Reno Hometown Throwdown #2 by sagedonnelly | Apr 24, 2011 | Kid's Kayaks, WhitewaterThe second Hometown Throwdown in Reno, Nevada, was cold, windy  and stormy, but there was still a good turnout from the hearty Northern Nevadans. The Truckee River was running very high, so the competition was held on the south channel at hole 3 instead of the usual...
Career Day at Billinghurst Middle School in Reno, NV by sagedonnelly | Apr 7, 2011 | Kid's Kayaks, UncategorizedKids checking out boats. Last week I was invited back for a second year to speak to kids about different river careers at Billinghurst Middle School in Reno, NV.  I open my presentation with a kayaking video, then put on an informational slideshow, and  close it with...
Awesome New Colors for Kid’s Boats! by sagedonnelly | Apr 4, 2011 | Kid's Kayaks, rivers, Uncategorized, WhitewaterLooping at the Reno Whitewater park. I just received my new Rasta (red, yellow, and green) Shooting Star kid’s playboat and I love it! Jackson Kayak also has Goth available (green, white, and black) as a standard color for boats now. The first thing I did was...
Educating Kids on Being a Diabetic Athlete by sagedonnelly | Feb 4, 2011 | Video, WhitewaterThis week I was asked to talk to local highschool students in a Health Occupations class about being an athlete with diabetes. I was nervous at first because they were highschool students and so much bigger than me, but I loosened up and had a good time. The students...
My First, First Personal Descent of the Year! by sagedonnelly | Jan 18, 2011 | Uncategorized, WhitewaterLast week I was able to do a personal first decent, my first one for the year! It was E to P on the South Yuba River near Nevada City, Ca. It is a class 4 river and it was lots of fun and had a couple a really cool boofs. My favorite rapids were called Corner Pocket,...
Class 4 California Rivers and Texas Slalom Training by sagedonnelly | Feb 21, 2010 | rivers, WhitewaterFun 15 fter. Even though it is winter, I haven’t stopped boating. Northerrn Nevada ’s rivers are frozen over, but California rivers are only a few hours away and that’s where I have been going. Chamberlin Falls, a class 4 section of the North Fork of...
Sage Donnelly’s 2009 season wrap up video by sagedonnelly | Jan 15, 2010 | Kid's Kayaks, Whitewater2009 Wrap Up %videos% Go here to read the rest: Sage Donnelly’s 2009 season wrap up video
Still yaking in Nevada! by sagedonnelly | Jan 15, 2010 | Kid's Kayaks, rivers, UncategorizedWell, not Nevada where the Truckee river is LOW, but in California where the rivers are still running. I have spent a few days every week since the begining of December paddling the North Fork of the Feather River Lobin Section, or the South Fork of the American on...
Droughts = Rarely Seen Sections of Rivers in California by sagedonnelly | Nov 10, 2009 | Photos, rivers, Star, WhitewaterFUN! What happens in California after a few years of drought. The reservoirs get low and sections of rivers normally underwater become runnable again. This weekend we did the Big Bend Run on the North Fork of the Feather River. This section is normally under 35 feet...
Crazy fun in California, Idaho and Colorado! by sagedonnelly | Sep 29, 2009 | Dynamic Duo, Whitewater We have been going non stop! The weekend after the Feather we ran the Pitt with my favorite 20 foot slide and a classic AW release. Then we dashed off tho Idaho where we met up with fellow Jackson paddler Alec Voorhees and family. We had a great time playing on the...
