After this years Moose Fest, which had plenty of water demshitz headed further east into Vermont. We where able to get on four new rivers on this trip! It’s always good to get some new runs! Moose Fest, demshitz cookout, Boquet creek, Middlebury Gorge, and the Green river in Vermont.

Explosive Breach of Condit Dam from Andy Maser on Vimeo. October 26th, 2011 is certainly a day that will go down in history. After the Blaster in Charge yelled “fire in the hole!” and ignited the charges packed into the bottom of 125′ tall Condit Dam, the White Salmon River was explosively set free for….
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by Teague Manley After spending two weeks in Washington and Idaho, it was time for World Class Academy to make the trip to the promise land: British Columbia. We first had to deal with two broken vehicles both of which were nowhere to be found when we took off a week long river trip down….
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Wellerbrucke section on Oetztaler Ache is probably the best section to run in Central Europe in late September. Check out some sick blue angel head cam footage of Jakub Nemec, Isaac Levinson, & Mira Kodada

After such an amazing summer of hopping all over the US, I have come full circle to my winter home of Chattanooga TN. The spring started off with competitions on the east in Connecticut and North Carolina, then rallying the RV all the way to Reno and back to Colorado for the summer Circuit. After….
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Year of the River: Episode 2 from Andy Maser on Vimeo. On October 26th, Condit Dam on the White Salmon River in Washington will be packed with enough explosives to blow a huge hole in the base of the concrete wall.  Moments after the climactic explosion, 10,000 CFS will gush from the tunnel and drain….
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This past weekend, about 30 Vermont boaters convened for an AW sponsored FERC-relicensing flow study on the Green River in VT. The Green had been off paddler radars until the last couple years when Ryan McCall (et. al) happened to find it running one day when the power company that owns the dam was running….
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                  Are you on Facebook? …Do You “like” stuff? If so, here’s a quick and easy contest that pays off big time with minimal effort on your part. We have partnered with our friends at Shred Ready to help drive some traffic to both of our Facebook….
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The votes are in and congratulations to Jonathan Dench from Wymondham, UK for winning the Astral / World Kayak Swim Contest! Jonathan will receive a free Willis life vest for his winning entry entitled ‘Malefosse Gorge French Alps.’ Enjoy it here, on Astral Currently! Malefosse Gorge French Alps by Jonathan Dench I am your average….
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Paddle to the Ocean: Bay of Fundy to Halifax from Paddle to the Ocean on Vimeo. Video Update #6 Zac finishes the last stage of the trip by bicycle and kayak via the Bay of Fundy and Shubenacadie Canal System. For more info on the trip visit: zaccrouse.com Music: Caledonia- Burning the Day Shot and….
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