http://fiveten.com/ http://fiveten.com/images/stories/NewBox_black.png http://fiveten.com/ http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13622-new-life-in-the-white-salmon-narrows-kate-wagner http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13622-new-life-in-the-white-salmon-narrows-kate-wagner The White Salmon Narrows (Lower Lower White Salmon River) is finally open! Since the removal of Condit Dam last fall, boaters have been chomping at the bit to see what this now free flowing section has to offer.  Well, here it is. ]]> Tue, 13 Nov 2012 05:28:00 -0500 13622 2012-11-13 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/13622_wagner-1-1352829231.jpg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13590-year-in-review-craig-kleckner http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13590-year-in-review-craig-kleckner This was my first full year representing and paddling for Five Ten and it could not have been a better year to have their support along with the rest of my sponsors.  The year of kayaking is soon going to start to come to a close for the Northeast of North America and I had a bunch of good footage piling up so I decided to make a short video highlighting all of the great waterfalls, waves, and creeks I was fortunate enough to have paddled this year.  ]]> Thu, 01 Nov 2012 19:02:00 -0400 13590 2012-11-01 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_great-falls-06896-1351796563.jpg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13365-norway-magic-chris-korbulic http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13365-norway-magic-chris-korbulic There are some places with magical associations and almost mythical character; Norway is one of those places to me. Endless sunlight, cliff-lined fjords, lightning blue rivers flowing from glaciers into the sea, it’s easy to see why. Since I started kayaking I have seen and heard about this Scandinavian kayaking oasis and its unbelievable rivers, but I never thought I would get to paddle here. It is one of the most expensive places to travel, and for a kayaker used to sleeping in the back of a mid-90’s hatchback, this fact was extremely daunting. This is where our friend... ]]> Fri, 17 Aug 2012 00:30:00 -0400 13365 2012-08-17 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_2.1-cko-5522-2-1345163443.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_2.2-cko-8895-2-1345163443.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_6-cko-1524-3-1345163444.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_alesocci-ben-entering-lagan-river-rapid-first-descent-1345163444.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_9-alesocci-greenpixel-kaiak4-4543-1345163444.jpeg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_13-cko-2643-2-1345163445.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_alesocci-greenpixel-kaiak4-5263-1345163445.jpeg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13262-cali-bunga-and-my-510s-david-farkas http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13262-cali-bunga-and-my-510s-david-farkas Every spring I make the pilgrimage to California like many other paddlers looking for smooth granite and overnight runs with friends. This spring was a little different than most. With a marginal snow pack and high temps, the rivers were running and high Sierra runs were in much earlier than usual. The run off was already more than half over and most of the snow pack had disintegrated. Time to get on with it.I arrived in Sacramento and contacted my friends Ben Jackson, Daan Jimmink, and Jess Matheson. They had just flown in from New Zealand and were itching... ]]> Fri, 13 Jul 2012 19:24:00 -0400 13262 2012-07-13 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_1st-drop-ef-1342207472.png http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_early-boof-on-ef-1342207472.png http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_classic-ef-scenery-1342207473.png http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_boof-left-1342207473.png http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_ef-1-1342207474.png http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_me-above-a-big-slide-1342207474.png http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13219-marble-fork-expedition-to-kayak-the-steepest-mile-forrest-noble http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13219-marble-fork-expedition-to-kayak-the-steepest-mile-forrest-noble 25 years ago to bag a cutting edge first D in kayaking all I needed was to have a crack crew of boaters a taste for adventure and be able to figure out the put in and take out bridges and set your shuttle. 15 years ago we would break out the chainsaws and find tributaries of creeks that required days or even weeks of cleaning to open up a runnable path through the waterfalls and rapids to nab the first descent. In the past decade finding a first D has meant hiking ungodly amounts of miles... ]]> Mon, 02 Jul 2012 04:21:00 -0400 13219 2012-07-02 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_chris-korbulic-kayak-marble-fork-california-55068-600x450-1341202913.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_cko-team-prepping-climbing-gear-680x453-1341202913.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_cko-benforrest-ascend-out-of-gorge-after-a-primary-scouting-mission-680x432-1341202913.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_cko-team-scouting-from-admiration-point-680x382-1341202913.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_jj-ben-running-final-slde1-1341202913.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_cko-river-team-ready-to-go-680x453-1341202913.jpg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13167-demshitz-romance-in-durango-david-fusilli http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13167-demshitz-romance-in-durango-david-fusilli One day in Buena Vista Co, Demshitz, Jed Selby and Mathieu Dumoulin loaded up in Orange Bitch and headed to Durango Co for 2 days of straight charging. We ended up doing 4 creek runs, a playboat session and drank 100 beers. Some great times with demshitz!!! ]]> Sun, 17 Jun 2012 18:06:00 -0400 13167 2012-06-17 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_5-10-drinks-1339956408.jpg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13129-grand-canyon-bound-michael-buell http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13129-grand-canyon-bound-michael-buell Now its time for something a little bit different! About 7 or 8 months ago my fiance Sandi and I got invited on a Grand Canyon Trip. This was back at the point in time when we had yet to see any schedule’s released for this