By Rob Virostek on Monday, March 24, 2008 3:10 PM

Saturday Dad and I went to early to the Wind River to set up parking and do an early practice run which went really well I only got stuck in initiation that was only because of running into Erik on a cataraft and losing...

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By Rob Virostek on Monday, March 17, 2008 7:09 PM

We left for Santa Cruz after the pool session on Tuesday at the pool session I worked on my flat-water loops and flat-water blunts to practice them. Practicing blunts in flat water is great to learn how to get the movements down by putting...

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By Rob Virostek on Saturday, March 01, 2008 6:46 PM

Nate and the gang are running Canyon Creek today at 1150 cfs, which is almost double what I ran it my first time down, but I still decided to join them. I met Nate at his house around 9:30. We packed our gear and boats on his truck...

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By Rob Virostek on Wednesday, February 27, 2008 12:00 AM

The Upper Wind is pretty low but still runnable, so I headed out in the morning for the take-out. I was early to the take-out so no one was there but a couple of minutes after I arrived, a group got off the river from just doing the run. I talked to them about the run...

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By Rob Virostek on Monday, February 25, 2008 12:00 AM

I did the Clackamas today. It was at about 1500cfs, so nothing really exciting, but fun all the same. Melissa has built up her confidence in paddling again after hurting her back a while ago and she came along. We put in above Fish Creek ...

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By Rob Virostek on Thursday, February 21, 2008 12:00 AM

I did my standard workout. Again, I worked on my flatwater loop, but this time, I had the side of the pool and my Dad to help. It really didn’t help much as I still wasn’t getting it. We had picked up Bobby to go to the pool session and work... Read More »

By Rob Virostek on Wednesday, February 20, 2008 1:47 PM

Today was my first time on Canyon Creek before the race that will happen in March. It went really well. I only got stuck once in Thrasher, but other than that, it was a very good run. I do need to run Canyon Creek more before the race so that I am as familiar with it as possible. The first couple of rapids are pretty simple. A couple of technical moves... Read More »

By Rob Virostek on Monday, February 18, 2008 10:46 PM

I did my standard workout and then I spent most of the rest of the time trying to do my flatwater loop, but never got it. I also worked with Bobby on his bow stall and cartwheels. Devon brought two of his friends ... Read More »

By Rob Virostek on Sunday, February 17, 2008 8:36 PM

We met up with Marcus and Ryan at Bob’s Hole to run the Sunset to Bob’s section of the Upper Clackamas. As we loaded the gear into our car to drive up to Sunset, I realized I’d left my paddle at home. Oh boy, 8 miles of river without a paddle! Read More »

By Rob Virostek on Saturday, February 16, 2008 8:02 PM

The plan was to meet at the Shell gas station at 10:30, but there was a premiere party last night and we were about 1/2 hour late. That gave us a chance to grab... Read More »