SPRING 2004 Features
27 Two Real River Runners Boat test: Pyranha’s h:3 and Liquidlogic’s Lil’ Joe.
30 Girls and Big Tricks Laura Nash envisions the future of freestyle, the big trick competition and the power of women to go huge.
34Stein River Dirtbag Route
How to bushwhack into the North Stein and get two classic rivers for less than the price of one, by David Norell.
30 Girls go big 27 Liquidlogic Lil’ Joe Stein River 34
on the cover: David Norell on
the North Stein River. photo by Braden Fandrich.
clockwise from top left: Rapid Stock Images, Braden Fandrich, Braden Fandrich, Jed Weingarten.
Dagger team paddler Brendan Mark testing the Pyranha S6
Departments Off the Tongue
River Signals 2004 Events River Alchemy Gear Bag
Rapid Market
Local River News Flushed
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8Standing Waves Exclusive photo coverage of the Canadian Team Trials. Reactionary—why rodeo kayakers need a kick in the head. Paddling vids—Steve Fisher’s Slambezi and EJ’s latest. River Alchemy— Arthur the dam builder learns to paddle, but will he see the irony?
20 Paddler Profile Saskia van Mourik—competitor, coach, busi- ness owner—offers secrets to life and the river.
22Park n Play Vancouver Island’s Puntledge River has some of the best play in B.C. You just have to be there on the right day.
24 Technique Wave turns, by Andrew Westwood—how to use river features to your advantage.
42 NEW! Watercolours Rapid’s photo gallery returns, bigger and better.
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