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Cataract Creek is your typical Alberta run, relatively easy with lots of ledges. It's a great introduction to creeking as all of the major drops are easy to scout and portage if necessary. For the experienced boater the highlights are Titan, a really nice 25 footer with a huge boil, and Leviathan, a tricky 40 foot slide with lots of sharp rocks and a big hole when the water is up. The rest of the run includes numerous rapids and ledges varying from 6 - 15 feet, making it a excellent day of…

As always Alberta is slow to get water in the spring, my one solace is that I know once it starts flowing we'll be paddling until October. It gets really hard with all of the pictures being posted on facebook, from Buseater, Washington ,Oregon and anywhere else that has water in April.

Out of pure desperation we went out and paddled the Elbow at 3 cms while it was snowing, this run is best when there is 60 cms but it did mean time in my boat. The next weekend we drove three hours in…

Recently I've had a couple of photographers pass along a few photos they have taken of me in the last couple of years. Some of the B-Roll shots they where unable to sell but graciously let me use for some shameless self promotion. Thanks Lucas Jungman and Ryan Creary.  Seeing these photos is getting me excited for spring so I though I would share them with you and…

At 6'1" and 165 lbs I have always had to choose between cramming my size eleven feet into tiny little boats or paddling boats that were too big for my weight. It was always a trade off between being comfortable and fitting my boat.  So when I picked up my Project X 56 I decided to put a little extra effort into outfitting the boat so that for the first time I could be comfortable in a boat my size.  Here's what I did.

Step one:  Remove the thigh hooks. This will push your…

Here is a little video I threw together for the Aquabatics Film Competition, just a short 7 minute montage of my 2011 summer paddling around B.C. and Alberta. Not my best season of paddling but still a good one, where I managed to get on a couple of new runs that I am sure will become classics once more people manage to paddle them including Spionkop and Boundary, both of which are featured in the video.

Enjoy…