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9/7/13

Pyrenees stories #2

Spring in Spain is pretty much over or at least it is for me. It’s been a really good one, long and with lots of different levels. I got to see some rivers higher than ever and I am pretty sure it’s going to be hard to see any of those runs with the same flood. But I am a little bummed that we didn’t go as hard as we could and we didn’t get the best of a season wich was unbelievable talking about water levels.

some high water Noguera so good to boof some waves and throw some kick flips!!

This is a list of what we been running:

- 50+ runs on the Upper noguera (70+ creppes) + 30x Muleta - Pontdepedra

- 8x runs on the Palomeres

- 5 x runs on the Arreu

- 3x runs on the Boavi

- Cinqueta (3x red gorges + 1x classic + 1x upper upper cinqueta)

- Ara (5 x Bujaruelo + 1x Torla-Broto)

high ass water in the Romadriu. this thing was scary!!

the first drop in the Palomeras. so much fun!

boof that curlier!!

this avalanche has been blocking the first drop of the palomeras for so long... but as soon as there was enough space to go under it we gave it a go!!

la lanzadera en el rio Arreu.

stomping la creppe! this year I took a massive beatdown + swim doing some bad downriver freestyle...

freestyle afternoon with the master Cristian Lamiel. bad-ass climber and freestyle kayaker who trained me and Gerd and many other when we where at the spanish freestyle kayak team!

We had a crazy flood a few weeks ago and I almost lost my car when sleeping next to a river!! Super crazy experience !!!

flooded Noguera!!

good times with the princess "aleix salvat" in the Bujaruelo section, rio Ara

PHOTO BY MARSAL DE LA FUENTE

As you can see we haven’t done anything crazy or new this season but it’s really hard to do when you only have one other person to go kayak with. No excuses, you can still do it, but paddling without safety sucks. Big shout out goes to Marsal & Aleix for being the biggest pussies I have ever seen… barely paddling this whole spring and showing 0 motivation for this sport. FUCK YOU !!!

the crew: Aixas, Aniol, Vilber, Edu Clapes setting a record for the highest flow the Noguera has ever been paddled.

extasis gorge in the upper noguera!

Got the opportunity to shoot a profile with Verve Audiovisual & Heli Films all around the Pallars area Rivers featured on the video are: Boavi, Palomeras & Noguera! Really excited to see how it comes out!

had a super good time filming with these people!! they are super motivated and crazy good at what they do!

la olla at 125 cm. Boof or get a good beatdown!

trying my first backflip ever. funny that I only know how to do them when I am sitting on a kayak...

getting some sick shots with the Heli.

another high water record run on the "Limbo" rio Boavi

Heli films are the sickest drones fliers I 've ever seen!!

sweet 20 footer in the boavi!

Love paddling in the Pyrenees and getting to see all this amazing scenery!

getting into the third rapid of the upper Zinqueta

love this boof!

The Z in the rio Palomeras

I am in Norway now paddling/recording with the Substantial Media House & Pyranha team awesome to meet up with people who is just as motivated or even more about kayaking as I am. Watch out for some sick footage coming out of this trip!!!

some party time in Voss!

getting some EG lean in the Skjoli!!

Gracias a Albert Aixas, Alfonso Perez, Arnau, Marc Parra por toda la ayuda con el safety en la grabación de Redbull.

Photos by Albert Aixas, Marsal de la fuente, Fred Norquist, Alfonso, Noe & Aleix Salvat. GRACIAS!

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Spring time Pallars

Some good times kayaking with friends around the Pallars area.

Spring time Pallars from SB Productions on Vimeo.

20/6/13

Pyrenees stories!

As the season goes by I really take notice of how special this one is…. It’s June 05 and surprisingly there’s more snow In the mountains now than most winters.

Together with Aixas, Aleix & Marsal we been doing a few roadtrips around the Aragon area, levels there tend to be a little bit higher than in the Pallars.

Myself running Virgen Blanca for the 2nd time this season!

We been running the Zinqueta a lot lately, mostly because it is easier to find good water levels there than anywhere else in the Pyrenees. Had an awesome/crazy day running a solo upper upper Zinqueta, so similar to the Chilean 7 tazas!!! But a little bit more intense and dirty!

la joya de Aixas!!! Esta furgoneta es una pasada!

Few complete runs on Cinqueta de la Pez, wich has a beautiful 50 foot slide and a really cool 50 footer drop.

the biggest slide in the rio Cinqueta. so much fun!!

2 solo runs in the red gorge at high water! Normally people in Spain is always scared to get in there with a good flow because there’s a few holes where if you took a swim you would get screwed up hard. But when you figure out where they are and how to get through them, running it at high flows is way more clean and fun!!

put-in drop for the cinqueta de la pea section!

Also saw some high water Ara !! The always fun Bujaruelo section was so scary high that nobody wanted to get in there, next time! La pasarela, chicane and the whole section of Torla-Broto was really fun with some good waves and fun moves all around!

good times with the boys!

Competition season started off with the Pallars extreme race. Levels were as prime as they can be just a week before the competition started but somehow the cold came in and levels went down like crazy and we had a really shitty low level for the big day. We placed 1^st on the team race with solid lines and pretty smooth paddling. Then we had the slalom wich I totally fucked up… touching 3 of 4 gates and not going fast at all…

ready to go hard on the Noguera pallaresa extreme race!

Next day we had the sprint finals on the extasis rapid. I really like this place for a race because it’s technical and fun and there’s non flatwater. I placed 2^nd right behind Eric deguil and only at 0.20 sec.

Morning racers meeting!

on my way to fuck up the slalom race hard...

Second race of the Pyrenees cup was in the Ara. Levels again where super low… there were lots of flats where slalomers where going real fast and the rapids were way too easy.. anyway was a super fun event! Placed 2^nd in the team race after a big mess between Aixas and myself and only 0,30 sec. after the first team. Fourth in slalom and third in the sprint race!