Trinity Wave

Today was a good day. It was 90 degrees outside, clear skies, and a good wave.

The Trinity Wave comes in at high water (usually caused by snow melt) on the Wenatchee River in Eastern Washington.

At this level, the wave was a little flushy and very difficult to manage but still awesome. It gave up some fairly big air as well as some sweet clean spins.

After a very long play session, I could barely make the eddy anymore and regretfully headed down stream. Fortunately, I will be returning to the Wenatchee this weekend when the Trinity, along with several other features, should be at an even better level.

Here is the video:Trinity Video

Sorry, no stills this time.

Later,
David

Running the Dams in Massachusetts

A few days ago I graduated from the New River Academy with a three other senior classmates. This means I’M OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL! I am beginning a summer with a lot more responsibility and work but a lot more fun at the same time. And I’m leaving behind the carefree years of knowing exactly where I will be in the near future. During my last few days attending the New River Academy I hit up some incredible spots. The most exciting being Great Falls of the Potomac River. There are two drops that we ran. The first was in the middle of the falls and was called grace under pressure and the other was on far river left but I don’t know the name of the rapid. Both lines were super fun and get your blood pumping.

After graduation I took a 14 hour ride back to Massachusetts where I slept for a large amount of time and woke up ready to go kayaking. I checked the gauges and nothing was running so I headed over to our local fish ladder which I know always has some water going down it. Once I ran that I headed back to my house which is five minutes away and spent the rest of the day on my trampoline which I sorely missed. Hope everyone is doing well.


Check out the Dam Video


Paddle Hard,
Tino

Tino Specht Clean Blunting off the lip.

Anomaly at Z-Dam

Last Sunday, Anomaly paddlers arrived in Richmond, Virginia. After an hour or so of driving around, lost, we found what we came for: the epic hole known as Z-dam.

The Z-dam is just what the name implies, a low head dam in the shape of a Z across the James River. The hole itself is formed by a fish ladder in the middle that makes a break in the low head dam.

This hole was sweet. It was especially good for Loops and McNasties. Unfortunately, we paddled it at a slightly higher than ideal level, making it a little flushy for Tricky Woo’s and Fonix Monkies. Despite this flushy characteristic, however, Alex Mohn still happened to hit a couple of Back Loop to McNasty combos (none of which we caught on tape, much to our disappointment).

So anyway, enjoy the pics and footy and watch for the next update.

Z-Dam Update

-David Spiegel

Thanks to Matt West for taking pictures and Tino Specht and Shane Groves for taking footy.

Alex Mohn landing a huge loop.
Alex midway through a McNasty
Jake Greenbaum playing around above the hole.
David Spiegel looping it up.
Brian Boyle preparing for some air time.
Jake Greenbaum nailing his backloop.
David Spiegel getting ready to McNasty.
Sam Fulbright going big on a Space Godzilla.

Eternity Hole is awesome!

This past week, Anomaly paddlers journeyed to the Eternity Hole on the Tuckaseegee River in North Carolina. When we rolled up with a huge trailer full of boats, we could see the locals rolling their eyes. Too bad that we bring the crowds with us...

Moving on, the hole was a little shallow but still amazing. Every trick could be done there but the hole was especially good for McNasties and Loops. We threw together this video segment for you so I hope you enjoy:

Eternity Video

Also, here are a few pictures that we took during out time at the hole:

Your's truly looping.
Sarah Hunter going big!
Matt West got out from behind his camera long enough to throw some air.
Just to show us all how shallow the hole was, Jake Greenbaum nocked his head on the rock when he landed this.
Brian Boyle: Better run, it's Godzilla!
Notice the sword...Tino's Alter ego is the Pirate of the Tuckaseegee.
David Spiegel with some air.

Thanks to Matt West for sitting on shore with his camera the whole time, all pictures are thanks to him.

Stay tuned, more updates are on the way,

-David Spiegel

What is Anomaly?

My name is David Spiegel. This spring Tino Specht and myself are taveling around the southeast US with The New River Academy. During our travels, we realized that we wanted to gather together a few sick junior paddlers and put together a team of some with the best young boaters around.

Anomaly is just a few 18 and under hucksters who love the sport of kayaking above all else.

On this blog, we will update you on our travels, giving you footage, pictures, and write-ups about our experiences.

Mission:

As the next generation of paddlers, the ultimate goal of Anomaly is to bring innovation to the sport and provide awesome media. Through both of these goals our hope is to get people excited about the sport of whitewater kayaking.