Since retiring from competitive freestyle kayaking last year and becoming an eight to fiver at Glacier Glove, 2003 world champ Jay Kincaid has devoted all of his strength and athletic skill into fighting Brazilian Jiujitsu. On a day in early May, Kincaid directed all of that training at Joe the Intern. Click for story
There is a wonderful myth on the rivers these days—the possibility of a dry-flip. That is—what is the possibility of a river guide climbing over the tube of a flipping raft and getting herself on the bottom of the boat before she falls out? Click for story
11 a.m. (or so): Put in on the Truss. I swim twice. Scout 28-foot Big Brother for 10 minutes. Tao says it can kill me. I portage Big Brother. Tao pushes me to paddle faster through the flat stretch. Can’t. I am broken. I tell him, “No.” I hike out above Upper Zigzag. Click for story
Assignment: Could you test the short- and long-term consequences of drinking beer out of a river bootie? Click for story