Smooth Ledge, Rapid River, Maine

I met up with a couple of my friends in Errol, NH on Friday night and we hiked into Smooth Ledge on the Rapid River in Maine on Saturday.




It's a nice place for park and play with a long runout, warm water, and smooth rock ledges to sun, socialize, and generally hang out for the day.




Here's Jeff Marquis sliding into Smooth Ledge for a bit of surfing action.







Look at Pat "mayor" Taft ripping it up with his hand paddles.







Smooth Ledge is a really friendly hole at 1300 with a good shoulder for surfing and a nice pocket for throwing down.







We ran into alot of local rippers, including Maine-native Chuck Mathieu.











I did put the camera down and jump into my boat for a few sessions too.















When the spot got a little crowded around lunch time we took inspiration from the cruisers and made the easy hike up a dirt road to the top of the three pitches. (then of course we went right back to surfing one of the best park and play features in the New England)

Chris Jones in U.K.

totally ripped this picture from him because it is so cool. Enjoy! (and look over on the DR message board to see the posting he made. I"m sure that he's got some more incredible photos that he will be putting up soon)



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big batch of tshirts

doing a production run for ASCI and Charlotte as well as some to sell at Deerfield Fest







and I got a special request for this verson (so I made one extra)

Critical Mass C1 conversion

I don't know what is appealing about this boat to the cboaters; if it's the simple lines that remind you of a nice open boat, the wide and stable cross section under the cockpit, or the height of the front of the cockpit rim that makes the conversion so easy. I'm what those kneelers call a butt boater so I can only speculate. Whatever the reason, the Critical Mass has been getting some good attention from cboaters lately. Take a look at these photos of a recent conversion that Rob sent me.








got a great email along with the photos (hope you don't mind me sharing Rob) My favorite part of this email is that he calls the Critical Mass the "X Mass". I love it!!! Enjoy the pictures.....

"HERE ARE SOME PICS OF X-MASS CONVERSION. WENT VERY SMOOTHLY, ONLY NEW HOLES DRILLED WERE FOR THE THIGH STRAPS. I USED A STOCK DAGGER PEDESTAL FROM AN OLD CASCADE, 4 OF THE 6 MOUNTS FROM THE KAYAK SEAT WERE USED TO ANCHOR IT. THE BOAT HANDLES VERY NICELY IN C-1 POSITION, MAY HAVE TO DO SOME MINOR TWEAKING-MOSTLY FOR COMFORT. ONLY HAD IT ON THE RIVER TWICE, BUT I AM VERY SATISFIED. COMPARED TO MY LOWER VOLUME BOATS, IT SURFACES LIKE A U-BOAT, WHICH IS KINDA FUN. ANYWAY, SO FAR SO GOOD."







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ASCI/Wisp Friday Night Rodeo

Like I said; I took lots of photos when I was at ASCI. The Friday night rodeo thing was a blast. It was held at the third adjustable play feature (a.k.a. feature "C"). Enjoy the photos of the event..............

Happy July 4th

ASCI whitewater park (more photos)

these photos are in chronological order to show you some of the features as you would encounter them on your way downstream

the first drop at the put-in



immediately below the first drop



approaching adjustable feature "A"



"A"



"A"



adjustable feature "A"



adjustable feature "B"



"B"



"B" again



just below "B"


two ways to go at this rock



same spot, another view



same spot, higher water



adjustable feature "C"



adjustable feature "D"