Wed 9 May 2007 Juliet and Steve, Thank you both for your time this weekend and Monday. I learned a great deal (as always), especially with my lefty roll, using the water, boofs, squirts, ect. Steve worked on some muscle memory drills for the lefty roll which really...
River Magic
Using Power Ferries to Make a Move Look Easy
Power ferries are not just for Class IV+ boaters. And the sooner you start learning how to do them, the better a boater you will be.  On any class II river there are dozens--if not hundreds of places to practice power ferries. The first step is to make a habit...
Why there are “rails” on a creek boat
In boat design you have two details that can really upgrade the performance of a boat: chines and rails. Chines are the natural edge of the boat (where the deck and the hull meet). Chines have been sharpened on modern play boats to help with improve surfing and...
Reflections by Craig Parks
I’ll always remember my first impressions of the Wesser paddling scene from 1986 and ’87, when my mother and step-dad moved to a little house on Silvermine Rd. There was a group of incredible boaters that were setting the stage for the freestyle and creeking...
A Private Run Down the Upper Green: 1989 and Now
Here it was a Saturday morning in August–typically the driest month of the season, especially in a year in which we are in a drought and we still had the option of five different rivers to paddle (the advantage of being surrounded by dam-controlled rivers). So...
Cheoah River’s Joe’s Demise
First Hand Account of the naming of Joe's Demise on the Cheoah River Ken Kastorff's First Hand Recollection Recently I spent a day attending a FERC re-licensing meeting for the Cheoah River. This was the fourth meeting that I had attended, trying to follow what was...