Archive for March, 2007
Folly River
A video put together by team AK member Chris Eager. Shows the Folly River and the First Decent of Face Plant and how it got its name.
More Dries and Buttery Fingers
Another hard rain brought the dries back in and lots more sweet action with it. The put-in waves at the dries are really unique, there aren’t many places in the world where you get so many big waves in one rapid at so many different levels. The put-in waves start coming in at around 25 000cfs and keep getting better as the level rises. In the last few weeks we’ve been lucky enough to have levels as high as 73 000cfs and as low as 18 000cfs.
New River Dries get Wet
With a foot of snow on the ground and heavy rain in the forecast things were looking up in West Virginia. Just as I was getting back from the Wave Sport college tour the skies opened up and the rivers rose to amazing levels. I first came to Fayetteville in 2005 at the tail end of Gauley season and was impressed with the rivers but didn’t think that they lived up to all the hype that they usually get. Now I can see why so many people love this area for paddling and why it is spoken of so highly. High water here is awesome!
