C O N T E N T S volume 10 >> no 1
Number one thing you hope is the same in 10 years. p.41
F E A T U R E S
28 10 YEARS 30 REARVIEW MIRROR
31 CLASSIC LINES
D E P A R T M E N T S PHOTO THIS PAGE: JENSEN KLATT // COVER PHOTO: RYAN CREARY/PADDLER: MIKKEL ST. JEAN-DUNCAN/LOCATION: WHATSHAN RIVER, NEEDLES, BC
6 OFF THE TONGUE of WHITEWATER
Rapid celebrates 10 years on the river. In the rearview mirror we check where we’ve been and if we have any food in our teeth.
Taking from our decade-thick he-said, she-said file we realize that, like a class V run, a magazine is only as good as your next line.
32 ANNIVERSARY SHOOTOUT SPECIAL 34 RETRO RIVER SIGNALS 36 EDDY AWARDS:
The boats have changed but the idea of putting you in them remains the same.
Digging through our editorial shoebox we’ve pulled your best love letters and hate mail.
For a decade we’ve been telling you what we think is important in whitewater. Here’s what you had to say about your boats, buddies, gear, pad- dling, booze and sex life.
8 RIVER SIGNALS
Find out what Hugh Hefner and the publisher of Rapid have in common (and it’s nothing to do with silk robes).
Rapid ails the Spanish Fly shakes, trying to avoid being a statistic and fix that hole in the bucket, dear Liza.
10 WATERCOLOURS 15 STANDING WAVES
24 RIVER TECHNIQUE
Walk before you run, or at least get the basics down before tackling big whitewater, and for effective instruction Andrew Westwood says, trade the old tried-and-true for a better do-as-I-do approach.
42 BOAT INSIDER
Tyler Bradt sets a new waterfall record, Rocket (kayak) Man Shaun Baker is lonely out in space, and will the U.K. club scene always be two steps ahead?
20 PADDLER PROFILE 22 RIVER ALCHEMY
Dory Hallelujah! If it weren’t for 91- year-old guide Martin Litton’s campfire sermons and river-side conversions the Pacific Northwest’s whitewater may not be so blessed.
Jeff Jackson puts ancient Greeks in their place. Time passes, change is constant, but sometimes philosophically you can put your foot in the same river twice.
46 GEAR BAG
Versatility is the cloud with a silver lining in this issue: Riot rolls out the well- rounded Thunder 65, and Souris River’s Skeena reigns (get it?) on both flat- and whitewater.
You left your mildewed, gasket-blown drysuit rotting on the sofa and served salad in your sun-bleached helmet. Still all you got from Santa was a used copy of Guitar Hero II. Kick off the season fresh with the best gear and toys you didn’t get for Christmas.
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