Product testing in Chelan Gorge by Brett Barton | Sep 10, 2012 | Whitewater A sweet little edit from the boys over at Boogie Water Productions. Testing the limits of what a sprayskirt can withstand. Marco Collela, Alex Podolak, and Brett Barton go deep into the recesses of one of Chelan Gorge’s gnarlier drops, Meat Locker. Gorge...
A Warrior’s Path by Brett Barton | Sep 8, 2012 | Whitewater We are all challenged by our own lives… …face things which tear us down to our core and reveal things we truly fear. Being dismantled is as much a part of natural life as finding contentment in a field of grass and radiant warmth. I...
Summertime by Brett Barton | Sep 4, 2012 | Uncategorized Recently, Creek Siders paddled one of the prettiest rivers around, the Ohanepecosh. The Ohane is a summertime classic I try and hit every year. Uber clean water flows out of Mt Rainier Nat’l Park and down through the Ohane gorges. So clean and tasty, I...
Tshletshy Creek: 2012 by Brett Barton | Jun 18, 2012 | Whitewater Creek Sides has been layin’ low in prepatory style to bring you the goods. Our mission as of late has been exploring the Olympic Peninsula. We’ve ventured to other parts of the state, too, but really we need look no farther than, literally…...
Ain’t No Can’t; In The Word Canyon- JACKMAN CREEK in the Villain! by Brett Barton | Feb 27, 2012 | Whitewater Throughout the years I’ve had many great runs down a lot of different rivers here in Washington. I’ve fantasized about what some of the more obscure runs would be like as I’ve scanned the hundreds of pages of whitewater lore in the WA river...
Ain’t No “Can’t” In The Word Canyon by Brett Barton | Feb 20, 2012 | WhitewaterThroughout the years I’ve had many great runs down a lot of different rivers here in Washington. I’ve fantasized about what some of the more obscure runs would be like as I’ve scanned the hundreds of pages of whitewater lore in the WA river bible....
Into The Great Wide Open by Brett Barton | May 25, 2011 | UncategorizedHow many miles of this would YOU drag a kayak through to get to “the best whitewater” in WA?Creek Sides gets ‘er done so you don’t have to!!No shortage of adventure in there.how longgg…How many miles? How much adventure? How many bears...
EF Lewis and the Robe Race by Brett Barton | May 4, 2011 | WhitewaterThe East Fork of the Lewis is a lovely bit of whitewater that PDX’ers hit up after work in the spring. And after the big logjam on Canyon Creek, the Northwest Creekin’ Comp got moved over to the EF. As we all know, rivers have the tendency to create...
EF Lewis and the Robe Race by Brett Barton | May 2, 2011 | UncategorizedThe East Fork of the Lewis is a lovely bit of whitewater that PDX’ers hit up after work in the spring. And after the big logjam on Canyon Creek, the Northwest Creekin’ Comp got moved over to the EF. As we all know, rivers have the tendency to create...
Winter Update: Numba Too by Brett Barton | Mar 22, 2011 | Whitewater This has been an epic winter paddling season for us here in Western WA. Plenty of stoke to go around. Dig in. town wall The best journeys bring up questions we never thought to ask – Yvonne Chanaurd dealin’ Totten tappin’ into some high speed...
Winter Update! by Brett Barton | Feb 28, 2011 | WhitewaterThe rains have come and so has the cold, snow and general nippiness you get living in the mountains. Haven’t been skiing in the last 2 years because boating (and recovering from boating) keeps the lot of my time. 4 PFD’s (personal first descent) this year...
The beast with 40 eyes… by Brett Barton | Jan 11, 2011 | WhitewaterLooking into the mountains where we shall find… the Beasts’ lair (not to mention bears and cougars) Small, infant Gorge Beasts are grown in these mountains. I had always wondered where the elusive Gorge Beast came from. I’ve heard the stories....
