most can be run over and over, all you need is a throw bag and a strong back.

Second to last drop, you can run this as high as 29 or down to 16 feet. Click on any of these pics to see full size.

Jaistemai is running the Bad Boy side of the last falls. Absolutely full of water. Gotta love mexico in the winter. See you all later.