Pretty Tough Girls huck the Gnar in Washington!
May 19, 2008 by Kim Russell
Filed under General, Kayak, Travel
by Kim Russell
May 19, 2008 – Mid-May, my sister Christina Russell, and I took a trip up to Washington to check out the 2008 Canyon Creek Race, a downriver extreme whitewater kayaking race. Unfortunately, we weren’t able to race after one of our friends had a near-death experience on our warm up lap. We were fairly shaken up, and decided to take the day off from the river.
Despite missing the race, we kept our chins up and got back on the river the next day. Christina and I as well as four or five friends jumped on nearby Copper Creek, a class V creek in Southern Washington.
Check out the photos!
Kim dropping the Big Falls on Canyon Creek, Washington
Photo by: Keel Brightman
Spring Break in Vancouver, Island
April 10, 2008 by christina_kayaker
Filed under General, Kayak, Travel
by Christina Russell
April 10, 2008 – This spring break, I headed North to Canada for a week of creek boating on Vancouver Island. I had never been paddling in Canada before but I had heard great things about it. Early Sunday morning, we began out twelve hour drive from Bend to the port at Twassen. We camped out at the loading dock prepared to board the next morning as an oversize load (we had five boats on the roof of the truck). The crew consisted of friends from Bend, Eugene, and Hood River- all eager for some classic paddling.
Photo by: Christina Russell
Austin Rathman, used his good karma to secure two cabins near the Gordon River system near Port Renfrew. All of us were used to camping out in the cold, rainy, snowy weather but this was a welcome change. We had a HOT TUB! WOO HOOO!
Christina Russell – Pro Kayak
March 30, 2008 by jane
Filed under Kayak, Pretty Tough Team
Sport: Whitewater Kayaking
Home: Oregon
Nickname: C, Chris
Birthdate: 09/17/1986
School: Central Oregon Community College
Fave Band/Singer: Jurassic 5
Fave Food: Thai, Japanese, Indian
Fave Movies: Kill Bill, Signs, Galaxy Quest, Wehyakin, Seven Rivers Expedition
Who Would Play Me in a Movie: Sandra Bullock
Other Interests: Climbing, skiing, backpacking, mountain biking, painting.
Fave Quote: “It was very dark. Yes it was.” -Signs
Motto: I came to kick ass and chew bubble gum, and it looks like I’m
all out of bubblegum
Competitive Goal: To make the US Freestyle Kayaking Team and place at
Kayaking Worlds
Huckin’ the Gnar Gnar
March 11, 2008 by christina_kayaker
Filed under Kayak, Profiles
March 11, 2008 – Hola everyone! It’s been a while since I have posted but I’m back with lots of pics. About two weeks ago, a solid crew and myself headed up to Hood River for some creeking. Spring is finally here and the rivers/creeks are goin’ off! Josh and myself drove up on Thursday evening and ended up camping in the back of his truck in the parking lot of The Shed kayak store. ha ha good times. The next morning we woke up to sunny skies and 60 degrees…wow! perfect day for a Truss run….
Friday:
We put on the Green Truss around 3:00 pm with about eight or nine people. Super fun…
The Truss is a solid class five run with a couple very consequential drops. One of these is known as Big Brother- a 30 foot waterfall with an undercut cave at the base. If you land wrong, you might be going for a cave visit. Luckily, only one of us ended up in the cave and he was just fine.
Photo by: Jesse Becker
Paddler: Christina Russell
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