Bliss-Stick Agents- The Hull's Check in From California

Sweet footage from the Sweetbriar on the Sacramento River, and the Whale on the Smith RIver.

Thanks for representing!

Bliss-Stick Demo @ USNWC, Saturday, August 8th, 2009

Saturday, August 8th, 2009 @ 12 P.M. is the kick off for the third 2009 Charlotte Hometown Thowdown and we want to make sure that everyone knows that there will be a fleet of Bliss-Stick Kayaks available to demo for FREE at the event site once inside the park.

We will have at least one of the following: Smoothy 6'1", Specialist 5'9", Super RAD 180, RAD 185, RAD 195, SCUD, Mini Mystic, and Mystic.

The first event, Slalom Survivor, starts at 12 noon, with the Throwdown starting around 4 P.M.

Come early and demo the boats through the course!

Bliss-Stick Agent Matt Jensen Checks in from Wisconsin

Thanks Matt!

Love Shack- Ottawa River

Thanks Stephen!

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Sam Fullbright and Tino Specht of Vital-Films and Team Bliss-Stick Have a New Project, Facing East

After our return trip to China this past December to wrap up shooting for the Vital Films production, Facing East, the film is now wrapping up and is set to release in about two weeks. Facing East documents the race for modernization in China and its impacts on the rivers deep in the Yunnan Mountains particularly the death of the Great Bend of the Yangtze as well as the cultures and people who are being affected by the massive hydro-electric projects in China. Facing East will be available at vital-films.com within a few weeks.

Sam Fullbright- Team Bliss-Stick USA

 

Bliss-Stick Agent Adam Swett- Madison Wave with Chuck and Gieb

HI Michael,
Just wanted to send you some pic's of Chuck(blue Smoothy) and Gieb's(grey Smoothy) surfing the Madison Wave. It went off for weeks do to heavy rain. Lot's of fun to be had...........
Hope things are well,
Adam Swett

Team Bliss-Stick, Jason LaSelva, Button Falls

Hey everybody. Recently we’ve had some rain in the great Northeast which has brought up some runs not normally available to us in July. Myself and some of my friends traveled over to Vermont to session a relatively small, but technical, waterfall—Buttons Falls. Buttons Falls is located about 8 miles upstream from the actual put-in for the Mettawee River. It has a sketchy entrance rapid that can send you too far to the right-towards the rocks at the bottom of the drop-making the falls way more interesting. In the photos you’ll see that I’m hitting the seam that pushes me to the left side of the falls and away from the rocks. There is also an eddy right above Buttons Falls which allowed us all multiple runs. The Mystic made this drop easy and safe. I never once back-endered or resurfaced out of control. This is truly a great creeker and I’m stoked every day I’m out there in it.

Bliss-Stick Team USA: Jason LaSelva

Garrett Boop, Maryland Chute Out, Bliss-Stick Specialist

Here are some pictures from the June Maryland Chute Out. The event was held at Portage Hole on the Potomac River just down river of Great Falls. I was the only competitor in the A class that wasn't paddling a Jackson Kayak. I placed 4th out of 7 competitors in my Specialist (most of the kayakers in the A class are sponsored by Jackson Kayak and are instructors). It felt like the Specialist with its short but high volume design was made for this feature....great boat.

Third Container Headed for the US!

We just got the third container on the water in New Zealand and is headed to Asheville as we speak. It will arrive in port around the 22nd of July and should be here in Asheville a day or two later. The container is full of Mystic's, Smoothy's, RAD's and Mini's. Some pretty sweet colors to choose from as well!

West Cherry, Salmon River Gorge, Green Truss and Little White Salmon!

Hey Michael,

Just recently got back from a good trip of creek boating in California, Oregon, and Washington! Originally we were planning to go do upper cherry in California but while we were there, the flows were way to high to go in.. so we decided to run West Cherry, which flows into Upper Cherry. It was a super fun over nighter.. The first day we hiked in about 7 miles or so and then paddled a couple sweet gorges down to our first camp. The next morning we woke up and started off the day with a really fun rapids, consisting of fun slides and waterfalls.

After we got off West Cherry, we headed up to Oregon to run Salmon River Gorge. This a really fun run that makes for a long day.. We woke up early and started hikin about 9am for 6 miles and finally got to the put in. We started off the run with a sweet, clean 20 footer. We then came up to vanishing falls. A 25 footer that lands in a really bad cave. We all portaged that one with a throw and go. The next rapid was frustration falls, a really fun series of drops starting with a 20 footer, then a 15 foot boof, then a clean 40 footer. Super fun.. Right after that you have another nice 20 footer, then final falls. A really big 80 footer that no one fired up.. I has a really tricky lip that looks like it would be impossible to not be autoboofed. We repelled down on the right.

The day after that we crossed the Columbia River into Washington and ran the Green Truss and Little White. They were both super fun, the little white being my favorite. It is just non stop, steep, technical, boulder gardens with a couple sweet waterfalls. I love the town of Hood River!

-Seth