We had a warm summer day here today. The air temperature was around 95 degrees, we had our shorty dry tops on, and the McKenzie was at a sweet level (2.86 ft). Life is good! Here’s a few pictures of Pete, myself, and a giant slug we found near the eddy:
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Pete and I went down to 24/7 yesterday evening. It was just about as perfect as it gets. Unfortunately, there’s no sure shot way to look at the river gauge and determine whether 24/7 will be good or not. You really have to just go down and hope for the best. [...]
While visiting friends and family down in the San Diego area, I’ve been able to sneak in a bunch of surfing sessions. Not kayak surfing, but that other kind. I’ve been surfing about a dozen times over the years, so I’m still pretty much a beginner, but I’ve had some great rides on [...]
The Dave and I hit the Neils wave yesterday afternoon. The level was at ~2.8 on the Vida gauge and it was sweet! The wave is big and forgiving at this level. You can do clean 360’s either way and hit blunts to the right. If you back surf, you don’t [...]
I scoped out 24/7 today while walking the dogs. It looked a bit too low in my opinion. In one of the pictures below you can see how the water is below the embankment (usually, you want the water to be about even with it).
Here’s a few pictures of the dogs too (I [...]
Pete and I had planned on heading up to the McKenzie today to hit Neils. Well, when I went to pick him up, he was doubled over in pain. Apparently he had eaten some bad rice and beans earlier in the day. Pepto-bismol to the rescue!
Pete slammed down some pepto, and by [...]
Last week at the Echo Hollow pool session I was using the side of pool to get myself up into a bow stall. It’s such a cool feeling balanced up in the air like that. I was able to slip away from the side of the pool and keep it balanced for 5 [...]
Two weekends ago Matt Mixer and I went to Lake Creek. The drive over was uneventful. It was raining and cold (what’s new?). When we reached Mapleton, though, it started snowing. Matt called his wife to see if she had heard anything about snow storms on the news. She hadn’t, [...]
Pete and I went to Lake Creek Yesterday and it was sweet, as always. We park-and-played Grassy Lawn and then went down to Mill Wave. The highlights of the day for me was a solid front loop at Grassy and some great blunts at Mill Wave. It was an awesome session and [...]
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