Looking for water falls

Today is Ryans birthday so we sat down on the net this morning and had a good look for big water falls that might be going off. As there is 73 water falls up the Columbia river gorge there was alot to look at, we found a few sweet ones so set off to check them out. 

This is Bridal Veil falls, the bottom drop is sweet to go but we wanted to check out a few other better drops and the top will be ago at higher water but a massive hit at the bottom, i think we will be back here one day

Rach and me

Sam getting up close and personal as im checking out the line on money drop as its been named which is on Rock creek, the heart rate was pretty high as Todd Wells broke his back here about 5 weeks earlier.

 This has to be the sickest place in the world! Staring down the tube from the lip of a good 55footer.

I had a beautiful line an pluged it perfect which i was stoked on as theres a big shute leading up to the lip which gives you heaps of speed.

 Ryan ready for impact, he had a pretty sweet line but did manage to break his 2nd paddle in as many days. Happy birthday bro!!!!!

Ryan and I stoked on the run, another 2 kiwis learning to fly!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 

Lauder bros drifting video

With a lot of spare time between paddling ive been making a few videos of me and my brother drifting
check it out Lauder bros drifting video

Eagle creek vid

hey heres a little video i made of the eagle creek run, check it out
click here Eagle creek video

Day 2 usa

A bum sleeping and a cop working, just another day in America

Last nigth we set up our massive bed in the back of the van, consisting of 2 queen size blow up beds and about 8 sleeping bags all 5 of us climbed in sam, kat 1 side me, rach the other and ryan between the 2 boys to protect the girls. After a good nights sleep we got woken by the ranger telling us theres no over night camping and why didnt we have any plates on our van, he was cool about it all and enjoyed our story and a check of my licence left us to keep sleeping.

With sam still having a pretty sore eye myself, ryan, ian and tyler did a run of the little white salmon, the water was super cold as i think most of its snow melt. Tyler had a new under water camera housing so he was out of his boat swimming around with it, so keep an eye out for his shots.

Me coming off the lip at spirit, i gave it a little to much on the boof an landed a bit flat but the free fall feels super sick

Ryan lucus running spirit having a good line but this is the last time you'll see his paddle cos he broke it on the landing. Another sick day in Hood river

USA WE ARE HERE

Well i dont know how to explain the 1st 3 days in the usa, just amazing, day 1 pick up da rental car from da air port drive down to the geto in san jose and pick up our sweet van

I gotto take 4 strokes in my new mystic then stright over punch bowl falls, this is about 500meters above metlako falls

Hang out in san fran for day 2 then i drove all night the get to hood river met up with Tyler bradt and Ian who pointed us in the direction of metlako falls. Id have to say me and ryan had the best day kayaking of our lives running metlako falls 80 foot of pure fun, sam my think it was sweet in a few days but hes got a bit of a sore head after he punched him self in the face on landing the beast, me and ryan had sick lines, so check it out

ryan droping it, full style







me 2 3rds down u can c my paddle but im in the water fall, what a sick day wasnt that big of a hit








our sick v8 dodge ram van in san fran

Rarotonga

For my brother Matts 21st the family went to rarotonga for a week of fun in the sun it was an amazing week filled with skids on our sweet rental GN125 and drinking cocktails by the beach.

The weather wasnt the best with alot of rain but it was still hot an made things more fun for riding the bikes around

One morning rach wanted to do a lap of the island and i think we had a cock tail at nearly every resort on the island,

I ran over the cross island track witn the hope of finding a water fall or sumthing able to kayak after all the ran but the catchment just isnt big enough for any chance of enough water.

my sweet rental rig

me, tammie, rach, beky,mum, matt

Im leaving on a jet plane

Its that time of year again for the annual pilgrimage to the Bliss-stick factory to collect

my sweet new whip, a beautiful orange mystic. Thanks Charles, Coke and Andy

We are heading off to the air port this afternoon flying to San Fran before buying a nice big v8 dodgeram van and heading for hood river and the little white river

A bit of shameless self promotion with some sweet stickers thanks

to the guys at http://www.salisburysigns.co.nz/