I made the long trek up to the Stikine a few weeks ago. I left very much undecided in my mind. I had not really seriously considered this run this season until Mikkel mentioned it a week or two before we ended up leaving. It is for sure something I have set myself a goal to do and spent a lot of time thinking about it.
We got to the put in at the highway bridge next to the infamous sign. I could not come to a confident decision to put on so I decided not to and hung out with Lianne driving shuttle.
It almost seemed like all the stars had aligned, awesome crew, low water level (unknown low mind you), great weather and great forecast! I just did not feel mentally prepared for the commitment of this run at the time and I am happy with the decision I made. Def a solid goal for the not to distant future!
A bunch of great trips to BC and one of my favorite runs the Yoho Canyon, which I shamefully left my GoPro in the car for....
All in all it has been an epic summer thus far. The weather here in Alberta and BC has not been very summery but all the same it has been a sick paddling season and with unusual amounts of fall rain we are receiving at the moment two of our local runs are back up and running..sick!! Here is some sweet photos from the past couple of months!!!
Enjoy....
Old School Gold Route on the Yukon. A crazy French Can TV Reality show. These guys were doing it old school for 3 monthes!!!!!
Bottom of Portage on Lower Pingston, I think with the right crew and lots of safety this goes....Double Stage 20ftr into Slightly angled 60ftr into boulder garden into Double Stage 30ftr.....Amazing place!
Scouting Curtain Call on the Big River River, Alberta, Photo : Dean Woodgate
Myeself on Freefall, Big Horn River, Alberta, Photo: Dean Woodgate
Myself, 1st Drop, Lower Perry River, BC, Photo: Dean Woodgate
Myself, 1st drop of triple set into Arrow Lake, Lower Pingston River, BC, Photo : Dean Woodgate
Myself, Lower Perry goodness, BC, Photo: Dean Woodgate
Low Water seam boof, Elbow Falls, ALberta, Photo: Dean Woodgate
The Yukon, Whitehorse again
Flying off into the smokey haze, Mt Mackenzie, Revelstoke, BC, Photo: Dean Woodgate
Myself, Sutherland Falls, Revelstoke, BC, Photo: Todd Gilman
Ready to Fly, MT Yumnuska, Alberta
Wicked Reflection, BC
Sweet Reflection, BC
Main Canyon, Lower Perry River, BC, Photo: Dean Woodgate
Myself Flying High, so sick!
Whiteswan Lake, BC
Whiteswan Lake, BC, So Beautiful
Myself Cliff Jumping with our Junior Dev Team, White River, BC
The massive forest fires in BC this season sure did make for some amazing photos. This was a silhouette at around 10am one day.
Near Golden, BC
Lake Laberge, Yukon River, Yukon
Lake Laberge, Yukon River, Yukon
The Yukon River, You have to go on this thing to truly understand how massive it is!!!!
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Dawson City, Yukon, Amazing old style Architecture
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Dawson City at 1am. It did not get dark there when I was in town. Got to experience this at some point!!!
The Yukon River Again....MASSSIVE
The Yukon River, GoPRo Image
Rail Tracks, White Horse, Yukon
Sweet Yukon PLates
Me n Simon, Somewhere on the Yukon
Secret Free Hotsprings, somewhere in beautiful British Columbia
Secret Free Hotsprings, somewhere in beautiful British Columbia....
Our Aquabatics Film Competition is coming up this Thursday. So if you are in Calgary come on down to Melrose bar and grill for 6pm. There will be a bunch of awesome edits up on the big screen with some sick prizes to be dished out!!
'do it for the love' is currently in the editing process. I will hopefully have t done by the end of the weekend. Been a bit of a hectic mission going through all my footage in the past few days organising it all.
Anyway hope your Fall is going awesome!!!
Peace
Blair
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