Little Uchee Creek - satans garden falls

11/30/2008

Yesterday Steven,Wes, and I ventured out to Satans Garden, the falls on Little Uchee Creek. Steven has just bought his first creek boat, and having only been boating since this summer, hasn't had the opportunity to jump on ANY natural flow rivers. So given the first rain of the season coming through we went out, even if it was ELF flow.

Wes and i haven't made it out to the Uchee in quite some time, so needless to say i was a little off on the directions............But we finally made it just in time for some sundown park and huck.

I still haven't picke up my Wavesport Boats, so i was in my Jefe C1, and Steven in his Jefe kayak. Wes B took the photos, thanks bro.

anyway here they are.

And here is one of steven too.

Until nextime

-charlie

Jefe + boredom = C1 creeking

11-23-2008

Zach and I went to the Tallapoosa today to run the creeklines. He kept calling it running the creek lines in alternate crafts, because he was in his Ronin and i was in my Jefe C1. It was all good. We each fired it all up and had a blast doin it. Heres a photo dump.

Tallapoosa River- creek lines in C boats too!

The Tallapoosa River The Tallapoosa river, thurlow section, offers great whitewater at all levels possible! With big water releases offering up to 13,000 cfs, the Tallapoosa makes great playboating and wonderful BIG water lines all along the river and at especially at the falls. The falls alone offers up 5 standard lines, and as many more as you're willing to try.
But, as with any other dam released river, the Tallapoosa has a minimum low flow also, and only offers up anywhere from 400 to 2,000 cfs(depending on the drought.)

At the minimum flow the river has good attainments, eddy hops, but most importantly great creek boat lines at the falls. One of the few places that you can actually "practice" creekboating.

Here is a link to an OLD video i made a while back all about the "Creek Lines" in kayaks

http://fr.youtube.com/watch?v=ZhCvdz55oPg

check it out and come back.......

So, i have been kayaking the Tallapoosa "creek lines" at least a year now. And by no means has it grown boring, but its always fun to throw spice in your life....

Lately i have been both open boating and C1ing the creek lines.

Here's a photo dump, all the pictures are of me and taken by Steven Naylor, all taken over the last week......

Photo Captions- 1. Me- Dagger Rival OC1- Horseshoe ledge 2. Zach sanders- sticky hole 3. Tallapoosa Falls 12,000cfs 4. Me- The falls 7000cfs 5. Me- Dagger Rival OC1- "The Stomp"line 6. Me- Dagger Rival- "The finger" on line. 7. Going back up for more 8. Me- Blown off the finger... but it was good too. 9. Me- Dagger Response C1- Horseshoe ledge 10-11. Me- Dagger Response C1- "The Finger".

Well, that's all for now but check back for more!

-charlie simmons-

ShredReady Helmets- "because rocks hurt!"

ShredReady Helmets have played a HUGE roll in kayaking for me since in the beginning. My first helmet i ever had for paddling i found floating in an eddy on the Saugahatchee Creek, while open boating one day after class. My second helmet was a Shaggy midnight blue, my girlfriend Brittany gave to me for Christmas when i first started kayaking two Christmas's' ago. I rocked that and another black shaggy for years until upgrading to my TDub. I got it when i first started teaching kayaking with and for Tom, owner of SR.

Since 1996 owner Tom Shreburne and ShredReady have been making a GREAT line of helmets, gear, and accessories. Making every helmet with the care as if it was their own ShredReady has conquered the Kayaking world and moved on into Skiing, snowboarding, kite boarding, wake boarding, and who know what is next.

Now jumping onto the Customizing wagon. Now not only get your different helmet models, colors, and material types, but make it your "own" with custom vinyl graphics and backgrounds.

With a one of kind helmet, everyone will know you on the river!

so make sure and check it out at

http://www.shredready.com/

-charlie simmons-

Team SR

The Bombsquad is comming! - BomberGear

c For GREAT gear that actually keeps you DRY make sure and check out

http://www.bombergear.com/

do it now!!!
Bomber Gear's Mission:

Our Mission
"Most revolutions start small and eventually peak with an intense shift in design, construction and consciousness. Bomber Gear™ has evolved to such a pinnacle – evolution to revolution. Using technology never before seen in the paddling/outdoor adventure industry, Bomber Gear is redefining the standards of outdoor gear and apparel using innovative technology regarding fabrics, design and modes of construction. Bomber Gear’s™ newest contribution to the paddling/outdoor gene pool is Kold Fusion™, a technique so advanced we need to use the terms ‘laser’, ‘polymer matrix’ and ‘dynamic electric field’ in order to describe it. As always, our goal is to break the barriers of ‘industry standard’ and elevate utility/performance to a new, dynamic level. Each item is specifically designed for functionality and form, and each piece represents our modern, artistic flair. Bomber Gear™ is the ‘next generation animal’ in the outdoor industry. We prove ourselves as ‘survival of the fittest’ by making survival gear that fits. "

Owner Rick Franken takes a personal effort to ensure great products for ever type of amphibious athlete.

With a full line of dry gear, accessories, body layers, Bomber Gear has what you're looking for

SO CHECK IT OUT HERE:

http://www.bombergear.com/

-charlie simmons-

team bombsquad

SkirtworkS- sprayskirts and accessories

SkirtworkS is great company right out of Friendsville, Md. and they have handsdown some of the best service I have ever delt with. Owners Charles and Karen put a great effort into assuring the best products they can manufacture, and have a handson effort on every product. SkirtworkS even offers custom made skirts to ensure the best fit for the right job.
SkirtworkS mission:
"Here at SkirtworkS we know the paddle sport industry is growing and changing everyday. It is our promise to build and test our products and find new solutions to be able to provide you with a higher quality product at a reasonable price. Our skirts are manufactured from the highest quality material available today. All of our seams are hand glued with pride right here at our shop in Friendsville MD."

With a full line of sprayskirts, and accessories including footwear, head gear, and even poggies, SkirtworkS has what you need, so make sure and
CHECK IT OUT HERE:
http://www.skirtworks.com/
-charlie simmons-

team skirtworks

Wavesport Kayaks - whitewater kayaks period.

http://www.wavesport.com/ http://www.doubleyouess.com/

Since 1986 Wave Sport has been pushing the boundaries of paddling, revolutionizing paddling, and how we think about kayaking. Wavesport kayaks have played a huge roll in my kayaking history. My second kayak ever was a Wavesport T2, my first C1 ever was the same Wavesport t2, my first creek boat ever was a Wavesport stubby, and my first real playboat was the Wavesport project 52........

I've been super fortunate enough lately to become a member of Team Wavesport, and am FIRED UP about throwing down in the project 52 once again, and dropping serious bombs in the super sweet Wavesport Habitat creekboat.

So with being said, prepare yourselves for a Wavesport revolution! I'm gonna sweep the region, and hopefully far beyond spreading the Wavesport goodness.

Here is a letter from Bryan Kirk, team manager;........

"We've had a couple new additions around N. America for Wave Sport's Regional Team. Taylor Cavin has been killing the creeks in his native CA, Charlie Simmons is creeking, surfing, and slalom racing in Alabama, and Tyler Fox out of Ontario has been traveling all over the globe promoting WS. Let's welcome all these guys to the Team. The Project 52CX is coming along, and will be available in early '09. Keep in touch(and warm!)",Bryan Kirk