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Banks Mag

If you have not been lucky enough to get a copy, stop by the Banks Cafe and pick yourself up a Banks Mag (issue 2). It is a fantastic publication chronicling the life and times of Banks, Idaho and the Payette River. Melissa, Bailey, and Jon Metz all did an awesome job.

Hello all,

Well it looks like the water has peaked finally. The Main and SF both got pretty high this spring but no real huge run from the NF. Hopefully as the SF drops they will supplement and turn on the NF to get some good boating up there.

If you are thinking about running the canyon, especially in a raft look at this picture that was taken by Skip Armstrong last week. The log is just past Oxbow rapid, right above where the hot springs comes in on the right. He said that there isnt much of an eddy above it but you can barely fit a kayak down. So if you are headed up there be warned!

Don't forget about the PBR event this weekend. You can find info from our events page or going to pbrkayakevent.com. Sadly I will not be able to attend (work work and more work) but it should be a great event.

And lastly I am going to try to offer doc's pro plugs for sale here on the site for anyone that cannot find them local to buy. So over the next few weeks that should be happening.

Keep Paddling,

Tren Long

Ear Pics

So if you still need convincing to wear ear plugs, I finally got the pics before and after the surgery from my doc (whom I highly recommend). So if you are not of the faint of heart...

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If you have any questions about Surfers Ear or anything just drop me a line at tren@cascaderaft.com.

Keep Paddling,

Tren Long

The first Worldkayak Hometown Throwdown in Boise was April 17th at the Gutter in Horseshoe Bend. We were blessed with some great weather with temps in the mik 60’s. We had a slew of kids with supportive parents and I had more volunteers than I could use. We were fortunate to have Devon Barker and Michael Leeds as judges! The junior class dominated the event with eight kids tearing it up.
The water level was at an in between level making the 4th wave pretty flushy and the 3rd wave was hard to get in. Devon had the great idea of having one hole event and one down river. Everyone had a blast and are already looking forward to the May event. Hope to see you there!

Mens K1-A
1. Brian Ward
2. Mike Copeland
3. Micah Kniedl

Mens K1-B
1. Walt McBrien
2. Phil Bellan

Junior
1. Seth Stoener
2. Ethan McLeod
3. Troy Wilson

This new event series is aimed at bringing the FUN back into freestyle kayak competition… fun for EVERYONE… Boise is one of eleven regions that will have 5 FREE events over the course of the 2008 paddling season. Events will range from simple rodeos to freestyle through rapid style competitions. Judging will be simple and done by competitors or friends. Prizes are given for participation, not scores, and a growing list of schwag will be given away via draws and door prizes.

The World Kayak Hometown Throwdowns are modeled after the Maryland Chute Outs, events that have successfully been run for 10+ years in DC. Events in the Boise area are scheduled to run the third Thursday evening of each month, April through August, near Horseshoe Bend at the ‘Gutter’ on the Payette River. The fun is scheduled to kick off at 5:30 pm.

For more information contact Gary Wilson at gary@worldkayak.com or Mark Cecchini at markcecchini@yahoo.com or visit http://worldkayakblogs.com/throwdown.

Hello all!

I hope this early spring post finds you well. A couple of updates for the site. We have added a snowpack and reservoir levels to the homepage. We hope this new feature helps cure in need to find out what the water is going to do.

We are looking for some pictures to add to the site. If you have any pics you would like to send, we may use them to populate the site with Payette River rafting and kayaking pictures. Please send them to tren (at) cascaderaft (dot) com.

Again on a personal note; I just finished getting my other ear cleaned out via surgery. This time the doc took some before and after pics which are pretty awesome. GO OUT AND BUY EARPLUGS!!! I recommend doc's pro plugs. If you are having trouble finding them shoot me a line and I can hook you up.

And finally I wanted to thank Scott Morell for all of his awesome programming on the site. Anything that has to do with the water levels, snow packs, ect are all done by Scott and he is awesome so- Thanks Scott~

Keep Paddling,

Tren Long

New Site

Hi everyone!

We are in the process of updating the site and making some revisions/improvements. If there is something you would like to see added to the site please just let me know. I hope to use this blog to give updates on all things Payette River.

It looks like were are going to have a great water year this year. We have a ton of water in the mountains but not a lot of water in the reservoirs so if we have a mild spring I would not expect too much extreme high water, but we should get a good little run. We need to get water back in the reservoirs and saturate the ground so we don't back into low water land.

On a personal note: I am currently going through the fun of getting my exostosis removed (surfer's ear). A word of advise- GO BUY EAR PLUGS AND WEAR THEM!

It is a really painful surgery and recovery sucks. I got my right ear done two weeks ago and I am going to get my left ear done in a few weeks. I am going to see if the doc will let me take some pics to post so that I can ad some "visual aids" to the community service announcement.

Keep Paddling,

Tren Long

Friday, June 6, 2008

Banks Mag

Wednesday, May 28, 2008

Wednesday, April 23, 2008

Ear Pics

Monday, April 7, 2008

Saturday, March 8, 2008

New Site