A weekend stop in the Redwood Forest proved to be a great time for World Class. It began with a quick stop in Arcata to wander around for a little while in the city. It was an interesting place, to say the least, but after a few hours we were ready to return to the real world: Crescent City, California… Read more »
LJ lays some treats off the C-rail. Photo by Paul Twist After spending upwards of a week in Three Rivers California paddling the Kaweah River we loaded up the vans and headed north for our next destination, the North fork of the Feather River. Taylor Robertson, a good friend of World Class, set us up with info about water levels… Read more »
Looking up the gorge from the takeout. Photo by Paul Twist. After the Feather we made our way to the Burnt Ranch Gorge of the Trinity River. We stayed at a campground that had a large open area in the middle. This was perfect for morning workout games of capture the flag, and Dave killed it, using his speed to… Read more »
After a long drive, we found ourselves at a trailer park in Three Rivers, CA which was to be our home for the next week. There were some interesting characters in the park that we grew to know over out time there. There was Dave, the owner and manager who we owe a big thanks to. From letting us stay… Read more »
Danny Doran styling the 20 footer on the Tule. photo by LJ Groth Here at World Class Kayak Academy, a two day weekend on a “real world” weekend is almost unheard of – saturday and sunday free!?! Generally we use our days off for paddling longer stretches or for travel. With a little break from classes and homework we finally… Read more »
Our East to West adventure has moved west as we start 4th quarter in California. I cannot even describe how unique and valuable our trip to China was. We are very fortunate to have experienced a part of the world that very few Americans have actually seen. When I asked George Milheim, a sophomore here at WCKA, about the differences… Read more »
We’ve Made the Front Page!… of the Keweah Commonwealth, a local Three Rivers, CA newspaper. Two journalists came and interviewed us at The Three Rivers Hideaway, the trailer park where we were staying. Quinn Connell catching up on local Three Rivers news by reading The Kaweah Commonwealth. Photo by Jason Cohen They learned a lot about us, but we… Read more »
Our translator and friend, Zachary. Quinn Connell paddles hard upstream to catch a monstrous wave. Locals crossing the Salween River. Dusk begins to settle over the Dredger Wave. Some ducks eating food while waiting to become food.
A group of women gather around a giant frying pan to perpare a meal. Beach front hotel on the Salween. The colorful drysuits of World Class students gives a little extra to their current home. Some modes of transportation for the streets of river side villages. A handful of students wait for their turn to surf one of many amazing… Read more »
