BACK TO THE FUTURE THE FREERIDE REVOLUTION

Nick Troutman explores the fun in freeride and the exploding resurgence in the popularity of slicey boats as a way to play your way down the river, from the cascadas of the Rio Alseseca to the Little White Salmon.

Words: Nick Troutman | Photography: Dane Jackson, John Webster, Kalob Grady, Nick Troutman

//ADDING NEW TRICKS TO EXISTING LINES WAS COOL AND ALL, BUT THE REAL TREAT WAS THE OPEN-MINDED APPROACH OF TRYING TO THINK OF THE MOST CREATIVE WAY TO RUN A RAPID, CATCH AN EDDY, OR LAND A DROP AS WE TRIED TO MAKE THE RAPIDS LAST AS LONG AS POSSIBLE.// Like every great trip, it started with a dream. I wanted to take my new Antix to Mexico and session the well-known waterfall mecca with a primary focus of freeride progression. Simple, right? So, I messaged the gang and started trying to put a team together. My simple idea quickly had flaws. People couldn’t come, whether work or immigration issues,“cough cough, Rafa.”Then Dane got a bad infection, and finally it was just Kalob Grady and myself. On the day of…

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Kayak Session (Digital) - 1 Issue, Summer 2018

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