C O N T E N T S
volume 11 >> no 1
Ashlu
RiveR pg.34
Cover Photo: Benjamin Hjort / Paddlers: mark Basso, eirik Øvreeide and dag sandvik / location: mykleBustelva, valldal, norway
Photo this Page: todd gillman, asHlu river, B.c. / Paddler: tim louBier
f e a t u r e s D e P a r t M e N t s
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30 ESSENTIAL SKILLS
6
OFF THE TONGUE
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KAYAK TECHNIQUE
FOR RIVER RUNNING
Loose hips save ships, but you can
To make the leap from beginner boater to
7
RIVER SIGNALS
bombproof your roll with these pro
Praise for the digital revolution, résumé
tips.
river running rock star, you need to read,
of a pig farmer, 10 years on the Moose
paddle and repeat with our Guide to River
and girl power isn’t dead—it’s just
Running. Master these 30 skills and you will
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OPEN BOAT TECHNIQUE
changed venues. Bow draw or stern pry? Andrew
paddle, plan, rescue and read the river like
Westwood says the answer to making
an expert.
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WATERCOLOURS
your move is all about momentum.
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RIVER RUNNING BOAT 14
STANDING WAVES 38
BOAT INSIDER
First descent of the San Joaquin
Rumour has it that Esquif’s new
AND GEAR GUIDE South Fork may be the last; Wave
beginner solo canoe goes both ways.
With spring in the air, whitewater neophytes
Sport’s carbon copy, the Project 54Cx;
Dagger’s Green Boat has extreme
and paddling pros alike can start drooling
and the filmmakers at Bottoms Up
creek racers green with envy.
early with our first ever river running kayak,
Kayaking come off a Valley High.
canoe and gear guide. 42
GEAR BAG
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PADDLER PROFILE
Embrace your sensitive sole with
Shon FLEx Cottrill doesn’t pull any
Keen’s Cimarron river shoe; don’t take
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RIVER OF NO RETURN
punches when it comes to his two
Flak for wearing Oakley’s water-loving
passions: kayaking and cage fighting.
sunnies; style senses will be in Flux
British Columbia’s Ashlu River is a haven for over NRS’ dapper drytop; less gas
river runners seeking accessible whitewater,
clean rapids and colossal scenery. It’s also 20
RIVER ALCHEMY
equals more gear with Paddleboy’s
Flyer boat trailer; and you’ll want to
a hotbed for hydroelectric development and
Fixing up an old boat is a humbling
draw the Revolver carabiner by DMM
environmental debates. In the Ashlu’s last free-
experience that can lead you from
next time you’re duelling with the river.
flowing season, Bryan Smith finds picking a
epoxy fumes to enlightenment.
clean line down the river is easier than running
the gauntlet of pro-industry dogma.
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RAPID MARKET
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FLUSHED
p.46
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