At Astral it is our goal to create products that are both unique and necessary. This goes for not only our lifevests, but also for the accessories that are designed to be used alongside them. One of the original accessories that we produced for rescue was our towing system dubbed ‘the WebTow.’ We’d like to….
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My husband leaves me for Veracruz, Mexico about 4 times a year. I have been a couple times, but only to play the kayaker’s wife who has food and beer for him at the take out and a back massage because he landed too flat off a big waterfall. Not this time. I went down….
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I paddled Mill Creek for the 1st time around the age of 8. Mill Creek is about 2 miles over the hill from my parents house in Clarion PA. It’s pretty much a class 2 with a few class 3 rapids. The real nice thing about this run is you can get off the river….
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All images courtesy of Nicole Mansfiled and Demshitz. After years of trying to make this trip happen, I was super stoked to finally make it to Uganda to surf the Nile Special and paddle the White Nile’s big water rapids. Our first few days were spent at the Kayak the Nile compound in Jinja paddling….
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GoPro asked me to put together a 100% Hero Reel from Slippery When Wet to promote the original GoPro Hero. This segment boast footage from all over the world including California, Pacific Northwest, Mexico, and relief work in Japan. If you enjoy what you see PLEASE order the film (you can order HERE) and support….
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Rapid Transit Video announces the premiere of Coming Home, a DVD featuring four short films from kayaking around the world. Coming Home is the collaborative effort of producers Chris Gallaway and Spencer Cooke. Filmed over the course of four years, these stories take us to the bottom of the Grand Canyon, the North Woods of….
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It’s been a terrible fall for kayaking up in New England. All the rain the normally falls over the course of a few months decided to fall over a few hours, devastating Vermont and NH and making for a horrible kayaking season. “The Dewey Mills dam on the Ottaquechee during Irene.“ Moosefest was fun as….
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This last year is becoming the most incredible adventure ever, It has been a few few months out of home, living out of my backpack and travelling from one place to another. I arrived in Chile a few weeks ago, we haven’t lost anytime and we haved kayaked everyday. The water levels are pretty low….
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Recently I got a quick time out with Bryan Owen from Astral Buoyancy. Most people don’t know about Bryan’s modeling career so I decided it would be a good idea to shed some light on it.
A number of people have inquired about the rapid on the cover of the 2012 Astral catalogue. Here’s a short account from that day… One event that I was honoured to be a part of this year was the Whitewater Grand Prix. You’ve probably seen alot of the competition media from this event, but the….
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