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Seating options

Mountain Buzz · Colorado, Western US and everywhere else

Adding a seat to a bay with a cooler or box is going to add a significant height increase and potensially change your rowing geometry. There are...

River Tarps

Mountain Buzz · Colorado, Western US and everywhere else

Tarpology is a great skill to have and we just posted a diagram on our website under "Resources" that is a great visual of ONE way to pitch a bomb...

Rogue River Hiking Options

Mountain Buzz · Colorado, Western US and everywhere else

A stop a "General Hole" on the Left above Solitude Bar is worth a look. Flora Dell is another short walk to the upper falls and the salamander/neut...

Leafield pressure relief valve adjustment?

Mountain Buzz · Colorado, Western US and everywhere else

It doesn't adjust. Depending on the valve it is set to a specific pressure by the spring inside of it. Typically 1.75-3 psi. Hysides typically...

Pearce Ferry Rapid Video from today.... urp...

Mountain Buzz · Colorado, Western US and everywhere else

Thanks for posting this Tom. We floated right though a weird right turn kind of riffle in 2006 at that point, then this summer in 2016 we walked...

Whitewater Forum : A dying breed. The playboater.

Professor Paddle · Washington, Oregon and vicinity

Author: chipmaneySubject: A dying breed. The playboater.Posted: 27 Feb 2017 at 6:49pmEverybody gets what they want from kayaking. The best scenario is not when everybody is a playboater but when everybody is having the most fun. My wife prefers a IK. She doesn't surf or roll or run waterfalls, but she still has fun in her own way. I always like to see your excited posts about the next big storm...

AIRE - lighter weights

Mountain Buzz · Colorado, Western US and everywhere else

As I re-read my replies I wanted to reiterate that my discussion points are concerns for trends in the industry as a whole. Much of my concern comes...

ISO Piranha Zone.1 Medium

Mountain Buzz · Colorado, Western US and everywhere else

Will pay based on condition. Please PM replies.

Rogue River Hiking Options

Mountain Buzz · Colorado, Western US and everywhere else

The section of the trail above Mule Creek is arguably the most scenic part of the trail. The overlook above Staircase falls is an amazing spot. You...

Thoughts on changing the Westwater permit system?

Mountain Buzz · Colorado, Western US and everywhere else

Is Norm not around? Last time I saw him he was on a Halloween float with me in Moab. He thoroughly washed the dishes and then proceeded to scrub my...

Drybox/flip mount seat

Mountain Buzz · Colorado, Western US and everywhere else

I don't know about the difference between the boxes, but I've slammed my flip seat onto my NRS dry box hundreds, if not thousands, of times and aside...

Adding boats at Indian Creek

Mountain Buzz · Colorado, Western US and everywhere else

Call the usfs. I think that time of year you can add people at boundary as long as their Internet is not down.

Seating options

Mountain Buzz · Colorado, Western US and everywhere else

The NRS seats are tractor seats sourced from MISCO. NRS's previous generation seats with the metal pan under the cushion and without drain hole was...

Escalante to the Lake info

Mountain Buzz · Colorado, Western US and everywhere else

Didn't Rivermaps make a guide? I thought I saw them somewhere but there isn't one on their website now. That's what you want if you can find one.

Walmart soft side

Mountain Buzz · Colorado, Western US and everywhere else

I bought one yesterday for $44, going to fill it up tonight and dump it around. For $44, hard to beat if it holds ice and cold for a day or two

Thoughts on changing the Westwater permit system?

Mountain Buzz · Colorado, Western US and everywhere else

---Quote (Originally by daairguy)--- Didn't he retire two seasons ago? ---End Quote--- That was Alvin, did at least a couple of decades at WW. (...

Adding boats at Indian Creek

Mountain Buzz · Colorado, Western US and everywhere else

I believe you will get the boat tags at Indian Creek. Boats are inspected for invasive species before a tag is issued. You list the people and...

Guide work on New River West Virginia?

Mountain Buzz · Colorado, Western US and everywhere else

Haha thanks guys I will definitely be studying up for that test! Anything worth doing is worth overdoing

Drybox/flip mount seat

Mountain Buzz · Colorado, Western US and everywhere else

Got an NRS flip mount seat last year. I have a frontier Play dry box. When I tried it out- it seemed like the rubber feet on the seat would dent or...

Beginner looking for 1st kayak

Mountain Buzz · Colorado, Western US and everywhere else

I have noticed that people who learn in displacement hulls, are forced to paddle through rapids, which is a good thing. It forces you to do this,...

Great Deals Out There

Mountain Buzz · Colorado, Western US and everywhere else

I thought that the power stove was still being made in a few numbers every spring?

Salt

Mountain Buzz · Colorado, Western US and everywhere else

I run a 15.5 ft boat and have been told by my crew that I would need 2k to clear places like black rock, quartzite, etc. The last time down they ran...

