British Columbia is home to a wide range of white water rivers, all beautiful and varying in grades. I traveled to BC with my kayak and paddleboard to see what rivers could be done standing up.
While working on new river prototype boards for the 2016 GoPro Games, we’re reminded of the thrill and adventure from a few summers ago when we traveled to two of the season’s biggest competitions, The GoPro Mountain Games in Vail, Colorado and the Payette River Games in little town Cascade, Idaho.
Follow the Pau Hana SUP crew up to the Payette River Games 2014 with some of the best stand up paddlers in the world as they compete to win this whitewater river race competition at Kelly's Whitewater Park in beautiful Cascade, Idaho.
SUP shaper Todd Caranto scouts out and SUP surfs the new Bend River Wave on his Pau Hana Carve stand up paddle board in Bend Oregon. After learning more about the wave from a local board and kayak shop, Todd scouts out the wave and decides to jump in.
Gearing up for Tuckfest brought a huge smile to my face. I remember last year’s event and how challenging yet rewarding 3 days of fierce training on an Olympic world class facility had been.