This has been one of the best years of my life. I came back from Mexico with my first real injury ever a broken rib so I got to spent 1 month and a half healing myself and getting to spent an amazing time with my family! First paddling I got to do was in the west of Spain, Galicia and Portugal two true creeking paradises on the right time of the season!
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panadeiro slide in caldes de reis photo by: katya kulkova |
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dropping in to the second drop in castro laboreiro |
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sweet rapid in the castro |
Winter Highlights from SB Productions on Vimeo.
We spent our spring in Sort paddling in the hole in the mornings and hitting the creeks next to our area in the afternoons what a great place to be!
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competing in the spanish cup in sort and getting second place photo by:gorka martinez |
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the border cross in Pau! |
Spring freestyle sessions in Sort from Anyoree on Vimeo.
On april 30 we left together with my brother Gerd to compete in the whitewater grand prix, the sickest event ever done in kayak. 25 of the best kayakers around the world where selected to compete/travel and kayak together for 2 weeks. Amazing time!
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rush and myself fighting on the border cross! |
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giant slalom race! photo by: marcos gallegos |
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cobra going big in the freestyle competitionon another sick wave in Quebec. photo by: tyler fox |
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last rapid of the giant slalom |
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the crew of the WWGP! thanks all! |
2011 Whitewater Grand Prix from Tribe Alliance on Vimeo.
I spent the next 5 months after the grand prix living next to the Ottawa river, getting my freestlye skills up and enjoying a super simple life.
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having fun in garburator, it gets so hot in the summers that skin to wind is the way to go! |
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our campspot, teaching little princess how to cook! photo by: tino specht
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Summer day in the Ottawa valley from SB Productions on Vimeo.
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big water in mistassibi! photo by:tino specht |
Beatdown trip from SB Productions on Vimeo.
Together with Rafa Ortiz we won the drop of the year in the rider of the year awards. Check out the video for some epic kayak images!
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aniol serrasolses running the 2nd biggest drop ever done succesfully! |
Rider of the Year II Awards Video from Tribe Alliance on Vimeo.
Next country was Mexico one of my favourite places on earth we spent two great months creeking in Veracruz and recording for the next Unknown episode with Tino specht check out the teaser! Final movie coming up soon!
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freefalling in tomata I |
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sick line in tomata I photo: lachie carracher |
Unknown: Mexico (Preview) from Tino on Vimeo.
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san pedro falls photo: mathias fossum |
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dropping in to meat-locker |
Mexico from Lachie Carracher on Vimeo.
After Mexico I ended up in Chile where we had a great low water season.... anyway we are doing our best to keep charging and running good stuff.
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running the 80 footer salto palguin photo by: mathias fossum |
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throwing a back pan-am off a 50 footer on the rio fuy photo by: mathias fossum |
Can't wait for more in this 2012 season! I am still in Chile and it seems that I am gonna be here for a while I spent all my last money getting here so now I have to work enough to pay a ticket back home. Not complaining it's great to be here :)
Patagonia Sin Represas - Baker & Futaleufu 2012 from QuebecConnection on Vimeo.
The season in pucon was short and strong. After too many days there i felt the need of hit the road and some more places. So we left the siphon and head straight in to argentina to celebrate christmas and paddle one of the sickest argentinian rivers!
La temporada en pucon fue corta e intensa. Despues de demasiados dias atascado en ese lugar senti la necesidad de moverme e ir a remar en otros lugares, asi que nos subimos al auto del tio Fede y manejamos directo a Bariloche para pasar una buena navidad, las mujeres mas guapas, rico fernet y rios buenazos! Argentina la lleva!
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las ratas en la frontera de junin de los andes! First day we hit the rio manso, about 50 km. of bariloche. This is one of the greatest and most beautiful kayaking paradises in argentina! El primer dia nos dirigimos al rio manso, a unos 50 km. de bariloche. este es uno de los mejores rios en argentina, con potentes saltos, rampas y un entorno espectacular! |
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duckie slide at really low water.... |
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buena linea en el salto de los alerces! Next river we hit was the rio blanco, some of the coolest drops and slides I've ever seen ar hidden on this one. One of the best runs in south america! El siguiente fue el rio blanco, una de mis secciones favoritas en todo el mundo! |
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boofing mandinga! |
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maybe the cleanest drop in the world?? |
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cali drop! |
After having a great time in Argentina for Christmas we left to Futaleufu together with Marcos. This is one of the meca's for all kayakers, "un paisaje pintado por dios, the place is super beautiful, the river is awesomme and the people there is super cool too! No stress in that place!
Despues de pasar un tiempo estupendo en Argentina nos fuimos hacia futaleufu con mi amigo Marcos. Una de las mecas para todo kayakista, el lugar es espectacular, bello, con gente sencilla y muy hospitalaria, y sobretodo... con un rio al lado con mas de 40 km de aguas bravas! En este lugar no hay stress!
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marcos house next to the rio azul!! what a view!! |
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josefa! |
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we attempted a mission to the baker with this subaru loayale 93' . We got stucked on our way down there having to spend a whole week in coyahiqe trying to fix it... it never worked out and we end up selling it for 300.000 chilean pesos..... |
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good playboating session in the futa! |
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awesomme landscape on the rio fuy! |
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here is myself throwing a back pan-am on the 50 footer in the rio Fuy ! |
Check this video of marcos!
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