WV Update

Happy New Year from West-By-God, Smile when you say it Virginia! Fortunatly for everyone in the drought-ridden southeast, 2009 has brought water, and for us folks in Fayetteville, that means two things…steep creeks and the New River Dries!

We started things off late last week with a Dries/Mill Creek doubleheader. The put in waves were less than ideal, but my good friends Marlow Long and Tanya Shuman joined me for a 28 degree surf session. Here’s some pics, courtesy of Tanya Shuman.

Loading up the Suby in the snow...

Loading up the Suby in the snow… T and Mar

Surfing the middle wave...

Surfing the middle wave…

A little perspective

A little perspectiveAfter the Dries, I met up with Jeremy Laucks and my good friend Casey Cunningham to go run Mill Creek at about 10". Mill is a great creek to bomb down on a cold winter evening. 2.5 Miles…the first mile is some good class IV warmup, then a 20' er, then quality class V until it reaches Hawks Nest Lake. Here's some shots of Mill, courtesy of Jeremy and Casey. Jeremy drops the falls

Right Line @ the falls

Right Line @ the falls

Falls from downstream

Falls from downstream

Dropping into Headless Horseman...showing off Riot's new Gunmetal color

Dropping into Headless Horseman…showing off Riot's new Gunmetal color

Success! I still have a head!

Success! I still have a head!

Dry Line Falls

Dry Line Falls

Mill takeout. Brrr...

Mill takeout. Brrr…Friday brought some sunshine, and dropped the Dries waves in to the perfect level. Pics courtesy of Bryan Kirk, Casey Cunningham, Jeremy Laucks. Less than warm..

a little pan am action

a little pan am action

I like clean blunts and I can not lie...

I like clean blunts and I can not lie…

McWavetrick..

McWavetrick..

some more clean action..

some more clean action..

Surfing the big one, shot from the bridge...

Surfing the big one, shot from the bridge…

Yesterday, myself, BKirk, Jeremy and fellow Magnum paddler Shane Groves hit up Manns Creek at a fun juicy level (7″). No pics since it was very cold and snowing the whole time, but it was a blast. I’m really enjoying getting to know the boats and bombing down a run I know super well is a great way to do it!
Temps are about to turn cold (high of 11 degrees here on Friday) later this week, so I’m going to go surf while I can. Hopefully tomorrow I can go try out my shiny new Magnum 80! Catch ya next time!
-Brian Jennings
Team Riot Kayaks

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