By: Bobby “The Dogg” Miller WARNING: If a splat in a Party Braap lasts for more than 4 hours, please contact your doctor. (Disclaimer: Exploring Elements has no formal relationship with Liquidlogic Kayaks, and received no compensation of any kind for the publication of this article. The opinions here in are exclusively Bobby “The Dogg” Miller’s, a Liquid Logic … [Read more...] about A DOGG TALE: Putting the Party in the Braap!
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A RIVER ON FIRE: First Annual Cuyahoga Falls Race
A River On Fire! The First Annual Cuyahoga Falls Race Words By: Bobby "The Dogg" Miller Photos: Matt Jackson & Stephen Mule In 1969, the Cuyahoga River actually caught on fire from years of pollution and industrial waste that had been dumped in the river. This horrific event sparked a revolution for regulations on water quality, such as the Clean Water Act of 1972 and … [Read more...] about A RIVER ON FIRE: First Annual Cuyahoga Falls Race
THE FIERY CRUCIBLE: First Descent of Shannondale Falls
words by: Bobby Miller / images by: Matt Sloan “We are the music makers, And we are the dreamers of dreams, Wandering by lone sea breakers, And sitting by desolate streams;— World losers and world forsakers, On whom the pale moon gleams: Yet we are the movers and shakers Of the world for ever, it seems.” -Arthur O’Shaughnessy First Descent of Shannondale … [Read more...] about THE FIERY CRUCIBLE: First Descent of Shannondale Falls
The Quest To Be King Of New York!
by: Bobby Miller “3, 2, 1, Go!” yelled King of New York series organizer Kenny Unser, as I slid off the bank into the raging current of the Racquette River, charging downstream as hard as I could. I headed down the first slide, then cut right to line up for the biggest rapid of the run, Colton Falls, a tough way to start the run, much less a race! This series of ledges and … [Read more...] about The Quest To Be King Of New York!
Colorado Huckfest 2015
Colorado Huckfest 2015 Words by: Bobby "The Dogg" Miller, Photos by: Bryon Dorr (unless noted) Summer was beginning and there was plenty of snow-melt happening in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado. I knew I had to get there, since I missed last year’s incredible melt, I vowed never to let that happen again! I took extreme measures to make sure that financial reasons would … [Read more...] about Colorado Huckfest 2015