Apr 26 2011
SUP on the Casselman with Riversport!
This year has been great for SUP in the U.S. We have more boards than ever to choose from and the mother nature has been giving us consistent rain. We had the pleasure of spending a few days in Pennsylvania and while there we visited the good folks at Emotion Kayaks and Riversport School of Paddling.
Riversport has a great location in Confluence PA. They are on the banks of the Middle Yough and 3 minutes from the Casselman. Erica and Andy Smith are the owners and also have the Lucky Dog Cafe.
Andy took us to the Casselman with a flow of 5 to 6 feet. It was running high and fast when we got to the put in.
The Casselman has good flow all year. We happened to catch it with a great amount of water. We put the skegs on the Traverse and hit the water.
Andy on the Traverse.
IR and Riversport hooked us up with dry gear. The weather was a balmy 50 degrees, water 50 and the wind was gusting 50 as well.
We found some amazing wave trains and huge holes. The wind was blowing so hard we almost couldn’t leave the eddies.
It took us about 1.5 hours to do the run. Lots of tributaries with waterfalls could be seen as we descended the canyon.
It was a great day and perfect levels for the SUP First descent of the Upper Casselman. I can’t wait to get back up there and run it with different flows this summer.
See you on the river!
Aaron