The Upper Clackamas at 6,500 CFS: A High-Water Swim and Recovery
Rowing the Upper Clackamas at 6,500 cfs in a Super Puma: a swim at high water, a good recovery, and what to know about big-water days.
Blossom Bar on the Rogue River 2025
A clean 2025 run of Blossom Bar, the Class IV boulder garden on the Rogue, rowing a Super Puma on Sawyer MXS oars, and the standard line.
Rainie Falls Fish Ladder 2025: Stuck at the Bottom
Getting stuck at the bottom of the Rainie Falls fish ladder on the Rogue River in 2025 while blocking the channel, and levering hard on Sawyer oars to get free.
Grave Creek Falls on the Rogue River: Rocks, Spins and Saves
Grave Creek Falls on the Rogue River in 2025: I hit rocks and spun in my Super Puma, then made some good saves. What happened and how to recover.
Mule Creek Canyon on the Rogue River (2025)
A clean 2025 run through Mule Creek Canyon on the Rogue River in a Super Puma, including the Coffee Pot, plus how to run the canyon.
ClackFest 2024: Surfing the Carter Falls Hole in a Super Puma
Rowing my Super Puma at Clackfest 2024, where I hit the Carter Falls hole really well, surfing and rodeoing it, and placed 5th.
The Last Rapid on the Lower Deschutes
Rowing the last rapid of a Lower Deschutes trip in a 14' SOTAR Classic ST on Sawyer Square Top oars, and why the last rapid deserves full focus.
The Molalla River 2024
Running the Molalla River in 2024 in a Super Puma: a smaller, technical Oregon river close to the Willamette Valley, and how to approach rivers like it.
The Upper Clackamas in Snow and Ice: Paddle Raft and Rowing
Cold-weather boating on the Upper Clackamas with snow and ice on the banks, paddle rafting and rowing the Super Puma, plus winter safety tips.
New Year's Day Trip on the Sandy River 2024
Starting 2024 on the Sandy River in a Super Puma, the New Year's Day trip that made me want to kayak the Sandy and led to my turning point.
Fun on the Upper Santiam, Winter 2023/2024
Winter rowing on the Packsaddle run of the Santiam in a Super Puma, with notes on the run, Spencer's Hole and cold-weather boating.
High Water on the Lower Santiam, Part 3: The Unusual Channel
Part 3 of the fall 2023 Lower Santiam high-water run: following a kayaker down a side channel that is normally not floatable, and how to judge one.
High Water on the Lower Santiam, Part 2
Part 2 of our fall 2023 high-water Lower Santiam run in a Super Puma: bigger water, faster current and staying ahead of the river.
High Water on the Lower Santiam, Part 1 (Fall 2023)
Part 1 of a fall 2023 high-water run on the Lower Santiam in a Super Puma, and what changes when an easy river comes up.
Fall 2023 on the Upper Clackamas
Fall colors and a full crew of rafts and catarafts on the Upper Clackamas in 2023, one of my favorite Clackamas videos, with notes on the run.
Cloudy Day on the Upper Clackamas
An average fall day rowing the Upper Clackamas in a Super Puma, plus a quick guide to the run's rapids: Hole in the Wall, Carter's Bridge and Toilet Bowl.
The Rogue River in a Super Puma
Rowing simple rapids on Oregon's Wild and Scenic Rogue River in a Super Puma, plus Rogue basics: the 35-mile Wild Section, permits and the big rapids.
Blossom Bar 2023: A Clean Run on the Rogue River
A clean 2023 run of Blossom Bar, the Class IV boulder garden on the Wild and Scenic Rogue, rowing a Super Puma on Sawyer MXS DyneLite XD oars.
Buckskin Mary Rapid on the Lower Deschutes
A clean run of Buckskin Mary, a Class III rapid on the Lower Deschutes, rowing a 14' SOTAR Classic ST, plus how the rapid works.
Whitehorse Rapid on the Lower Deschutes in a Loaded 14' SOTAR
A clean 2022 run of Whitehorse Rapid on the Lower Deschutes, rowing a fully loaded 14' SOTAR Classic ST on Sawyer Square Top oars.