The sun finally came out in Pucon today. We all got quite excited and after packing our house up as we only have about a day or two left on the lease and I was heading to the river. I didn’t care what river and what crew I was with. I was going to go boating today. After getting a great Thai chicken pasta at Latitude 39 I headed over to Kayak Pucon to see if anyone was heading out. There were some new guys in town but they were more interested in finding a place to stay. Having been in there situation I understand their need to want a bed for the night. Rodrigo was about to head out to the Rio Turbio for some whitewater almost park and huck. The level was a little low but the lines were still good. I have never been to Cali before but the character of the river instantly reminded me of the videos and pictures i’ve seen. After about 20-30 minutes of hiking upstream we got to some really fun slides winding down hill with good boofs and all ranging from 5′-10′ in riverbed made up of mostly volcanic debris. After an hour or two of hucking down stream in this class IV paradise we were treated to a perfect twenty footer at the take-out. All this was head less then ten km outside of Pucon.

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Here we have a beautiful kick flip performed on The Colorado River.

Paul Butler, a past contest contributor, sent us in this video of what his crew’s been doing this fall. We love contributions, so thanks a lot Paul.