Classic EP photos

Trip and I are doing some web/blog redesign at the moment and we've unearthed some classic images.


This car started it all. Amy wrecked it, EP bought it and the rest is history.


In September 2004, Trip, Alex, LJ and I headed to Costa Rica for an exploratory mission. The most epic of our attempted descents was the Terrazu river - a classic bridge to bridge according to maps and local beta. We came across this 50 footer a couple of miles in, but had to hike out because the river was flash flooding. The next day we hiked back in, LJ and I ran it and we continued downstream, only to get shut down at an unscoutable gorge. We hiked out, ending the mission.


On the same trip to Costa, LJ and I hiking in to a first D with a couple of local guides.


LJ is very regularly down to fire it up BIG. Trip grabbed these frames of LJ running La Paz, a 50 footer into this 80 footer.


Back in the NW, Conner snapped this shot of Trip running the 80 foot Coosa Falls, one hour east of Eugene. This was used as the Mission Epicocity DVD back cover.


Kyle Dickman shot this photo of me on Eagle Creek, OR in the winter of 2005, my junior year at the University of Oregon and the last time there was a true "EP house" (featured on LVM cribs y'all.)


Hope you enjoyed this look into the EP archives. All photos are copywrite Epicocity Project and are not to be used without permission. Cheers!

Wraping up the college tour

The college tour is beginning to wind down. We are in Athens, GA finishing up the UGA stop this evening and then heading to Charlotte, NC for our final stop this Thursday at Davidson College.

This past weekend we had our most fun stop of the tour at UT in Knoxville. We did a film festival and pool clinic Thursday night and went to the UT/Arkansas football game on Saturday afternoon. The game, attended by 104,000 fans was a wild experience and we are very thankful to Brett Davis, the Outdoor Program Director, for organizing such a fun weekend for us.

The UT pool clinic was, without a doubt, the most fun kayak pool session I have ever been to. Check out a little highlight clip I threw together:




Full coverage of the tour is on Facebook at the eNRG Kayaking's Southeast College Tour group at: http://oregon.facebook.com/group.php?gid=6070208844

On Monday I'm flying to Oregon, spending the night and then heading to TX for Thanksgiving. After that, it's back to Portland for the next phase (still tbd.)

College Tour Video

Below is a commercial for the college tour and two video updates. Enjoy!

Commercial:


Update 1:


Update 2:

College Tour

Right now Dave, Sam and I are in Asheville, NC getting ready for our UNCA film festival. The tour has been amazing so far! We've made six college/university stops, one elementary school stop, one high school stop and one stop at a retail store in D.C.

Highlights...Ms. Moore's 2nd grade class at Little Bennett Elementary School was fun and made for some GREAT photos. Blacksburg, VA and UNC Charlotte had really good turnouts and great energy. And this past weekend Sam and I competed in our first ever Green Race, an event that absolutely blew us away. It's been really fun introducing so many college students to paddling and hanging around young, fun-loving people.










After a film fest and demo at UNCA tonight and tomorrow night, we are heading to the University of TN, University of GA and Davidson College. We are also likely going to make stops at one or two more elementary schools before the tour ends.