The Office

Jobs are a great when you are always having a good time. I want to thank Kayak Pucon, Wavesport, NRS, CLIF Bar, AT Paddles, and Sweet Helmets for making this trip really, really fun.

Classic "high water" Desahue

photos by Juanjo

One more time...

i love chile.

photo by don nacho

Upper Tres Saltos

These shots bring back memories from when we had the whole crew here. As far as we know...not many people (if anyone?) have run these drops upstream of the "big one."

kayak photo by Lane Jacobs
party photo by Ema

Saying goodbye to my home in Pucon

I can´t say enough good things about the time I spent in Pucon this year. Lots of thanks go out to the Tuschner family and the people at Cabañas Missimali, and especially to Rodrigo and Emma at Kayak Pucon.

Back to the Middle

This was my 4th time down the Middle Palguin. Big thanks to Orion Chapman for getting us fired up to go back. Orion styled the big ones (blue Jefe). Rodrigo and I scouting the double drop. Me falling fast on the last drop.

photos by "Juanjo´s friend from Portugal"

Kayak Pucon

World Class Asado

The World Class Academy is in town right now. Rodrigo and I have been paddling a little bit with some of the students and teachers. We were lucky enough to attend their asado - tasty.

Amazing night

Sunset with the volcanoes and Trancura river in view. Full moon river trip on the Lower Trancura.

Juanjo, Geoff and Rodrigo styling the Double Drop on the Middle Palguin.

Last drop of the Middle Palguin

Rodrigo, Juanjo, Geoff and I decided to fire up the Middle Palguin the other day. It is only 25 minutes outside of Pucon, and it is stacked with huge, intimidating waterfalls. I have never run a waterfall with such a soft landing. It was so soft that I went DEEP - my ears popped, and my boat compressed around me before I launched to the surface. Incredible place. I can`t wait to go back and do it again.

photo by Felipe

Maybe I am crazy?

This shot was taken right before I ran the Middle Palguin with Rodrigo, Juanjo, and Geoff.
Ready to fall.

Sunrise at "Dreamscape"

I went to a crazy electronic music festival outside of Pucon last weekend called Dreamscape. I never imagined something like this - 3 days of trance and drumb and base and absolute insanity. Lots of people came down from Santiago to camp in this beautiful place and to dance, dance, dance. I took these pictures as the sun was coming up on saturday morning. I went to sleep and came back to this stage hours later that aftertoon only to find the same people still shaking it like crazy.