Althea’s Kayaking Blog

This last weekend me and two of my kayaking buddies went to look at a creek that we believe has never been run before. The creek seems like it will be a good run and when the water level rises we plan to run it, stay posted for more info on it i will reveal the name and location after we have run it. Today i went to a playspot on the mckenzie river called redsides it was at a fantastic level and i had a great deal of fun there. I was very close to sticking some loops…but sadly they ended up not coming through.

Yesterday i went to the N Santiam, it was around 3000 cfs. The run itself was not that interesting but there was a decent wave where spencers hole usually is, i got one good surf on it but did not walk back up for more because it was getting late. The run was nice but the whitewater was not all that exciting. Today i went to the coast in search of some good playboating, sadly the waves were not very big, despite that i surfed there for a couple hours. I was happy with it thought because i managed to get some blunts, blunting is something that has eluded me for some time now so i was supper happy that i was able to throw them. Picture is from below mill city falls.

Today i went to a small playspot called 24/7 it is just a small pore over hole that is great for throwing some ends and trying to loop. i was close to looping a few times but had more success with cartwheeling and then throwing some old school pirouettes.

This sunday i went to a small playspot in the Willamette river in eugene called cotton candy. It was at a decent level and i was able to get some spins and maybe a roundhouse or two. Last week i spent time volunteering for the riverhouse for its kayak program. We took the kids down the upper Mckenzie, the N Santiam and the Deschutes. It was enjoyable to help the kids improve their paddling abilities and to help them experience some of the great whitewater in Oregon.