season Race Calendar. I had just finished up with last years season. So seeing how this River trip would fit into this years Bike race season at that point in time was a bit impossible. In reality though, that didn’t even matter the slightest. Obtaining a River Permit for a private raft trip... ]]> Wed, 06 Jun 2012 13:55:00 -0400 13129 2012-06-06 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_562368-10150841334924157-508834156-9668963-1521252690-n-1338990944.jpg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13088-toketee-falls-david-fusilli http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13088-toketee-falls-david-fusilli This was a 20 foot waterfall into a 70 foot waterfall. I was stoked to have good footwear because getting into this one was a bit sketchy. I wanted to share this for several reasons. One, it is one of the most beautiful places I have ever been. Two, it was one of the sickest waterfalls that I had ever run. And three, it was sketchy as hell getting into the river to run this drop. That is the main reason I wanted to share this with Five Ten. Without... ]]> Thu, 24 May 2012 19:16:00 -0400 13088 2012-05-24 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_picture-7-1337886961.png http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_picture-1-1337886962.png http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13070-demshitz-playin-in-north-carolina-david-fusilli http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13070-demshitz-playin-in-north-carolina-david-fusilli This is a short kayaking video from North Carolina.  Some freestyling and a few fun slides on the Thompson creek. ]]> Fri, 18 May 2012 16:44:00 -0400 13070 2012-05-18 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/13070_img-8752-1337617201.JPG http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/12807-2012-upper-wind-river-festival-kim-russell http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/12807-2012-upper-wind-river-festival-kim-russell For whitewater paddlers in the Northwest, the Upper Wind River Festival kicks off the season as the first downriver race of the year. Paddlers, full of nervous energy, show up wondering where they will stack up, and if their winter-time training will pay off. A part of the Western Whitewater Championship Series, the festival features a 3 mile downriver race for all river-craft (kayak, raft and cataraft) through various class IV rapids: various boulder gardens, ledge drops, slides. ]]> Mon, 02 Apr 2012 16:42:00 -0400 12807 2012-04-02 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_306082-10150697375512840-81021842839-9550782-1263200621-n-1333384955.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_554245-400072183353870-150511938309897-1407631-1674373928-n-1-1333384955.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_559049-3515517575592-1501553466-33070362-691986136-n-1333384956.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_btwr-1333384956.JPG http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_lukebtwr-1333384956.JPG http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_cert.kim-1333384956.JPG http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_6870123106-1d26bcdfbc-z-1333384956.jpg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/12528-upper-east-fork-of-the-hood-kim-russell http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/12528-upper-east-fork-of-the-hood-kim-russell The Upper East Fork of the Hood is a continuous class IV river located on the Northern slopes of Mt. Hood. It takes a lot of rain or a fast snowmelt in the winter/spring months to bring the water level up. With no gauge to check the level, it's hard to catch when it's in, which is usually only once or twice a season. Earlier this year, it rained for 4 days straight, and we rallied south along highway 35 to see the river at a perfect flow. Enjoy the photos, however, apologize for the lack of on-water pictures... ]]> Mon, 16 Jan 2012 15:49:00 -0500 12528 2012-01-16 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_fiveten1-1326728951.JPG http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_fiveten2-1326728951.JPG http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_fiveten3-1326728951.JPG http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_fiveten4-1326728951.JPG http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_fiveten5-1326728951.JPG http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_fiveten6-1326728951.JPG http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_fiveten7-1326728951.JPG http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/12474-slippery-when-wet-gopro-hero-reel-shon-bollock http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/12474-slippery-when-wet-gopro-hero-reel-shon-bollock So life has finally mellowed out a little after a busy quarter of film school at UC Santa Cruz. I am on my way up to Mt. Shasta for the holidays and stoked to have a little time off. GoPro has been a pinnacle sponsor in the progression of Shasta Boyz and after almost of 6 years working together our relationship continues to grow. I have watched this company expand from 3 people to a multi national corporation in just a half decade. Impeccable customer service and an unbeatable product, GoPro continues to push the progression action sports videography... ]]> Fri, 06 Jan 2012 18:36:05 -0500 12474 2012-01-06 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/12474_shon-1-1325875719.jpg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/12289-into-the-abyss-mariann-saether http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/12289-into-the-abyss-mariann-saether The Apurimac is one of the most famous rivers of South America. Known as the source of the Amazon, it has been kayaked and rafted for decades already. However, it is below the commercial section that the Abyss awaits. This is where the walls close in, where the canyon is at its deepest, and where you can feel the magic of the Incas as you are granted safe passage, paddling the powerful waters of the Acombamba Abyss. ]]> Sun, 13 Nov 2011 12:03:00 -0500 12289 2011-11-13 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_thecanyon1av31_1321185825.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_thecanyon5av31_1321185825.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_thecanyon8av31_1321185826.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_thecanyon10av31_1321185826.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_thecanyon12av31_1321185826.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_thecanyon18av31_1321185826.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_thecanyon22av31_1321185827.jpg