Adding boats at Indian Creek

Mountain Buzz · Colorado, Western US and everywhere else

Helping organize a July MFS trip. Possibly adding a boat or two at Indian creek due to folks work schedules. Can we pick up extra boat tags for...

Rogue River Hiking Options

Mountain Buzz · Colorado, Western US and everywhere else

There's a spot on river right where a loop trail goes up to a saddle not super high but higher than the river trail ever seems to go. We ran from our...

Old School: High water Arkansas river 1993

Mountain Buzz · Colorado, Western US and everywhere else

[QUOTE USAFA didn't blow it up, they only used a cum along pulling downstream to unwrap a boat. They moved the rock a bit downstream when they did...

Fat Biking w/gimbal...first attempt

Mountain Buzz · Colorado, Western US and everywhere else

This is another fat biking video, but this time I used a newly acquired Feiyu Tech 3 axis gimbal. It's not super exciting, but shows Spring Creek...

Glade Reservoir on Poudre

Mountain Buzz · Colorado, Western US and everywhere else

---Quote (Originally by BrianK)--- From a recreation perspective the latest proposal shouldn't have a huge effect on kayakers/rafters. It will...

Escalante to the Lake info

Mountain Buzz · Colorado, Western US and everywhere else

Also interested in Escalante beta. Jporter, any resources you can recommend to start?

Fat Biking on a Powder Day

Mountain Buzz · Colorado, Western US and everywhere else

Framed makes good bikes. Each companies bikes have advantages and disadvantages. My favorite ride so far on a fat bike has been on the Salsa...

Rogue River Hiking Options

Mountain Buzz · Colorado, Western US and everywhere else

Hi All, I've been down the Rogue a number of times, and am taking my wife down for our tenth anniversary late this summer early fall. We don't...

Beginner looking for 1st kayak

Mountain Buzz · Colorado, Western US and everywhere else

With a displacement hull you are in the water. With a planing hull you sit on top of the water. Play boats have planing hulls. They spin. Creek...

Salt River Flow Predictions

Mountain Buzz · Colorado, Western US and everywhere else

Hannagan Meadows SNOTEL site is a historically pretty accurate headwater site for the Salt River. The site had up to 21" of snow water equivalent on...

Walmart soft side

Mountain Buzz · Colorado, Western US and everywhere else

Good to know. Thanks Sent from my XT1060 using Mountain Buzz mobile app

88' NRS Otter, hypalon or not?

Mountain Buzz · Colorado, Western US and everywhere else

Should be Hypalon. Use Stabond for glue and you can stick anything to anything as long as its prepped correctly.

Pearce Ferry Rapid Video from today.... urp...

Mountain Buzz · Colorado, Western US and everywhere else

Hard to tell how big that pile is from the video. I'm sure its way too big to run as video never does justice. What you can tell is that youd be...

Opinion Needed-Sotar Warranty

Mountain Buzz · Colorado, Western US and everywhere else

Glad to hear that this worked out! Nice colors, and definitely not "clown colors" in my opinion! Enjoy!

Biggest class 3 in the world?

Mountain Buzz · Colorado, Western US and everywhere else

Siang River, Arunachal Pradesh, India, Where Is Baer ?: Biggest Class 3 in the World? Siang River, Arunachal Pradesh, India...

Escalante to the Lake info

Mountain Buzz · Colorado, Western US and everywhere else

Was wondering if anyone had good info on any aspects of running the Escalante, but specifically going through the Tammy jungle near the lake and if...

Guide work on New River West Virginia?

Mountain Buzz · Colorado, Western US and everywhere else

Figured I would give him a heads up, put it this way, they definitely let you know when your test will be so there's plenty of time to study. Mouth...

Beginner looking for 1st kayak

Mountain Buzz · Colorado, Western US and everywhere else

---Quote (Originally by jones boater)--- So the Party Braap isn't edgy. It has a displacement hull--no edges. Yes, the volume of the stern is less...

Old School: High water Arkansas river 1993

Mountain Buzz · Colorado, Western US and everywhere else

---Quote (Originally by Missouri Boater)--- I heard that it was blasted out by some guys from the Air Force Academy. :mad: ---End Quote--- Maybe a...

Cleaning agent

Mountain Buzz · Colorado, Western US and everywhere else

If you use soft scrub, I wouldn't use the stuff with chlorine bleach added.

Opinion Needed-Sotar Warranty

Mountain Buzz · Colorado, Western US and everywhere else

I know at least a few of you are sick of seeing this thread, and I can understand why. However, I thought I would just let others know my raft...

Swift Water Rescue

Mountain Buzz · Colorado, Western US and everywhere else

River Rescue by Les Bechdel and Slim Ray. ...

Photos of rowframe.com raft frames?

Mountain Buzz · Colorado, Western US and everywhere else

Question: One issue I can see is that because I am using oar rights, which have a fairly large diameter stop, and because the tops of Gary's...